Got all my stuff today. I’m done with other companies. You fellas got a customer for life. Done told my wife anytime she’s wondering about a birthday or Christmas present I got a list of stuff I want from you guys. Thanks for the fast service on my seed order.
Hey, Guys! Yes, I really do love my drip tape system! Between the wheel hoe and the drip tape, my little 1050 ft garden is so much more productive. The row start valves are a must for me, especially here in Central Florida. All of my seasons overlap, so I'll have brassicas and flowering plants in the same plot that require different water or fertilizer. Drip tape saves me a lot of time and effort, and it saves my tired, old back! And let's not forget the difference it makes in weed pressure! Y'all know that weed pressure liked to run me off of gardening. Now, it's manageable, and I'm harvesting enough vegetables that I rarely buy any at the grocery store at all. Y'all reallly do help us grow our own food!
@@seedsandsanity5525 My weed pressure was ginormous! Mostly mimosa weed (chamber bitters) - Horrible stuff! Be sure and "aggravate" the soil before you put down that drip tape....Wheel-hoe it, let it sit a few days, wheel-hoe it again, let it sit, and wheel-hoe it again. This forces the weed seeds to the surface and allows them to germinate. When you wheel-hoe, you kill them off. The more you can do this before planting, the fewer seeds there will be to compete with what you plant. I've been amazed at just how well this works!
Thanks for the basic information on drip tape. I'm looking forward to when you do the show talking about the kit. Received my backorder of the trollis netting and was very surprised to receive some decals in the box, a real surprise. Thanks again.
I think that a lot of people that tout the virtues of heirloom tomatoes are also the people who are harvesting their own seeds. The Bella Rosa is a f1 hybrid, I think, so the seeds aren't true. I've tasted great hybrid tomatoes and grow a few, just prefer to save my own seed. Maybe in a few years, the Bella Rosa will join the ranks of open pollinated and for our kids they will be heirlooms. I agree high acid tomatoes are my favorite☺
Drip irrigation was a game changer for me! My weed pressure was way down I’m talking less than half. Best corn I’ve ever grown! Drip +fertilizer injection is the way to go!
Got my drip system the other day. I just recently came across your guys RUclips channel and I am sold on your products and valuable knowledge. Quicky became one of my favorite gardening channels, and I will continue to buy your quality products. Diamond in a haystack.
Not to be all dramatic and whatnot but drip irrigation CHANGED MY LIFE! I used to spend up to an hour each day dragging hoses and filling water buckets. The initial set-up can feel intimidating, but it is so worth the effort. Get yourself a decent timer so you can “set it and forget it”. Now I have bigger, healthier plants, I save money on my water bill, and I save hours of time each week. Winner winner chicken dinner.
great show guys,, i'd really enjoy a few more viewer questions at the end, i think a whole show of that would be great, love to hear the two of you discuss random things.
IMO Bella Rosa are the best open ground tomato on the market! There maybe some benefits to other varieties in a hoop house, green house, or in cooler climates but here it’s Bella Rosa for the win!
I asked a few questions on your website and was directed here. Lots of information and hopefully I can do a video on my first ever gardening attempt this march. I guess the 8 mil will work and gathering parts on a weekly bases now.
Great show guys! would like to see a show about herbs. I heard Greg mention how much he likes cilantro and I have a seed pack of it. would like to get good info on best practices for herbs.
Just so y'all know - Napa and Chinese cabbage are the same thing, and are the type most used for kimchi. Savoy cabbage is very different from those two. It is pretty much like regular supermarket/storage cabbage, but with frilly, wrinkly leaves. Some recipes call for a mix of Napa and Savoy to make kimchi. Those daikon radishes you used for your cover crop are sometimes used in kimchi as well. I hated to see you chopping them up and tilling them under. I pay good money for those at the Asian market! This fall I had wonderful luck with Blues Chinese cabbage, and with Melissa savoy cabbage. They both have good disease and pest resistance, and were easy to grow.
oh bummer. I miss it, to get a sticker. your shipping cost is better than another company (Not saying there name) I order off of. 4 pkg of seeds cost me 6.99 plus tax for shipping and took forever to get to get them. and only got half of my order. so now I'm going around and around with the other company to get my other seeds. I'm staying with with HOSS from now on.
hi travis,mr greg, great video lots of info,i will be purchasing some drip tape from ya,ll i started using drip tape last year and that is the way to go friends,just set it and forget it !! ,as i have said before you guys are my go to garden supplier from now on !! hope everyone has a great day!!!
Fried Okra is good but I pickle mine but they don't last long. I started putting my pickle okra in quart jars now and one jar last about 2 days and I am the only one eating them. I like the Row by Row sticker.
I’m using your Bella Rosas, Brickyard, Celebration & Tachi ‘s for my plant start sales and small scale market gardening... I have a few heirlooms too but I’m most excited about that 162 cell tray of these! .. I put out a vid on all of my HOSS goodies yesterday. P.S. your shipping costs are excellent and speedy arrival is unbeatable! 💚
I ordered Walla Walla Sweet onions seeds from First Choice Seeds on Amazon on April 12,2020 and it is still on its way. I think my seeds are social distancing from other packages and walking here. 😂😂 growing season here in Indiana will be over before they arrive. Have a Great Day, GOD BLESS
I just found y'alls channel and I'm hooked. What do you suggest for squash bugs? I can't ever grow any pumpkins, winter squash or a late crop over summer squash with out them just killing everything. Thanks Brett from Arkansas.
We have to grow pumpkins and winter squash in the spring due to squash bug pressure. We don't even try to grow any kind of squash in August or September -- it just creates a breeding ground for them.
Just in case you fellas don't know you can keep carrots five times longer if you put a paper towel in the bag. They'll stay fresh and will not grow any of those tiny little roots with that paper towel in the bag. A quick tip and I bet ya'll already knew that trick. Greg does that blue bayou pumpkin/squash have a hollow vine? I won't grow any more of those vine borer loving hollow vine winter squash.
Can't remember on the Blue Bayou. But if you plant them early in spring, you shouldn't have any issues. We didn't and we are known for heavy pest pressure.
I’ve have a couple of questions about the drip tape. SURPRISE!! First question is. Going by the 5 to 8 gpm. How many feet of drip tape can you run at one time? I have 30’ rows. I’m trying to figure how many rows I can water at one time and get it done in a reasonable time. Second. My garden is on a slight slope or incline. Will the drip tape still work ok? I assume it would be better to have the water feeding from the bottom end of the hill pushing up, or would it really matter? Thanks for another good show. Keep it up fellers.
If your flow rate is 5 gpm, you can feed up to 1250 ft. of tape at a time. If your flow rate is 8 gpm, you can do 2000 ft. at a time. As long as the slope isn't more than 10 degrees, you should be fine.
I'm with Greg with buying tomatoes. If you've never grown and picked a vine ripe tomato you have no basis for comparison. I stopped buying after growing my own.
You don' have to have a tank for gravity flow. It's the elevation that matters. A thirty foot section of PVC on a tee leaning up in a tree or pole works fine. When you turn on the spigot when the line gets to the right pressure the water will flow out of the top of the PVC. In order not to waste water you can add a couple of feet of clear plastic pipe to the top of the PVC, You can then see the water level and adjust the spigot accordingly. Then again, a pressure regulator is not that expensive unless it stops up.
If this 51 year old could do a back flip without landing in the hospital I would. Neighbor through the woods said yall running drip tape, I said yeah we call it just drip. Shook his head says yeah boy that's the way to go
Question about raised bed cleanup... I typically cut the plant at the soil level, leave the roots in place and compost the plant. My exceptions on composting the plants are usually tomatoes, cukes and zucchini due to disease (blight, mildew, etc.). My question is can I leave those roots in place as I would like to do, or should I remove them to help reduce disease pressure?
Been raining for 2 weeks here in Mississippi! We gave up on planting and ate the seed potatoes. Working on building the ARK now. PS looking for a mating pair of platypus if anyone has any leads
Man y’all talking about all this rain I just wish I could get some of y’alls excess! Here in South Texas we are in a severe drought! My big stock tank is all dried up and I am having to pump water in my small stock tank. My oats are not growing they are just barely hanging on. Just need some rain!
So to the first question: how much pressure is “too much” for drip tape? Y’all said a gravity fed system would need to be 30’ in the air, but then later said drip tape and fittings need a pressure regulator. Could you clarify? Thanks guys.
Our pressure regulator requires a pressure of 12 psi and will operate up to a maximum of 90 psi. Also, your flow rate needs to be between 0.5 gal/min and 8 gal/min, which is most everyone.
I have never seen what you do with your drip tape after you use it. How long does it last? Can you reuse it? How do you roll it up? What do you do with it? It seems like watering crops underneath the ground is the best way. Fruit trees do well with underground watering.
We don't try to store ours because we grow food year round. We just pull it up (leaving it connected at the mainline), cultivate the area, put it right back down and plant something else. We have several videos showing how to do that, and another coming next Tuesday.
Love your show! I've got three small 4' x 10' raised beds with sprinkler heads in each bed. There are some plants, tomatoes for sure, I don't want watered from above. Can I hook up your drip tape system to the existing sprinkler heads?
This is the best way to water your garden in rows... imagine having 1 port to connect everything... fertilizer etc... and then imagine less weeds because you are not watering them! I believe you all said 3 hours of running your drip is roughly 1" of water
Apparently I’m allergic to the Clemson spineless while it’s growing .. last year I couldn’t even get close to my okra plants .. this year I planted red burgundy and I have been ok
Martha Stewart started the heirloom tomato crase over 25 years ago. I would have been out of business years ago if I'd grown the knarly, catfacey, hard corred, thin skined, split prone oddballs. I've been growing Big Beef since it was an AAS winner in 1994. Over 90% of market growers are growing it too. It has old time tomato flavor with all the disease resistance you expect from a hybrid. I don't know how it would perform down south in you all's heat.
Excellent show guys and thanks for the info on the "how to" on your Drip Systems. One of your pass shows about Collards persuaded me to try them. Purchased a bunch at our market (no variety name on label) and cooked them up....delicious ! I like them better than the Kale that I have grown. Place my order for Hoss Seeds on your site, and included Tiger Collard seeds to try up here in N.H.
Well, I live down here in Louisiana, and tired of losing crops to drought. I ordered my setup this morning and looking forward this year not to have to worry about watering manually and also ordered the fertilizer injector.
I tried you drip tape,love it. I dug a furrow with my double wheel hoe wit plow attachment, laid tape,and covered with wheel hoe and plow. My question is it doesn't look like I have enough soil on tape to plant. What could I be doing wrong.
Question: I grew tomatoes here in panhandle Florida last season and had a handful of tomatoes start sprouting through the skin while on on the plant and had just ripened. WTCrazy is that about? Even noticed the seeds pressing against the inside of the skin. ????
What about for Tree's would you just cut off a short piece or have enough emitters to circle the base of a young tree? Yet bury an access pipe before placing the drip tape around the tree or just use the whole tape the whole length even under a gravel road to access both sides of the road where the trees are?
Thank you for all the info. I hope you can help me with my problem. I have been trying to grow patty pan squash but I have been so unsuccessful due to vine borers and powdery mildew. Can you provide some tips/tricks? Thank you (zone10)
Plant as early as you can and start a spraying program as early as you can. Alternate Neem Oil and Pyrethrin 1-2 times a week. Spray late in the evenings.
Hoss Tools Thank you, I do have some neem oil and I have started as early as November - I have been planting seedlings one after the other (is that early enough? - apologies as I am a new gardener) They just keep on destroying my plants. Will look i to the pyrethrin.
One question. I am retiring to the Philippines. I want to use a solar pump for irrigation. Could I use this system? If I can what size volume of water would I need. Thanks for any information you could provide to me.
@@gardeningwithhoss Thanks I want to start off small with 5 rows, 50 foot long and expand later. Because it is so hot in the Philippine would it be better to place hose on top or bottom of weed control cloth?
Thank you for the information. You have debunked an idea I had in mind for a gravity based drip irrigation system. Do you have any suggestions for a gravity based irrigation system with the source water at an elevation of 10 - 12 feet high?
Thank you for taking the mystery out of drip irrigation. I was wondering why the drip irrigation hoses I have were blowing out. I didn't know about the regulator. Also is it wise to mix sand with soil for carrots? If so, play sand ok or tube sand? I live in zone 6a. Thank you.
If you have drainage issues, sand isn't a bad idea. Not sure of which kind is the best. I would suggest getting some good compost and using that before sand.
I'm over here in Blackshear (zone 8b). I tarped my tater plot on Wednesday to keep it dry so I could plant this evening. Is it okay to plant since we're supposed to have temps in the 28 - 30 range this weekend?
The 8 mil says it last two growing seasons and the 15 mil says it lasts 5 years. So, if I buy the 8 mil, I’m gonna have to buy new tape next spring, right? I was thinking if I bought the 15 mil it would last longer and I could reuse it. Am I thinking wrong about this? I’m about to place my order now.
The 8 mil tape is much easier to use for annuals like vegetables. The 15 mil tape is a little more rigid and works best for applications where it isn't moved. We can usually get 3-4 uses from the 8 mil before replacing it.
Hoss Tools thanks! I just ordered the 8 mil from y’all yesterday. I decided that replacing the tape every spring wouldn’t be so bad after watching a few of y’alls videos on it. Have a great day!
Love your show! Y'all make me laugh! Question....I have noticed that it looks like something ate through the tiny stems on some of my dinosaur kale stems in the soil blocks. Can cut worms do that in soil blocks or is it something else? Doesn6look like a critter got into them, but some sort of insect
stevie henry only if you don’t bury it. If you bury it a few inches deep capillary action will spread the moisture pretty evenly across the effected area. On top of the ground the water may be able to run to the downhill side before being absorbed
The pressure equalizes in the tape pretty well. It would have to be a pretty significant slope before you started to see some uneven watering. Don't quote me on this, but I think as long as the slope is smaller than 9 degrees, there's no uneven watering.
How big or long of a slope are you talking about? And then what percent slope is it? Just picture 100 feet then guess how much fall you have in that 100 foot
Greetings from a new subscriber. First time commenting on RUclips also. Beginner gardener in N. CA (Zone 8B). Awaiting arrival for 8mm drip kit purchased from Hoss Tools. Love all the info from you guys. Also have a couple questions. I have 8 rows 60' long and 20 rows 25' long next to each other. Planning to run one header line for all the rows (Header will connect in the middle of the rows). Have 6 gpm at hose bib. I will have several plants of a dozen types of veggies (ie 2-3 tomato, 2-3 pole beans, 2-3 cantaloupe). . I Have a couple questions. Since watering needs are different, is there an issue with planting 2 or 3 types of veggies on the same row? How much less water do potatoes need? I will have 1 whole row of potatoes so I will put a shut of at this row. New retiree here getting itchy to grow something. Anything!
I would try to put plants of the same family in the same row. Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant in a row. Squash, cucumbers in a row, etc. Be careful with the water on potatoes. They need some, but too much can make them rot in the soil.
I see in a lot of your videos about less water on potatoes but I don't recall how much less. I see you guys don't use drip tape on potatoes either. Why not? It seems with a shut of valve you could water the taters maybe every other watering cycle. To me, watering by hand defeats the convenience of using drip tape. I'm a newbie to drip tape so maybe my thinking is all wrong.
I'm assuming you mean like a live stream here on YT? We don't. We probably should. We go pretty hard during the day here at Hoss HQ and so streaming at night isn't always the easiest thing for us to do.
Don't y'all work with Roots and Refuge? You should have used Jess's catchphrase here: "Store bought tomatoes taste like disappointment!" (And they do!) :)
No doubt heirloom tomatoes are overhyped and overrated; however, there are some that will run with the hybrids on the production side. I just prefer to have a longer season picking tomatoes off indeterminate vines, and with the trellis I use, I can fit more varieties and flavor profiles of tomatoes in my limited space - black, yellow, orange, bicolor, red, purple, green, and ugly types. I see the advantages of all the crop coming on and cropping out the tomatoes to plant another crop rotation; however, I don’t see the current varieties of determinate tomatoes I have and have grown out produce or out taste the indeterminate varieties. Major caveat is that I plant indeterminate tomatoes on a very tight spacing of about a foot and prune to a single leader. So I have four plants producing tomatoes where one determinate tomato plant would grow. Is that a fair comparison on production? No, but it’s valuable work to me for the bounty and variety. Just my $0.02. Some heirloom varieties are just not suitable for my (our) zone 8b climate. Brandywine is a fantastic tomato. I usually get 3-5 tomatoes per vine. That averages to 15 tomatoes per determinate tomato unit. My favorite tomato variety is Cosmonaut Volkov right now. I would average 60+ tomatoes in the same grow space. Tycoon and Tasti-Lee would be the best determinate tomato varieties I’ve grown, and they produced 30ish tomatoes per plant but that is limited to less than 10 plants total. Indeterminate tomatoes are more work the way I grow them, but due to my land constraints, necessary for me to get the tomatoes I want to eat and give away.
One quick way to offend a customer and future customers is to talk about how cheap they are, even when you’re just joking around. I happen to love Clemson Spineless and I grow it every year lol.
Got all my stuff today. I’m done with other companies. You fellas got a customer for life. Done told my wife anytime she’s wondering about a birthday or Christmas present I got a list of stuff I want from you guys. Thanks for the fast service on my seed order.
Thanks for being a great customer! Don't keep us a secret!
Welcome to the Hoss family, make sure to subscribe that way you will never miss a show, and dont keep them a secret
Drip is worth every penny. Even for small gardeners like me. I add to my system every year. It is all reusable too.
Hey, Guys! Yes, I really do love my drip tape system! Between the wheel hoe and the drip tape, my little 1050 ft garden is so much more productive. The row start valves are a must for me, especially here in Central Florida. All of my seasons overlap, so I'll have brassicas and flowering plants in the same plot that require different water or fertilizer. Drip tape saves me a lot of time and effort, and it saves my tired, old back! And let's not forget the difference it makes in weed pressure! Y'all know that weed pressure liked to run me off of gardening. Now, it's manageable, and I'm harvesting enough vegetables that I rarely buy any at the grocery store at all. Y'all reallly do help us grow our own food!
That reduced weed pressure makes gardening a heck of a lot easier!
@@gardeningwithhoss It certainly does!
Carol Avant I’m in central FL also and about to set up my drip this weekend. I got all my fingers and toes crossed for a reduction and weed pressure.
@@seedsandsanity5525 My weed pressure was ginormous! Mostly mimosa weed (chamber bitters) - Horrible stuff! Be sure and "aggravate" the soil before you put down that drip tape....Wheel-hoe it, let it sit a few days, wheel-hoe it again, let it sit, and wheel-hoe it again. This forces the weed seeds to the surface and allows them to germinate. When you wheel-hoe, you kill them off. The more you can do this before planting, the fewer seeds there will be to compete with what you plant. I've been amazed at just how well this works!
your shipping is amazing, I've gotten big orders under 2 days! You guys are doing great, thank you!
Glad you enjoy the fast shipping Michael!
Mine are growing in sandy type soil and are huge, I'm doing a final harvest this weekend
Lucky you!
Thanks for the basic information on drip tape. I'm looking forward to when you do the show talking about the kit. Received my backorder of the trollis netting and was very surprised to receive some decals in the box, a real surprise. Thanks again.
Thanks for your order Larry!
Planted our potatoes on the 14 th. Love the show today especially the bannering.
Thanks guys! Hope y'all have a great potato crop this year!
I think that a lot of people that tout the virtues of heirloom tomatoes are also the people who are harvesting their own seeds. The Bella Rosa is a f1 hybrid, I think, so the seeds aren't true. I've tasted great hybrid tomatoes and grow a few, just prefer to save my own seed. Maybe in a few years, the Bella Rosa will join the ranks of open pollinated and for our kids they will be heirlooms. I agree high acid tomatoes are my favorite☺
You are correct, the hybrids aren't for the seed-saving type.
Drip irrigation was a game changer for me! My weed pressure was way down I’m talking less than half. Best corn I’ve ever grown! Drip +fertilizer injection is the way to go!
Good to hear Kip!
Got my drip system the other day. I just recently came across your guys RUclips channel and I am sold on your products and valuable knowledge. Quicky became one of my favorite gardening channels, and I will continue to buy your quality products. Diamond in a haystack.
Glad you found us! We're here when you need us.
Got one speed baby! High Speed! Love it, and y'all better let Gregg have his stickers next time, LOL!
Maybe his designs will make the cut next time!
Polecat5150 Right! I feel like I really want to see his design
There was no design. Lol. That was the problem.
Not to be all dramatic and whatnot but drip irrigation CHANGED MY LIFE! I used to spend up to an hour each day dragging hoses and filling water buckets. The initial set-up can feel intimidating, but it is so worth the effort. Get yourself a decent timer so you can “set it and forget it”. Now I have bigger, healthier plants, I save money on my water bill, and I save hours of time each week. Winner winner chicken dinner.
Ann Yonkof I’m hoping for the same life changing experience! Install in mine this weekend
@@seedsandsanity5525 Wishing you wonderful success with your project!
Great to hear. Set it and forget is correct!
yall's talks are the best. Thanks for all the content.
Glad you enjoy them!
Trying jambalaya for the first time this year. Got my stickers with my order today.
Awesome! That's a great variety!
great show guys,, i'd really enjoy a few more viewer questions at the end, i think a whole show of that would be great, love to hear the two of you discuss random things.
We have done that on occasion -- just a whole show of viewer questions. Might be time to do another one!
IMO Bella Rosa are the best open ground tomato on the market! There maybe some benefits to other varieties in a hoop house, green house, or in cooler climates but here it’s Bella Rosa for the win!
We agree!
I love all the stickers you guys are the best.
Our customers are the best!
Makes when hungry when you guys talk about tomater sandwiches.....
We make ourselves hungry too!
I asked a few questions on your website and was directed here. Lots of information and hopefully I can do a video on my first ever gardening attempt this march. I guess the 8 mil will work and gathering parts on a weekly bases now.
Glad it was helpful!
Love your stickers! I have many. How about one with Greg's flowers?
LOVE the stickers! Nice idea.
Thanks Felicia!
Great show guys! would like to see a show about herbs. I heard Greg mention how much he likes cilantro and I have a seed pack of it. would like to get good info on best practices for herbs.
You're testing us there Ken! We don't know much about herb gardening -- certainly not in our wheelhouse!
Just so y'all know - Napa and Chinese cabbage are the same thing, and are the type most used for kimchi. Savoy cabbage is very different from those two. It is pretty much like regular supermarket/storage cabbage, but with frilly, wrinkly leaves. Some recipes call for a mix of Napa and Savoy to make kimchi. Those daikon radishes you used for your cover crop are sometimes used in kimchi as well. I hated to see you chopping them up and tilling them under. I pay good money for those at the Asian market! This fall I had wonderful luck with Blues Chinese cabbage, and with Melissa savoy cabbage. They both have good disease and pest resistance, and were easy to grow.
Thanks for clarifying that! We'll know better in the future!
Conehead cabbage, hahaha! That was hilarious.
Haha! Ole Greg always likes to take a jab when he gets the chance!
Thank you for another great informative video!
Thanks for watching Linda!
oh bummer. I miss it, to get a sticker. your shipping cost is better than another company (Not saying there name) I order off of. 4 pkg of seeds cost me 6.99 plus tax for shipping and took forever to get to get them. and only got half of my order. so now I'm going around and around with the other company to get my other seeds. I'm staying with with HOSS from now on.
We'll take much better care of you than that!
I really like your spraying schedule for tomatoes. Do you have a fertilization schedule for tomatoes as well.
We need to discuss that on an upcoming show!
Thanks for the great info😎
Thanks for watching!
You didn't throw me under the bus with the moon stuff! I was looking forward to it lol...
Took it easy on y'all tonight!
hi travis,mr greg, great video lots of info,i will be purchasing some drip tape from ya,ll i started using drip tape last year and that is the way to go friends,just set it and forget it !! ,as i have said before you guys are my go to garden supplier from now on !! hope everyone has a great day!!!
Thanks Brian! Glad the drip tape is working well for you!
Fried Okra is good but I pickle mine but they don't last long. I started putting my pickle okra in quart jars now and one jar last about 2 days and I am the only one eating them. I like the Row by Row sticker.
That pickled okra is some fine stuff!
This is lovely and it would really make farming life easy. for me. thank form the info.
You’re welcome!
I’m using your Bella Rosas, Brickyard, Celebration & Tachi ‘s for my plant start sales and small scale market gardening... I have a few heirlooms too but I’m most excited about that 162 cell tray of these! .. I put out a vid on all of my HOSS goodies yesterday.
P.S. your shipping costs are excellent and speedy arrival is unbeatable! 💚
Thanks Mimsy! Hope you have great plant sales this year!
Funny that the topic is drip. I have spent the last week figuring out what I need. Placing my order in the morning.
Awesome! Glad we were right on time!
I want a big cabbage for kraut making.
I ordered Walla Walla Sweet onions seeds from First Choice Seeds on Amazon on April 12,2020 and it is still on its way. I think my seeds are social distancing from other packages and walking here. 😂😂 growing season here in Indiana will be over before they arrive. Have a Great Day, GOD BLESS
We've got plenty and will get them to you in 2-3 days.
I just found y'alls channel and I'm hooked. What do you suggest for squash bugs? I can't ever grow any pumpkins, winter squash or a late crop over summer squash with out them just killing everything. Thanks Brett from Arkansas.
We have to grow pumpkins and winter squash in the spring due to squash bug pressure. We don't even try to grow any kind of squash in August or September -- it just creates a breeding ground for them.
Just in case you fellas don't know you can keep carrots five times longer if you put a paper towel in the bag. They'll stay fresh and will not grow any of those tiny little roots with that paper towel in the bag.
A quick tip and I bet ya'll already knew that trick.
Greg does that blue bayou pumpkin/squash have a hollow vine? I won't grow any more of those vine borer loving hollow vine winter squash.
Can't remember on the Blue Bayou. But if you plant them early in spring, you shouldn't have any issues. We didn't and we are known for heavy pest pressure.
I’ve have a couple of questions about the drip tape. SURPRISE!! First question is. Going by the 5 to 8 gpm. How many feet of drip tape can you run at one time? I have 30’ rows. I’m trying to figure how many rows I can water at one time and get it done in a reasonable time. Second. My garden is on a slight slope or incline. Will the drip tape still work ok? I assume it would be better to have the water feeding from the bottom end of the hill pushing up, or would it really matter? Thanks for another good show. Keep it up fellers.
If your flow rate is 5 gpm, you can feed up to 1250 ft. of tape at a time. If your flow rate is 8 gpm, you can do 2000 ft. at a time. As long as the slope isn't more than 10 degrees, you should be fine.
I'm with Greg with buying tomatoes. If you've never grown and picked a vine ripe tomato you have no basis for comparison. I stopped buying after growing my own.
No comparison at all. Isn't even close!
love listening to you guys!
I just ordered my bella rosas for a sticker.!haha
Haha! Thanks for your order!
You don' have to have a tank for gravity flow. It's the elevation that matters. A thirty foot section of PVC on a tee leaning up in a tree or pole works fine. When you turn on the spigot when the line gets to the right pressure the water will flow out of the top of the PVC. In order not to waste water you can add a couple of feet of clear plastic pipe to the top of the PVC, You can then see the water level and adjust the spigot accordingly. Then again, a pressure regulator is not that expensive unless it stops up.
If this 51 year old could do a back flip without landing in the hospital I would. Neighbor through the woods said yall running drip tape, I said yeah we call it just drip. Shook his head says yeah boy that's the way to go
Haha!
Question about raised bed cleanup... I typically cut the plant at the soil level, leave the roots in place and compost the plant. My exceptions on composting the plants are usually tomatoes, cukes and zucchini due to disease (blight, mildew, etc.). My question is can I leave those roots in place as I would like to do, or should I remove them to help reduce disease pressure?
You can leave them -- as long as you don't encounter any nematode pressure. In that case you'd want to remove them.
If you sell Rice seed I might be able to plant some it has rained all day here in South East Georgia
Joe Wilson same way here in Alabama.
Been raining for 2 weeks here in Mississippi! We gave up on planting and ate the seed potatoes. Working on building the ARK now. PS looking for a mating pair of platypus if anyone has any leads
Rained here all day today too, and now it's getting really COLD!
Man y’all talking about all this rain I just wish I could get some of y’alls excess!
Here in South Texas we are in a severe drought! My big stock tank is all dried up and I am having to pump water in my small stock tank. My oats are not growing they are just barely hanging on. Just need some rain!
So to the first question: how much pressure is “too much” for drip tape? Y’all said a gravity fed system would need to be 30’ in the air, but then later said drip tape and fittings need a pressure regulator. Could you clarify? Thanks guys.
Our pressure regulator requires a pressure of 12 psi and will operate up to a maximum of 90 psi. Also, your flow rate needs to be between 0.5 gal/min and 8 gal/min, which is most everyone.
Great video.
Thanks for the visit
Travis, where do you get your vegetable bags from?
We buy them in rolls on Amazon. Practically the same thing they have at the grocery store, but a little thicker.
I have never seen what you do with your drip tape after you use it. How long does it last? Can you reuse it? How do you roll it up? What do you do with it? It seems like watering crops underneath the ground is the best way. Fruit trees do well with underground watering.
We don't try to store ours because we grow food year round. We just pull it up (leaving it connected at the mainline), cultivate the area, put it right back down and plant something else. We have several videos showing how to do that, and another coming next Tuesday.
Hoss Tools cool thanks
Thanks for show boys itching to get going over here but it aint stopped raining since september most of England is flooded.
Seems like everyone has had too much rain this winter!
Love your show! I've got three small 4' x 10' raised beds with sprinkler heads in each bed. There are some plants, tomatoes for sure, I don't want watered from above. Can I hook up your drip tape system to the existing sprinkler heads?
Only if the mainline tubing was compatible. The drip tape has to be fed from the mainline tubing.
@@gardeningwithhoss Thanks for the speedy response!
This is the best way to water your garden in rows... imagine having 1 port to connect everything... fertilizer etc... and then imagine less weeds because you are not watering them! I believe you all said 3 hours of running your drip is roughly 1" of water
All great benefits of drip irrigation -- less weeds, less water, less diseases ...
Apparently I’m allergic to the Clemson spineless while it’s growing .. last year I couldn’t even get close to my okra plants .. this year I planted red burgundy and I have been ok
Everybody needs more than one seed packet to make shipping worthwhile? Your shipping costs are very reasonable.
Thanks!
tannenbaum I say order over $100.00 in Hoss Tools fantastic products and you will be good to go!
Good idea!
I like the stickers
Martha Stewart started the heirloom tomato crase over 25 years ago. I would have been out of business years ago if I'd grown the knarly, catfacey, hard corred, thin skined, split prone oddballs. I've been growing Big Beef since it was an AAS winner in 1994. Over 90% of market growers are growing it too. It has old time tomato flavor with all the disease resistance you expect from a hybrid. I don't know how it would perform down south in you all's heat.
Not sure how it would perform either. Might have to give it a try though!
Excellent show guys and thanks for the info on the "how to" on your Drip Systems. One of your pass shows about Collards persuaded me to try them. Purchased a bunch at our market (no variety name on label) and cooked them up....delicious ! I like them better than the Kale that I have grown. Place my order for Hoss Seeds on your site, and included Tiger Collard seeds to try up here in N.H.
Glad you enjoyed it Jerry!
Hello friends from your Alabama family
you two are funny!
What is the spacing on drip irrigation on a garden row that is 4 feet wide ? { growing onions ,beets, kale} Is one line or two lines needed.
We use 1-2 lines of drip tape per row of crop. For beets and onions, you can double row them and just one line of drip per crop.
Well, I live down here in Louisiana, and tired of losing crops to drought. I ordered my setup this morning and looking forward this year not to have to worry about watering manually and also ordered the fertilizer injector.
Thanks for your order Wayne!
I tried you drip tape,love it. I dug a furrow with my double wheel hoe wit plow attachment, laid tape,and covered with wheel hoe and plow. My question is it doesn't look like I have enough soil on tape to plant. What could I be doing wrong.
You can leave it on top of soil or bury it as as l3 inches or deep as 6 inches. It should work fine planting it on top of the drip tape.
Question: I grew tomatoes here in panhandle Florida last season and had a handful of tomatoes start sprouting through the skin while on on the plant and had just ripened. WTCrazy is that about? Even noticed the seeds pressing against the inside of the skin. ????
here is an article about this. Hope it helps
news.extension.uconn.edu/2014/06/04/seeds-sprouting-inside-a-tomato/
Try mountain merit tomatoes don't crack as bad as Bella rosa
We've never had any issues with Bella Rosa cracking. But will certainly check out that Mountain Merit variety.
We had a bad drought late last year and probably over irritated but I like Bella rosa for there flavor
What about for Tree's would you just cut off a short piece or have enough emitters to circle the base of a young tree? Yet bury an access pipe before placing the drip tape around the tree or just use the whole tape the whole length even under a gravel road to access both sides of the road where the trees are?
We're actually about to add some "orchard kits" to our site. A little different technique, but same principle.
How would mineral issues in my water affect the drip irrigation?
The filter included in our kits should catch all that.
THANK YOU FOR UR REPLY ONMY QUESTION ON DRIP AN POTATOES !
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I would love to use the drip irrigation, but all I have is city water. I'm afraid the city water wouldn't be good for my plants.
Can you put a filter on the water to remove the chlorination?
Nappa caggage is way different than savoy cabbage. They are not the same or even look the same, at all.
We stand corrected.
Thank you for all the info. I hope you can help me with my problem. I have been trying to grow patty pan squash but I have been so unsuccessful due to vine borers and powdery mildew. Can you provide some tips/tricks? Thank you (zone10)
Plant as early as you can and start a spraying program as early as you can. Alternate Neem Oil and Pyrethrin 1-2 times a week. Spray late in the evenings.
Hoss Tools Thank you, I do have some neem oil and I have started as early as November - I have been planting seedlings one after the other (is that early enough? - apologies as I am a new gardener) They just keep on destroying my plants. Will look i to the pyrethrin.
It's the right time to be starting seedlings for sure!
I'm ordering a 2 gallon injector to go with my drip, hope to get more then one sticker
We put two in every order.
Can i use a sub pump in a tank, would it supply enough flow and pressure?
You need a minimum of 20 PSI And 2-3 gpm
Subscribed! -How does drip tape help with weed pressure? Thanks, Guys!
Because you're only watering right below the plants, not between the rows where weeds typically become an issue.
One question. I am retiring to the Philippines. I want to use a solar pump for irrigation. Could I use this system? If I can what size volume of water would I need. Thanks for any information you could provide to me.
Depends on how much tape you plan to irrigate at a time. With a flow rate of 5 gal/min, you can support 1,200 feet of tape at a time.
@@gardeningwithhoss Thanks I want to start off small with 5 rows, 50 foot long and expand later. Because it is so hot in the Philippine would it be better to place hose on top or bottom of weed control cloth?
How long can the rows be mine are 150 feet long and I use a tractor
With the mainline tubing we carry, the rows can only be 100' long. But you can certainly get larger mainline tubing for longer rows.
on a 30" bed with 5 rows of spinach or cut and come again greens how many runs of tape would you suggest?
Probably would need three lines if they were planted densely for cut and come again production.
2 rows of drip would have no problem wetting 15" wide each.
Do u use drip when planting potatoes
We don't. We have in the past, but seems like it just keeps the soil around the potatoes a little too wet and makes them more prone to rotting.
Instead of what do you grow on drip, is there anything you don’t grow on it and why?
Things I don't put on drip:
Irish potatoes
Mixed greens planted densely
Baby lettuce planted densely
Spinach
Sunflowers
Cover Crops
Thank you for the information. You have debunked an idea I had in mind for a gravity based drip irrigation system. Do you have any suggestions for a gravity based irrigation system with the source water at an elevation of 10 - 12 feet high?
Hard to say unless you have some kind of pump.
Thank you for taking the mystery out of drip irrigation. I was wondering why the drip irrigation hoses I have were blowing out. I didn't know about the regulator. Also is it wise to mix sand with soil for carrots? If so, play sand ok or tube sand? I live in zone 6a. Thank you.
If you have drainage issues, sand isn't a bad idea. Not sure of which kind is the best. I would suggest getting some good compost and using that before sand.
@@gardeningwithhoss Awesome, I make my own compost. Will do, thanks.
I'm over here in Blackshear (zone 8b). I tarped my tater plot on Wednesday to keep it dry so I could plant this evening. Is it okay to plant since we're supposed to have temps in the 28 - 30 range this weekend?
Sure, they'll be fine because they're below ground.
The 8 mil says it last two growing seasons and the 15 mil says it lasts 5 years. So, if I buy the 8 mil, I’m gonna have to buy new tape next spring, right? I was thinking if I bought the 15 mil it would last longer and I could reuse it. Am I thinking wrong about this? I’m about to place my order now.
The 8 mil tape is much easier to use for annuals like vegetables. The 15 mil tape is a little more rigid and works best for applications where it isn't moved. We can usually get 3-4 uses from the 8 mil before replacing it.
Hoss Tools thanks! I just ordered the 8 mil from y’all yesterday. I decided that replacing the tape every spring wouldn’t be so bad after watching a few of y’alls videos on it. Have a great day!
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whats up!!!! alirght alright alright!!!!
Good to see you as always Xavier!
Love your show! Y'all make me laugh! Question....I have noticed that it looks like something ate through the tiny stems on some of my dinosaur kale stems in the soil blocks. Can cut worms do that in soil blocks or is it something else? Doesn6look like a critter got into them, but some sort of insect
Could be quite a few things. Earwigs come to mind.
@@gardeningwithhoss oh! Hadn't thought of those. Could very well be. Thanks
Will the blight stay on your tomato cages from year to year
Can u use it on slopes
Yes! Works great
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I was told when using drip tape on slopes you get uneven watering. Is that true in your experience?
stevie henry only if you don’t bury it. If you bury it a few inches deep capillary action will spread the moisture pretty evenly across the effected area. On top of the ground the water may be able to run to the downhill side before being absorbed
The pressure equalizes in the tape pretty well. It would have to be a pretty significant slope before you started to see some uneven watering. Don't quote me on this, but I think as long as the slope is smaller than 9 degrees, there's no uneven watering.
How big or long of a slope are you talking about? And then what percent slope is it? Just picture 100 feet then guess how much fall you have in that 100 foot
Greetings from a new subscriber. First time commenting on RUclips also. Beginner gardener in N. CA (Zone 8B). Awaiting arrival for 8mm drip kit purchased from Hoss Tools. Love all the info from you guys. Also have a couple questions. I have 8 rows 60' long and 20 rows 25' long next to each other. Planning to run one header line for all the rows (Header will connect in the middle of the rows). Have 6 gpm at hose bib. I will have several plants of a dozen types of veggies (ie 2-3 tomato, 2-3 pole beans, 2-3 cantaloupe). . I Have a couple questions. Since watering needs are different, is there an issue with planting 2 or 3 types of veggies on the same row? How much less water do potatoes need? I will have 1 whole row of potatoes so I will put a shut of at this row. New retiree here getting itchy to grow something. Anything!
I would try to put plants of the same family in the same row. Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant in a row. Squash, cucumbers in a row, etc. Be careful with the water on potatoes. They need some, but too much can make them rot in the soil.
I see in a lot of your videos about less water on potatoes but I don't recall how much less. I see you guys don't use drip tape on potatoes either. Why not? It seems with a shut of valve you could water the taters maybe every other watering cycle. To me, watering by hand defeats the convenience of using drip tape. I'm a newbie to drip tape so maybe my thinking is all wrong.
Do you guys ever do a live chat?
I'm assuming you mean like a live stream here on YT? We don't. We probably should. We go pretty hard during the day here at Hoss HQ and so streaming at night isn't always the easiest thing for us to do.
@@gardeningwithhoss Understood. Thanks for what you do!
Beets are the best...
We love them!
Don't y'all work with Roots and Refuge? You should have used Jess's catchphrase here: "Store bought tomatoes taste like disappointment!" (And they do!) :)
She is correct. They're not very good!
No doubt heirloom tomatoes are overhyped and overrated; however, there are some that will run with the hybrids on the production side. I just prefer to have a longer season picking tomatoes off indeterminate vines, and with the trellis I use, I can fit more varieties and flavor profiles of tomatoes in my limited space - black, yellow, orange, bicolor, red, purple, green, and ugly types. I see the advantages of all the crop coming on and cropping out the tomatoes to plant another crop rotation; however, I don’t see the current varieties of determinate tomatoes I have and have grown out produce or out taste the indeterminate varieties. Major caveat is that I plant indeterminate tomatoes on a very tight spacing of about a foot and prune to a single leader. So I have four plants producing tomatoes where one determinate tomato plant would grow. Is that a fair comparison on production? No, but it’s valuable work to me for the bounty and variety. Just my $0.02.
Some heirloom varieties are just not suitable for my (our) zone 8b climate. Brandywine is a fantastic tomato. I usually get 3-5 tomatoes per vine. That averages to 15 tomatoes per determinate tomato unit. My favorite tomato variety is Cosmonaut Volkov right now. I would average 60+ tomatoes in the same grow space. Tycoon and Tasti-Lee would be the best determinate tomato varieties I’ve grown, and they produced 30ish tomatoes per plant but that is limited to less than 10 plants total.
Indeterminate tomatoes are more work the way I grow them, but due to my land constraints, necessary for me to get the tomatoes I want to eat and give away.
If you've got space constraints, growing them vertical like that is the way to go!
Thanks for the laugh Greg. Nobody wants those big old gauldi cabbage
Says the person who grew small cabbages.
yall out there planting and harvesting making me mad its 13 deg here in wv smh
But you'll still be harvesting in August and September and we won't.
Carrots 🥕 yummy 🤤
So sweet!
Yall doing ok down there? Want me throw yall a life ring?
We're good. Only had 3/10 last Thursday and got our taters planted this morning.
@@gardeningwithhoss o good! I just saw a bunch of rain on the radar down near yall
Don't buy tomatoes in the store ! Amen!!!
One quick way to offend a customer and future customers is to talk about how cheap they are, even when you’re just joking around. I happen to love Clemson Spineless and I grow it every year lol.
I apologize. We were in no way intending to offend anyone. We were using it as an opportunity to poke fun at a friend who stops by here often.