thanks so much for sharing your process. my last couple grow seasons have been disappointing and you've given me some new ideas in this video and others that i'm excited to try.
I agree completely that the rollie pollies are crazy bad this year. I guess they are even worse than I thought because I could have sworn every one of them in Texas had been staying at my place! 🤣 Thanks for taking the time to film and upload and best wishes for much success on your fall harvest!!
Abilene, Tx 62 year old Gardner! Hello! New subscriber here. Been fight hard dry red clay and west Texas heat all my life! Always ready to learn new ideals!
It is still just too hot. I need to start the seeds I have though and get planting the more tolerant ones. I'm mostly adding this comment to help your channel with the algorithm👍
I added black cow to my raised beds to level them off. Turned two of them. Was too lazy to turn the long one. Planted all kinds of fall seeds. The only ones coming up are Swiss chard. Have a few young squash that are struggling in it. I probably should have added some lime with it? Idk. It’ll be ready for spring I guess.
My family and I will be stationed at Fort Hood TX soon. Your videos are helping me get a feel for the climate and what to plan for when the 2022 season starts. I already know Texas is hot but I have never grown anything in triple digit temps before!
I live in central South Carolina, it’s the same climate you have in central Tx. You should probably, probably, wait to plant any greens until it cools off (end of September). Starting seeds outside in containers or in ground. I have had no luck with spinach, lettuce, cabbage and collards first in spring because it got hot quick, the ones I transplanted yesterday have dried up… and I deep watered last night.
I have a couple of suggestions for you. First of all, do not pull plants up out of the ground at the end of their season. Cut them off above the ground and leave the roots in place. Your soil life, bacteria and fungi have colonized around those roots and when you pull them out you are destroying their habitat. Plus the roots will be food for them to convert into food for future plantings. The second suggestion is to dust your transplants with diatomaceous earth. That will protect them from the roly-poly’s and the crickets which also chew on new plants.
Maybe u should do a video on just how u make your sause..i have bird chilis that come naturally and are beautiful...i saved literally 1000s of seeds and put them where i thought they might grow...usually in thr worst places....nada..oh well..next year i plan on starting them properly in pots and then setting them out...i dont use them but people ask me for them all the time...they are HOT HOT HOT
Hi again. Rewatched your video and had a question about soil health and mulching. I'm in the process of trying to bring my raised beds back to life. Decided to try the double dig method from the Jeavons book, "How to Grow More Vegetables" to loosen up and aerate the soil. I did not come across a single worm in any of the four beds I dug up. I mixed in a bit of compost and topped off each bed with a few inches of cedar mulch which I'm keeping well watered. Do you have any recommendations for how to attract worms, beyond what I'm doing already? Considered buying some red wigglers online but they're pricey and I doubt they'd survive in the current conditions. I'm in Austin, so in the same region as you from the sounds of it. Thanks in advance! Love your channel!
Hi. Have you ever had worms in that bed? If you have a raised bed that you neglected for a while there is a good chance it dried out at some point. Raised beds will dry out fast if not maintained. Worms cant survive dry soil.
@@MyTexasYard I've had plenty of grubs but never earthworms... though I never fully appreciated their importance or did much to attract them until recently. Going to start by keeping the bed watered, mulched, and will try your suggestion to add more compost. Thanks and please keep the vids coming!
thanks so much for sharing your process. my last couple grow seasons have been disappointing and you've given me some new ideas in this video and others that i'm excited to try.
I agree completely that the rollie pollies are crazy bad this year. I guess they are even worse than I thought because I could have sworn every one of them in Texas had been staying at my place! 🤣
Thanks for taking the time to film and upload and best wishes for much success on your fall harvest!!
Abilene, Tx 62 year old Gardner! Hello! New subscriber here. Been fight hard dry red clay and west Texas heat all my life! Always ready to learn new ideals!
Glad to have you.
It is still just too hot. I need to start the seeds I have though and get planting the more tolerant ones. I'm mostly adding this comment to help your channel with the algorithm👍
Last year I got a late start on my greens. This year I’m not making that mistake lol
@@MyTexasYard that's so true. Put it off too long and then you're screwed!
Alright another Texas man 👍 I wish I was out of the hospital so I can start planting again.....
I hope you get to garden soon. One good thing about Texas is there is always something to plant.
I added black cow to my raised beds to level them off. Turned two of them. Was too lazy to turn the long one. Planted all kinds of fall seeds. The only ones coming up are Swiss chard. Have a few young squash that are struggling in it. I probably should have added some lime with it? Idk. It’ll be ready for spring I guess.
Also, I love it that your daughter is helping you in your garden. My daughters still recall helping me in my garden 30 years ago.
My family and I will be stationed at Fort Hood TX soon. Your videos are helping me get a feel for the climate and what to plan for when the 2022 season starts. I already know Texas is hot but I have never grown anything in triple digit temps before!
Welcome.
The heat does present challenges. But there is always something to grow year round here.
I live in central South Carolina, it’s the same climate you have in central Tx. You should probably, probably, wait to plant any greens until it cools off (end of September). Starting seeds outside in containers or in ground. I have had no luck with spinach, lettuce, cabbage and collards first in spring because it got hot quick, the ones I transplanted yesterday have dried up… and I deep watered last night.
I have a couple of suggestions for you. First of all, do not pull plants up out of the ground at the end of their season. Cut them off above the ground and leave the roots in place. Your soil life, bacteria and fungi have colonized around those roots and when you pull them out you are destroying their habitat. Plus the roots will be food for them to convert into food for future plantings. The second suggestion is to dust your transplants with diatomaceous earth. That will protect them from the roly-poly’s and the crickets which also chew on new plants.
Leaving the roots in the ground is a good idea. I’ll try that.
Maybe u should do a video on just how u make your sause..i have bird chilis that come naturally and are beautiful...i saved literally 1000s of seeds and put them where i thought they might grow...usually in thr worst places....nada..oh well..next year i plan on starting them properly in pots and then setting them out...i dont use them but people ask me for them all the time...they are HOT HOT HOT
Hi again. Rewatched your video and had a question about soil health and mulching. I'm in the process of trying to bring my raised beds back to life. Decided to try the double dig method from the Jeavons book, "How to Grow More Vegetables" to loosen up and aerate the soil. I did not come across a single worm in any of the four beds I dug up. I mixed in a bit of compost and topped off each bed with a few inches of cedar mulch which I'm keeping well watered. Do you have any recommendations for how to attract worms, beyond what I'm doing already? Considered buying some red wigglers online but they're pricey and I doubt they'd survive in the current conditions. I'm in Austin, so in the same region as you from the sounds of it. Thanks in advance! Love your channel!
Hi.
Have you ever had worms in that bed? If you have a raised bed that you neglected for a while there is a good chance it dried out at some point. Raised beds will dry out fast if not maintained. Worms cant survive dry soil.
If I start a new compost pile with food scraps and garden trimmings, the worms just show up. I keep it watered and covered so it never drys out.
@@MyTexasYard I've had plenty of grubs but never earthworms... though I never fully appreciated their importance or did much to attract them until recently. Going to start by keeping the bed watered, mulched, and will try your suggestion to add more compost. Thanks and please keep the vids coming!
Do u got the dreaded squash vine borers