My grandfather thought us, “Always plant three seeds per hill. One for God, one for my neighbor, and one for my family. Amen”. His garden was always abundant. I luv ur message, never give up.
Growing cantaloupe always makes me laugh because of a story from my dad. 💜 He grew them on a trellis too. When they started getting big and heavy, he used some of my step-mom's bras to support them! 😂 She forgave him and it worked really well.
The first plant I ever grew was a cantaloupe. It was for a second grade project. The plant practically grew itself, took over my whole backyard, and I got melons the size of basketballs. It was so successful and so fun, and it was the plant that inspired me to start my gardening hobby, and I’ve been coming back to it each year.
this is a really good message to spread to everyone, i thought i couldnt start my own garden but all i needed was a little push and it is doing really well now
I had two lovely growing cucumber plants and a little over a week ago some kind of animal ate the leaves off both plants and I got so sad, I was devastated! I wanted to quit but I also wanted to keep going, so I spent the day being upset and then after that went back to caring for them so they could recover. Now they’ve started recovering well, and one is completely recovered and growing nicely! The other is struggling, but it’s still growing leaves and I hope it’ll make it to one cucumber harvest before the frost 🤞
I've always failed at zucchini before. Always lost them to powdery mildew. This year I armed myself with the knowledge from you Luke and am growing more zucchini than I know what to do with. My friends and neighbors are helping eat them all lol. I just picked a 2.5 pound zucchini yesterday. Thanks Luke and thanks Trifecta+!!!
The hangup for many new summer squash growers is that they let them get too big, mainly because they don't want them going to waste or it seems like they just started growing. But don't fall for it! Pick pick pick every day, keep them under a pound, 8 ounce is better, if you have too many then compost the oldest but keep picking. Winter squash are the opposite, let them go until the weather turns or the vine dies, good hard skin and more sugars.
Actually, this year I was mumbling that this is so frustrating, the squirrels ruin so much, maybe I should stop trying. You convinced me to not give up. I lost all my tomatoes due to a late frost, (the same one that caught you). I purchased plants, because too late to re-sprout from seeds, those plants are doing great. Our soil is beyond help, as it is almost pure clay, I saw how you and some others use composted wood chips in raised beds. That is what I am using with Trifecta + to help them grow. It is working!! Thanks so much for the time you spend to making these video sessions in your garden or basement in the winter.
I’m with you. I have been gardening for 4 years now but this year I moved and the squirrels/rabbits have been eating so many seedlings. Rabbits pulling whole kale plants out. I wanted to quit but just need to find a new approach :).
Oh bless you. I feel bad complaining about deer now. We fought clay for so long! 3 or 4 years ago they had to replace our drain field and we were over joyed as we had an excuse to get new soil tho we did not enjoy the cost of the drain field. The best we could get was top soil so we knew it would require some work. They charged us top dollar as well. It was not clay but no better and we worked in so many good things but still was a mess! This year we actually moved all of our beds. We put bottoms on them and mixed a third peat moss, a third good bagged compost and a third miracle grow garden dirt!! It took our whole stimulus check as we bought 5 fruit trees as well but it was worth every penny. Most beautiful dirt I have ever had in 40 years. I would start doing at least 1 bed every time I could afford it if I had to do it over. Had hubbie not been an essential worker there is no way we could have afforded that. This year is prime but even next year we will have to start amending again I'm sure. When I pull anything I shake every bit of dirt off I can then rinse the rest over a bed as I dont want to lose any of it.
Lightly sprinkle pepper over their targets.. Those nasty critters learn fast. Pepper or cayenne pepper, or mixed together in a shaker. Repeat after a rain until plants develop. They love to dig up little starts.... now they don't no more. You can attach a mailbox somewhere in the backyard, and keep small tools scissors and such a shaker handy. Makes life easier.
@@montanaliving4769 I would add to that beautiful productive dirt, to keep it like that. In my garden I add well crushed egg shells, providing much calcium and other minerals. Egg shells contain 26, much calcium and various trace minerals. Farm eggs have much stronger shells. You can use a food processor to break them up small in no time. I collect them all winter, then I break them with the thing to mash potatos up., and sprinkle around my plants, specifically the tomatos benefit much from it. I have a small container for raw fruit peels and raw vegetable scraps, and I place them next to my plants and cover with dirt as I go, on a very frequent basis, one plant at a time. I do the same with any yard waste, shred everything smal with scissors and place it around my plants. It can compost on site, on the targeted spots. If I had a big garden I might have a place for grass clippings to partly decompose before using. NEVER COMPOST FOOD SCRAPS, BREAD, MEAT NOR BONES AT HOME. Because every rodent in the neighborhood will come to partake in the free buffet. Happy gardening to all, everyone and everywhere. 🏡🏠🏡🏠🏡🏠🏡🏠🏡🏠🏡🏠🏡🏠🏡🏠🏡🏠🏡🏠🏡🏠🏡🏠🏡
Our garden is never bothered by squirrels but chipmunks are a problem. They will take a bite out of tomatoes, for instance, never eat a lot but that one bite obviously ruins the fruit. An old gardener told me the chipmunks do so because they are thirsty in hot weather so keep a saucer of water for them in the garden. It worked, no more nibbling! We also get deer munching on everything but the peppers. The cheaper solution to not putting up a tall expensive unsightly fence was to buy a roll of vinyl coated green fencing and fashion simple cages of different heights for different crops. We stake them over our garden beds and it works wonderfully. They are removed easily to weed and harvest.
A similar thing happened to me. In my case it was Pumpkin, I tried three years I tried and in the third year, I got my largest pumpkins (4 at 35 lbs each). For me it was moving where I planted the pumpkin start, apparently, they weren't getting enough sun. Last year I tried something new after watching one of your videos and that was growing potatoes in pots and got 35 lbs, which was more than we could eat. This year I staggard the planting and have harvested two sets of pots for just over 9 lbs (eaten most of them and have four more pots to harvest through August). I am also trying to grow in patio boxes, and have what looks like a bumper crop of tomatoes. I also am using them to grow radishes (the second crop going now) and green onions. My wife calls it one of my hobbies, I call it fun. Really great inspirational video.
They keep very well in the soil, trim off the dead tops and keep the soil moist and cool but not hard frozen. I dig my potatoes all winter, months after growing was done, near Tacoma the ground doesn't freeze more than an inch especially if mulched but it is wet and 40f from Oct to March.
I'm a new gardener. I've killed so many plants... so many. I almost quit today. My dog dug one of the few plants that was thriving in my garden and I was so upset that I almost quit. Glad I didn't. I'm not that good at gardening...YET. The few plants I have been able to grow give me joy. I am determined to persevere. I will have a garden. I will eat my bounty and eventually I will grow enough to share.
Every year has it challenges. Each year I make adjustments to what works for me, and try new things. Growing lettuce and kale works best on my deck; tomatoes developed blossom end rot and took a beating from hot strong wind. The bugs completely ate the red cabbage on the deck. I am moving towards covering more of my garden - the squirrels dig up the seed and I am on my 3rd bunny nest in my 4x8 pea patch! I now lay metal grates across newly planted pots for critters. The bugs are particularly bad this year. My garden got snowed on, fortunately I invested in snow covers! On the positive side, we have been enjoying salads daily since the end of April (before most people had even started planting garden), enjoyed baby kale and baby radishes, beets,spinach, herbs, cabbage, and peas. Getting ready to plant for fall season. Next year the tomato is going back into the raised bed so it stands a chance from the wind.
I am not the green thumb person but I kept trying and trying, since I enjoy the challenge and I have had many failures but achieved much success and thanks to gardening channels like this I have learnt a lot that has helped me improve my technique.
Yes, thank you for the encouragement! I try to learn from mistakes. I have definitely have had failures but i kept trying and kept growing (self and plants). I am trying new types of plants from seed all the time .
I really needed to hear this, it's been a rough garden year for me. Thanks for always keeping an eye on the positive and sharing all your tips and tricks with us!
It’s the best way to grow them! As they start going over the top they take off even more! We grow one long trellis tunnel that is house shaped (triangular top) and we grow our watermelons, cantaloupe, honey dew, sugar pumpkins, mini pumpkins, gourds, luffa’s, cucumbers, spaghetti squash and butternut squash on it. They do amazing! A lot of people sell these weird support hammocks for the fruit but it’s a total cash grab. You don’t need them. The vines will support the fruit just fine though as they begin to ripen they may become sensitive if you try to mess with them so it’s best just to leave them alone to grow.
To anyone out there struggling; I failed at gardening, at basically everything I planted, for about 3 years in a row 😭 I recently moved to a new zone (zone 10a) which is desert area btw, and I have 6 lush raised beds with so many different plants. Even moving to the desert didn’t stop me this season due to all the failures I’ve already had. Keep pushing guys, once you get there you will be glad for the incredibly frustrating moments which led you there to your zen garden ✌️
I feel you pain! When I lamented to a Canadian friend about some of my plants dying from the heat in SW zone 9a, he quipped "Well that's because you live in a DESERT!" Lol, very funny wiseguy... ... but I'm NOT giving up, I want a vegetable garden!!!
I'm so happy for you Luke! I'm excited because I have Minnesota Midgets growing up a trellis this year and I think I'm going to have fruit for the first time ever in my garden in Ontario Canada!
This year I am trying artichokes again. Still having a few problems with them, but have a tiny fruit on one of the 5 plants I am growing! One step closer to success!
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They grow like crazy here but get loaded with aphids, too many to wash off, I dont use pesticides so I gave up I Best of luck
M Ski I am having lots of ant problems around them. Perhaps there a aphids that are bringing the ants. I need to check this out. I grow organic too and have made ant bait with boric acid. This information helps me look into it further! Thanks.
Every year I get to the point of feeling like quitting. The weeds, the plants that died and I don’t understand why, the rabbits, the bugs, the deer, the seedlings that never appeared... but every year I sit down and write down “what did I learn? What will I do differently next year? My garden is my place to just be. I need it. So thank you for this one. And good job with the melons ☺️
My most productive garden was also my smallest. With the big gardens either I couldn't keep up, or it felt wasteful watering such a large area, or I couldn't get enough horse manure or compost to amend that much soil. Also the small garden was small enough I could put up white reflectors to get more light very early and very late in the season and to the backside of tall plants. 12ftx12ft
Ya know I was addicted to drugs for over a decade and im only 21. And watching this i could identify EVERYTHING you've said to what ive been thru. This is a garden related video but if you've ever been depressed or felt stuck or whatever have you you will feel this video and everything that was said. Come to ST Joe MI ill buy you dinner
First :) my wife was just telling my you were harvesting currants the other day as I enjoyed some on my ice cream! Thanks for all the information and training you offer on social media!
This is my first year of gardening and going at it hard in a yard about the size of 1,400 sq. feet. Doing 3 kinds of grapes, lettuce, spinach, yellow onions, garlic, chamomile, yellow squash, tomato, cherry tomato, cherry, full, rosemary, cilantro, parsley, dill, huckleberry, blackberry, blueberry, strawberry, seaberry, potatoes, yellow bell peppers, hot peppers, chard, plum, nectarine, peach, apple, prune, apricot, pomegranate, Mandarin orange, grapefruit, blood orange, lemon, lime, snap peas, and green beans. Planning on doing more. Even alot more.
Ever hear of Robert Schuller? He said “When faced with a mountain, I WILL NOT QUIT! I will keep on striving until I climb over, find a pass through, tunnel underneath, or simply stay and turn the mountain into a gold mine with God's help!” And a host of other unique but pointed statements about succeeding such as: "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail!" Enjoyed the sermon!!
I'm there with you, Luke. Never give up. I have successfully grown cantelopes in grow boxes on a trellis and gotten fruit. Now, to fine-tune, I need to monitor the water in order to get sweeter fruit.
We tried growing garlic for 4 years with no luck. Then, thanks to your tips, we finally had a harvest this year! Thank you for all your videos! They've really helped us expand our garden each year and encouraged us to carry on growing crops.
I agree about not giving up, quite often I grow things just to know I can grow them. I've made mistakes and had failed crops but I've never thought about giving up. I just treat it like a problem to be solved, which gives you a greater sence of accomplishment when you succeed. We're all learning every day and some times a challenge is good for you.
After 4 years of failing to grow anything I tried again the 5th year in containers and I did good, now this year I am doing great in ground and in containers thanks to your Information and fertilizer. This winter I am going to try to grow lettuce inside with a Dutch bucket system.
For me, the best squirrel control I have is a dog. 🤣 My biggest problem was early spring and robbins tearing up my seedlings while prowling my beds for worms.
I have this too with some larger birds that get in the yard. To prevent there is netting you can apply, or I just like to use little cages to protect until they’re more established.
@@inlonging Thanks I'll have to try those. This was my first year starting my own seedlings and having new raised beds that I put a lot of work into prepping (so lots of worms) we had a pretty rainy spring here so my garden beds were basically a buffet.
My 3rd year growing Minnesota Midgets. Funny thing is I didn't plant any this year. Thought I had 2 volunteer cucumbers but no! Today I found 3 little melons in a tomato bed! I'm thrilled to have them they are excellent melons. I love your seeds Luke.
Very cool! Congratulations very good idea to try multiple Varieties. My garden is doing very well this year! Thanks in large part to your Tips,thank you very much for the videos.
I've been battling powdery mildew with my pumpkins for two years. I'm also in Michigan. I really appreciate this information and your channel. Thank you.
Cantaloupe have always been a problem for us here in Ohio too. Tried for two or three years and every single year they got hit by a vine borer. I've declared war this year and I'm trying all the tricks I've been able to find. Wrapping the bases in foil, spraying with a peppermint oil spray, putting out yellow buckets of water, and everything else I can find. I caught the first moth yesterday in my bucket of water so fingers crossed they'll continue to do well in the next few weeks. Thanks so much for sharing your success!
Early in life I believed quitting was a bad thing, as I got older I learned quitting things that I am not great at takes away from 1. doing things I can master 2. Learning new things and 3. From things I absolutely need to learn to survive. I am not saying quit after the first failure but if I was still trying to grow palm trees and banana trees in zone 7b (possible to do as others do it but its a lot of work) I would not be most of what I do today. Sometimes quitting is for the better, sometimes being stubborn is for the better. These 2 opposing forces are both considered negatives... I say there is no absolute good or bad with words, its all about picking your battles and striving to win the battles you pick.
I can’t wait until your fall garden. It will give me inspiration. My area I have 276 days of planting 1st frost to last frost. Once I pull my spring crop I plan on redoing my two 3x3x12 ft beds to four 1.5x1.5x12ft beds for fall. Wish me luck. ❤️❤️❤️
My pumpkin vines seem to be very happy growing in the strawberry patch! The root balls & the vines are slightly shaded, the big leaves & buds towering over the patch soaking up the sun. I realize pumpkins are different than melons, but it seems to be working like your friend said companion planting melons w/cucumbers does. I’m praying I have such success w/my melons this first year. If not, I shall sow them in the strawberries & w/the cucumbers next year!
Just this morning, I was feeling like quitting. This video was a perfect inspiration for me to jump back into something I truly find fulfilling. Thanks!
thanks for the encouragement, I have a very small area for vegetables, most in containers. I gave up with cucumbers and peas, 2 years and little success, well this year not a great crop but actually had peas, changed the location which may have helped. Cucumbers a little late this year, no cukes yet but a lot of flowers and healthy plant. Fingers crossed. :)
This is my third year trying to grow seedlings -- they damped off my first two years. This year, I waited (a bit too long, truth be told) to plant and I actually got decent tomato plants. However, there is a difference between being persistent and refusing to face facts. I finally accepted that my sweet woodruff was getting too much sun where I had originally planted it. I moved it this year and it's already grown more in 2 months than it has in 2 years. Just like you had to change your techniques to get success. Congratulations on your melon success! :)
I'm growing cantaloupe this year on a trellis for the first time as well. It's working beautifully. I would love to see what you decide to do to support them. Thanks!
If anyone else has troubles with pests eating melons on the ground, I’m trying a new tactic this year. I saw an article where a gardener actually made cages for her cantaloupe from hail screen. I’m not up for all the cuts and scratches that involves, but I’ve bought a dozen of dollar tree mesh trash baskets and I plan to use baling wire landscape staples to pin the baskets over developing fruit. I don’t know if it will work but it’s one more idea to try!
I've wondered if the cantaloupe should be placed on the inside of the arch or the outside? As far as you know, will cantaloupe be ok in zone 9b triple digit with a dry environment? TIA 4:17 Cantaloupe story begins 6:24 Trellis is one difference. There are three other different approaches. 10:22 fourth difference: groupings -- great explanation.
We are trying sugar baby watermelon this year (didn’t plant till mid May unfortunately, with the cold soil late here in CT)... we have several baby melon already and we are trellising in this exact same manner... we are loving it... now I’m getting nylons to help cradle them so they don’t break. Best of luck! Fingers crossed with lots of care!
I tried basil multiple times. Finally after retirement, I had a raised bed built for me due to physical limitations, and decided to try again. Yeah! I have basil. So happy. The deer though have eaten my tomatoes and the top 5-6 inches of the plant. Bummed. I didn't think they would eat tomatoes plants, bleu. Plus it's in the nightshade family. But yep, they do. My raised bed isn't finished, it was supposed to be closed in, but the worker got really sick and probably can't finish it this year.
I was literally just saying today that I quit trying to grow zucchini. I had one good year but since then nothing but problems. I have fought bugs every ear. I have not had one zucchini in the last 5 years. This year, I haven't had many bug issues, but have pollination issues. I have hand pollinated at least a dozen, but none have taken. I trimmed them so the bees can find the flowers, but nothing. Not one zucchini has grown past the pollination stage. After watching this, maybe I'll keep trying.
I am growing mine up a post this year. I keep tying them up as they grow and trimming off the drying out bottom branches. And use neem oil for powdery mildew. Im surprised at how many more zucchini I got compared to last year. 10 already in the last month off 2 plants. I think the fertilizer I mixed in before planting helped as well.
Aborted flowers sounds maybe like a boron deficiency but it could also be cold nights or some other stress. I'm assuming you are applying fresh male flowers to female flowers in the cool morning. (they are separate on squash) Generally squash are heavy feeders, if you do not have rich soil then dig in plenty of fertilizer for each plant at planting, and maybe a booster dose of N and K mid summer depending on your growing conditions.
Mine were aborting fruits this year and I realized I wasn't watering it enough. Starting watering daily and they exploded. Edit: I live in Georgia, so watering needs may vary greatly for you.
Thanks for all the great videos. We just got a bunch of seeds to try to plant mid season from you and are concerned with the high soil temp. I looked for a video about tricks or tips for sowing in hot/high temp soil and only found plants that do well. We are just across from Detroit, so you know the insane plus 90's we have been having. Anyhow if you have a chance. Oh our soil temps are 100+ surface(woodchips/straw) and it drops to 85, but I cannot put a couple of inches of wood mulch and expect many vegies can grow through it. Thanks for any help with this.
Melons! They're so good. Growing two Iperoine F-1 Organic in containers and despite the cucumber beetles trying to take them out they're paying off. Got a few melons and am incredibly stoked. Props for not giving up and congratulations on your success.
when I saw your video I thought to myself I am so guilty of giving up when It came to growing watermelon and squash the vine boars and the squash bugs just gave me havoc I even told myself that I was not going to grow those vegetables this year and I thought I still have the seed so I keep going well guess what I had wonderful results this year I don't know what It was but when It came to vine boars and squash bugs I was not having as many problems this year
I've heard of people growing them later in the year to have fewer pests. Find out you last frost date, and the time to harvest of the variety. Figure out when you can still plant it, with a few weeks to spare. You could have watermelons in September!
I had given upon growing vegetables from seed. I live in Southern CA where it's very hot and dry. If that doesn't kill the seedlings, insect predators will devour them. Even watermelon radishes were consumed by some kind of insect, before they were 1" tall. :-( I recently came across your Better Seed Germination video where you pre-water the soil, plant the seeds, water again, then cover with cardboard. I just ordered my "winter crop" seeds, and this year, I'll try planting everything from seeds, to see how well that works. Thanks, Luke!
Thanks for the encouragement. I purchased a cantaloupe start. It hasn't grown very much. I don't know what to do. I will keep babying it. Maybe it will start growing.
Thank you for the encouragement. This year was funny. Sorry that this may be long but it is funny. All last year the animals ate my melons. Well, I was not planing on growing cantaloupes, However, I guess I am. I collect from a restaurant all of their remains from their fruit and veg to give to my red wigglers for worm castings. Well, worms do not eat seeds. I made some potty soil for the greenhouse to plant during the winter, and added some of these castings. I never use it. To my surprise, I had tomatoes and I thought were cucumber were growing out of that potting soil. So this spring instead of planting seeds , I just planted these seedling. My plant ID told me they were cucumbers. Well, as they started growing the fruit did not look like cucumber so I plant ID them again and turns out they are cantaloupe . What kind? I have no ID. I have about 30 plants and all have baby cantaloupe growing on them. So many we did a trellis for them. you can see pictures at "Gospel Urban Farmer". Thank you again Luke
Bought and planted some tomato plants from my local nursery - probably not the best plants out there, but the place is at that "Just Give Them Away" stage where you can pick up like a dozen plants for $5. If they grow and produce, good. If not, I'll know not to plant tomatoes in the one location next year, or get them when they aren't so long and leggy.
Groundhogs. Mine were groundhogs. Year one they decimated our cucumbers, peas, garlic, lemon tree seedlings, watermelon, turmeric and may have contributed to digging up the ginger. I didn't stop completely, but this is a great reminder, and some solid encouragement.
Hey Luke, nice melons!😍 but in all seriousness, you really are an inspiration for us all. We all have been struggling with something this season. For me, it’s my cucumbers and Lincoln peas in my container garden. I just can’t figure them out, but I keep trying. This is my first year and there yes there are some lessons I will learn from and take in to practice next year. I’m already planning for next year. 😄
I'm on almost pure sand, near the beach. The "soil" is depleted and drains too fast. I gave up and started growing in big containers, and with the use of the Hugelkultur method of container growing, find I can make my own soil without buying it. I dig around under trees that have made piles of good compost, scrape up fibrous matter after a rain, and soak weeds and grass for watering with weed tea. The combination has given me some good planting medium without spending much. I get my containers from the Dollar Tree. I hang them from trees and bushes, using the big plant as a trellis. Vines do well in Florida, so the beans, cucumbers, and other vines have loved this. No produce as of yet, just flowers. I have also decided to do tree seeds, and have got mango and persimmon sprouting, with Moringa to go in shortly. My yard is not going to be big enough!
This is me with zucchini! I've tried for the last 2 years an never got more than 2 from the whole row. This year I've gotten my 1st 4 zucchini from I plant. Lol!
I was ready to give up on pumpkins but I decided to try again particularly by trying a smaller variety but to cover with pots overnight till the snails chilled out, we have rly wet springs and I have issues with snails eating all my seedlings, I was rewarded with a whole heap 7 large qld blue 10 butternut squash and around 10 golden nuggets I'm halfway through winter and add this rate will have enough to get me through till spring
Thank you for this video, I totally needed it! I started growing cantaloupe by accident. I pick all the seedlings out of my compost pile and I have about 10+ cantaloupe plants growing. I have no clue what I'm doing, but they're growing so well I'm about to build a trellis for them! Wish me luck!
Thanks for that inspirational vid. I get discouraged when things don't go right despite the care and love that was put in. However, because of my stubbornness, I keep trying and this year, some things were a success like my carrots. Thanks for the video.
I had sworn off brassicas a few years ago after serving up plates of broccoli with a side of cabbage worms one too many times. This year I gave it a try again. I started two varieties of cabbage to see if one would be better than the other. I inspect the plants each morning for signs of insect damage and pick off any offenders I find rather than throwing in the towel. They have been slow growing, but I was able to harvest a firm head the other day. Perseverance does pay off.
I've been struggling with Melons for a few years now but I keep trying. I had one grow last year but a bird got it before I did. Turns out it was nice and ripe. I bet it was delicious. Trying again this year but I don't know but there's enough season left in the PNW for my new to mature. I finally have some growing on the vine. Seems like they took a little to long to get going. It hasn't been super hot this year but as it's cooled a bit the plants have livened up. Hopefully I'll get one or two.
Inspiring message to a fledgling gardener who literally has had 2 strawberries and I pepper picked this year ( starting small) Any advice to give to grow raspberries?
Weeds can be a problem depending on your area. Don't let the row spread too wide, sun won't get in and you won't see the berries, and it will be harder to weed. I try to keep mine in a strip 12 inches wide where they come out of the ground. Basic balanced fertilizer [ratio of 1-1-1 or 3-1-2 with some sulfur, give or take) at about 0.2 pounds of N per 10 feet of row in early spring, preferably with low chloride (ie Muriate of potash is an antiquated term for potassium chloride) unless your water is very low in chloride and have enough rain to flush the soil every year. They are sensitive to manganese deficiency but most soils have enough, it is involved with iron absorption so pale leaves could be either Fe or Mn. If it has much urea nitrogen(common because its cheap) then it needs to be covered by an inch of soil or watered-in within 2 days because the soil makes it turn into ammonia and if it is on top the ammonia just evaporates, trapped in the soil the ammonia converts ammonium and sticks to the clay particles. In warm weather urea on the surface can have a 60% loss in 5 days. In our dry season I usually pre-dissolve the urea in a watering can pour it on the soil and then follow up with hose water. Pruning depends on the cultivar. The early summer crop is produced on last year's canes, a fall crop(for fall varieties) is produced at the tips of the brand new canes. Cut canes off at the ground after 2 years. If you have a fall type and want to be lazy you can just run a lawn mower over the whole shebang in the winter, you won't get a summer crop but it is much faster than selecting and hand cutting the oldest canes. You could mow half the row one year and the other half the next year, just keep alternating, this will give a full fall crop and a half summer crop.
In my area, keeping them from spreading too far is the hardest part! I have mine in a small raised bed, and they have still tried to spread to our yard.
I"m hooked on the Migardener channel. Every time I walk into my garden, that older Migardener music theme (the one with the acoustic guitar riff) plays in my head as I walk towards my garden. Hahahahhaa, I know it sounds ridiculous, but I kinda like it. Keep up the cool videos, Luke buddy.
Thanks for this. This is the first year i'm trying to grow melon and its ok so far the plant looks healthy. I'm trying to grow it vertically like you did cause you said it worked for you.
These logistics applies to all things in life. I use the word quit all the time, but it's always a momentary quit. Always end up coming back to attempt to conquer with a new approach
I agree. After five years, finally I have winter squash! And I'm trying several varieties and seeing which one would perform better. The ridiculously warm season was part of the success. Another thing that worked this year was onions from seed. Started early and have them uncompromising full sun. Don't quit, learn, try something different.
In my zone 8b peas go to powdery mildew early and never get much. This year was a bumper crop and very tasty because the weather was perfect and I tried a different variety. If I gave up I would never have known sometimes it just works for you. Even had enough to freeze. yippee
Congratulations, Luke! I tried cantaloupe for the first time this year. Two trellised plants in one mound and they’re doing beautifully- five or six melons so far! Keep up the good work!
I'm definitely in between baby and toddler with our first garden, lots of tantrums but hanging in there. That's why I'm back on his channel to see what else I can try :)
Question. I recently planted my first garden. I was very excited about it, of course planted all the things at once, didn't care for it properly, lost my squash to borers, and was devastated. I have yet to get a single fruit from anything I planted in my 4x12 bed. However, I am psyched and ready to start planting for fall and am not giving up and have learned a lot. Which leads me to my question I am going to dig up the space I have and plant where my other plants did not fruit, what should I do to amend the soil and get the bed ready to replant? Do you recommend just mixing in some compost and trying again? Thank you so so much!
hi I am a beginner plant grower (mainly starting off from herb such as basil, thyme, and catnip) I have 0 clue of how to grow them properly. I've read and watch multiple videos including yours. I live in apartment so there isn't enough space to grow many plants that I would love to start learning and growing. the most common problem I have is knowing what type of soils are good for each herbs, how much water should I need to grow individually, which herbs are good in pair with other herb when it comes to combining them in pots (I bought rectangular window size pots), zone type and how to deal with weather changes everyday, knowing which type of herbs can regrow and ones that aren't ( include ones that can be grown indoor in a pot and goes through winter and fall seasons). tips on how to grow plants from seeds (I bought more seeds but not entirely sure if its too late to start growing them now in late july north season). types of fertilizer for each plants. the difference between herbs, cactus type plants, vegetables, and flowers). there are many factors that I just get overwhelmed while researching and watching videos. please show me tips of how to take care of them properly as a very very beginner plant grower with limited space and lights. thank you!
**powdery mildew enters the chat**....we struggle so hard with squash, cukes, and melons. Our humid weather here in FL brings in the mildew and you have exactly 48 hrs before everything is dead. Trying not to give up....I have to start them January 1st to plant out Feb 15th, harvest through the cooler months til the heat hits.
Hey Luke! I just tried going to your website to look for seeds and Safari would not let me. Said to many redirects attempted- 20. Didn’t know how else to reach out to you. Also looking for good broccoli and cabbage recommendations. Shot style broccoli and cabbage for making sour Kraut for the fall.
My grandfather thought us, “Always plant three seeds per hill. One for God, one for my neighbor, and one for my family. Amen”. His garden was always abundant. I luv ur message, never give up.
That is beautiful.
We would say..One for the rodent one for the crow and one left in the ground to grow.
.....taught us .
Love this ❤️✝️❤️
I was taught the same. ❤
Growing cantaloupe always makes me laugh because of a story from my dad. 💜
He grew them on a trellis too. When they started getting big and heavy, he used some of my step-mom's bras to support them! 😂 She forgave him and it worked really well.
The first plant I ever grew was a cantaloupe. It was for a second grade project. The plant practically grew itself, took over my whole backyard, and I got melons the size of basketballs. It was so successful and so fun, and it was the plant that inspired me to start my gardening hobby, and I’ve been coming back to it each year.
Such a cool story!!
A bird pooped in my garden and planted a massive cantaloupe plant a while back.
@@gregorymalchuk272 LOL!
this is a really good message to spread to everyone, i thought i couldnt start my own garden but all i needed was a little push and it is doing really well now
I love planting live in utah and u are such a huge insperation to meI have my own garden and am 10
Nathan McArthur that’s so impressive! Good for you 😊
I'm also in Utah. My son is around your age and gardening too! Keep it up!
Utah gardener here too... Southern Utah. It’s challenging but I grow year round!
Way to go! Keep it up buddy
@@anneabsolutely good point! Keep these kids safe.
I had two lovely growing cucumber plants and a little over a week ago some kind of animal ate the leaves off both plants and I got so sad, I was devastated! I wanted to quit but I also wanted to keep going, so I spent the day being upset and then after that went back to caring for them so they could recover. Now they’ve started recovering well, and one is completely recovered and growing nicely! The other is struggling, but it’s still growing leaves and I hope it’ll make it to one cucumber harvest before the frost 🤞
I've always failed at zucchini before. Always lost them to powdery mildew. This year I armed myself with the knowledge from you Luke and am growing more zucchini than I know what to do with. My friends and neighbors are helping eat them all lol. I just picked a 2.5 pound zucchini yesterday. Thanks Luke and thanks Trifecta+!!!
The hangup for many new summer squash growers is that they let them get too big, mainly because they don't want them going to waste or it seems like they just started growing. But don't fall for it! Pick pick pick every day, keep them under a pound, 8 ounce is better, if you have too many then compost the oldest but keep picking.
Winter squash are the opposite, let them go until the weather turns or the vine dies, good hard skin and more sugars.
@@mytech6779 thanks. Yeah zucchini will double in size so quickly...
So how did you control your powdery mildew?
Actually, this year I was mumbling that this is so frustrating, the squirrels ruin so much, maybe I should stop trying. You convinced me to not give up. I lost all my tomatoes due to a late frost, (the same one that caught you). I purchased plants, because too late to re-sprout from seeds, those plants are doing great. Our soil is beyond help, as it is almost pure clay, I saw how you and some others use composted wood chips in raised beds. That is what I am using with Trifecta + to help them grow. It is working!! Thanks so much for the time you spend to making these video sessions in your garden or basement in the winter.
I’m with you. I have been gardening for 4 years now but this year I moved and the squirrels/rabbits have been eating so many seedlings. Rabbits pulling whole kale plants out. I wanted to quit but just need to find a new approach :).
Oh bless you. I feel bad complaining about deer now. We fought clay for so long! 3 or 4 years ago they had to replace our drain field and we were over joyed as we had an excuse to get new soil tho we did not enjoy the cost of the drain field. The best we could get was top soil so we knew it would require some work. They charged us top dollar as well. It was not clay but no better and we worked in so many good things but still was a mess! This year we actually moved all of our beds. We put bottoms on them and mixed a third peat moss, a third good bagged compost and a third miracle grow garden dirt!! It took our whole stimulus check as we bought 5 fruit trees as well but it was worth every penny. Most beautiful dirt I have ever had in 40 years. I would start doing at least 1 bed every time I could afford it if I had to do it over. Had hubbie not been an essential worker there is no way we could have afforded that. This year is prime but even next year we will have to start amending again I'm sure. When I pull anything I shake every bit of dirt off I can then rinse the rest over a bed as I dont want to lose any of it.
This is the reason I have two German shepherds. They don't venture near my produce anymore...lol
Lightly sprinkle pepper over their targets.. Those nasty critters learn fast. Pepper or cayenne pepper, or mixed together in a shaker. Repeat after a rain until plants develop. They love to dig up little starts.... now they don't no more.
You can attach a mailbox somewhere in the backyard, and keep small tools scissors and such a shaker handy. Makes life easier.
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I would add to that beautiful productive dirt, to keep it like that. In my garden I add well crushed egg shells, providing much calcium and other minerals. Egg shells contain 26, much calcium and various trace minerals. Farm eggs have much stronger shells. You can use a food processor to break them up small in no time. I collect them all winter, then I break them with the thing to mash potatos up., and sprinkle around my plants, specifically the tomatos benefit much from it.
I have a small container for raw fruit peels and raw vegetable scraps, and I place them next to my plants and cover with dirt as I go, on a very frequent basis, one plant at a time.
I do the same with any yard waste, shred everything smal with scissors and place it around my plants. It can compost on site, on the targeted spots.
If I had a big garden I might have a place for grass clippings to partly decompose before using.
NEVER COMPOST FOOD SCRAPS, BREAD, MEAT NOR BONES AT HOME. Because every rodent in the neighborhood will come to partake in the free buffet.
Happy gardening to all, everyone and everywhere.
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I will not give up on trying to grow lettuce 🥬!!
Thank you for this wonderfully inspirational video. So many of us are struggling with different things in our gardens this year. God bless you guys!
Our garden is never bothered by squirrels but chipmunks are a problem. They will take a bite out of tomatoes, for instance, never eat a lot but that one bite obviously ruins the fruit. An old gardener told me the chipmunks do so because they are thirsty in hot weather so keep a saucer of water for them in the garden. It worked, no more nibbling!
We also get deer munching on everything but the peppers. The cheaper solution to not putting up a tall expensive unsightly fence was to buy a roll of vinyl coated green fencing and fashion simple cages of different heights for different crops. We stake them over our garden beds and it works wonderfully. They are removed easily to weed and harvest.
A similar thing happened to me. In my case it was Pumpkin, I tried three years I tried and in the third year, I got my largest pumpkins (4 at 35 lbs each). For me it was moving where I planted the pumpkin start, apparently, they weren't getting enough sun. Last year I tried something new after watching one of your videos and that was growing potatoes in pots and got 35 lbs, which was more than we could eat. This year I staggard the planting and have harvested two sets of pots for just over 9 lbs (eaten most of them and have four more pots to harvest through August). I am also trying to grow in patio boxes, and have what looks like a bumper crop of tomatoes. I also am using them to grow radishes (the second crop going now) and green onions. My wife calls it one of my hobbies, I call it fun. Really great inspirational video.
You inspired me to dig up my shaded potatoes and try them in pots! Wish me luck :)
They keep very well in the soil, trim off the dead tops and keep the soil moist and cool but not hard frozen. I dig my potatoes all winter, months after growing was done, near Tacoma the ground doesn't freeze more than an inch especially if mulched but it is wet and 40f from Oct to March.
I'm a new gardener. I've killed so many plants... so many. I almost quit today. My dog dug one of the few plants that was thriving in my garden and I was so upset that I almost quit. Glad I didn't. I'm not that good at gardening...YET. The few plants I have been able to grow give me joy. I am determined to persevere. I will have a garden. I will eat my bounty and eventually I will grow enough to share.
Thanks for getting me into gardening this year mate over quarantine it's been really good for my mental health thanks
Every year has it challenges. Each year I make adjustments to what works for me, and try new things. Growing lettuce and kale works best on my deck; tomatoes developed blossom end rot and took a beating from hot strong wind. The bugs completely ate the red cabbage on the deck. I am moving towards covering more of my garden - the squirrels dig up the seed and I am on my 3rd bunny nest in my 4x8 pea patch! I now lay metal grates across newly planted pots for critters. The bugs are particularly bad this year. My garden got snowed on, fortunately I invested in snow covers! On the positive side, we have been enjoying salads daily since the end of April (before most people had even started planting garden), enjoyed baby kale and baby radishes, beets,spinach, herbs, cabbage, and peas. Getting ready to plant for fall season. Next year the tomato is going back into the raised bed so it stands a chance from the wind.
I am not the green thumb person but I kept trying and trying, since I enjoy the challenge and I have had many failures but achieved much success and thanks to gardening channels like this I have learnt a lot that has helped me improve my technique.
Yes, thank you for the encouragement! I try to learn from mistakes. I have definitely have had failures but i kept trying and kept growing (self and plants). I am trying new types of plants from seed all the time .
I really needed to hear this, it's been a rough garden year for me. Thanks for always keeping an eye on the positive and sharing all your tips and tricks with us!
This is interesting. I was thinking about trying to grow cantaloupe, but I'd never seen anyone grow it on a trellis. Cool idea.
We grow it on a trellis 😁
It’s the best way to grow them! As they start going over the top they take off even more! We grow one long trellis tunnel that is house shaped (triangular top) and we grow our watermelons, cantaloupe, honey dew, sugar pumpkins, mini pumpkins, gourds, luffa’s, cucumbers, spaghetti squash and butternut squash on it. They do amazing!
A lot of people sell these weird support hammocks for the fruit but it’s a total cash grab. You don’t need them. The vines will support the fruit just fine though as they begin to ripen they may become sensitive if you try to mess with them so it’s best just to leave them alone to grow.
That all sounds amazing. Sounds like a trellis is definitely in my future!
Noodle Beans are so cool on a trellis, too!
Luke, do you have your melons on drip? The trellis is a great idea!
Cantaloupe is one of my favorite things to grow! I always use a short trellis so that if the melon falls it won’t break apart when it hits the ground.
All this time I was under the impression you could grow everything, guess you proved it. Great job man, keep up the good work!
Thanks for the videos Luke, just came in from the garden myself and now I get to watch something new.
To anyone out there struggling; I failed at gardening, at basically everything I planted, for about 3 years in a row 😭 I recently moved to a new zone (zone 10a) which is desert area btw, and I have 6 lush raised beds with so many different plants. Even moving to the desert didn’t stop me this season due to all the failures I’ve already had. Keep pushing guys, once you get there you will be glad for the incredibly frustrating moments which led you there to your zen garden ✌️
I feel you pain!
When I lamented to a Canadian friend about some of my plants dying from the heat in SW zone 9a,
he quipped "Well that's because you live in a DESERT!" Lol, very funny wiseguy... ... but I'm NOT giving up, I want a vegetable garden!!!
Sea Glass keep trying, my friends are baffled how I grow so much in the desert heat
I'm so happy for you Luke! I'm excited because I have Minnesota Midgets growing up a trellis this year and I think I'm going to have fruit for the first time ever in my garden in Ontario Canada!
You are wise beyond your years young man. You've inspired this 65 year old gardener to keep trying. TY
Congrats , Luke. Love your mind and all your research. You never quit and are always excited about gardening.
This year I am trying artichokes again. Still having a few problems with them, but have a tiny fruit on one of the 5 plants I am growing! One step closer to success!
They grow like crazy here but get loaded with aphids, too many to wash off, I dont use pesticides so I gave up I
Best of luck
M Ski I am having lots of ant problems around them. Perhaps there a aphids that are bringing the ants. I need to check this out. I grow organic too and have made ant bait with boric acid. This information helps me look into it further! Thanks.
@@connielabarr2249 Neem oil.
@@connielabarr2249 Yes here its the ants that bring the aphids, we have Argentine ants and they are impossible to eradicate even with chemicals
Ogre I have Neem oil ! This is a fantastic group of gardeners! Thanks 😊
Every year I get to the point of feeling like quitting. The weeds, the plants that died and I don’t understand why, the rabbits, the bugs, the deer, the seedlings that never appeared... but every year I sit down and write down “what did I learn? What will I do differently next year? My garden is my place to just be. I need it. So thank you for this one. And good job with the melons ☺️
My most productive garden was also my smallest.
With the big gardens either I couldn't keep up, or it felt wasteful watering such a large area, or I couldn't get enough horse manure or compost to amend that much soil. Also the small garden was small enough I could put up white reflectors to get more light very early and very late in the season and to the backside of tall plants.
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I can feel your excitement! I'm the same way when I grow something new the first time!
Congrats!
Growing up I was always told "can't never could do anything" I have lived my life by that...I CAN do!
Ya know I was addicted to drugs for over a decade and im only 21. And watching this i could identify EVERYTHING you've said to what ive been thru. This is a garden related video but if you've ever been depressed or felt stuck or whatever have you you will feel this video and everything that was said. Come to ST Joe MI ill buy you dinner
Saying a prayer for you & your sobriety Aaron. You can do this. ❤
First :) my wife was just telling my you were harvesting currants the other day as I enjoyed some on my ice cream! Thanks for all the information and training you offer on social media!
This is my first year of gardening and going at it hard in a yard about the size of 1,400 sq. feet. Doing 3 kinds of grapes, lettuce, spinach, yellow onions, garlic, chamomile, yellow squash, tomato, cherry tomato, cherry, full, rosemary, cilantro, parsley, dill, huckleberry, blackberry, blueberry, strawberry, seaberry, potatoes, yellow bell peppers, hot peppers, chard, plum, nectarine, peach, apple, prune, apricot, pomegranate, Mandarin orange, grapefruit, blood orange, lemon, lime, snap peas, and green beans. Planning on doing more. Even alot more.
This is the first year I am growing Cantaloupe and was excited to see quiet a few babies yesterday. Yay!!
Ever hear of Robert Schuller? He said “When faced with a mountain, I WILL NOT QUIT! I will keep on striving until I climb over, find a pass through, tunnel underneath, or simply stay and turn the mountain into a gold mine with God's help!”
And a host of other unique but pointed statements about succeeding such as: "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail!"
Enjoyed the sermon!!
I'm there with you, Luke. Never give up. I have successfully grown cantelopes in grow boxes on a trellis and gotten fruit. Now, to fine-tune, I need to monitor the water in order to get sweeter fruit.
We tried growing garlic for 4 years with no luck. Then, thanks to your tips, we finally had a harvest this year! Thank you for all your videos! They've really helped us expand our garden each year and encouraged us to carry on growing crops.
I want to show mi my garden. I started out watching him n saw that he explained everything so well and answered all my questions. Chow time!
I agree about not giving up, quite often I grow things just to know I can grow them. I've made mistakes and had failed crops but I've never thought about giving up. I just treat it like a problem to be solved, which gives you a greater sence of accomplishment when you succeed.
We're all learning every day and some times a challenge is good for you.
After 4 years of failing to grow anything I tried again the 5th year in containers and I did good, now this year I am doing great in ground and in containers thanks to your Information and fertilizer. This winter I am going to try to grow lettuce inside with a Dutch bucket system.
For me, the best squirrel control I have is a dog. 🤣 My biggest problem was early spring and robbins tearing up my seedlings while prowling my beds for worms.
I have this too with some larger birds that get in the yard. To prevent there is netting you can apply, or I just like to use little cages to protect until they’re more established.
@@inlonging Thanks I'll have to try those. This was my first year starting my own seedlings and having new raised beds that I put a lot of work into prepping (so lots of worms) we had a pretty rainy spring here so my garden beds were basically a buffet.
Thanks Luke. The 3 per hill for cucumber and cantaloupe makes a lot of sense. Love the trellis.
My 3rd year growing Minnesota Midgets. Funny thing is I didn't plant any this year. Thought I had 2 volunteer cucumbers but no! Today I found 3 little melons in a tomato bed! I'm thrilled to have them they are excellent melons. I love your seeds Luke.
Very cool! Congratulations very good idea to try multiple Varieties. My garden is doing very well this year! Thanks in large part to your Tips,thank you very much for the videos.
I've been battling powdery mildew with my pumpkins for two years. I'm also in Michigan. I really appreciate this information and your channel. Thank you.
Cantaloupe have always been a problem for us here in Ohio too. Tried for two or three years and every single year they got hit by a vine borer. I've declared war this year and I'm trying all the tricks I've been able to find. Wrapping the bases in foil, spraying with a peppermint oil spray, putting out yellow buckets of water, and everything else I can find. I caught the first moth yesterday in my bucket of water so fingers crossed they'll continue to do well in the next few weeks. Thanks so much for sharing your success!
Early in life I believed quitting was a bad thing, as I got older I learned quitting things that I am not great at takes away from 1. doing things I can master 2. Learning new things and 3. From things I absolutely need to learn to survive. I am not saying quit after the first failure but if I was still trying to grow palm trees and banana trees in zone 7b (possible to do as others do it but its a lot of work) I would not be most of what I do today. Sometimes quitting is for the better, sometimes being stubborn is for the better. These 2 opposing forces are both considered negatives... I say there is no absolute good or bad with words, its all about picking your battles and striving to win the battles you pick.
I can’t wait until your fall garden. It will give me inspiration. My area I have 276 days of planting 1st frost to last frost. Once I pull my spring crop I plan on redoing my two 3x3x12 ft beds to four 1.5x1.5x12ft beds for fall. Wish me luck. ❤️❤️❤️
My pumpkin vines seem to be very happy growing in the strawberry patch! The root balls & the vines are slightly shaded, the big leaves & buds towering over the patch soaking up the sun. I realize pumpkins are different than melons, but it seems to be working like your friend said companion planting melons w/cucumbers does. I’m praying I have such success w/my melons this first year. If not, I shall sow them in the strawberries & w/the cucumbers next year!
Just this morning, I was feeling like quitting. This video was a perfect inspiration for me to jump back into something I truly find fulfilling. Thanks!
thanks for the encouragement, I have a very small area for vegetables, most in containers. I gave up with cucumbers and peas, 2 years and little success, well this year not a great crop but actually had peas, changed the location which may have helped. Cucumbers a little late this year, no cukes yet but a lot of flowers and healthy plant. Fingers crossed. :)
This is my third year trying to grow seedlings -- they damped off my first two years. This year, I waited (a bit too long, truth be told) to plant and I actually got decent tomato plants. However, there is a difference between being persistent and refusing to face facts. I finally accepted that my sweet woodruff was getting too much sun where I had originally planted it. I moved it this year and it's already grown more in 2 months than it has in 2 years. Just like you had to change your techniques to get success. Congratulations on your melon success! :)
I'm growing cantaloupe this year on a trellis for the first time as well. It's working beautifully. I would love to see what you decide to do to support them. Thanks!
I was wondering how to support them as well!
Use an old bra 💃🏼
If anyone else has troubles with pests eating melons on the ground, I’m trying a new tactic this year. I saw an article where a gardener actually made cages for her cantaloupe from hail screen. I’m not up for all the cuts and scratches that involves, but I’ve bought a dozen of dollar tree mesh trash baskets and I plan to use baling wire landscape staples to pin the baskets over developing fruit. I don’t know if it will work but it’s one more idea to try!
Excellent idea!
I've wondered if the cantaloupe should be placed on the inside of the arch or the outside?
As far as you know, will cantaloupe be ok in zone 9b triple digit with a dry environment? TIA
4:17 Cantaloupe story begins
6:24 Trellis is one difference. There are three other different approaches.
10:22 fourth difference: groupings -- great explanation.
We are trying sugar baby watermelon this year (didn’t plant till mid May unfortunately, with the cold soil late here in CT)... we have several baby melon already and we are trellising in this exact same manner... we are loving it... now I’m getting nylons to help cradle them so they don’t break. Best of luck! Fingers crossed with lots of care!
I tried basil multiple times. Finally after retirement, I had a raised bed built for me due to physical limitations, and decided to try again. Yeah! I have basil. So happy.
The deer though have eaten my tomatoes and the top 5-6 inches of the plant. Bummed. I didn't think they would eat tomatoes plants, bleu. Plus it's in the nightshade family. But yep, they do. My raised bed isn't finished, it was supposed to be closed in, but the worker got really sick and probably can't finish it this year.
I was literally just saying today that I quit trying to grow zucchini. I had one good year but since then nothing but problems. I have fought bugs every ear. I have not had one zucchini in the last 5 years. This year, I haven't had many bug issues, but have pollination issues. I have hand pollinated at least a dozen, but none have taken. I trimmed them so the bees can find the flowers, but nothing. Not one zucchini has grown past the pollination stage. After watching this, maybe I'll keep trying.
That’s strange. I usually end up with way more than I know what to do with. Is that that the only thing that won’t grow for you?
I am growing mine up a post this year. I keep tying them up as they grow and trimming off the drying out bottom branches. And use neem oil for powdery mildew. Im surprised at how many more zucchini I got compared to last year. 10 already in the last month off 2 plants. I think the fertilizer I mixed in before planting helped as well.
Aborted flowers sounds maybe like a boron deficiency but it could also be cold nights or some other stress. I'm assuming you are applying fresh male flowers to female flowers in the cool morning. (they are separate on squash) Generally squash are heavy feeders, if you do not have rich soil then dig in plenty of fertilizer for each plant at planting, and maybe a booster dose of N and K mid summer depending on your growing conditions.
Mine were aborting fruits this year and I realized I wasn't watering it enough. Starting watering daily and they exploded.
Edit: I live in Georgia, so watering needs may vary greatly for you.
@@jessicawest7941 Not watering near deep enough. There is no reason a squash plant can't go a week in 85f with 60% humidity between waterings.
Thanks for all the great videos. We just got a bunch of seeds to try to plant mid season from you and are concerned with the high soil temp. I looked for a video about tricks or tips for sowing in hot/high temp soil and only found plants that do well. We are just across from Detroit, so you know the insane plus 90's we have been having. Anyhow if you have a chance. Oh our soil temps are 100+ surface(woodchips/straw) and it drops to 85, but I cannot put a couple of inches of wood mulch and expect many vegies can grow through it. Thanks for any help with this.
Love it! I'm so thrilled for you! Be sure you cover the fruit and protect it from varmints this year
Melons! They're so good. Growing two Iperoine F-1 Organic in containers and despite the cucumber beetles trying to take them out they're paying off. Got a few melons and am incredibly stoked. Props for not giving up and congratulations on your success.
when I saw your video I thought to myself I am so guilty of giving up when It came to growing watermelon and squash the vine boars and the squash bugs just gave me havoc I even told myself that I was not going to grow those vegetables this year and I thought I still have the seed so I keep going well guess what I had wonderful results this year I don't know what It was but when It came to vine boars and squash bugs I was not having as many problems this year
I've heard of people growing them later in the year to have fewer pests. Find out you last frost date, and the time to harvest of the variety. Figure out when you can still plant it, with a few weeks to spare. You could have watermelons in September!
I had given upon growing vegetables from seed. I live in Southern CA where it's very hot and dry. If that doesn't kill the seedlings, insect predators will devour them. Even watermelon radishes were consumed by some kind of insect, before they were 1" tall. :-( I recently came across your Better Seed Germination video where you pre-water the soil, plant the seeds, water again, then cover with cardboard. I just ordered my "winter crop" seeds, and this year, I'll try planting everything from seeds, to see how well that works. Thanks, Luke!
Thanks for the encouragement. I purchased a cantaloupe start. It hasn't grown very much. I don't know what to do. I will keep babying it. Maybe it will start growing.
Thank you for the encouragement. This year was funny. Sorry that this may be long but it is funny. All last year the animals ate my melons. Well, I was not planing on growing cantaloupes, However, I guess I am. I collect from a restaurant all of their remains from their fruit and veg to give to my red wigglers for worm castings. Well, worms do not eat seeds. I made some potty soil for the greenhouse to plant during the winter, and added some of these castings. I never use it. To my surprise, I had tomatoes and I thought were cucumber were growing out of that potting soil. So this spring instead of planting seeds , I just planted these seedling. My plant ID told me they were cucumbers. Well, as they started growing the fruit did not look like cucumber so I plant ID them again and turns out they are cantaloupe . What kind? I have no ID. I have about 30 plants and all have baby cantaloupe growing on them. So many we did a trellis for them. you can see pictures at "Gospel Urban Farmer". Thank you again Luke
Bought and planted some tomato plants from my local nursery - probably not the best plants out there, but the place is at that "Just Give Them Away" stage where you can pick up like a dozen plants for $5. If they grow and produce, good. If not, I'll know not to plant tomatoes in the one location next year, or get them when they aren't so long and leggy.
Groundhogs. Mine were groundhogs. Year one they decimated our cucumbers, peas, garlic, lemon tree seedlings, watermelon, turmeric and may have contributed to digging up the ginger. I didn't stop completely, but this is a great reminder, and some solid encouragement.
Thanks Luke, always appreciate it!!
Hey Luke, nice melons!😍 but in all seriousness, you really are an inspiration for us all. We all have been struggling with something this season. For me, it’s my cucumbers and Lincoln peas in my container garden. I just can’t figure them out, but I keep trying. This is my first year and there yes there are some lessons I will learn from and take in to practice next year. I’m already planning for next year. 😄
I'm on almost pure sand, near the beach. The "soil" is depleted and drains too fast. I gave up and started growing in big containers, and with the use of the Hugelkultur method of container growing, find I can make my own soil without buying it. I dig around under trees that have made piles of good compost, scrape up fibrous matter after a rain, and soak weeds and grass for watering with weed tea. The combination has given me some good planting medium without spending much. I get my containers from the Dollar Tree. I hang them from trees and bushes, using the big plant as a trellis. Vines do well in Florida, so the beans, cucumbers, and other vines have loved this. No produce as of yet, just flowers. I have also decided to do tree seeds, and have got mango and persimmon sprouting, with Moringa to go in shortly. My yard is not going to be big enough!
My father taught me to group all vining things in 3's.
This is me with zucchini! I've tried for the last 2 years an never got more than 2 from the whole row. This year I've gotten my 1st 4 zucchini from I plant. Lol!
Great episode Luke, I love how excited you are and I'm excited for you!
I was ready to give up on pumpkins but I decided to try again particularly by trying a smaller variety but to cover with pots overnight till the snails chilled out, we have rly wet springs and I have issues with snails eating all my seedlings, I was rewarded with a whole heap 7 large qld blue 10 butternut squash and around 10 golden nuggets I'm halfway through winter and add this rate will have enough to get me through till spring
Thank you for this video, I totally needed it! I started growing cantaloupe by accident. I pick all the seedlings out of my compost pile and I have about 10+ cantaloupe plants growing. I have no clue what I'm doing, but they're growing so well I'm about to build a trellis for them! Wish me luck!
Thanks for that inspirational vid. I get discouraged when things don't go right despite the care and love that was put in. However, because of my stubbornness, I keep trying and this year, some things were a success like my carrots. Thanks for the video.
I remember picking up my first ripe cantaloupe; only to find out was completely hollowed out!
😟That's really too bad. Don't give up!💖😄
Hey, at least you know you grow tasty cantaloupes!
I had sworn off brassicas a few years ago after serving up plates of broccoli with a side of cabbage worms one too many times. This year I gave it a try again. I started two varieties of cabbage to see if one would be better than the other. I inspect the plants each morning for signs of insect damage and pick off any offenders I find rather than throwing in the towel. They have been slow growing, but I was able to harvest a firm head the other day. Perseverance does pay off.
I've been struggling with Melons for a few years now but I keep trying. I had one grow last year but a bird got it before I did. Turns out it was nice and ripe. I bet it was delicious. Trying again this year but I don't know but there's enough season left in the PNW for my new to mature. I finally have some growing on the vine. Seems like they took a little to long to get going. It hasn't been super hot this year but as it's cooled a bit the plants have livened up. Hopefully I'll get one or two.
I made some mistakes this year and spend quarantine educating myself and I cant wait till next spring to do it all again!
The weather is much hotter this growing season. Congratulations on your success
I finally found cattle panels, put 4 up like you have there , so far everything is running up it ,
Thanks for the movies
Peppers like friends, too. I planted 3 small hot pepper plants in 1 5-gal pot last year. I had literally hundreds of peppers.
Inspiring message to a fledgling gardener who literally has had 2 strawberries and I pepper picked this year ( starting small)
Any advice to give to grow raspberries?
Weeds can be a problem depending on your area. Don't let the row spread too wide, sun won't get in and you won't see the berries, and it will be harder to weed. I try to keep mine in a strip 12 inches wide where they come out of the ground. Basic balanced fertilizer [ratio of 1-1-1 or 3-1-2 with some sulfur, give or take) at about 0.2 pounds of N per 10 feet of row in early spring, preferably with low chloride (ie Muriate of potash is an antiquated term for potassium chloride) unless your water is very low in chloride and have enough rain to flush the soil every year. They are sensitive to manganese deficiency but most soils have enough, it is involved with iron absorption so pale leaves could be either Fe or Mn. If it has much urea nitrogen(common because its cheap) then it needs to be covered by an inch of soil or watered-in within 2 days because the soil makes it turn into ammonia and if it is on top the ammonia just evaporates, trapped in the soil the ammonia converts ammonium and sticks to the clay particles. In warm weather urea on the surface can have a 60% loss in 5 days. In our dry season I usually pre-dissolve the urea in a watering can pour it on the soil and then follow up with hose water.
Pruning depends on the cultivar. The early summer crop is produced on last year's canes, a fall crop(for fall varieties) is produced at the tips of the brand new canes. Cut canes off at the ground after 2 years. If you have a fall type and want to be lazy you can just run a lawn mower over the whole shebang in the winter, you won't get a summer crop but it is much faster than selecting and hand cutting the oldest canes. You could mow half the row one year and the other half the next year, just keep alternating, this will give a full fall crop and a half summer crop.
In my area, keeping them from spreading too far is the hardest part! I have mine in a small raised bed, and they have still tried to spread to our yard.
I"m hooked on the Migardener channel. Every time I walk into my garden, that older Migardener music theme (the one with the acoustic guitar riff) plays in my head as I walk towards my garden. Hahahahhaa, I know it sounds ridiculous, but I kinda like it. Keep up the cool videos, Luke buddy.
Kinda happy to see the white butterfly in someone else's garden
Thanks for this. This is the first year i'm trying to grow melon and its ok so far the plant looks healthy. I'm trying to grow it vertically like you did cause you said it worked for you.
These logistics applies to all things in life. I use the word quit all the time, but it's always a momentary quit. Always end up coming back to attempt to conquer with a new approach
I agree. After five years, finally I have winter squash! And I'm trying several varieties and seeing which one would perform better. The ridiculously warm season was part of the success.
Another thing that worked this year was onions from seed. Started early and have them uncompromising full sun.
Don't quit, learn, try something different.
In my zone 8b peas go to powdery mildew early and never get much. This year was a bumper crop and very tasty because the weather was perfect and I tried a different variety. If I gave up I would never have known sometimes it just works for you. Even had enough to freeze. yippee
Congratulations, Luke! I tried cantaloupe for the first time this year. Two trellised plants in one mound and they’re doing beautifully- five or six melons so far! Keep up the good work!
Be like a baby, they never give up... They may cry or have a fit but they keep trying until they succeed!😉
Just don't be like a toddler, they decide it's to hard then refuse to try
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I'm definitely in between baby and toddler with our first garden, lots of tantrums but hanging in there. That's why I'm back on his channel to see what else I can try :)
Variety..surely matters..I have had good luck with Gailia melons in Lander WY...zone 4..in pots south facing in front ( 2feet)of house ( protection).
I love your enthusiasm. Thank you for being inspiring and sharing your knowledge with us.
Question. I recently planted my first garden. I was very excited about it, of course planted all the things at once, didn't care for it properly, lost my squash to borers, and was devastated. I have yet to get a single fruit from anything I planted in my 4x12 bed. However, I am psyched and ready to start planting for fall and am not giving up and have learned a lot. Which leads me to my question
I am going to dig up the space I have and plant where my other plants did not fruit, what should I do to amend the soil and get the bed ready to replant? Do you recommend just mixing in some compost and trying again? Thank you so so much!
You should give us a full tour of your 2020 summer garden 😁
Yes please!
Thanks again. From now on I will be following this technique.
hi I am a beginner plant grower (mainly starting off from herb such as basil, thyme, and catnip) I have 0 clue of how to grow them properly. I've read and watch multiple videos including yours. I live in apartment so there isn't enough space to grow many plants that I would love to start learning and growing. the most common problem I have is knowing what type of soils are good for each herbs, how much water should I need to grow individually, which herbs are good in pair with other herb when it comes to combining them in pots (I bought rectangular window size pots), zone type and how to deal with weather changes everyday, knowing which type of herbs can regrow and ones that aren't ( include ones that can be grown indoor in a pot and goes through winter and fall seasons). tips on how to grow plants from seeds (I bought more seeds but not entirely sure if its too late to start growing them now in late july north season). types of fertilizer for each plants. the difference between herbs, cactus type plants, vegetables, and flowers). there are many factors that I just get overwhelmed while researching and watching videos. please show me tips of how to take care of them properly as a very very beginner plant grower with limited space and lights. thank you!
**powdery mildew enters the chat**....we struggle so hard with squash, cukes, and melons. Our humid weather here in FL brings in the mildew and you have exactly 48 hrs before everything is dead. Trying not to give up....I have to start them January 1st to plant out Feb 15th, harvest through the cooler months til the heat hits.
Hey Luke! I just tried going to your website to look for seeds and Safari would not let me. Said to many redirects attempted- 20. Didn’t know how else to reach out to you. Also looking for good broccoli and cabbage recommendations. Shot style broccoli and cabbage for making sour Kraut for the fall.
Google or Chrome will get you to his seed site
Sea Glass I went through google and that’s when I had the problem. I’ll give it another shot.