Hey! I appreciate the mention my friend! You’re doing a great job and I love the easy to understand delivery of this information. Keep up the great work educating all of us!
My light bulb moment from this channel was when you said to use organic sweet potatoes instead of regular ones. Once I followed that advice now have more slips than I know what to do with. It's the little details that make the biggest difference. Thank you for your service 🙏🏼
I think my garden is behind because of a few of those things you mentioned. Late warm-up, lack of rain and poor air quality. Add in a very hungry groundhog that caused me to have to replant a few things and yeah, things are a bit behind this year. Love that you mentioned The Veggie Boys. Your channel and theirs are two of my favorites.
Growing slowly? This is the wettest summer in a long time, but carrots took double the time to be ready for harvesting. Potatoes aren’t flowering as much as last year, but I’m thankful for the chance to keep up since I quadrupled my gardens this year. Eggplants seem to be thriving for the first year. I a credit it to all the little birds visiting my garden every day - they’re raising their babies in nearby trees and feasting on pests in the garden - GOD BLESS THEM!
Omg shout out to Luke for shouting out the Veggie Boys! My 2 fav garden/farming channels actually know each other (online or offline, which doesn't matter haha). Hope one day you guys can pay each other a visit and let your kids be friends in the garden/farm! How exciting to see that happen in the channels! 🎉 Geneva, Enzo and Callie Rose in the fields seeing cows and munching on fresh peas haha 🤍🤍🤍 My garden is slower than usual too this year. Days can get super hot (above 30°C) and dropping close to zero degrees C at night (in the spring and early summer). Even now, our nights can drop to below 10°C too. Most plants get stunted. And the smokes, too. Some days it's very, very bad here in my area. But yeah, worry not. It's for the fun of it and if I can get something in the end, it'd be a nice bonus. 1 thing a bit weird is out of all the seeds I got from you, there's 1 that didn't germinate at all. Resowing and resowing and resowing, and I decided to stop and try again next year. Anyways, I love today's content. The reason why I subscribed in the 1st place years ago. You make gardening simple and fun! Thanks Luke!
I just asked this question to a 5b FB group because I am/was so disappointed. This is only my 2nd year w/ a garden (using your seeds + Trifecta this year) and upon reading my FB Memories for this day last year…..I was eating my first tomato sandwich. I’m sure it’s the lack of patience and not the plants….lol Thanks for all of these informative reminders and TIMELY videos. It really helps newbies like me. 😊
Good stuff sir! I am planting some Roma tomatoes when I get home tonight in Zone 8a. Yep, I know if it likely too late to start, but I am doing it for science 😎
I finally have time to watch this video. I just wanted to say that im here in SE Nebraska. When i let the dogs out for the last time for the night, the smoke smell was just horrendously sick. So for those who think that the Canadian fires aren't affecting them, it most certainty could be. Thank you for sharing you knowledge. Even an old lady can have an aha moment. My garden seems a bit slower this season and all 5 reasons make perfect sense. ❤
Such good advice! I am having the same problems growing a garden here in New Mexico. It is always a relief to hear other gardeners talk about the same problems.
We've had a very dry summer and we had the smoke pollution from Canada. This explains a lot. I have tomatoes but they are taking a long time to turn red.
Nice video, Luke. One thing I frequently do is wait too long to move my plants from the tray planters to the bed. Seems to takes several weeks for the plants to adapt and just grow like crazy. I also found that a good fertilized and compost enriched soil is a winning plan. I have found the best soil combinations ever so far. I loved the pumpkin video and am anxious to see an update. Mine just started growing in 3 days and in 2 days are 3 inches tall. I think if I had a large patch like that and it was possible, I would use drip irrigation to keep the plants happy and maximize the harvest. You also have to watch for vine borers, which killed past pumpkins for me. The plants that rooted wherever the vine touched the ground were the best for me. May the Lord continue blessing you and yours. Love you right back buddy.
You can still see the smoke in the back of the video with the warnings still going off. But yes these are amazing tips and well delivered. I'm glad we are all in this together tho! Our veggies and fruits are coming!!!! Hang in there everyone
My aha moment was realizing that my tomato plant that is turning yellow may just need a bit of fertilizer. Thank you from a garden newbie. I love watching your videos specific on growing plants in Michigan and I’ve learned so much! 😊
Very good video, Luke! I'm sure it will help tons of people. I hope this wacky weather straightens itself out, and we go back to having normal temps and weather for each of our different areas.
Thanx Luke! I was WONDERING what’s up…. Your reassurance helps… colder nights, dry weather, trace minerals needed from rain we DIDNT get, smoke from the fires, (btw we LUV the Veggie Boys as well), and yep I am sure to carefully use fertilizer, … I can relax and just let ‘er go… it IS healthy, just slower this year. I needed to hear this!
Thanks for listing these issues for gardens this year. Knowing why rain is better and how smoke and drought affect plant respiration is enlightening. Great job!
Thank you for addressing the air quality issue we are experiencing this year. I am in Fort Wayne IN, which has been heavily impacted by the wildfires and I keep asking what effect it has on my garden. Just started following you this year and I am so glad I found someone in my same zone to get ideas from!!
I am in South East Michigan and my tomatoes are about waist high, with about 3 clusters of small green tomatoes each, I single stem that I learned from you a few years ago, but yeah, very slow going this year, some of my hot peppers are doing well, and some not so well, I clipped the tips of the small ones to encourage more lower growth, and it seems to have helped. WE are having some warm days, but still cool nights, like 60`s, and quite a bit of rain lately, but I thought it was just me, with the slow growth, and I know you are in Michigan as well, so I feel better about the garden after seeing this video, thanks for the garden update, I have about 80 qt jars I plan to fill with hot pepers and tomatoes, I have 13 tomato plants about 2 feet apart, and 15 hot pepper varieties, 3 zuccinni and 2 English cucumbers, we love all the help and tips you provide us each and every year, all the best to you and your family.
Risked our planting days, may 13th and 16th, we got bear dz zucchini so far, beets are huge, beans will be insane after this s.e. mich down pour, we checked 2 hills of potatoes today, they are phenomenal, cucumbers are near ready, 80% of seeds are of course from migardener!! Tytyty! Our potato seeds were from a vendor in the thumb in vass city. So happy!!
Thank you for posting this informative video. I planted late because of the cold weather here in Western NY State. Then the day that I started planting, my beautiful granddaughter was born. Also I was the only one planting, so it took me longer. I've been very worried that I did all of that work for nothing!! It's been about 8 years since I planted a garden, because of my health, but I'm much better, and I really want to can and freeze most of what I grow. I've missed it so much. Thanks for telling me to chill and be patient!!! 😊
Thank you Luke, I've been watching your content for many years. You truly made a difference in my gardening experience. My little Montréal back yard garden is my joy because of your help.
This year’s been interesting. I’m in Idaho and we haven’t had any smoke cover this year. It’s like the continent decided to flip flop which side gets wildfires this year.
Thank you! I was like oh so nobody cares when the west coast is covered in smoke all summer long every year 😂 we literally have spring, fire season, Thanksgiving and "winter" here in California 😂
@@toniajones3572 lol, here in eastern Washington we have smoke season, mud season, breathing hurts season, back to mud season 🤣 then dust and smoke season.
Thanks Luke for your explanation of why the garden is growing slower this year than last year. I appreciate you so much. Also I like the transformed motto. Grow bigger, so positive.
Definitely didn’t consider how much the smoke must’ve affected the garden! We came out of a drought when it started to clear up and had a couple bugs storms that really made the garden boom after it seemed to be struggling!
The wildfires will act as shade, but also as fertilizer! As the ash comes down it is filled with trace minerals (more then usual), so although it's bad, it's also good, lol. Sadly these fires are necessary due to bad management for years. Too much emphasize on wood (trees) and not the ecosystem (forest), BUT once the fires go through an area, life is renewed, so that is a good thing. Still getting my garden sorted, lol. Yes, it's late in the year, but as I said to my husband, next year will be great! Thank you, Luke. Love your channel!
Here in Wisconsin the lack of rain and all the smoke have really done a number on my gardens. I had my salsa garden in by 20th of may and my veggie garden was way late because of how hard the ground was after 3 weeks of no rain, even watering an empty garden wasnt really helping. My corn got in very late, barely up to my ankles (im not holding out too much hope even for a way late harvest on that one) this year has really been bad all around. Even our fruit trees are not doing as good as last year.
I'm in central Wisconsin and it's dry. I'm planning on changing the way I garden next year. I have a farmer friend who saves his mineral barrels for me. They measure 18" high and 22" in diameter. Made of heavy duty plastic. I make a blue berry dessert in trade for the barrels. It works. The reason I want to use more of them next year because they use less water.
@@david-nt3cz that's a good idea! I've been toying with that as well. My husband is a manager at a near by farm and they always have the big plastic barrels and crates. Just have to make sure I get them cleaned out really well. I really want to get a rain barrel system up and going, even though we have well water and don't have to worry about how much we use, I'd rather use rain water.
Yes Luke, my garden has suffered this year. A cold spring. When the temps reached the low 70's smoke from forest fires that lasted days and a dust storm. Then over 5" of rain in 8 days. Then no rain at all. 😫 I wouldn't want to be a farmer and my livelihood depending on all these factors. 😳
Hey Luke, I've been gardening about 3 years and I'm just starting to know my plants growth habits. Done everything right, waited until late May this year to transplant my plants outside, used Trifecta plus, had great soil..... and still slow plant growth. My ahh hua moment was when you spoke of the air quality. I live in Northwest Indiana about 30 miles south of Chicago. For several days we seen the haze from the smoke and for a few days you could actually smell the smoke in the air. I guess I never thought about the air quality of being a factor in plant growth. Great video, Thanks,
Thanks, it's tough with all this smoke. Thanks for explaining about the oxygen and more detail about how important rain is. I knew about the nitrogen but not about all the other minerals. Thanks
I am in Mass. and this is the slowest growing year. I got hit by a frost and had to replant in mid june. And its only been rain or 90 degrees! Things are waay behind where they normally are but healthy so I think its just fine!
Yes! I live in Northern Arizona, this is the second week we have had night time temps in the 60’s . My peppers really suffered this year because it took forever for night temps to get above 40 degrees🐨
Great video thanks Luke! I've been gardening for 4 years now and have been very successful, because of you. I live in Missouri and have noticed my plants growing slow this year. We've had hot days but cool nights and Canadian wildlife smoke, so multiple factors. Also I'm thinking I need to add some nitrogen. I'm going to use alfalfa pellets in water and make that mash I learned from a video you made 2 years ago, because I'm seeing some yellowing of leaves on my melons and peppers .
We've been dealing with a lot of weather upheaval because of the Canadian Wildfires. The biggest set back was a weather system that dropped a hailstorm that ripped off small leaves, perforated bigger leaves, and froze a few things (it was super small and packed in, we scooped it all away, but the cold did its worst anyways) Everything seems to be on a two/three week delay, compared to other years. But part of Gardening is Patience (as well as persistence and gratitude) so I'm just doing what I can to take care of what I have.
We're just a few hundred miles south of you in Grand Rapids, MI, We store 3,500 gallons of rain water for our plants. Using drip irrigation is makes the most out of ever drop. Of the 94 tomato plants, they are aa bit slow for the reasons you mentioned, but are going very well and setting fruit. Several plants are over 6 ft tall. The rest of the garden is exploding with jurassic growth. I can contribute this to electro culture, compost tea. and great soil.
Thanks for the education and the reassurance. I was just out in the garden this morning (I live in Ann Arbor) and was lamenting that I have just had my first beefsteak tomato. Lots of green ones on the plants, nothing ripening. I was worried that I should have put shade cloth over the plants last week when it was so hot and maybe again later this week if it goes into the 90s. I'll watch and wait and see how things go, thanks to your video.
Im a first time gardener after a 30 yr hiatus,,lol,, and allot of my plants are from seed saving so I don't have a packet to look at and see the growing parameters,,I have learned so much from you about the things I am growing and why they are doing what they do,,ty,,,I have so much more to learn
I feel that some years are definitely better than others if my tomatoes do great my cucumbers don't. And vice versa. Last year was the first year my peppers did anything. This year they seem stunted and small
This year in NE NC, our better boy tomatoes are takin forever to turn red. We have had a lot of smoke warnings though. We also got a late start planting most things in the first two weeks of June. Is there anything I should do to hasten my tomatoes to turn red?
Here in mid-Michigan, we planted on Memorial Day like usual but it was mostly dry soil. Only things that were doing well were the tomatoes and potatoes. A few corn plants came up, but after it rained in mid June the rest came up. Is that going to cause a problem when It comes to tasseling? I've noticed in the past that if there is a corn stalk that comes up alot later than the rest it will tassel even if it's not big enough to grow and ear of corn.
Here in Maine, many gardens are toast. It snowed as late as mid May, it rained almost the whole momth of June and the temps have been, in general, low and its often cloudy. Its awful.
That makes me feel better...thought my new NW Ohio garden (I'm from SE Michigan) wasn't producing as fast as I thought it should be for this time of year! Thanks for all your insight on this...makes sense.
Right on Luke! Thank you! Blessings! For me is a lot of not being able to tend the garden properly 😞.... A bi of inpatients and weather....we had rain....
All of my things are slow this year except for squash. I am in the midwest and had horrible smoke. Everything got a late start because of the weird spring, but I'm remembering now how it all just seemed to stall out during those weeks of smoke. I didn't even think about that being a factor.
Light bulb moment: I was just thinking about how some of my tomatoes varieties are growing slower than others despite being in the same beds. I didnt think to consider maturity dates!
My starter seedlings just fizzled out, too cold early on, then the early drought and it got very hot. Then the smoky air shading the sun. Finally the rain is coming more often and things have perked up a bit! It has been tough this growing season in Michigan!
Been wondering why my green peppers were lagging, besides a late start. Hadn't thought about the Canadian fires and the smoke pollution. Thanks, for the heads up. I'll have to be a bit patience.
My garden is growing sooo slow this year here in PA but if was cool extra long this year. I planted late with the cool and then it cooled down again after I planted 😮💨. Finally seems to be taking off now though. And I'm betting that we stay warmer longer this fall too.
I feel here in Houston,Tx is the 3 digit HEAT…I was getting cucumbers and zucchini’s in the spring now that is so hot. I’m not getting any or production is super super slow.
I thought I was the only one whining about my tomatoes! I've had many blooms but no fruit, and I was trying to figure out what it could be. I assumed the humidity was preventing them from fruiting, but your list also makes sense. I'm in NW Ohio, so we've had nearly the same issues as you with the late frosts, drought, and wildfire smoke. Thank you for your channel and showing me that I'm not alone!
We had quite a few days dealing with the smoke from the Canadian fires here in Pittsburgh area. I just never put that in respect with my shorter than normal plants. Thanks for explaining that part of it.
Love The Veggie Boys channel. Glad you gave them a shout out. They have been documenting the smoke effect on their crops too. Thanks for the information.
At 10:25 in this video. You absolutely can see the smoke . Us in the north have been dealing with. Look to upper right corner. I'm in Cleveland Ohio area and have literally woke up to what I thought was a heavy fog. What you see here yes is bad. But believe me it gets WAY worse. For us I'd consider this lately a good day.
Glad you spoke on this so I'm usually grow sweet peppers in grow bags i never use the light to start the seed but this year i did and I notice that they haven't grown half the size that I usually been having they still slow growing i prune them as well Thank You for the Video
My garden is behind too. Pest pressure on my 10 pepper plants so I am going to use container. My corn is producing and tomoatoes are smaller, sweet potatoes, strawberries and cucumbers are the main things doing well.
I hear you. This was my first year growing peppers from seed. We had cool spring nights into mid June. We didn’t have consistently warm temps in the upper 50s/60s until then.
Hey! I appreciate the mention my friend! You’re doing a great job and I love the easy to understand delivery of this information. Keep up the great work educating all of us!
I'm so excited you guys know each other! Please try to get together. It'd be a joy to watch!
As soon as I saw this video I thought of what you were talking about Andrew. I love your channel ❤
Such wisdom from a younger man than I. Luke, you have not steered me wrong yet. Thank you for doing what you do.
Ontario, Canada chiming in. My tomatoes are about three weeks behind. It’s comforting to read the comments and see I’m not alone.
Same thing in Indianapolis
My light bulb moment from this channel was when you said to use organic sweet potatoes instead of regular ones. Once I followed that advice now have more slips than I know what to do with. It's the little details that make the biggest difference. Thank you for your service 🙏🏼
did I miss something? I would like to have more success sprouting and growing organic sweet potatoes also!
I think my garden is behind because of a few of those things you mentioned. Late warm-up, lack of rain and poor air quality. Add in a very hungry groundhog that caused me to have to replant a few things and yeah, things are a bit behind this year. Love that you mentioned The Veggie Boys. Your channel and theirs are two of my favorites.
Growing slowly? This is the wettest summer in a long time, but carrots took double the time to be ready for harvesting. Potatoes aren’t flowering as much as last year, but I’m thankful for the chance to keep up since I quadrupled my gardens this year. Eggplants seem to be thriving for the first year. I a credit it to all the little birds visiting my garden every day - they’re raising their babies in nearby trees and feasting on pests in the garden - GOD BLESS THEM!
My garden too. Every morning I have a 10-15 killdeer in my garden. I think ear away little guys lol.
Love the water oxygen info. I knew rain had acids but didn't realize the oxygen...
Thanks!
Omg shout out to Luke for shouting out the Veggie Boys! My 2 fav garden/farming channels actually know each other (online or offline, which doesn't matter haha). Hope one day you guys can pay each other a visit and let your kids be friends in the garden/farm! How exciting to see that happen in the channels! 🎉 Geneva, Enzo and Callie Rose in the fields seeing cows and munching on fresh peas haha 🤍🤍🤍
My garden is slower than usual too this year. Days can get super hot (above 30°C) and dropping close to zero degrees C at night (in the spring and early summer). Even now, our nights can drop to below 10°C too. Most plants get stunted. And the smokes, too. Some days it's very, very bad here in my area. But yeah, worry not. It's for the fun of it and if I can get something in the end, it'd be a nice bonus.
1 thing a bit weird is out of all the seeds I got from you, there's 1 that didn't germinate at all. Resowing and resowing and resowing, and I decided to stop and try again next year. Anyways, I love today's content. The reason why I subscribed in the 1st place years ago. You make gardening simple and fun! Thanks Luke!
I just asked this question to a 5b FB group because I am/was so disappointed. This is only my 2nd year w/ a garden (using your seeds + Trifecta this year) and upon reading my FB Memories for this day last year…..I was eating my first tomato sandwich. I’m sure it’s the lack of patience and not the plants….lol Thanks for all of these informative reminders and TIMELY videos. It really helps newbies like me. 😊
Luke, I am so happy you mentioned Andrew and his lovely veggie family. Veggie boys are awesome!
Good stuff sir! I am planting some Roma tomatoes when I get home tonight in Zone 8a. Yep, I know if it likely too late to start, but I am doing it for science 😎
I finally have time to watch this video. I just wanted to say that im here in SE Nebraska. When i let the dogs out for the last time for the night, the smoke smell was just horrendously sick. So for those who think that the Canadian fires aren't affecting them, it most certainty could be. Thank you for sharing you knowledge. Even an old lady can have an aha moment. My garden seems a bit slower this season and all 5 reasons make perfect sense. ❤
NEOHIO checking in, its good to read and hear from others
I have had to deal with all the same. Its good to hear im not the only one.
Each year I adapt to the environmental changes and that’s just part of gardening! Hard to have a perfect year, every year, even for humans! 😉
Yes! Things are definitely moving slow...but a HUGE growth spurt when we had 3 consecutive days of drizzle!
Such good advice! I am having the same problems growing a garden here in New Mexico. It is always a relief to hear other gardeners talk about the same problems.
Yes, same phenomenon in Colorado!
Missouri too
We've had a very dry summer and we had the smoke pollution from Canada. This explains a lot. I have tomatoes but they are taking a long time to turn red.
Nice video, Luke. One thing I frequently do is wait too long to move my plants from the tray planters to the bed. Seems to takes several weeks for the plants to adapt and just grow like crazy. I also found that a good fertilized and compost enriched soil is a winning plan. I have found the best soil combinations ever so far.
I loved the pumpkin video and am anxious to see an update. Mine just started growing in 3 days and in 2 days are 3 inches tall. I think if I had a large patch like that and it was possible, I would use drip irrigation to keep the plants happy and maximize the harvest. You also have to watch for vine borers, which killed past pumpkins for me. The plants that rooted wherever the vine touched the ground were the best for me.
May the Lord continue blessing you and yours. Love you right back buddy.
here in western nys: cold then dry for a while, then a week of constant rain. dry, rain for days. twice smokey/hazy days. it has been a weird year.
You can still see the smoke in the back of the video with the warnings still going off. But yes these are amazing tips and well delivered. I'm glad we are all in this together tho! Our veggies and fruits are coming!!!! Hang in there everyone
The smoke this year. Never thought about it. Even here in Maryland the smoke haze has been heavy, smells like leaves burning all day. Thanks.
Your videos are so unique. You actually get down on the ground , plants height. That makes your videos pop. Thank you for all your hard work.
My aha moment was realizing that my tomato plant that is turning yellow may just need a bit of fertilizer. Thank you from a garden newbie. I love watching your videos specific on growing plants in Michigan and I’ve learned so much! 😊
Very good video, Luke! I'm sure it will help tons of people. I hope this wacky weather straightens itself out, and we go back to having normal temps and weather for each of our different areas.
Thank you so much for this video Luke. I needed to hear this cuz I’ve been feeling a bit discouraged.
Thanx Luke! I was WONDERING what’s up…. Your reassurance helps… colder nights, dry weather, trace minerals needed from rain we DIDNT get, smoke from the fires, (btw we LUV the Veggie Boys as well), and yep I am sure to carefully use fertilizer, … I can relax and just let ‘er go… it IS healthy, just slower this year. I needed to hear this!
Thanks for listing these issues for gardens this year. Knowing why rain is better and how smoke and drought affect plant respiration is enlightening. Great job!
Thank you for addressing the air quality issue we are experiencing this year. I am in Fort Wayne IN, which has been heavily impacted by the wildfires and I keep asking what effect it has on my garden. Just started following you this year and I am so glad I found someone in my same zone to get ideas from!!
I am in South East Michigan and my tomatoes are about waist high, with about 3 clusters of small green tomatoes each, I single stem that I learned from you a few years ago, but yeah, very slow going this year, some of my hot peppers are doing well, and some not so well, I clipped the tips of the small ones to encourage more lower growth, and it seems to have helped. WE are having some warm days, but still cool nights, like 60`s, and quite a bit of rain lately, but I thought it was just me, with the slow growth, and I know you are in Michigan as well, so I feel better about the garden after seeing this video, thanks for the garden update, I have about 80 qt jars I plan to fill with hot pepers and tomatoes, I have 13 tomato plants about 2 feet apart, and 15 hot pepper varieties, 3 zuccinni and 2 English cucumbers, we love all the help and tips you provide us each and every year, all the best to you and your family.
Risked our planting days, may 13th and 16th, we got bear dz zucchini so far, beets are huge, beans will be insane after this s.e. mich down pour, we checked 2 hills of potatoes today, they are phenomenal, cucumbers are near ready, 80% of seeds are of course from migardener!! Tytyty! Our potato seeds were from a vendor in the thumb in vass city. So happy!!
Oops, ^ near, and Cass city, and your information is so helpful
I always wondered why rain water has a better effect on my plants thanks Luke
Thank you for posting this informative video. I planted late because of the cold weather here in Western NY State. Then the day that I started planting, my beautiful granddaughter was born. Also I was the only one planting, so it took me longer. I've been very worried that I did all of that work for nothing!! It's been about 8 years since I planted a garden, because of my health, but I'm much better, and I really want to can and freeze most of what I grow. I've missed it so much. Thanks for telling me to chill and be patient!!! 😊
I am always impressed with the way the information flows. Learn so much from this channel. ✅
Thank you Luke, I've been watching your content for many years. You truly made a difference in my gardening experience. My little Montréal back yard garden is my joy because of your help.
All of us in the west are like "Wait, you guys don't normally have smoke coverage in the summer?"
Very normal for Oregon to be smoked out
Not here in Florida, we get Hurricanes instead
This year’s been interesting. I’m in Idaho and we haven’t had any smoke cover this year. It’s like the continent decided to flip flop which side gets wildfires this year.
Thank you! I was like oh so nobody cares when the west coast is covered in smoke all summer long every year 😂 we literally have spring, fire season, Thanksgiving and "winter" here in California 😂
@@toniajones3572 lol, here in eastern Washington we have smoke season, mud season, breathing hurts season, back to mud season 🤣 then dust and smoke season.
Thanks Luke for your explanation of why the garden is growing slower this year than last year. I appreciate you so much. Also I like the transformed motto. Grow bigger, so positive.
Definitely didn’t consider how much the smoke must’ve affected the garden! We came out of a drought when it started to clear up and had a couple bugs storms that really made the garden boom after it seemed to be struggling!
Your videos always help keep me on track. Thanks
The wildfires will act as shade, but also as fertilizer! As the ash comes down it is filled with trace minerals (more then usual), so although it's bad, it's also good, lol.
Sadly these fires are necessary due to bad management for years. Too much emphasize on wood (trees) and not the ecosystem (forest), BUT once the fires go through an area, life is renewed, so that is a good thing.
Still getting my garden sorted, lol. Yes, it's late in the year, but as I said to my husband, next year will be great!
Thank you, Luke. Love your channel!
Thanks for adding in the science lesson! Super helpful learning about the stoma. I like learning how the plants work.
Here in Wisconsin the lack of rain and all the smoke have really done a number on my gardens. I had my salsa garden in by 20th of may and my veggie garden was way late because of how hard the ground was after 3 weeks of no rain, even watering an empty garden wasnt really helping. My corn got in very late, barely up to my ankles (im not holding out too much hope even for a way late harvest on that one) this year has really been bad all around. Even our fruit trees are not doing as good as last year.
I’m in WI too and it sure has been rough. The hot weather + no rain = 😢
I'm in central Wisconsin and it's dry. I'm planning on changing the way I garden next year. I have a farmer friend who saves his mineral barrels for me. They measure 18" high and 22" in diameter. Made of heavy duty plastic. I make a blue berry dessert in trade for the barrels. It works. The reason I want to use more of them next year because they use less water.
@@david-nt3cz that's a good idea! I've been toying with that as well. My husband is a manager at a near by farm and they always have the big plastic barrels and crates. Just have to make sure I get them cleaned out really well. I really want to get a rain barrel system up and going, even though we have well water and don't have to worry about how much we use, I'd rather use rain water.
@@farahcortez9902 l have rain barrels that hold about 300 gallons, but that's not enough water due to the lack of rain. Time to change gears.
Yes Luke, my garden has suffered this year. A cold spring. When the temps reached the low 70's smoke from forest fires that lasted days and a dust storm. Then over 5" of rain in 8 days. Then no rain at all. 😫 I wouldn't want to be a farmer and my livelihood depending on all these factors. 😳
Patience. Your video reminded me that to have patience to let the plants grow at their own, appropriate pace. Thank you!
Hey Luke, I've been gardening about 3 years and I'm just starting to know my plants growth habits.
Done everything right, waited until late May this year to transplant my plants outside, used Trifecta plus, had great soil..... and still slow plant growth.
My ahh hua moment was when you spoke of the air quality. I live in Northwest Indiana about 30 miles south of Chicago. For several days we seen the haze from the smoke and for a few days you could actually smell the smoke in the air. I guess I never thought about the air quality of being a factor in plant growth.
Great video, Thanks,
Thanks, it's tough with all this smoke. Thanks for explaining about the oxygen and more detail about how important rain is. I knew about the nitrogen but not about all the other minerals. Thanks
I am in Mass. and this is the slowest growing year. I got hit by a frost and had to replant in mid june. And its only been rain or 90 degrees! Things are waay behind where they normally are but healthy so I think its just fine!
Loved the Veggie Boys shout out!!! My 2 favorite channels!!
I don't expect my plants to grow unless nights are 60 degrees. For some reason, the night temperature matters more than daytime temperature.
Yes! I live in Northern Arizona, this is the second week we have had night time temps in the 60’s . My peppers really suffered this year because it took forever for night temps to get above 40 degrees🐨
@@Junzar56yup! And now it’s going to be too hot for the tomatoes 😂
Thanks for the information. I did not know that rain showers had a different effect compared to watering from my well.
Great video thanks Luke! I've been gardening for 4 years now and have been very successful, because of you. I live in Missouri and have noticed my plants growing slow this year. We've had hot days but cool nights and Canadian wildlife smoke, so multiple factors. Also I'm thinking I need to add some nitrogen. I'm going to use alfalfa pellets in water and make that mash I learned from a video you made 2 years ago, because I'm seeing some yellowing of leaves on my melons and peppers .
We've been dealing with a lot of weather upheaval because of the Canadian Wildfires. The biggest set back was a weather system that dropped a hailstorm that ripped off small leaves, perforated bigger leaves, and froze a few things (it was super small and packed in, we scooped it all away, but the cold did its worst anyways) Everything seems to be on a two/three week delay, compared to other years. But part of Gardening is Patience (as well as persistence and gratitude) so I'm just doing what I can to take care of what I have.
My light bulb moment was the smoke. I never gave that a thought. Thanks for the info.
I never knew that rainwater was so different and more beneficial than city water (well, what isn't, actually)! Thank you for this!
My garden is slow as well here in Ct, thanks for the information
We're just a few hundred miles south of you in Grand Rapids, MI, We store 3,500 gallons of rain water for our plants. Using drip irrigation is makes the most out of ever drop. Of the 94 tomato plants, they are aa bit slow for the reasons you mentioned, but are going very well and setting fruit. Several plants are over 6 ft tall. The rest of the garden is exploding with jurassic growth. I can contribute this to electro culture, compost tea. and great soil.
The maturity date makes so much sense. My gardening groups have all been asking why their tomatoes aren't turning red. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for the education and the reassurance. I was just out in the garden this morning (I live in Ann Arbor) and was lamenting that I have just had my first beefsteak tomato. Lots of green ones on the plants, nothing ripening. I was worried that I should have put shade cloth over the plants last week when it was so hot and maybe again later this week if it goes into the 90s. I'll watch and wait and see how things go, thanks to your video.
Im a first time gardener after a 30 yr hiatus,,lol,, and allot of my plants are from seed saving so I don't have a packet to look at and see the growing parameters,,I have learned so much from you about the things I am growing and why they are doing what they do,,ty,,,I have so much more to learn
I feel that some years are definitely better than others if my tomatoes do great my cucumbers don't. And vice versa. Last year was the first year my peppers did anything. This year they seem stunted and small
Thanks ouch for reviewing and teaching the basics and more.
This year in NE NC, our better boy tomatoes are takin forever to turn red. We have had a lot of smoke warnings though. We also got a late start planting most things in the first two weeks of June. Is there anything I should do to hasten my tomatoes to turn red?
Here in mid-Michigan, we planted on Memorial Day like usual but it was mostly dry soil. Only things that were doing well were the tomatoes and potatoes. A few corn plants came up, but after it rained in mid June the rest came up. Is that going to cause a problem when It comes to tasseling? I've noticed in the past that if there is a corn stalk that comes up alot later than the rest it will tassel even if it's not big enough to grow and ear of corn.
Here in Maine, many gardens are toast. It snowed as late as mid May, it rained almost the whole momth of June and the temps have been, in general, low and its often cloudy. Its awful.
I miss rain. Southern California usually has no rain from June to October.
That makes me feel better...thought my new NW Ohio garden (I'm from SE Michigan) wasn't producing as fast as I thought it should be for this time of year! Thanks for all your insight on this...makes sense.
I love your explanation. It’s perfect❤
Right on Luke! Thank you! Blessings! For me is a lot of not being able to tend the garden properly 😞.... A bi of inpatients and weather....we had rain....
I feel better about my garden now in mid Michigan.
I'm in northern Alberta. The fires have only been really bad for the last 10 years or so. Never used to have alot of smoke.
All of my things are slow this year except for squash. I am in the midwest and had horrible smoke. Everything got a late start because of the weird spring, but I'm remembering now how it all just seemed to stall out during those weeks of smoke. I didn't even think about that being a factor.
Light bulb moment: I was just thinking about how some of my tomatoes varieties are growing slower than others despite being in the same beds. I didnt think to consider maturity dates!
Thanks
My starter seedlings just fizzled out, too cold early on, then the early drought and it got very hot. Then the smoky air shading the sun. Finally the rain is coming more often and things have perked up a bit! It has been tough this growing season in Michigan!
Thank you so much
Been wondering why my green peppers were lagging, besides a late start. Hadn't thought about the Canadian fires and the smoke pollution. Thanks, for the heads up. I'll have to be a bit patience.
This has helped a lot, thank you! Especially not getting so technical, that it sucks the JOY out of LEARNING!!😀
My garden is growing sooo slow this year here in PA but if was cool extra long this year. I planted late with the cool and then it cooled down again after I planted 😮💨. Finally seems to be taking off now though. And I'm betting that we stay warmer longer this fall too.
I feel here in Houston,Tx is the 3 digit HEAT…I was getting cucumbers and zucchini’s in the spring now that is so hot. I’m not getting any or production is super super slow.
Thank for that my garden slowed down abit and its rainy and cloudy for the last few weeks.
And yes impatient.
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Thank you for much for the information you give to every video ❤️🙏
Thank you!! I learned alot just now!
Luke, is that smoke in the background? I can see your point about smoke and growth of tomatoes and other fruit.
I thought I was the only one whining about my tomatoes! I've had many blooms but no fruit, and I was trying to figure out what it could be. I assumed the humidity was preventing them from fruiting, but your list also makes sense. I'm in NW Ohio, so we've had nearly the same issues as you with the late frosts, drought, and wildfire smoke. Thank you for your channel and showing me that I'm not alone!
We had quite a few days dealing with the smoke from the Canadian fires here in Pittsburgh area. I just never put that in respect with my shorter than normal plants. Thanks for explaining that part of it.
Have you ever tried heating up compost in a pot of water into a “tea” and watering plants with it?
I’ve seen it done just in a 5 gallon bucket, no need for heat.
Video is on point. I’m in Oakland county garden is beautiful but stunted. God water (rain) does the trick. 💚💚💚
Love The Veggie Boys channel. Glad you gave them a shout out. They have been documenting the smoke effect on their crops too. Thanks for the information.
Me too!!!
He did an amazing job with this video!
Thank you so much. I hadn't considered that the air quality affects the growth. The air quality in the Lansing, MI area has been so bad this year.
We hit 65 last night in SE PA didnt feel like 7/9
This was great help!
Excellent information!! Thank you!!👍👍
This is my first garden in the area but my veg seem to be growing very slowly. Weather has turned hot so I am anxious to see what happens.
My garden is growing very SLOW! Here in Connecticut. It has been over cast, smoke haze, rainy, cool . Very unusual.
At 10:25 in this video. You absolutely can see the smoke . Us in the north have been dealing with. Look to upper right corner. I'm in Cleveland Ohio area and have literally woke up to what I thought was a heavy fog. What you see here yes is bad. But believe me it gets WAY worse. For us I'd consider this lately a good day.
Glad you spoke on this so I'm usually grow sweet peppers in grow bags i never use the light to start the seed but this year i did and I notice that they haven't grown half the size that I usually been having they still slow growing i prune them as well Thank You for the Video
Here in Alabama we've had too much rain, tomatoes are cracking so too much of anything can be detrimental to your garden
Best garden ever! Tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, potatoes, peppers, garlic…. Rabbit fertilizer and first time using regular fertilizer
great information
My garden is behind too. Pest pressure on my 10 pepper plants so I am going to use container. My corn is producing and tomoatoes are smaller, sweet potatoes, strawberries and cucumbers are the main things doing well.
My sweet banana peppers and bell peppers have been 3 inches tall for 3 months. Never had trouble growing these!!!😢😮😢
I've had the same problem. Aerated the soil around them and heavily fertilized and they're finally growing.
Same. 3”
I hear you. This was my first year growing peppers from seed. We had cool spring nights into mid June. We didn’t have consistently warm temps in the upper 50s/60s until then.