hey u should try growing peas and lettuce my style put the peas on both sides of the lettuce then train them to grow over the lettuce on a trelis or wire then you get shade for your lettuce and nitrogen from the peas :
Hello, just watching or making my way through ALL you videos (phew) and I just wanted to know what type of plant was on your right side in the video, not the pineapple but the other big leafy one :) thanks
If beans are in the same container as leafy greens, will the nitrogen be moved by microogranisms in the soil... or should I continue to feed nitrogen to the leafy greens?
@MrandMissConverted I don't think the beans will produce enough nitrogen to support themselves as well as a leavy neighbor. They just can't produce that volume of nitrogen....not in my experience. You could add a little compost or compost tea to assist them and have a perfect cohabitation.
awesome garden!..........i have a short growing season.... probably same as yours... what kind of watermelon did well in your area?? my brandywines also did very well...
Ray, what is causing the gray spots on your cucumber leaves? I have that all over my summer squash, cucumbers, and melons. Is there a better way to control it in the future other than just removing contaminated leaves, or is it not a concern?
@steveguil I get those gray (grey? grei?) spots on the leaves every now and then. I always assumed it might be fungus since it's been rainy and humid, but it never harms them. The newer leaves are bright green with no spots. They're running amok as I type this. I don't worry about it and unless your plants are falling apart or not producing, I'd suggest not worrying.
I think the aerated brewers are good, but I love making and using the steeped tea. It really works wonders and for a lazy bastard like me it's perfect! lol
In notice you have very good onions and that you part them very close. We, as everyone else in Poland, has had a terrrible year for cucumbers - some people have had to plant 2-3 times. With tomatoes, we often get tomato blight and not sure how to stop it. By the way, is this yoru new house or are you still in the old one?
In notice you have very good onions and that you part them very close. We, as everyone else in Poland, has had a terrrible year for cucumbers - some people have had to plant 2-3 times. With tomatoes, we often get tomato blight and not sure how to stop it. By the way, is this yoru new house or are you still in the old one?
@ivankinsman I planted the shallots around 8 inches to a foot apart. They multiuply into multiple bulbs fast unlike onions. They're not crowing each other out though so that's very good. I haven't moved yet. That sucks about the blight problem you get over there Ivan.
wow! That strawberry bed is amazing! :D how many plants did you start with and how many years before it looks like that?!? I'm thinking of sticking my strawberry planter in the middle of a raised bed and letting it run amok... ;)
Nice video as ever! I need more compost oh and water it is 38C down here and basically everything stopped growing or dropped the flowers...... Any idea on fighting aphids on my cucumber? Ever made garlic spray?
@eddegoei I've heard of garlic spray. I haven't tried it yet. A friend of mine Donald has a channel called Webcajun. He has a demo of an effective easy bug spray. The video is called Home Made Bug Spray. He uses soap and peppers and it has a pretty good result. If you have a minute, you might want to check it out and see if you want to use his easy recipe for kiiling aphids. I hope this helps.
Nice video as ever! I need more compost oh and water it is 38C down here and basically everything stopped growing or dropped the flowers...... Any idea on fighting aphids on my cucumber? Ever made garlic spray?
@272727cupcake Normally I would feel sorry for the lone surviving onion like yours but I don't. One year that happened with my tomatoes. Literally only ONE anemic shrivelled crappy looking red raisin-like tomato. I ate that little failure slowly and smiled my silly face off. :)
try planting your watermelon in the same bed as pumpkins, see which one wins the battle ;) we planted both in 1 bed and in retrospect that wasn't a good idea LOL.
I need to review your video on how to make compost tea and then actually get out there and make some. It would be more economical than the mushroom compost I use. I really enjoyed the plant and produce comparisons. I didn't know I could keep replanting. D'Oh! I didn't know tomatoes can cross pollinate. Mr Stripey not doing well *sniff* I also have a potato experiment in a big plastic pot. Beautiful garden tour Ray, thanks a bushel! Wink
@tjr3838 No birds around here do. Mice eat them during the night though. I really wouldn't mind but they take a bite off one and then another and another. They're like some rude bastard in a buffet line! :(
I just LOVE your garden tours....you should charge LOL. The shallots look great! I might have to try growing those next year hmm? I'm SO thankful, that you made a video about how to make compost tea cause that stuff is AMAZING for my plants!! I tried miracle grow one year, but it wasn't as good as compost tea.
@huronhorde The tassles on the corn are juuuust starting top pop up. I won't know about the taters till the plants die off. I let the plants die totally before harvesting. That gives them maximum grow time. I will most definitely do a tater harvest vid! :)
Your garden is doing really well. Looks like you'll be hot and heavy into harvesting in the very near future. Glad to hear your description of the compact cucumbers as I planted them this year too and have been concern over the slow start. Now, I'm looking for a strong finish. Thanks.
Great garden I envy your shallots. didnt think to put them in & should have Dangit Who eats all of your produce Ray? Do you share w/the Clown Head neighbour? Family? Friends? That's gotta be a lot of veggies when the season ends I plopped some lrg eyed potatoess in a tub about a wk ago & covered w/compost..the next day I have leaves poking..more compost..more leaves...more compost..they are growling like crazy Going to leave them til the very last moment to see what I get - Oirish Pataters?
Garden is looking great! Oh, and I wanted to thank you for identifying my scarlett runner beans, although this heat wave we been having up here in Ontario makes the flowers drop without putting out a bean. How is the house sale going?
Hey ray, that's 100 vids ... that makes you a centurion or something like that. 100 really good rockin vids, that's an accomplishment. I'd forgotten I didn't watch all your vids so I watched more lately. How stupid was I hoping you would post more and forgetting to watch the other ones? Anyway it was like finding $100 bill in a shirt pocket in the closet, you forgot about
This is a very cool vid Ray, all kinds of stuff going on, didn't know how deprived we were until you showed it all ... weeeeeee! love that stuff lol.
Don't know why you classified the greenless Elephant Garlic as a problem thing, I thought that was amazing and the coolest thing.
I'm letting my stuff bolt & planting greens under it, some day, seems a little hot right now. Arugula is one of my best favorites & it seems to do great so I'm going to do some, plus I have tons of seeds saved.
@LaoSoftware It's an Elephant Ear. And holy smokes the leaves get even Bigger! Today it tried to kill me but I was too fast. I hit it with a coffee can and said "NO! No cutting in line!!".
Come to think of it, I think that was the lady who cut in line at the supermarket. oops nevermind.
@Praxxus55712 i kno what to do with bugs and pests. I tell them that my vegetables are not as good as the ones that my neighbor grows every year so they live my garden, because who wants to eat crap right? hehehehe :). I am 20 and I love to learn about growing veggies and cooking them plus you make my day!
Ray, as noob gardener I have a lot of questions so I hope you don't get annoyed. When you were talking about your lettuce you mentioned that is was somewhat in the shade so it doesn't " bolt" as fast . Did I hear you correctly, is the term you used indeed bolt or do I need to schedule a hearing exam ? Please explain what bolting is if that's the correct term.
Looking great. i wish i had 10 feet to spread my tomato's out too. i may just sack a few of the flowers so no cross polination happen so i can keep my seeds :) still no red tomato's yet here. did what you said by the way and man everything is looking better. including my potato's in a bag :) loving the compost tea. thanks, ray
you should consider yourself lucky that you don't have KUDZU!!! here in Alabama it has taken over!!! not just Alabama but the entire south-east!! and a small part of Oregon :P but you are very very lucky!!!
hey praxxus ive got bean leaves practically the size of my head! i have no idea why but they are absoulutly going crazy its pretty amazing!
saltysloops 5 days ago
hey u should try growing peas and lettuce my style put the peas on both sides of the lettuce then train them to grow over the lettuce on a trelis or wire then you get shade for your lettuce and nitrogen from the peas :
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auzziegardener 3 weeks ago
Hello, just watching or making my way through ALL you videos (phew) and I just wanted to know what type of plant was on your right side in the video, not the pineapple but the other big leafy one :) thanks
*Hero*
Randomhero321HD 1 month ago
@Randomhero321HD Oh THAT mnonster on the porch is an "Elephant Ear". The bulb looks like a small bowling ball. lol
ps: The leaves eventually end up three times bigger than the one shown. It's a monolithic beautiful plant. :)
Praxxus55712 1 month ago
If beans are in the same container as leafy greens, will the nitrogen be moved by microogranisms in the soil... or should I continue to feed nitrogen to the leafy greens?
MrandMissConverted 3 months ago
@MrandMissConverted I don't think the beans will produce enough nitrogen to support themselves as well as a leavy neighbor. They just can't produce that volume of nitrogen....not in my experience. You could add a little compost or compost tea to assist them and have a perfect cohabitation.
Praxxus55712 2 months ago
@Praxxus55712 Thanks for your response. Happy growing!
MrandMissConverted 2 months ago
awesome garden!..........i have a short growing season.... probably same as yours... what kind of watermelon did well in your area?? my brandywines also did very well...
nishavenue84 3 months ago
@nishavenue84 Sugar Baby watermelons are delicious if you allow them to fully ripen. They're also less than 80 days so they're perfect for my area.
Praxxus55712 3 months ago
I love how you do impressions of your plants.
johnburton799 8 months ago
why are you not showing us your grape vines, i would like to see it
gameplay1999 1 year ago
@gameplay1999 I'll try to remember to include it on a video before frost hits.
Praxxus55712 1 year ago
Ray, what is causing the gray spots on your cucumber leaves? I have that all over my summer squash, cucumbers, and melons. Is there a better way to control it in the future other than just removing contaminated leaves, or is it not a concern?
steveguil 1 year ago
@steveguil I get those gray (grey? grei?) spots on the leaves every now and then. I always assumed it might be fungus since it's been rainy and humid, but it never harms them. The newer leaves are bright green with no spots. They're running amok as I type this. I don't worry about it and unless your plants are falling apart or not producing, I'd suggest not worrying.
Praxxus55712 1 year ago
@peppersnsmartpots Thanks for the compliment on the garden! :)
I think the aerated brewers are good, but I love making and using the steeped tea. It really works wonders and for a lazy bastard like me it's perfect! lol
Praxxus55712 1 year ago
In notice you have very good onions and that you part them very close. We, as everyone else in Poland, has had a terrrible year for cucumbers - some people have had to plant 2-3 times. With tomatoes, we often get tomato blight and not sure how to stop it. By the way, is this yoru new house or are you still in the old one?
ivankinsman 1 year ago
In notice you have very good onions and that you part them very close. We, as everyone else in Poland, has had a terrrible year for cucumbers - some people have had to plant 2-3 times. With tomatoes, we often get tomato blight and not sure how to stop it. By the way, is this yoru new house or are you still in the old one?
ivankinsman 1 year ago
@ivankinsman I planted the shallots around 8 inches to a foot apart. They multiuply into multiple bulbs fast unlike onions. They're not crowing each other out though so that's very good. I haven't moved yet. That sucks about the blight problem you get over there Ivan.
Praxxus55712 1 year ago
wow! That strawberry bed is amazing! :D how many plants did you start with and how many years before it looks like that?!? I'm thinking of sticking my strawberry planter in the middle of a raised bed and letting it run amok... ;)
bcgarden2010 1 year ago
@bcgarden2010 I started with 24 plants. They multiple like rabbits. It only took a couple years to get this many.
Praxxus55712 1 year ago
LOL at 2:02
GardenCalifornia 1 year ago
Nice video as ever! I need more compost oh and water it is 38C down here and basically everything stopped growing or dropped the flowers...... Any idea on fighting aphids on my cucumber? Ever made garlic spray?
eddegoei 1 year ago
@eddegoei I've heard of garlic spray. I haven't tried it yet. A friend of mine Donald has a channel called Webcajun. He has a demo of an effective easy bug spray. The video is called Home Made Bug Spray. He uses soap and peppers and it has a pretty good result. If you have a minute, you might want to check it out and see if you want to use his easy recipe for kiiling aphids. I hope this helps.
Praxxus55712 1 year ago
@Praxxus55712 Thanks nice video I like Webcajun, I watched his beans and onion video's before never noticed the spray one, thanks!
eddegoei 1 year ago
Hideho,
Nice video as ever! I need more compost oh and water it is 38C down here and basically everything stopped growing or dropped the flowers...... Any idea on fighting aphids on my cucumber? Ever made garlic spray?
eddegoei 1 year ago
my peppers were dropping all their blossems so im growing them inside under some high watt cfls.
Brndon076 1 year ago
it's a tomato cage match!
tomato vs watermelon
outofworkbum 1 year ago
I just broke all the bottom yellow leaf stems off my roma :-/
Is that gonna prove to be a bad thing?
TABULOUS1 1 year ago
@TABULOUS1 I wouldn't think so.
Praxxus55712 1 year ago
thanks for the tour! that was awesome!
franzb69 1 year ago
@272727cupcake Normally I would feel sorry for the lone surviving onion like yours but I don't. One year that happened with my tomatoes. Literally only ONE anemic shrivelled crappy looking red raisin-like tomato. I ate that little failure slowly and smiled my silly face off. :)
ps: Don't give up! I won't let you. grrrr
Praxxus55712 1 year ago
try planting your watermelon in the same bed as pumpkins, see which one wins the battle ;) we planted both in 1 bed and in retrospect that wasn't a good idea LOL.
I enjoyed your video. ~Amanda
GettingThereGreen 1 year ago
@GettingThereGreen My money is on Pumpkins! They send down roots along the vine and grow stronger as they go. :)
Unless they get romatic......(shudder).......and then you're gonna end up with a creepy offspring. Punkimellon? :(
Praxxus55712 1 year ago
I need to review your video on how to make compost tea and then actually get out there and make some. It would be more economical than the mushroom compost I use. I really enjoyed the plant and produce comparisons. I didn't know I could keep replanting. D'Oh! I didn't know tomatoes can cross pollinate. Mr Stripey not doing well *sniff* I also have a potato experiment in a big plastic pot. Beautiful garden tour Ray, thanks a bushel! Wink
greyhoundfriend123 1 year ago
Really nice, Ray. "May the best plant win!" LOL
gcarped 1 year ago
Ray do birds Eat the tomatoes ? My cherry tomatoes are just getting red.
tjr3838 1 year ago
@tjr3838 No birds around here do. Mice eat them during the night though. I really wouldn't mind but they take a bite off one and then another and another. They're like some rude bastard in a buffet line! :(
Praxxus55712 1 year ago
That was beautiful Ray thanks Luv you man take care.
maldonvic 1 year ago
I just LOVE your garden tours....you should charge LOL. The shallots look great! I might have to try growing those next year hmm? I'm SO thankful, that you made a video about how to make compost tea cause that stuff is AMAZING for my plants!! I tried miracle grow one year, but it wasn't as good as compost tea.
Iloveinsegnamento 1 year ago
Awesome video Ray! I thought the watermelon/tomato war was funny haha
CharlieBeRiding 1 year ago
@CharlieBeRiding CharlieBeLiking my video! LOL Sorry, couldn't resist! :)
Praxxus55712 1 year ago
sounds like its awsome! when are you going to harvest your potatoes? do you have corn forming yet?
huronhorde 1 year ago
@huronhorde The tassles on the corn are juuuust starting top pop up. I won't know about the taters till the plants die off. I let the plants die totally before harvesting. That gives them maximum grow time. I will most definitely do a tater harvest vid! :)
Praxxus55712 1 year ago
Your garden is doing really well. Looks like you'll be hot and heavy into harvesting in the very near future. Glad to hear your description of the compact cucumbers as I planted them this year too and have been concern over the slow start. Now, I'm looking for a strong finish. Thanks.
Regards, Gary
garygardens 1 year ago
I prefer Radish sprouts over full grown Radishes. Why? They make a spicy topping on foods.
Dall5000 1 year ago
Great garden I envy your shallots. didnt think to put them in & should have Dangit Who eats all of your produce Ray? Do you share w/the Clown Head neighbour? Family? Friends? That's gotta be a lot of veggies when the season ends I plopped some lrg eyed potatoess in a tub about a wk ago & covered w/compost..the next day I have leaves poking..more compost..more leaves...more compost..they are growling like crazy Going to leave them til the very last moment to see what I get - Oirish Pataters?
mukwah1111 1 year ago
I had little wasps eating the little cabbage worms. :) Took care of most of them.
Garden is looking great!
VivianRinSC 1 year ago
Hey Ray,
Garden is looking great! Oh, and I wanted to thank you for identifying my scarlett runner beans, although this heat wave we been having up here in Ontario makes the flowers drop without putting out a bean. How is the house sale going?
Take care,
Terry
MrTerrym1964 1 year ago
Hey ray, that's 100 vids ... that makes you a centurion or something like that. 100 really good rockin vids, that's an accomplishment. I'd forgotten I didn't watch all your vids so I watched more lately. How stupid was I hoping you would post more and forgetting to watch the other ones? Anyway it was like finding $100 bill in a shirt pocket in the closet, you forgot about
omegahpla 1 year ago
@omegahpla I mean RAY or Ray, not ray, geez
omegahpla 1 year ago
This is a very cool vid Ray, all kinds of stuff going on, didn't know how deprived we were until you showed it all ... weeeeeee! love that stuff lol.
Don't know why you classified the greenless Elephant Garlic as a problem thing, I thought that was amazing and the coolest thing.
I'm letting my stuff bolt & planting greens under it, some day, seems a little hot right now. Arugula is one of my best favorites & it seems to do great so I'm going to do some, plus I have tons of seeds saved.
omegahpla 1 year ago
Can't wait for you to harvest the potatoes. What's that big leaf plant on the porch called? It's huge.
LaoSoftware 1 year ago
@LaoSoftware Plant when the weather is cooler, afternoon shade helps also
Eric18600 1 year ago
@LaoSoftware It's an Elephant Ear. And holy smokes the leaves get even Bigger! Today it tried to kill me but I was too fast. I hit it with a coffee can and said "NO! No cutting in line!!".
Come to think of it, I think that was the lady who cut in line at the supermarket. oops nevermind.
Praxxus55712 1 year ago
@Praxxus55712 i kno what to do with bugs and pests. I tell them that my vegetables are not as good as the ones that my neighbor grows every year so they live my garden, because who wants to eat crap right? hehehehe :). I am 20 and I love to learn about growing veggies and cooking them plus you make my day!
21sraj 1 year ago
@21sraj That's a great idea............unless I'm your neighbor. :)
Praxxus55712 1 year ago
@connjamm19 Thanks connjamm19, is there a way to prevent bolting ?
iampchaupt 1 year ago
Check out the differance, with tea and no tea.... the leaves dont lie. Didnt know that
you can take seeds from hybred an replant for more tomato.
slvmnr 1 year ago
Ray, as noob gardener I have a lot of questions so I hope you don't get annoyed. When you were talking about your lettuce you mentioned that is was somewhat in the shade so it doesn't " bolt" as fast . Did I hear you correctly, is the term you used indeed bolt or do I need to schedule a hearing exam ? Please explain what bolting is if that's the correct term.
Thanks
iampchaupt 1 year ago
Looking great. i wish i had 10 feet to spread my tomato's out too. i may just sack a few of the flowers so no cross polination happen so i can keep my seeds :) still no red tomato's yet here. did what you said by the way and man everything is looking better. including my potato's in a bag :) loving the compost tea. thanks, ray
niffer58 1 year ago
Nice job Ray.
Since you have a shortened growing season, have you ever used those homemade pvc/poly sheeting domes over any of your plants to extend the season ?
iampchaupt 1 year ago
you should consider yourself lucky that you don't have KUDZU!!! here in Alabama it has taken over!!! not just Alabama but the entire south-east!! and a small part of Oregon :P but you are very very lucky!!!
tycoon1994 1 year ago