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I add all the nutrients at one time. By the time they start to fade, it's time to change out the water. ( a couple of months later) I don't know about the aerogarden specifically. Being much smaller than a 17 G tote, I would go with the instructions that came with the unit. That likely means smaller doses of nutrients each week. Keep an eye on the water level. It's surprising how fast the plants can take up water plus the evaporation. For example, once I have 6 plants growing at different ages, I'm adding 1/2 g to 1 g of water each week. I mainly just grow lettuce. Basil or other small leafy greens should do well with the lettuce type of system. I tried growing strawberries using the same method as the lettuce. That didn't work. After more research, I figured out that strawberries need a different setup. Peppers do well in hydroponics but they also need a different setup. Hope that helps and thanks for watching.

@@stevefromthegarden1135 sorry I am just using the aerogarden nutrients in a 10 gallon tote. I will try adding all at the start. Thanks!

You should get quite the harvest from that. Did you put a mulch over the planting area? Thanks for watching John.

@@stevefromthegarden1135 Not yet. But once the leaves begin to fall I collect and use them for all sorts of jobs in the garden and with the chickens.

I put the onions on wire shelves in the garage until the tops dry out. I then cut off the dead vegetation (and roots) and put them in large mesh bags that I hang in a small storage space under the basement stairs. That space is dark and stays about 60 F during the winter. The garlic is also stored in that space in paper grocery bags. Hope that helps. Let me know if you have other questions. Thanks for watching.

Thank you. This little experiment was a failure but that is how we learn. It's important to show when things don't work out and not just the success stories. 😀

This used a balanced orgranic fertilizer. With carrots being a root crop, they don't need much nitrogen which can result to too much top growth without growing out the root. Thanks for watching

Thanks for watching Tom

I'm guessing you would need someway to crush the seeds for that. 😀

Hey Brian, how have you been? What did you use in your cover crop mix? The grafts on the apple tree are still doing well but the critters got to the apples before I did. I will need to buy some of the mesh fruit bags to put over the apples next year to keep the critters and insects off of them. Thanks for watching and have a good weekend.

@@stevefromthegarden1135 I have been fine and dandy, just trying to keep up with the garden, that dry spell really sucked. Had a bunch of different cover crop seeds getting kinda old, so I just mixed buckwheat, hairy vetch, daikon radish, clover some old radish, beet, and bean seeds broadcast them over the soil and covered with an inch of this years leaf mold. Without the leaf mold I never would have been able to keep the seeds moist enough to germinate. I have some rodent taking bites out of my ripening tomatoes, so I have to ripen them inside, damn critters. Have a good week Steve! Stay Well!!!!

@@brianseybert192 It was a very long dry spell. Over 3 weeks. We got a good soaking rain yesterday. That is quite the cover crop mix...a little of everything. 😀 Since they all mature at different times, what is your plan for managing it? Also, are you set this year for garlic?

@@stevefromthegarden1135 I will probably just let it sit as is over the winter, if the buckwheat begins to flower, will probably cut the tops off with a hedge trimmer. In the spring will probably cut anything growing at ground level and tarp it. Had a pretty decent garlic harvest this year, I have a good number of large cloves to plant this fall. I really enjoy the cycle of growing garlic, plus you have extra garden space for a few months after harvest. Have a good one Steve!

I will be topping the cut plants with some compost tomorrow to accomplish the same thing but without the soil disturbance. It was pretty hot last weekend, so I didn't want to be out in the sun hauling compost. Thanks for watch Klaus.

Good timing on that one. 😀 The bees really enjoy the buckwheat as they prepare for winter. Thanks for watching Sandra.

Terima kasih kerana menonton Thanks for watching.

The tall beds are really nice. I have the strawberries in a bed just like the new one, which makes for easy picking. Thanks for watching Robin.

Keeping the soil active and adding organic matter. Thanks for watching Sandra

The new bed is certainly tall enough to allow for some long diakons. My potato harvest turned out ok this year. I will need to do more amending of the soil in the root pouches next year. Thanks for watching Tom.

Nice. The ears sound about the size of the Japanese hullless popcorn ears. I put down buckwheat seed in the last corn bed yesterday. That will run for the next 30 to 40 days then I will put the bed to sleep for the winter.

I drove 16 inch PT wooden stakes in on both sides from the center of the bed. I spaced them 2 ft from the center. That will keep the sides from bowing out. Plus having metal mending plates on the inside and outside of the boards should help also. I'm not sure yet what I will plant in the new metal raised bed but I have all winter to think about it. 😀

The growing season is wrapping up here with the final stage being the planting of the cover crops. Won't be long before I put the beds to sleep for the winter. Thanks for watching Peggy.

Understandable about being nervous when it comes to using cover crops. I like using buckwheat because it grows fast and winter kills in my zone 5 garden. It's also easy to terminate since it does not have hard or fiberious stems. For more info on cover crops, Jesse at No-Till Growers has quite a few videos on the topic. He operates on a small commercial scale but the information still applies to our backyard gardens. Thanks for watching Jeanne.

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Welcome to the channel. Quite a surprise on the growth differences between the 2 beds. I started buckwheat in the bed that will have the sweet corn next year because of the results I got. Thanks for watching.

I'm sure I can grow softneck garlic. I have planted some from the grocery in my strawberry bed as a bug deterrent and it grows just fine. I rotate which beds I grow everything in, including garlic and onions. For next season, I will grow Garlic and onions in the bed that my 1st planting of sweet corn was in this year. I have a cover crop of buckwheat in that bed now. That bed didn't get any amendments last fall vs the bed next to it where the rest of the sweet corn was grown which had buckwheat in it then fall leaves. Having drip tape and running it on a timer has been great. The beds gets watered 4 days a week and I don't need to think it. It just works and has been a game changer for me. Thanks for watching Rick.

Yeah. Kind of crazy that plantings 4 and 5 came on at the same time. With it maturing at the same time, I will have more than we can eat fresh. I think you work the weekend that it will be ready. I might end up needing to can the extra. I put up 6 jars from plantings 1 and 2.

@@stevefromthegarden1135 Sounds like a lame excuse not to bring me some! Just kidding, love ya brother! Good job!

Hey Mike, I'm doing well and hope you are too. It was surprising just how much more growth the cover crop bed got. Thanks for watching.

@brianseybert192 I have 1 big gourd so far with several on the way. Man those plants grow like crazy. I'm out there every week trimming them back. 😅 Good thing 1 season will give me plenty of bird houses. If I ever grow these again, I will need a separate, stand alone spot for them. 😲 Today I seeded the 1st corn bed with buckwheat. Garlic and onions will go in there for the next season. Thanks for watching Brian.

This fall I will burn the corn stalks along with a giant pile of brush. I just got done cutting down the stalks from plantings 1 and 2. If I had a shredder, I would use that then throw it into the compost bins. Corn stalks are pretty fiberous, so they take a long time to break down. Another option would be to put them on the bottom of a Johnson-Su compost bin and let the fungi go to work on them over the course of a year. Thanks for watching Rick.

The cover crop certainly seemed to help. I will be doing another cover crop this summer in the bed that the corn will grow in next year. Thanks for watching Tom.

lol. Beans will surprise you as long as you keep picking them. Thanks for watching Robin.

The original intent for the corn was just for fresh eating but with plantings 4 and 5 coming on at the same time, I will can the extra. I put 6 pints up so far this year. Thanks for watching Peggy.

Cover crops are a great filler for empty beds and keep the soil active. Thanks for watching Nick.

The growth in the cover crop bed is really surprising. Far more than I was expecting. Thanks for watching Kathleen.

Come on over. It's looking like I will have plenty. 😃 Thanks for watching Sandra

I would love to! I promised my granddaughter I would show her my worms eating corn. As soon as I'm over this $#*!$ Covid, my worms are going to join you in a corn feast! I had to buy a cob because our current home doesn't have the sun to support growing corn. Maybe our next place! By the way, I am VERY close to getting my hourly total over the line - any help you could provide in the next day or two would be greatly appreciated! ~ Sandra

@@NanasWorms Congrats on the hour count. That is a major hurdle to get over. I will help to get you over the line.

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Yes there was. The cover crop bed did really well. Thanks for watching Klaus.

@@stevefromthegarden1135 Who's Klaus? 🤣😂🤣 (I do it all the time mate LOL)

@@DigwellGreenfingers Sorry about that Steve. lol. I threw in the wrong name. Don't write replies just as you're stepping out the door. 😅

@@DigwellGreenfingersha, I’m Klaus! It doesn’t matter because I’m a Digwell Greenfingers fan as well!

@@WhatWeDoChannel Guessed it was you, Klaus! Not many Klausses around on the gardening channels LOL (Plenty of Steve's though 🤣)

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It was a great exchange and worked out well for both of us. For next year, I am going with 6 inch in-row spacing between the cloves since I won't need as much garlic overall. Thanks again Kathleen.

I did pretty well overall. There were a few runts and I had those couple real oddball ones that divided into small little bulbs. Plus that 1 red onion. There must have been a quality control issue with the seed supply this year. Thanks for watching.

They all get used for cooking. 😀 But the Georgia Fire is supposed to keep some of it spicyness even after cooking. 4 of the varieties are new to me, so we will see if there is a noticable difference between them. I also want to make a garlic powder where I take 1 bulb from each variety and dehydrate/powder it then combine them all together. Thanks for watching.

Keene Garlic is a good site and right in your area. Interesting about the presoak in worm castings extract. Not something I had thought about doing. I might try that myself this fall. I will give the garlic a little more spacing between cloves this fall and grow a little less overall. Thanks for watching Brian

Glad the garlic I sent you worked out. Hope you got some big ones from it for replanting. I have enough to get me through until the next harvest. Thanks for watching Jake.

@@stevefromthegarden1135 The ones I kept for replanting arent giants, but considering all the rain we had this spring, I am suprised they didnt all rot in the ground. And speaking of rain, Im at 3" today and counting. Thatll keep that grass growin!

@@gardeninjake lol. If the grass is growing, that is good for your business. 😀

@@stevefromthegarden1135 Im lovin it. 4 3/10" total.

@@gardeninjake That is a lot of rain. Did you get any flooding from that?

I thought about using concrete blocks but I not sure how long I will stay at this house once my daughter finishes high school in 2 years. My son will be a senior in college as my daughter starts her freshman year in college.

I have not grown elephant garlic but if I did, I would still plant it in the fall so the cloves can divide over the winter.

I have given some thought about the troubles you have had with garlic. I think you might a bigger container. Something like a 27G HDX tote with holes drilled in the bottom and some near the bottom on the sides. Since you're in the local area, maybe this fall I could stop over and give you a hand with it. I will bring some of my seed garlic for planting, so you don't have to buy any. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks for watching Tom.

Nice Robin. It's good to try new things. Thanks for watching.

For the most part, I grab whatever suits me at the moment. However, the Amish rocambole garlic is said to have a shorter storage life, so I will use those more early on. I want to dehydrate and powder 1 bulb from each variety for use as garlic powder in the kitchen. (as in mix it all together). Thanks for watching Sandra.

@@stevefromthegarden1135 Do you slice the garlic cloves before putting into the dehydrator? I have more garlic than I thought, freezing some chopped up in olive oil, I read online potential botulism if stored that way in the fridge. Stay Well!!!!

@@brianseybert192 I do slice the garlic cloves before I dehydrate them. Goes much faster that way.

I might move to 6 inch spacing next year as I don't need to grow as much next summer. Thankfully, we can keep replanting our own garlic every year, dividing out the initial cost of buying the seed garlic. Are you growing to plant anything in the bed the garlic was in? Thanks for watching Klaus.

@@stevefromthegarden1135 Yes! This year I am trying a second round of cucumbers in that bed. Now that I have T-posts and Hortinova trellis it’s easy! I had the cukes under lights before the garlic was out! They have already started to climb. It’s so much better to regrow our own garlic. For one thing it adjusts to our specific conditions over at least five years! I also think that every time we bring in a new cultivar, we take a slight risk of bringing in some dreadful garlic pathogen such as (perish the thought) white rot! I will take the risk to bring in a new cultivator I want to try but I don’t want to take the risk on a regular basis! Did you follow your garlic with something else?

@@WhatWeDoChannel Fall carrots are going into that bed soon, although not in the exact spot the garlic was in. I need to replace the wood sides of the bed before I plant anything else in it. I will try to pick up the wood tomorrow. I will use 2x8x10 this time instead of 2x6x10. I bought the 2x6s during covid when wood was crazy expensive, so this time I will go a bit taller

Thanks for watching Peggy.

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Yeah, I did pretty well this year. You're going to grow onions at home next year? Thanks for watching Nick.

@@stevefromthegarden1135 I'm not sure yet, I could do with growing things at home which I need to keep a close eye on, like cauliflower broccoli, tomatoes, pea's and beans. Crops I can leave like onions potatoes and garlic would be easier to leave at the plot but I have issues with alliums, I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet. 🤔👌👍

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