You should def try fresh beets! The canned stuff is disgusting, it just tastes like iron and the texture is gross. I like them raw, cut up into cubes with a squeeze of lime and some salt. Just don't be alarmed when you go to the bathroom, it stains your urine red. I completely freaked when this happened to me and I thought I was dying or something. Lol!
How do you water your gardens? They do not look very close to the house....I am surprised you haven't ever mentioned the challenges of keeping such a garden watered! Do you use your well to water or do you rely on rain? I have large gardens, no outdoor tap and this year am starting to rely on rain barrels (homemade, basically just big buckets). an improvement over hauling water from my pond. I am impressed and am trying to have one near every garden.
The deer hit my corn. Do your turkeys and peacocks keep the bugs down in your garden? Still waiting on my tomatoes to turn red or yellow. Tons of tomatoes and yellow flowers.
@rayme4raw My turkeys would keep the entire garden down if I let them loose. No birds are allowed in there on penalty of...........well actually there is no penalty. I would gently herd them out. <---aren't I a baddass? lol
I rarely even have bug problems. I encourage wild birds, garter snakes and toads. They pretty much decimate all bugs. Also strong healthy plants withstand bug attacks pretty well.
@Praxxus55712 Thanks for replying:) The plants are healthy enough that I don't have bug problems. I've tried some of the corn, but I guess I have too much shade for them, they were not very sweet, so they won't be planted next year. It's too much space for too little produce. How do you encourage toads, we use to have them but they jump away until they leave the yard.
@rayme4raw Toads love slightly tall grass. It gives them an area to hide. I mow my grass a little higher than most people. This keeps me from mowing the toads into hamburger and allows them to stay hidden and catch bugs. The only thing they have to worry about is the garter snakes until they get big enough to not fear them.
ash from a wood fire is the method we use. The salt isn't great for the soil so I wouldn't use it myself. Slugs and snails hate the ash as it sticks to them. A ring of it (quite thick) around your plants might do the trick. Good luck anyway!
@Nuru305 I have never tried it. I've had a few people email me asking if I'd used it. If it works really well and is less toxic than OFF, I'm all for trying it!
Actually, what was described with the peppers here is what exactly happened to me too *blush* - I didn't have a proper drainage in the pot and so I kinda killed my pepper by watering. When I finally decided to take it out of the pot, there were almost no roots left. I stuffed it into the garden on horse manure and stupid as I was kept watering it too well. The stem and fruits still looked okay, only the leaves were sad. So, I suppose taking it out asap _might_ help?
It sounds like Jason's pepper has a problem with Fusarium or Verticillium Wilt which will affect his tomatoes because like peppers they are nightshades too. The problem may have come in on the soil of the potted pepper. I'd get rid of the pepper. I handle my slug and other bug problems with DIATOMACEOUS EARTH, the Food Grade type. Look up EARTHWORKSHEALTH on the internet. DON'T use the DE for swimming pool filters, that will kill you. I just love your WEEKEND EDITION Mr. P#
As far as the strawberry's. What eat's the berry's themselves are fruit fly larve. once the fruit becomes ripe and makes contact with the soil the fruit fly larve emerges from the soil and begin eating the fruit. I lay down black plastic over my strawberry bed's and then plant the strawberry's. AND you must pick your strawberry's before they are ripe to head off the cycle of fruit fly.
Jason's question - sounds like root rot. the pepper really needs a lot of sun and being cramped in with the tomato's is no bueno. Jason need's to transplant ASAP that pepper plant into it's own pot where it can recieve full sun and it's own amount of water.
canned pickle beets are gross. I cant eat beets unless there from the garden you have to try it. its so yummy. fresh beets are so diffrent then canned. I use to hate beet soup and now I love it. its one of the things I love to eat in the summer. TRY IT.
Great job Ray! You think like I do...I say something and I listen to myself at the same time. And then I heckle and critique myself. It's like 2 people in here. Anywho...dead chicken, sounds like murder to me. A menage a trois gone wrong or perhaps it was political...after all...it IS almost November ya know.
I didn't see this come up n missed it for 2 days! Crazy! Old coffee grounds seem to deter bugs, supposed to be good for plants too. Egg shells mentioned, never pour a bunch a salt around your plant, they hate that, it's called ass-salting your plant, I think crushed pumice stone would work too, and add good minerals
I have some month old compost tea, hope thats ok cause I use it still lol, got bugs swimmin in it
I love pickled beets and I love fresh beets. I hate beets that come out of an aluminum can (they taste like aluminum). So give fresh beets a try. They taste very different than pickled beets. Just boil them until they are kind of tender. Some people like them and some don't. ~Amanda
The best control for snails that I found was to recruit my kids and any of there friends to hand pick them out of my garden. These were the kind of snails with shells though. In return I would treat them to the ice cream truck or double dips from my own freezer. That works good for young kids. As the kids got older they still picked snails for me...they would get an empty plastic soda bottle and bat them out into the street seeing how far they could 'punk' them LOL
Snails and slugs have soft bodies. So you should sprinkle egg shells all over the ground. They don't like crawling on sharp or prickly stuff. It works all the time! Egg shells are natural deterrent and it's cruelty-free. It won't hurt them like beer or salt.
Tap water is not pure water. It has chemicals like chlorine and fluoride in it. It's undrinkable for humans and plants. It gives people allergies. You should use well water or filtered water. It's clean, natural water. No chemicals.
Ray, ya gots to try non-pickled beets -- just plain 'ol fresh beets. I don't like pickled beets either, but fresh, 2" or smaller beets boiled up? Yum!
Why is it I always want to adopt you when I watch these videos?
i love your videos! how do you get rid of slugs period? sand! slugs wont clime over anything dry or sharp. sand will stop them period.
heres my question! when do you know if corn is ripe? i want it just perfect. and do you use the milk jug techneich? i really would like you to try it and tell people if you like it. im not sure if it works, so i would like you to an experiment to see if it helps!
I like these answering email videos. I learn and laugh ALOT LOL! I'm not sure but maybe compost tea might help that pepper get stronger and healthier? I grew them last year, and mine got droopy because of the heat and humid weather. Once the heat and humidity dropped, to a livable degree, the peppers perked up and did fine.
@Iloveinsegnamento exactly what I was gonna say about the pepper. Mine always wilts on really hot days. Check it first thing in the morning and I bet it looks perky!
Ray, in a previous video you talked about the heat causing pepper plants to drop their blossoms. I'm in central Wisconsin and it's been unseasonably warm here as well, is their still time for the plants to produce more peppers ? They started out great, I even harvested a few but then the heat came, am I Sh*t out of luck in my climate zone ?
If it helps.....I am finding that my pepper plant...which is in a giant pot. on my deck.....droops every afternoon in this heat... It is well watered and always recoups after the heat of the day lets up, so if your pepper is only drooping during the hottest part of the day..... not to worry....its "heat droop" ...hope that helps? I compost everything that I can...coffee grounds, egg shells, veg & fruit scraps. Nobody stirred it while I was away & it didnt break down this year....
@mukwah1111 hahaha on the beet story ! I can totally understand about being put off about a food that you thought was one thing & turned out to be something totally different esp. in taste & texture. I LOVE beets ! Pickled.....roasted is fabulous ! They taste like the earth. BTW how did your empanadas turn out ? Did you get a chance to make them ?
good video.. wish i had advice.. i only grow chilli peppers.. orange habanero jalapeno cayenne hot wax hot banana hot cherry anahiem cubanell.. and i think thats it lol.. anyway 5 stars!
I burst out laughing when he described the snail dying as the wicked witch from the wizard of oz. :D
SolidusVictorium 4 weeks ago
You should def try fresh beets! The canned stuff is disgusting, it just tastes like iron and the texture is gross. I like them raw, cut up into cubes with a squeeze of lime and some salt. Just don't be alarmed when you go to the bathroom, it stains your urine red. I completely freaked when this happened to me and I thought I was dying or something. Lol!
GummyTumor 4 weeks ago in playlist More videos from Praxxus55712
Pickled beets are GROSS! But just steamed beets are good! :] They're pretty sweet and taste kinda like corn to me. You should definitely try it.
empouse 1 year ago
If you mix water with dish washer soap and denatured alcohol in equal parts
put it in a pump spray bottle and spray your plants, it will help you get rid of the black fleas
on tomatoes! Spray everyday, but not in bright sunlight, it won't hurt the plant.
Remember to spray under the leaves as well....(these bastards hide!)
Mix in cayenne pepper if you have ;-)
You gotta spray everyday (evening)
Joe
JoeHell67 1 year ago
Hi,
beer traps are no good. Snails that haven't noticed the plants, will be drawn even more to the veggies by the smell of the beer!
Just imagine yourself standing on the market place shouting "free beer for everyone who shows up!"....
There is a sort of a natural "grain" that is so rough that snails avoid slipping over it and if you put a ring of it far enough away
from the veggies, you should be safe. After the season you can mix that grain into the soil as a natural fertilizer.
Joe
JoeHell67 1 year ago
How do you water your gardens? They do not look very close to the house....I am surprised you haven't ever mentioned the challenges of keeping such a garden watered! Do you use your well to water or do you rely on rain? I have large gardens, no outdoor tap and this year am starting to rely on rain barrels (homemade, basically just big buckets). an improvement over hauling water from my pond. I am impressed and am trying to have one near every garden.
jazdogwalker 1 year ago
@jazdogwalker Well, living in Minnesota....aka: the "oh what a surprise it's raining AGAIN" state. lol
I have a really really long water hose running from the house. Your idea is actually an excellent one! Free water and right where you need it! :)
Praxxus55712 1 year ago
Peppers are delicate and fusier than tomato best to plant them apart as the tomato will take over.
Fleur696 1 year ago
The deer hit my corn. Do your turkeys and peacocks keep the bugs down in your garden? Still waiting on my tomatoes to turn red or yellow. Tons of tomatoes and yellow flowers.
rayme4raw 1 year ago
@rayme4raw My turkeys would keep the entire garden down if I let them loose. No birds are allowed in there on penalty of...........well actually there is no penalty. I would gently herd them out. <---aren't I a baddass? lol
I rarely even have bug problems. I encourage wild birds, garter snakes and toads. They pretty much decimate all bugs. Also strong healthy plants withstand bug attacks pretty well.
ps: Damn, sorry about your corn. That blows! :(
Praxxus55712 1 year ago
@Praxxus55712 Thanks for replying:) The plants are healthy enough that I don't have bug problems. I've tried some of the corn, but I guess I have too much shade for them, they were not very sweet, so they won't be planted next year. It's too much space for too little produce. How do you encourage toads, we use to have them but they jump away until they leave the yard.
rayme4raw 1 year ago
@rayme4raw Toads love slightly tall grass. It gives them an area to hide. I mow my grass a little higher than most people. This keeps me from mowing the toads into hamburger and allows them to stay hidden and catch bugs. The only thing they have to worry about is the garter snakes until they get big enough to not fear them.
Praxxus55712 1 year ago
Damn that corn looks awesome. I may have to try it next year.
14dollarz 1 year ago
ash from a wood fire is the method we use. The salt isn't great for the soil so I wouldn't use it myself. Slugs and snails hate the ash as it sticks to them. A ring of it (quite thick) around your plants might do the trick. Good luck anyway!
Gymp76 1 year ago
I found out recently that ground egg shells will keep slugs off of your plants.
Wraith99 1 year ago
Have you ever used Neem oil as a bug repellant for your garden? If you have what were your results?
Nuru305 1 year ago
@Nuru305 I have never tried it. I've had a few people email me asking if I'd used it. If it works really well and is less toxic than OFF, I'm all for trying it!
Praxxus55712 1 year ago
how do you dry your tomatoe seed to grow them
ZmommaW 1 year ago
Actually, what was described with the peppers here is what exactly happened to me too *blush* - I didn't have a proper drainage in the pot and so I kinda killed my pepper by watering. When I finally decided to take it out of the pot, there were almost no roots left. I stuffed it into the garden on horse manure and stupid as I was kept watering it too well. The stem and fruits still looked okay, only the leaves were sad. So, I suppose taking it out asap _might_ help?
snoopysgreatdoghouse 1 year ago
By the way, I managed to totally kill it :(
snoopysgreatdoghouse 1 year ago
It sounds like Jason's pepper has a problem with Fusarium or Verticillium Wilt which will affect his tomatoes because like peppers they are nightshades too. The problem may have come in on the soil of the potted pepper. I'd get rid of the pepper. I handle my slug and other bug problems with DIATOMACEOUS EARTH, the Food Grade type. Look up EARTHWORKSHEALTH on the internet. DON'T use the DE for swimming pool filters, that will kill you. I just love your WEEKEND EDITION Mr. P#
TheOrganiclady 1 year ago
oh copper tape is great for snails. It carry's a small electrical current and if you make a barrier around your pot's it will keep the snails out!
PCOStherealdeal 1 year ago
As far as the strawberry's. What eat's the berry's themselves are fruit fly larve. once the fruit becomes ripe and makes contact with the soil the fruit fly larve emerges from the soil and begin eating the fruit. I lay down black plastic over my strawberry bed's and then plant the strawberry's. AND you must pick your strawberry's before they are ripe to head off the cycle of fruit fly.
PCOStherealdeal 1 year ago
Jason's question - sounds like root rot. the pepper really needs a lot of sun and being cramped in with the tomato's is no bueno. Jason need's to transplant ASAP that pepper plant into it's own pot where it can recieve full sun and it's own amount of water.
PCOStherealdeal 1 year ago
Did the Coca-Cola company pay you to wear their t-shirt? :-)
anniequilts 1 year ago 2
@anniequilts Praxxus can neither confirm nor deny this.
*hides the yearly supply of free Coca Cola*
Praxxus55712 1 year ago
@anniequilts he has worn that in a lot of vids
connjamm19 1 year ago
canned pickle beets are gross. I cant eat beets unless there from the garden you have to try it. its so yummy. fresh beets are so diffrent then canned. I use to hate beet soup and now I love it. its one of the things I love to eat in the summer. TRY IT.
crewlla 1 year ago
Grate your beets onto a sandwich :)
ToyMaster83 1 year ago
lol, you didn't have very good luck when it came to food when you were a kid, eh?
iassc222charles 1 year ago
@iassc222charles Hominy was another horror memory that is better left suppressed in my mind. lol
Praxxus55712 1 year ago
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Brndon076 1 year ago
Another great video Ray. If you could do a follow up on the creepy wind-up toy, that would be great. I'm fascinated!
keptupl8 1 year ago
Great job Ray! You think like I do...I say something and I listen to myself at the same time. And then I heckle and critique myself. It's like 2 people in here. Anywho...dead chicken, sounds like murder to me. A menage a trois gone wrong or perhaps it was political...after all...it IS almost November ya know.
1111atreides 1 year ago
I didn't see this come up n missed it for 2 days! Crazy! Old coffee grounds seem to deter bugs, supposed to be good for plants too. Egg shells mentioned, never pour a bunch a salt around your plant, they hate that, it's called ass-salting your plant, I think crushed pumice stone would work too, and add good minerals
I have some month old compost tea, hope thats ok cause I use it still lol, got bugs swimmin in it
omegahpla 1 year ago
I love pickled beets and I love fresh beets. I hate beets that come out of an aluminum can (they taste like aluminum). So give fresh beets a try. They taste very different than pickled beets. Just boil them until they are kind of tender. Some people like them and some don't. ~Amanda
GettingThereGreen 1 year ago
repot it cause it might be gettin a little nutrients but not the total amount it needs cause the tomatos are stealin the nutrients.
michael153246 1 year ago
The best control for snails that I found was to recruit my kids and any of there friends to hand pick them out of my garden. These were the kind of snails with shells though. In return I would treat them to the ice cream truck or double dips from my own freezer. That works good for young kids. As the kids got older they still picked snails for me...they would get an empty plastic soda bottle and bat them out into the street seeing how far they could 'punk' them LOL
Inga4020 1 year ago
repot the pepper plant. might save it, but then problem with that, might kill one or more plants. best to plant another one if you don't wanna repot.
franzb69 1 year ago
Actually, drilling into somebody's septic lol ... uhh ... sounds pretty good.
AlmightyJerk 1 year ago
Snails and slugs have soft bodies. So you should sprinkle egg shells all over the ground. They don't like crawling on sharp or prickly stuff. It works all the time! Egg shells are natural deterrent and it's cruelty-free. It won't hurt them like beer or salt.
LaoSoftware 1 year ago
Tap water is not pure water. It has chemicals like chlorine and fluoride in it. It's undrinkable for humans and plants. It gives people allergies. You should use well water or filtered water. It's clean, natural water. No chemicals.
OS253 1 year ago
Ray, ya gots to try non-pickled beets -- just plain 'ol fresh beets. I don't like pickled beets either, but fresh, 2" or smaller beets boiled up? Yum!
Why is it I always want to adopt you when I watch these videos?
Michigansnowpony 1 year ago
i love your videos! how do you get rid of slugs period? sand! slugs wont clime over anything dry or sharp. sand will stop them period.
heres my question! when do you know if corn is ripe? i want it just perfect. and do you use the milk jug techneich? i really would like you to try it and tell people if you like it. im not sure if it works, so i would like you to an experiment to see if it helps!
huronhorde 1 year ago
@huronhorde Corn is ripe when the silks turn completely brown.
bookhound63 1 year ago
Ray! Show us those white chicken legs!
Buttereeeee 1 year ago
I tried shooting snails and slugs but I kept missing cos they were moving too fast.
Best Wishes, Brendan.
baconsoda 1 year ago
Who else thinks Kevin's chicken got choked ?
iampchaupt 1 year ago
@iampchaupt who choked it? hehe
tpboles 1 year ago
By the way, Free beer isn't the way to get rid of the slugs, free beer just attracts them at least it did with my brother in law.
iampchaupt 1 year ago
@iampchaupt Hahahah thats funny !!!!
mukwah1111 1 year ago
You are great! I LOVE these weekend editions! Thanks so much for taking the time and talking to the world!
missiepie2004 1 year ago
I like these answering email videos. I learn and laugh ALOT LOL! I'm not sure but maybe compost tea might help that pepper get stronger and healthier? I grew them last year, and mine got droopy because of the heat and humid weather. Once the heat and humidity dropped, to a livable degree, the peppers perked up and did fine.
Iloveinsegnamento 1 year ago
@Iloveinsegnamento exactly what I was gonna say about the pepper. Mine always wilts on really hot days. Check it first thing in the morning and I bet it looks perky!
tpboles 1 year ago
Snail bait, put it a fair way away from your strawberries, and they will be drawn to that instead of the strawberries
screwmanx 1 year ago
Ray, in a previous video you talked about the heat causing pepper plants to drop their blossoms. I'm in central Wisconsin and it's been unseasonably warm here as well, is their still time for the plants to produce more peppers ? They started out great, I even harvested a few but then the heat came, am I Sh*t out of luck in my climate zone ?
iampchaupt 1 year ago
If it helps.....I am finding that my pepper plant...which is in a giant pot. on my deck.....droops every afternoon in this heat... It is well watered and always recoups after the heat of the day lets up, so if your pepper is only drooping during the hottest part of the day..... not to worry....its "heat droop" ...hope that helps? I compost everything that I can...coffee grounds, egg shells, veg & fruit scraps. Nobody stirred it while I was away & it didnt break down this year....
mukwah1111 1 year ago
@mukwah1111 hahaha on the beet story ! I can totally understand about being put off about a food that you thought was one thing & turned out to be something totally different esp. in taste & texture. I LOVE beets ! Pickled.....roasted is fabulous ! They taste like the earth. BTW how did your empanadas turn out ? Did you get a chance to make them ?
mukwah1111 1 year ago
good video.. wish i had advice.. i only grow chilli peppers.. orange habanero jalapeno cayenne hot wax hot banana hot cherry anahiem cubanell.. and i think thats it lol.. anyway 5 stars!
juststl 1 year ago