This Gardener Regularly Grows 100-Pound Vegetables
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- Growing up in a family of 13, Phillip Vowles learned to appreciate the effort it took to feed all his brothers and sisters. So when he started harvesting his own crop, he decided to supersize his venture. As Phillip says, “big vegetables feed big families.” Today, his giant veggies top-out at over 100 pounds and can feed more than just a few families.
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The way he just pops up everywhere waving.. lol
*H E H I D E S A M O N G T H E G R E E N*
*THE TREES..... THEY ARE SPEAKING*
M A R I O ~
@@rinreborn7364 LMAOOO
He did it to show the dimension of the giant vegetable in comparison to himself
*Phillip are you flirting with the veggies again*
No
Phillip: ...
No Karen
@@heat_wave5774 Good One 😊
No I'm not spying on people...
*Me Visiting this guy's garden*
Me: that's a big watermelon
This guy: that's a grape
Robert Heller lmao
Now that’s gonna do it lmao
@@yowaddam2212 watermelon do look like a cucumber lol..especially the colour and stripes
I read grape in his accent :D
@@johnnyjoestar2526 lmaooooo
What a sweetheart he is! He emanates happiness
Never mind ignore my stupidity
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Alana Miller 300 like
he reminds me of one of the hobbits from the shire lol
Well five of his siblings died soo......
"My mother have 17 children"
"13 survived"
@SAMIL MAHAT some could've passed away at birth or as infants. still pretty sad...
Or they were older than the rest and have passed away from old age...
@@kurokitsune6173 No. To say 13 survived implies that they didn't live till old age. Otherwise you'd say "My mother had seventeen children and thirteen of us remain.".
Still give birth to 17 child is impressive
@@Kyle_Hubbard in the old days if you had 17 children there was a high chance some would die. this is the main reason people had so many children back then. very high mortality rate, this is what he meant.
He’s not a gardener... He’s a goddamn dryad. I’m convinced no mortal could make vegetables this cool.
lmaooo
A Druid, dude.
Leonardo Rocha
A dryad (/ˈdraɪ. æd/; Greek: Δρυάδες, sing.: Δρυάς) is a tree nymph or tree spirit in Greek mythology. Drys signifies "oak" in Greek, and dryads are specifically the nymphs of oak trees, but the term has come to be used for tree nymphs in general, or human-tree hybrids in fantasy.
agree 💚
@•keklord chester• dryad
With that lovely accent, it's no wonder his veggies grow the way they do!!!! He obviously loves what he's doing.
He’s welsh, so he has that acent, I do too
Why he got a Harry Potter flag
@@timtomproductions8329 That's the Welsh flag
He sounds like the BFG
I wasn't feeling good but u your comment cheered me up...😊
HIs voice is very uplifting or emotion
emitional?
@@PhilhellenicAgori I believe he means emotinal.
@@kxi._.5765 when two people fail to spell the word emotional, I need to step in
@@kxi._.5765 make that 3 people
emotional
His poor mother! I couldn't imagine losing 4 children. Bless her heart.
well, she probably should've stopped having children!
@@orang1921 so we should have no empathy? There is no need to be cruel.
@@erinb4237 sorry, i dont know why i said that
@@orang1921 It's only logical to have that initial thought, but the thing with poorer families is the fact that it's harder to buy things like birth control and condoms.
@@erinb4237 I can’t you are saying bless your heart you are a horrible person
“go eat your vegetables you don’t have a lot anyway.”
the vegetables:
69 likes
Succulent
Lol
*i love the username and profile pic*
@@cynthiavera3491 same here but dont you mean " *WE* " ?
I wasnt expecting them to be organic
lickitysplit roberts definitely saw this and thought he puts everything with a shit load of steroids
I was like it’s probably cool but most likely genetically modified, so glad there organic.
The trick to growing large vegetables is simple it’s a lot of compost + manure fertilizer and c02 it’s just a hard to know how much is to much and what you can do to get the plants the most co2 water and minerals needed for each specific plant without killing them
@@Doubie.
CO2???
But...but...but...CLIMATE CHANGE! GLOBAL WARMING! GREENHOUSE GASES!
Seriously, though, these tree hugging enviro-Nazis need to be taught the importance of CO2 for healthy plants and trees which in turn give us OXYGEN!
I learned that back in elementary school, for crying out loud!
@@TheCaveman46 ok
I love this man, we must protect him at all costs
Yup. He can feed the world.
Send him to the gulang
@@arenjamir1112 no
How can I contact him I want to learn the secrets to grow big huge giant fruit an veg. Organic as possible
How?
And here I can't even take care of my Cactus.
Yeah my sister didn’t bother getting soil so it died
Dr. Ajai Kumar Tiwari I reccomend spider plants for beginners if you want to learn how to garden
Same bro
xZenkaiDragon I don’t even water mine it’s been a year still growing
I bought a cactus plant and maybe I watered it too much because I don’t know how cactus plants work and it didn’t have enough sun
THis guy is living the life
Lol
9OOTH like
My thoughts exactly, he seems so happy. I'd love to end up like him
Yes he is
@J C better than being being lazy on a gaming chair. GreenThumb
Imagine the weed this man could grow
quite an increase in replies, i see youtube is randomly recommending this again😂
Would get the weed stonks down real low
Literally thought the exact same thing! Ole 87 lb nug haha
I’m Gonna Take This Seriously, I Don’t Like Weeds They Are Messy And The Ruin Your Flowers
@@kimberlymarsh9687 i hope ur joking rn
@@kimberlymarsh9687 Wow.
what do you do?
I grow giant vegetables
Wouldn't it be great to always be able to reply with something like that?
talk to them
Can you teach me how to grow my vegetables that big ..I pray this in Jesus name.Amen...
@@luab4794 Buy seeds from proven giants, greenhouse, compost, daily care. He talks to his veg. You can pray over yours.
@@luab4794 like the above user said, buy giant seeds. You won't get this type of vegetables from your local homedepot store.
This is so endearing. It's hard not to smile from ear to ear while watching this.
One slice of his giant cucumber can even cover not only an eye but the whole face of a person. xD
Spa for the gods
That man is amazing. He works his garden every single day. Great tireless work ethic.
I doubt he views it as work. Pursuing a passion is seldom work, while grinding away in an office doing something you don't enjoy IS work.
What a happy spirit. His voice is very soothing and uplifting....feels like listening to a story teller
I can agree with that
I love his energy even tho i could only understand half the words he was saying
Really? No problem here 😄
It's easy to understand lol.. i'm even american
I'm actually from Wales and I think his accent is strong
The hard part is keeping the bugs from your yummy veggies....
Not really...I'd say indoor under HPS lighting is worse
@@Mr_Makina Proof?
@@theimpersonator4203
Proof ?, You've genuinely got to be kidding right, it takes two seconds to search this ?
Spider mite
Spring tails
Fungus gnats
Aphids
Thrips
Leaf miners
White flies
The list goes on and on...
Let's not mention, grow tents are a confined space, most people have a tent around 100cm long and about 180-200cm in height, which is in your house and could make the infestation worse, compared to a standard garden that's at least 10-15 meters long or wide, depending your layout, which is easy to control, as it's outside in a open space.
@@Mr_Makina There's also a thing called pesticide
@@theimpersonator4203 which is reserved for lazy growers, who can't handle a simple task, it might be more difficult but it's hardly rocket science for the experienced grower...
The only thing you should spray on your plants is foliar feed and nothing else.
this man is too adorable.. love these videos!! records eccentric people just living their lives
Someday I want to live happy like him when I get old! :)
Rain thunder same
The greenery is remarkable
i wish someone would care for me as much as much as this guy does for his veggies
So, he just takes the biggest seeds from the fruit and plants them? I could totally do that. I'll need to buy a single cucumber from this man and I'll be set for life.
I do not think that only bigger seeds contribute to bigger yield ..must be customized organic fertilizers and tech of care count for it...Ny do let me know if your methods yield in such a way...best wishes...😊
@@rosansakya181 I would definetly assume lots of specialized fertilizers but I think he may cut all the other vines just for the plant to grow one big crop.
Maybe he use steroids😂
Pickles forever
shit and i thought my 43 lb zucchinis were bog
Did he just solve world hunger?
Can he solve his wife's problem?
You know what I mean.
Take it as a joke
Yup
Not if big business has anything to say about it...
Yes, yes he did
@C B You don't need a government to solve world hunger. People have been growing their own food for a long time before they were a thing.
My family used to do this! We started growing zucchinis for about a year or two, and all of the sudden, they started getting really big. After about four years, we had these massive 3-foot long zucchinis that we didn't know what to do with. It was really fun.
the plants respond to his sweetness and caring and they reward and bless him with bigger version of themselves! he is a sweet teddy bear and a giver!
Nah dude.. It's selective breeding like we've been doing for thousands of years.
SilvaDreams wrong it takes special people to grow like this. Good luck
@@noidontmindtherain2166 The fuck are you talking about "special people". Selective breeding, nothing more. The other guy talking about sweetness and caring is full of shit as are you.
SilvaDreams thats some insane selective breeding going on
Maybe... but he has a eyes to select the seeds and some remarkable methods of farming, I guess...
I'm glad for him that he found something which provides him with such joy and passion!
This guy is awesome! We need more people like him!
I would trade (almost) anything to be this guy's neighbor... beautiful spirit!
your soul?
your life?
Your wife?
your neighbor?
Why is eveyone saying something like
"your (thing that u obviously cant trade)"
Did anyone think of "The Hobbit" while seeing this?
i did
+Psych me too
me!
I did
I can't help but see it now.
I too once loved gardening, health no longer allows so my wife does the talking to our plants. There's nothing more satisfying than a partner for life, her love for gardening is a side benefit. You and I could be relatives, my ancestors came to America from Wales and Ireland, the surname of those from Wales is Havard. I understand there's a chapel there somewhere dedicated to them and that a branch founded a university later renamed Harvard University! Please let me know if you have any information on this. Really enjoyed the video, God Bless and have a great day cousin (?)!
Free Country Again what a wonderful comment. This made my day. Greetings from Canada!
What a sweet comment
Just because your great great great grandad is Welsh, it doesn’t make you Welsh
@@lightdeathguy9266 Seriously... Wow, really enlightening!
Free Country Again it’s something 90% of Americans seem to forget. You aren’t Welsh or Irish or German or whatever
These commercials I actually kinda enjoy watching, unlike that obnoxious Iowa state commercial with no skip ad button...
Raven_ Didnt even know these were ads.
dude use opera lol no ads
Adamke_ k
Adamke_ hi
Christie Fiore hi
He's such a sweet person
“Honey get the cucumber, I wanna get weird tonight”
*Are you sure about that?*
Underrated
OMG I THINK I ACTUALLY KNOW THIS GUYS I SEEN HIM AROUND MY VILLAGE IN WALES
* this guy
I am so excited right now
That is so cool! Say hi to him from the 1mil viewers here :)
Amy Wood Tell him you saw the video, and that it has almost 2 million views!
@Dai Nguyen How do we know you're an average viewer or not the man himself?
dang, how much water does he give to them.
Tony 300 pounds weekly
+Pwn Face 300 pound you mean gallons or something like that
Tony Water doesn’t determine size with anything, if you water then too much you will kill the plant.
well doing meth with the water filter (smoke on the water) is pretty much fun
*_1 ton_*
Me visiting this dudes garden
Me: DANG THATS A BIG TREE
Him: oh that, no that’s a piece of broccoli
“Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs”
This is one of my favorite channels ever! I loved this. We all should do things that make us happy for a living. What a good conversation starter his job is.
"Hobbits are not real"they said
"Get in the reality"they said
Farmer Maggot😄
He's quite a charming character. The accent is lovely too.
I had wondered if the taste of giant veggies was normal. It's good to know that it's perfectly edible as well.
His whole garden is beautiful 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 I'd wish to have a garden like that someday.....
Hope you'll have it soon
Gardener level: legend
David Delima facts!!
I'm still wondering how he does that.....I mean is he a magician 🤔
Tech Trendz No it isn’t magic at all or even that hard to understand/do just takes lots of devotion
I believe he picks the largest and best seeds and over time as the seeds grow larger, the larger the plant becomes so the seeds become large too
Jakub Kostrzewa Yes, it’s just selective breeding, nothing very complex
Thanks to everyone who replied 😁
He does it through genetic manipulation over the generations
Monsanto: We need GMO seed and pesticide resistant crops to feed the world:
This guy: >_
Lol!! Right on!!
People who use pesticides are lazy growers and shouldn't be growing in the first place, in my 6 years of cannabis growing and 4 years of growing vegetables, I've never once had to use pesticides or fungicides.
GMOs however ?, I couldn't really care, more plants for me to grow
(Watch someone get triggered over the GMOs because nature should be left, well if everything had been left alone, we'd still be in the dark ages, progress should be welcomed, not hated)
@@Mr_Makina So you grew a couple pot plants and tomatoes and you're the authority on who can garden?
You must be high on fertilizer. Gotta flush that out before curing.
I'll indulge your "trigger trap".
No one has a problem with GMOing the optimal corn or any seed.
The *problem* is the supplier of those GMO corn seed also sells the only pesticides that can be used on that corn. That corn is resistant to the chemical, while it kills everything else and causes unknown effects on humans and the environment. Cant even grow seeds from last year's GMO crops. So every year, slightly different corn, slightly different chemical compound.
Google DON corn. Dont be a stereotypical stoner dumbass.
Natures had millions of years to fine tune the corn seed to be what it is and if looked after its totally fine. It was never meant to be grown in 1000 acre fields, sprayed with 100 gallons of poison to kill weeds and harvested by 10 ton machines all operated by 1 man. You see the problem, dumbass?
@@ChicknSandwich the fact that you have to name call, you provide a point, just devalues your point, the fact, you also make assumptions, is also another devaluation of your argument, calling me a stereotypical stoner, when realistically, if you saw me, you won't tell the difference, if I was a "stoner"
Get a little grip of yourself and if you actually, look in to the wider opinions on the gardening community, a lot of people have issues with GMOs and are typically spouting misinformation.
Flushing actually doesn't make a difference, it doesn't change the ash, flavour or burn and my opinion is pretty much well, shared in the Cannabis industry, if you need pesticides, you're a lazy grower and shouldn't be growing, there's multiple high roller names who agree.
Get a grip and don't act childish, you don't need to call people "dumbass" to get a point across, don't be a Simpleton, it doesn't make you look good.
Ps. If you call 70 Cannabis plants each year a "few" then your arrogance shows, I've worked with some of the biggest names in the Cannabis industry, seeing their rooms, testing their genetics, I'm pretty sure I've got more hands on experiences with plants, than you buddy.
Maybe, give me your address and I'll send you a half ounce, you need to chill, leave the feelings at the door.
th-cam.com/video/AnWd2mHedK0/w-d-xo.html
You obvious dont know the history of why GMOs were created in the first place
Imagine if his grandkid didnt like vegetables lmao
imagine if he started beating his grandkid with a 100 pound carrot
I'll eat 'em!
His gran kid is my next door neighbour
respect ma attoritah rlly ?
They will be made into compost.
The ways he talks tells that his happy of what he's doing.
Me:watching 100 pounds cucumber.
My sister: Wo,that a big CUCUMBER.
Me:(worry face)
I don’t know What to say 😭😭😭
lmao
Me: "GO TO YOUR ROOM NOW"
Me: 🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
got milk Sister:With or without the cucumber?
Me: that’s a big cucumber.
Him: that is a jalapeño.
He. Is. Adorable.
Student: Sensei, my 2lb cabbages are not enough to feed my family. What should I do?
Sensei: Grow bigger vegetables.
Stfu weeb
go get a job!
Lol people who hate/assume on others based on their interest are the ones that need to get a life.
This man has such Happy vibes .I was quite sad this evening but now I am happy just by looking at him .
Can you just give this guy a show, I love him?
It ain't much, but it's honest work.
Looks like much to me!
Pretty sure this sweet gentleman is a wizard.
Amazing....
Soothing to eyes and soothing to ears the way he talks
Get this guy some pot seeds. The pub will love you for it.
Heard of Jack and the bean stalk but the pot stalk is just silly.
Giant buds! Dam lol
aw i love his cute Welsh accent! and his very kind spirit
such a sweet man
I'm far more impressed with his mother, 17 children!!!!!?
It used be common for someone to have a lot of kids. I like to think the thought was to insure the family name lived on because it wasn’t certain that any child would survive long enough. Health care was very backwards
She probably was catholic, they cant discard seamen because god will get mad at them.
Back in the day (when coal mining was a thing) families in South Wales specifically use to be VERY big. The more kids you had, the more you could send down the mines to earn money. I don't know if it's the case with this man, but I know my grandfather had 8 brothers and 3 sisters, once he and his brothers reached 16/17 they followed their dad down the mines.
Well in the middle east and africa it isnt that uncommon. Such is in Afghanistan half of my mums siblings which is 5 have over 10 children.
@@nope1083 everybody had a lot of kids back then.
He used alot of bonemeal and 4 seads in a 4x4 metre squared area
@gingipw sorry that you dont understand get better soon and search minecraft once in a while... thank you
good meme
gingipw ok boomer
Now I know what inspired the Mr. Bean episode where they grow giant vegetables. 😍
Fun fact: This is the guy that brought Jack's cow in exchange for magic beans.
Her: he’s probably out with other girls
Me:
LMAO U DID NOT 😭
@@sano8172
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That's you, right now. And it's annoying
Lmao this reminded me of Wallace and Gromit The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Mia Karras omg
Awww.. you beat me to it! Hahaha, especially since both live in the U.K.
Hehe
Lol
Lol I was thinking that
He reminds us to do what we love
He reminds me of my grandparents.It was the best when I was with them in the garden,the whole environment and their presence brought happiness to everyone.
Looks like an ordinary backyard garden not a farm...except for the simple shelters. Very inspiring.
Generations (plant generations) of selective breeding to get steadily bigger and stronger plants like we've been doing for thousands of year. Just some people take it to an extreme (or course these also take a Lot more care so it's not done on an industrial level)
Beautiful gardens of veggies
This might be my favorite video on TH-cam.
Excelente!
the sponge its O.P
The perfect man never exis-
@@stupidbisexualgirl8910 wtf is this
@Ringo Garvin what brain washing
@@terrorist6928 nevermind him, he's another one talking a load of pish (as we say in Scotland)
@@Mr_Makina please explain
@@terrorist6928 shut up!!
This man knows how to balance the stress levels really well, but I hope he has cactus for winter
Dont starve crew where you at
I mean he probably uses the premier gardener hat
Give that such requires going into the ruins or ancient archives, I wonder what he’s seen.
I kept expecting this guy to go “GROMIT”
Does anyone else think that Wallace and Gromit are going to show up & get rid of those pesky rabbits 🐰
Wish he had a youtube page that captures his daily farm life. I will watch religiously...
I wish his grandchildren will take that up...
Wifey’s not so fond of him talking to his veg, ha!
I wish you would share your growing methods. A starving world could use your help.
MrJessieJames2010 exactly what I was thinking! Imagine if we can grow hundreds of gigantic fruits and vegetables. It may help world hunger
ffs, it would take the same amount of soil, nutrients and water to grow 1x100lb marrow as it would to grow 100x1lb marrows. you fucking donkey!
A couple more years of selective breeding and the vegetables could get larger to feed even more people, but they would need more resources to grow
Did you not fucking listen to how he picks seeds out and grows organic? Listen and figure it out yourself, you act like hes holding it from you and starving all the children of the world.
However 100 1lb marrows will take up more space because you will need more plants to grow that many, whereas 1 100lb marrow takes up less space because its only one plant. Yes the same amount of water/fertiliser/compost will be needed because its the same biomass of marrow but it could save space
i wish my life was that simple like this old man
If this guy is with me then I am never gonna die of hunger
He's a druid now teach me your ways Master
Funnily enough he's from Wales which became famous for its druids back in the Roman times.
I’m just a new gardener, but oh boy! I would love some of those seeds!!
His wife gets jealous of him for talking to his vegetables!!!
They look so delicious
HOW ARE YOU EVERYWHERE?!
I see you in every video I watch
f364 coz you're awesome
I see you every video everywhere and you only got like 1-3 likes wth
You is everywhere bro
This is the best TH-cam video I’ve ever seen!!
why in the hell would anybody thumb this down?
i love this guys accent
Thank you your garden is beautiful.
His accent is so uplifting 😫
16 Brothers and Sisters, Holy Shit. I bet they never had a problem being lonely lol
I like the way he talks he seems so nice and welcoming
This reminds me of Wallace and Gromit
*The BFG has entered the chat*
This is what I love to see. People who charosh their work and enjoy what they do, and help their communities in the process. In fact this man's techniques could help food shortages
In other words this is a front for a food factory to feed giants..
Uso Squad lmao
bro, just use bonemeal.
Yo that coment's fire lmao
Love this guy he's so happy to be doing what he's doing thanks for the video I gotta get on his growing plan wow love it
“It ain’t much to solve world hunger”. “Really it’s honest work”