Urban Survival Patio Gardening - Episode 3

[YardlessGardener]

The oak tree may be a problem. The oak is Allelopathic and its leaves have a chemical that can inhibit growth of other plants. Also plant fall and winter crops that do not nee as much light to produce food.

[slowtaknow]

i would still put it in the best spot available to get the best sun it requires,i know it's a test just to see how on your back patio but what about your front porch or elsewhere like window sill boxes or where your flower garden is!

[urkingod]

The BEST ~!!!! Great people ~!!!!

[213rapture]

HANDY TIP: If you plan on growing horseradish, make sure you keep it in a seperate container. Horseradish is super easy to grow, but is highly agressive and will take over your enitre garden. You will have horseradish for life, for just a few starter roots!

[wizardangel]

sometimes leaves ,from any nut tree are very high in acid when decaying,trouble for spinch crop,better for berry type stuff - some strawberries in that container,everberring type is small compact plant and lives up to the name!! it settles atop and no debri or dirt on the crown (center core leaves ) and will send a runner out on it's own to start a new plant and be still able to harvest .ya ever see a cloth type shoe tree hanger style,?? fill pockets with dirt and plant seeds,hang in sun works 2

[ursushoribilisron]

Kevin,

If you built little plastic cover you could retain more soil heat.

You would be surprised at how much that would give advantage to your efforts.

It would only increase your vertical foot print, not area square footage. It would increase efficiency and grow more.

Thank you for your efforts.

[1fanger]

Hi, I ran into a little problem with this years spinach. Prehaps you sowed the seed too deeply, like me. I went and prepared a 50 foot row next to my bush beans, on the SE side. I was anticipating a cool summer/fall. Spinach likes cool nights not too much water, which we had. The seedlings came up way too late because I believe I sowed them too deeply. I gave up and let the section go to a weed fallow. Sure nuff, the spinach did sprout. By then, the row was full of purslane, choking them out.

[mhfisc]

Kev you run a survivalist board that bans people for calling a moderator a politically correct fool in a PM. How is the moderator going to handle a SHTF situation? Maybe his definition of SHTF is a name calling contest. HA HA HA.

[survivalistboards]

mhfisc - the moderators on the forum are not your personal punching bag.

[nethdaniel552]

no wonder they aighnt growing that right because u got leaves and acorns and shit up in there

[MaximumDensity1]

I appreciate this experiment you are doing. I am EXACTLY the type of person you have in mind.

[YouMockMe]

I planted my spinach a little earlier in the year and they're still doing great but not producing as much. My tomatoes gave up real quick.

Planted: 1.5 ~ 2 months ago. (guesstimate)

Sunlight: Mild, {direct: 10am-12:30am}

Current Avg Temp: 52F.

Location: PA

Cheers.

[countrycookin2003]

May I suggest that you verify what I am going to say with your local county agent, I believe that your problem with the spinach may well be the acorns. They have a lot of tannic acid and a lot of plants cannot live in soil that acid. Look under an oak tree, not much life. Throw out your acorns add a little new soil, water well and try again. Hopefully success...

Dorothy

[mywootgarden]

lol yeah ! those mushroom looking things where my center of attention untill it was revieled they're acordns and all my thoughts turnd tot he ph balance of the soil. its a very realistic simulation of the intended situation :) awesome!

[mobiltec]

This is some good stuff. How-To involves experimentation also. Not just known facts. I like the idea that you experiment with all your how to information. I do the same with my trailers.

Thanks for all the wonderful information you put out.

[17Revolution76]

Onions have been fairly easy for me to grow even in small places like that. I believe they need a lot of room underground to get big though.

Last season I also grew a few green peppers with very little effort, no pesticides, or chemicals and they turned out great.

I would definitely suggest growing some higher calorie vegetables; potatoes, radishes, & brussles sprouts are good choices.

[vassilischr]

Vegetables need a lot of sunlight. Due to this fact i had limited to no success in my shade garden. The only thing it seems to be growing is potatoes.

[bigjim379]

I never planted radishes before are the young ones edible green leaves and all like in a salad

[martykean1967]

Another great vid man! 5 stars!!!

[martykean1967]

Lack of sun is a very good trial. Lets say Yellostone erupts ok? We could suffer from reduced sunlight for quite sometime from the ash in the atmosphere. It would be very useful to know what can tollerate low light conditions and still provide some fresh greens for you and your family to eat. I believe natural disasters can and will eventually happen to most people, from flooding and tornadoes and hurricains all the way up to Yellowstone erupting or an asteroid. prepair for the worst I say!

[MadBadVoodo]

Five Stars!!

[dlvmark]

Great job.

[vention4wh]

I think it's really cool of you to be thinking of the people who live in condos or apartments like this. There are huge numbers of such people and I'm one of them. The vast majority of these people are going to have to stay where they are so some kind of container gardening is going to be important for them. I've been doing it for a couple years now.

[UcanbeGOD]

I am looking to do this sometime, maybe even next spring. Thinking tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes, carrots. Is this doable? I live in NC and have about 5x10 ft of space.

[molemanlivesagain]

potatoes are hard, you can do it in a ten gallon bucket (youtube it) the rest is doable.

[UcanbeGOD]

Thanks!

[ROFLpwnedvideos]

Might need something for the cucumbers to climb on.

[vagitoe]

No, I don't think those kinds of plants are doable in bins like the ones shown. Well, the carrots might be... the rest, probably not.

However, I have heard that you can grow potatoes in garbage cans. Try that and see how it goes.

[therealsporadicaarmy]

idk about potatos, i think those go fairly deep, when i went to vacation to newfoundland and nova scotia in canada it is quiet rocky because of the canadian shield and my brother in laws parents use bathtubs, its good cuz of lots of space, its too rocky to dig, and it's recycling maybe get a bathtub on your patio, that'd be hard for me cuz i live on the 8th floor. but tubs are easier

[vonhismean]

how often are you watering?

[SuperMommy227]

Spinach can take easily 20+ days to germinate, you should soak the seeds and start them under flouro lights. You can also sow Spinach in the fall for a very early Spring harvest. Growing carrots in deep buckets or cut-off drainage pipes works well. Looks great!

[haha48]

put them in a green house then it would speed up

[superrcpilot1]

Its a coming along