Growing Zucchini in Containers, Blossom End Rot, Powdery Mildew // Large Veggies in Containers #3
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- Growing zucchini in containers can be done successfully when you follow a these tips. I’ll also share some solutions for keeping blossom end rot and powdery mildew under control.
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Pruning the smaller sun leaves to improve airflow near the base of the plant is highly benificial for preventing bossom end rot as well. Most zucchini plants only need 5 or 6 sun leaves to produce more than enough energy. You had a ton of great information, thank you for helping me with my soon-to-be garden 😁
Great job Kim! Those plants looks so healthy in their containers!
Thanks Calikim, you're always a mine of information.
Just wanted to get on here and tell you that you’re awesome!! I watch all of your videoes and I’ll be the first to admit, I learned everything I know from you!! I do things different now that I have my own small gardening buisness, but when in doubt, I always turn to your videoes. Thank you for being so amazing!!
This was so informative for this first time plant and veggie Mama! Thank you so much! 🌱🥒🌸 I’m so excited for my zucchini. It’s been about a week since I planted as seeds and they are already a few inches tall. Now I’m convincing my hubby to build me an elevated veggie garden 😆❤️
Never tried to grow zucchini before. Your plant looks so big and beautiful! :)Thanks for sharing :)
Using 20 gallon smart pots this season for sure, eggplant, squash and zucchini, thanks for all your help
I never thought about Tums! What a great idea! Thanks very much for this video.
You are welcome - thanks for watching!
Kim, thank you for your great video. I've learned so much in just a few minutes. OMG I was getting ready to toss my plant a few weeks ago because the leaves were so many and so darn large, I thought I had done something wrong...I didn't notice the two huge zucchinis just laying there...HaHa. Anyway, please continue to school us! You are a great teacher!
Lovely professional presentation, thank you 🙏
Hi there!!! Love your videos!!! You've inspired me to grow watermelon, cantaloupe, yellow squash, and zucchini!!! It's my first garden in a very long time. I'm growing the squash and zucchini in my patio garden bed... alternating one then the other. That's how much I love them. I cook them together with onion. I also have some growing in two raised beds. I plan to freeze some and share some with my friends and neighbors. Thanks for your inspirational videos.
i LOVE your videos. thank you for making me a better gardener.
tums! wow....I don't think I've seen that one lol I learned something new today! 😃
Awesome video! Tfs, Kim! I love my new grow bags thanks to seeing them in your videos. My corn, tomatos, and thai basil plants are huge! Also, that worm tea is amazing, I purchased it right after seeing one of your videos. My plants are super healthy, however that tea does smell girl! ;-) ♥
Perfect timing for this video. I noticed some powdery mildew on our leaves. Now I know what to do to fix the problem. 😁
looks like 2 plants. big and gorgeous!
Great video. I do have papaya, tomatoes, sour sop, eggplant, and starting to grow peppers all in my balcony. like the way you teach.
Such great tips!! Thank you 😊 will watch other growing lessons!
Excellent information and video. Thank you!
Started zucchini and tomatoes hydroponically but will be transplanting into grow bags thanks for the tips
THanks Kim . Great idea with the tums. .
Thank you 😃 for all the info. God Bless ✝️🌻
Great tips. My zucchini plants are doing great. Yours look amazing. I was excited to harvest one of mine. It was delicious. Thank you for sharing great garden tips. I appreciate it immensely. Have an amazing day. :)
Hello Pam - how fun to be harvesting and eating your squash! I'm sure that it the first of many more to come for you this summer. What is your favorite way to eat it? Thanks for stopping by - I always love to hear your positive, encouraging comments!
Great job on the video. Format and the cuts were perfect.
Thanks - appreciate the feedback!
Awesome video Kim
Very informative and motivating!
Nice Kim! Hola! Slowly trying to catch up on my YT watching :) Love them big SmartPots!!! I'm definitely going to try them next season for my peppers (:
another great video!
Thank you so much! I'll be planting some black zucchini very soon in containers. Really wanted to make sure I was doing things correctly.
Growing zucchini in containers is a great way to utilize space and take advantage of the warmer soil temperatures from raised bed. Let me know how your zucchini does and thanks for watching!
Thanks very much.My next summer is going to be amazing
I love your videos i get to learn so much from them thank you for uploading them keep up the good work and im going to try the worm casting this season and the worm tea seems very good for the plants i cant wait to try it out thanks again.
Just tried the worm tea for the first time about two weeks ago. It's wonderful! It seems to help with powdery mildew. But as soon as I sprayed it on the plants, they started sprouting. All, that is, except my zucchini. Its growing but giving me fits. Good luck!
Thanks for sharing this useful information
if you want an easy zucchini dish slice a zucchini in a cake pan pour some spaghetti sauce over zucchini bake on 350 for 30 min then add shredded cheese and bake until zucchini is done and cheese is melted or you can use stewed tomatoes and Italian seasoning instead pf spaghetti sauce .
Hi Debbie, for a millisecond I read your last name as "bouillon." I thought what a great last name that would be for a chef or gardener...vegetable bouillon.
Sound good! We use spaghetti squash instead of noodles! It’s so delicious. The inside shreds and looks just like noodles!
I love ur gardening style...🙂.
Lots of love from India❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
So helpful! Thank you! :)
Thank you for the tips
Hi Kim good tips there ! I have to confess I am missing your in ground garden especially the slope !
Hello MBG - glad you are enjoying the tips on container gardening. We'll be doing some videos on other areas of my garden soon. Thanks for watching!
Bless your heart
Thank you! 💚🌱💚
Amazing. I love zuc in sandwiches. Quite yummy. I’m attempting to grow some here in Calgary. Thank u for the vid.
You are so Welcome, Donna! Let me know how it grows up there! Been some tough weather that way this season! Thank you for watching! Kim
When growing in containers, placing wheat straw in the center of the container, then covering with soil, help retain moisture also. Fill the bag half way, then add the straw, then fill to the top.
That’s what I am adding this year! This is my first year growing in a 19’ bag, I am so excited!
this is a great series Kim. well done
Hello Steve, glad you are enjoying the series - are you growing in containers? I'm loving the extra growing space. Thanks for watching!
CaliKim29 Garden & Home DIY yes as a renter it's the only option l have. l grow everything in root pouches. l have a forest of fruit 😎 Keep up the great work. lm glad you are doing a container series. not everyone has the luxury of not only dirt but viable dirt at that.
Great tips Kim! I have to admit those smart pots are impressive.
Hello Cliff - they are an easy way to grow - I'm very happy with how these larger veggies/fruit are doing in them. Have you ever tried them? Thanks for watching!
I have a lot of space, a mini farm you might say. So we've never had the motivation to conserve space. But the plants they grow look very nice. Our next step as we get older is to build raised beds. I'm sure I'll be doing a lot of that over the next 5 years.
Hello thanks for the helpful video
Thanks for great tips, I have a few potatoe grow bags that the Pound shop were selling for 50p each, they have handles so im going to grow powdery mildew free, courgettes in them. 👋😃
great advice and information on growing courgettes in large containers !! thanks for sharing your knowledge and as always happy gardening !!
Nice zucchini Plants.
I am growing zucchini, for the first time in containers! Hope your tips help. Thanks Tee
Stored all my seeds throughout the winter, a variety squash peppers and tomatoes now it's early May and seeds have germinated. Planting ing containers ...
Very informative. Great videoing. Like the grow bag idea! Hmm, use cage or stake to promote vertical growth verses horizontal growth, saving space. We have limited space. Thank you.
Very good
Another tip, if you are having calcium issues is to add Epsom salts (magnesium) to your soil.
This will help the plants absorb the calcium.
You can also use it for a blossom set
Hi John - thanks for the info!
John Fitzsimmons how do you know you have calcium issues
Hi Kim I combat powdery mildew by using a combination of Neem Oil, Clean Non Concentrated Dish Soap (Dawn) & Water in a spray bottle, It removes all of the mildew while leaving a beautiful shine on the leaves :)
Can you tell me what you do to protect your zucchini from vine borers? They are the worst!
excellent
You have really inspired me to grow my veggies in 20 gal. grow bags. I've already harvested a zucchini and a crook neck squash. I use Trifecta + and the VermisTerra Earthworm Casting Tea you recommended. This is the first time in years I have beautiful squash.
Hello Audrey - so great to hear that your veggies are growing well - how exciting to be harvesting and eating from your own garden! The Smart Pots and the organic nutrients you are feeding your plants are really doing the trick. Squash is such a power producer, soon you'll be giving squash away to your neighbors. Thanks for watching!
I'm going to make the DYI tomato cages and will be watching your video on that too. You, Organics Best and Plant Abundance are my heroes. I'm almost 70 and you young people inspire a lot of us. Keep up the good work, Kim.
Thank you much
I am growing zucchini for the first time on my patio.
Hey Kim have you ever tried crushed egg shells soaked in vinegar to add calcium for your plants? Bake the egg shells first to kill and bacteria. Let the eggshells and vinegar soak for about 2 hours. The vinegar helps breakdown the egg shells releasing the calcium to a form available for the plant uptake. I haven’t done his yet but. Have been watching videos on it and it makes sense. The vinegar won’t be too acid due to the calcium which is alkaline (most veggies prefer acidic soil anyway). Anyway just wanted to share. Your plants are beautiful and you seem like a doll. Thanks for inspiring us!
Nice
I've found if I use wood ash to dial in the organic potting mix to a perfect pH for the species I'm trying to grow, then do a one time treatment of Sea-90 minerals, and Epsom salt both mixed together in water at half strength, putting in a measured amount depending on container size; then do a nice thick top dressing of fresh bioactive worm castings. The zucchini and other plants grow amazingly well! Of course I brew up proper batches of compost tea once a month, using worm castings, a balanced compost blend and mealy worm frass to get unbelievable explosive growth out of them. I've never seen anything like the healthy fast growth from that simple process, in all my 32 years of gardening :)
DIY Gardener have you ever tried Garden tone by Espoma?
Do you have a video on this mixture??
This is the perfect solution for vine borers! I’ve been waiting until June to sow. Never again
Yes I got my first borer he killed my Zucchini and I killed him found him in the stock!! Mine was in a pot so don’t think they can’t get in there they do..Also still wait till high heat the Squash Bugs killed my other Zucchini even with me looking for eggs everyday Neem Oil one routine Spraying Chamomile Soap, Peppermint water everyday Still took my Zucchini and 1 Squash our!! Best to wait till it’s hot 🥵 to grow Squash and Zucchini no more spring planting them for me I’m in Texas I haven’t seen a Squash big since on my last Squash!! I learned my lesson too!! 😂
@@Sheywh12 Thanks I was told June's too late to grow squash/zuchinni but I've planted it anyway
@@Sheywh12 Hi! Do you keep it in direct sun? I live in the high desert and am afraid the sun will burn my zucchini. I currently have it under shade cloth
i planted zucchini last year for the 1st time after watching your videos. You are such an inspiration to me and just wanted to share. I will be planting zucchini in grow bags this year so I can have more room in my garden beds. After watching this video, I am very confident that I will have success in grow beds. Thank you so much. Keep making videos. Can you use Rolaids instead of tums?
I found over 100 20 gal. Smart-Bags on Craigslist for $1 a piece and snagged all of them up. I love them! Everything I've grown out of them, so far, has grown far better than any of my stuff in the ground. I'm only using about 6 of them now, but next spring I am determined to have them all filled and growing yummy food. Thanks for the heads-up Kim, or I would have never known about them.
+Sterling McHan what a great deal! Smart Pots are a great way to grow vegetables. Glad u have some going now - will be fun to get more going next year. thanks for watching!
Thanks for the reply, Kim. You are adorable, and I love your videos.
Great Job
Thanks, Ted - appreciate you stopping by! Are you growing in containers?
Not at this time, have allot of 30 gal metal pots but don't like them, have a big garden in the ground but i ordered a brown smart pot i seen in your video they look nice, will replace the metal if i like them..I love your videos thank you so much your a big help, sweet person and great eye candy.. Have a great day.
I ordered the brown smart pots, like the looks of them, first time seen them was on your channel Love your channel, great info and eye candy. keep up the great work.
Early squad were you at!!!!!
Thank you...
You are welcome, George - what kind of squash are you growing? Thanks for watching!
You're welcome, CaliKim. "Summer Squash - Sure Thing Hybrid"
i want to try growing one of my roses in a smart pot
I started a container garden, my first attempt at growing vegetables. They are all doing great. Thanks for the tips. One more thing. I love your jeans. What brand? I want some just like them.
Very helpful (:
Kim I am a new Gardner . I planted my first zucchini ,and it produce many small fruits , however they died from blossom end rot due to lack of pollination . However , one zucchini matured . It is huge . Just like the one you had in this episode. I am so proud . When do I hand pollinate? Am I waiting to late?
As soon as the flower opens use the male flower if you have any on the plant and pollinate
Thanks millions for this one, Kim. We made our own self-watering container out of empty Tidy Cat Litter containers. It isn't pretty, but it houses the largest of our zucchini plants in 2017, and it started out as the runt of our seedlings and planted 3 days after the regulars were planted in the ground. We planted it in 100% compost.
A couple questions:
1. I didn't think about staking them, and now it is too late to stick something in the box without damaging roots. If we placed a soft cotton string and encircled the plant a few times around before tying it into a knot, do you think this might help support the plant?
2. Do you know how much worm tea or compost tea to add to a self-watering container? I have one Tidy Cat container on top of the other, with the lower half housing the water storage and a PVC pipe leading from the air to the bottom chamber.
3. Can I add the Tums to the water chamber to receive the same benefits?
We don't have mildew issues, but we have squash bug issues, and they seem to not care about hot pepper spray.
My problem is critters so everything must be encased in chicken wire and that isn’t always a guarantee! So i have to further encase in bird netting or shade cloth and i discovered something ate my green onions down to the soil line!!! It also ate my green bean leaves off but left a few beans! Eeeek!
I hope I get zucchini this year the last two years I didn't get anything but yellow squash, all my plants leaves are turning yellow so maybe I need to water more often and I just gave them fertilizer today so I'm hoping that helps and the plants get better
Hi I bought a garden sprayer and it was junk! Can you tell me what kind of sprayer you are using in this video. I am planting in canvas pots this year so thanks for all the tips
How often do you feed the zucchini?
I used to get Neptune's harvest fertilizer and make the compost tea with it. It's kind of expensive, but great. You pour it on the leaves and soil. Even the leaves will take in nutrients
Great tip, Ted! Thank you!
@@CaliKim29 1/4 cup neptunes harvest, compost tied up in a porous bag with a brick on top it to submerge it, a few tablespoons epson salt (not actually salt), 2 tablespoons lime and 2 tables spoons sugar to feed the bacteria in the compost mixed in 5 gallon water bucket with a fish aquarium pump also pinned to bottom of bucket to aerate the mixture for a day or two.
Nice plants, and thanks for the video. Powdery mildew is a fungal disease not bacterial.
I am thinking about using containers for my zucchini because i may be able to combat pest more effectively. Vine bores or cut worms.
I will use pepper mint oil mixed with water and Cayenne pepper as a pesticide. Maybe it will work.
hi, i'm planting my zucchini for the first time in grow bag as well. i planted them directly but then they become leggy. they look amazing and starting to fruit now but i don't know why the leaves are twisted everywhere not going straight like yours although i put them in direct sun light.
p.s: pardon my bad english 😁
Hi LOVE THE VIDEOS!!!!! Do you get squash bugs in these containers???
Great job your plants always look Awesome! Love your videos!!
May I ask how often would you recommend in doing the foliar spray? Can you also use hydrogen peroxide as a foliar spray to care for powdery mildew? Thank you!
I wish she would answer that too!!
my zucchini and squash all tanked this year. I tried everything I could think of to bring them back to health. They are holding on my a thread. The base of the plants are halfway rotted. Gary was talking about those worms that burrow so not sure if its that or rot from to excessive rain we’ve had in TX? Probably both!
Thanks for the helpful video. Btw, powdery mildew is a fungal infection, not a bacterial infection.
Do bush types or vining types take up less space in containers? Which one of these two do you think is easier to take care of?
Do cucumbers or zucchinis produce more food for each plant?
Ours made fruit for a while, then the squash bugs got them. I harvested about 12 from 6 plants, then they all died. I am starting over hoping to keep them covered with the ag fabric and maybe the squash bugs won't get them till a little later in the season.
I should have grown one seed in one pot, but didn't have time. I bought mine. 4 plants in a each of 6 containers. I didn't want to thin 3 out of 4 plants.
Growing zucchini and yellow squash in raised planter, already removing leaves as to powdery mildew
Hey thanks for all the info in the video, I'm doing my research now to become a zucchini mama lol I was wondering how many plants are in that one container? Looks like maybe 2? 🤔 Thanks!!
My 1st year of a squash/zuchinni garden and I'm using grow bags However I screwed up and need to move to larger pots can that be done without killing them?They're looking good
I'm a newer gardener growing zucchini and yellow squash for the first time... in large fabric pots. I bought seedlings from Home Depot. Two zucchini plants came in one 4" pot, and three yellow squash in one pot. I can't figure out if I'm supposed to leave it like that, or thin to one seedling. I was too scared to try separating them and risk damaging roots. Any advice? Learning a lot from your channel, especially since I'm also in SoCal. Thanks!
is it too late to start zucchini from seed now? and should i start in indoors or out?
I’ve had a couple really healthy flowers come up, but I notice they’ve been snipped off by something. Super frustrating. Also, something appears to be eating the leaves.
Do you rotate soil in the containers or replace it? My plants died from wilt. I germinated more seeds and planted in the same boxes. The new plants died too. I think I will replace or amend the soil with horse manure as soon as the growing season is over.
How long (duration and frequency) do you water you plants (using the drip irrigation) that are in smart pots? Are all the smart pots on the same irrigation line and timer/zone? I have a smart pot container garden (after watching your videos :) ) with a large variety of vegetables (tomatoes, zucchini, egg plant, celery, watermelon, squash, cucumbers, beans, radish, and herbs) all on the same drip irrigation line (time and duration). My vegetables are slowly growing, as you suggested I used worm castings. It took me over 40 days to receive the Trifectia Plus so I'm mixing that into the pots today. However I did water with worm tea every month. I obtained a meter and found the container soil is wet so I reduced the watering to 3 minutes once per day. I'm wondering if I should water every other day so I'm curious how long you water your container plants.
My zucchini plants still producing flowers but unable to pollinate, trying to hand pollinate but still failing, any tips?
How many summer squash plants can I grow in a 30 gal cloth smart planter? I usually grow 3 plants in a hill when planting in the ground on a mound.
Interesting and informative, good presentation, only one "small little" criticism :-)
Hi. I bought the worm tea! i watch your videos and I noticed that you use worm tea in most of your garden. can you please tell me how many times do you apply the worm tea in your squash/ zucchini, strawberry? thanks!