NEVER Use Fake Wine Barrels for Fruit or Veg Growing
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- Here's a lesson I learnt the hard way about about using wine barrels in the garden (the fake ones)...
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Hi Mark, The galvanize pots looks great, they should advertised those barrels as self decomposing.
+Raf's Kitchen Garden LOL yeah Raf self-composting wine barrels :)
These look so neat! I'll see if I can find one here. We usually get resin based whiskey barrels here (not wood) so they last a long time in the garden. Have been using some for a few years now! Great video!!
+California Gardening Thanks! Yes I'm sure the proper wine barrels are much better. Cheers :)
so glad i saw your video. I was about to plant some blueberries and strawberries in wine barrels I bought from Fred Meyer.
pianocricket64 they will last a few years, so ok for annuals, but a tree would be a problem. I have one wine barrel planter that is at least ten years old.
It’s 2023 and I just purchase a 3 full size wine barrel for $50 each from a winery here in Soledad California. Great price I think.
I like the new beds, Mark! They look like they'll last a long time.
+OneYardRevolution | Frugal & Sustainable Organic Gardening Thanks Patrick, yeah they are very hardy I have some over 10 years old and they still look new. Cheers :)
I always thought your garden looked great anyway but the improvements make it even better. No chance of growing an avocado here unless it is a house plant. My favourite garden centre has a cafe on two levels and a spiral staircase up to the second level with a huge avocado growing up the centre of it. Those galvanized planters look great.
+Dale Calder Thanks Dale, that large indoor avocado in your garden centre sounds like an amazing specimen. The galvanised planters are very handy yes, and they do a very good job, robust too, I have some over 10 years old without a spot of rust on them. Cheers :)
I just got my first wine barrels this week, 2 of them... authentic white oak ones. I read white oak is rot proof and will outlast most other woods and steel.
Hi Mark, great videos, I have pretty much watched all your videos and some several times. Referring to this video about the fake barrels, I had the exact same problems. I purchased 5 large barrel tubes to grow asparagus. After the 2nd year, they all fell apart just like yours did. I had to replant all the asparagus and get ride of all the pots too. Cheers. PC
Nice one mate. Probably a good thing in the long run to have their roots going deep into the soil. Good idea with the small raised beds although I bought a small grafted lamb hass for $28 and can't imagine putting it in a $100 raised bed. Up until now I've been building raised beds with rocks (they just happen to be everywhere underground here). I think Aldi had similar sized beds recently for $30 odd. I could never think of a good use for them until now. Thanks for sharing and hope they make it through.
+Ben Jamin I reckon you're right Ben about the roots hitting soil it's probably best as long as they don't reach the clay! Yeah, I suppose rocks would make a good mini raised bed I have used large rocks before but only for an ornamental. Aldi has some great specials but the trick is to get there before they're sold out... Cheers :)
Yeah - they do sell out fast sometimes. The rocks are great because they're free and I usually dig them out from where I'm planting anyway. It can be a bit hard to get enough big ones to raise it up enough and it does allow grasses to get in. Your avocados look way more lush and vibrant than my sticks
here in the area I am in there are lots of wineries , and they only use the barrels a certain amount of times and then they retire them and those are cut in half and sold in garden centers etc,, and even those after many years will deteriorate but they do hold up fairly good. It's the wood not the metal bands that gives a way first.
+MissouriOldTimer I do still like the wine barrels as a garden pot I bet those from the wineries in your area would last alot longer than my fake ones! Thanks :)
they do seem to last a long while but sometimes I see them rotting down but then they go through snow, cold and hot weather and humidity so all in all they do pretty good.
I have been using blue barrels, cut in half across the middle to give two decent sized tubs. I then cut "windows" into the side all over the place to allow for 'air pruning' of the roots, and add 65 mm slotted irrigation pipe and a filler pipe to make a wicking base for the bottom of the barrel. Sand covers the slotted pipe and the lowest level of the 'windows' acts as overflow. They look pretty good too - at least according to some of the folk who walk past our place in suburbia.
Not an original idea - I got it from RobBob's channel.
I grew am avacado tree in a black laundry tote and it just flower for the first year but it drop all the flowers. Will it produce fruit next year if I pollinate the flowers?
But without a bottom to the planter wouldn't the infection come into the avocado any way?
That new galvanised steel framework looks like it can do the job. Moving that Avo tree looked like hard work, lets hope you don't have to move it again. Your grass also looked champion, seems to have blended right in. Nice vids Mark. Cheers, Adam
+Allotment Grow How Hey Adam, thanks mate, I definately will not move that avo again once is enough for me lol... Yeah the grass and place in general has had good rainfall over the past 6 months so everything is green. Cheers :)
Thanks for a bit of a wider look at your place. Nice. Yeah, sometimes the cheapest is not the most efficient nor cost effective. I'm all about saving and improvising but some things just won't allow us to cut corners.
+The Self Sufficient Life No worries and thank you! I've promised to do a video from front to back - I'll do that once I get our front garden finished (from the rocks I salvaged out of the veggie patch border) so that will give an even wider look at our place etc, but yeah, I'm one to try and reuse or be frugal although sometimes I fail lol...
Looks great on the repotting. The plant looks super healthy.
+superslyfoxx1 Thanks Nicole, yeah it's doing really well so hopefully I can get some fruit out of it in a few seasons time. Cheers :)
Cut drain holes in the sides of the wine barrel toward the bottom. Perhaps your barrel will drain and not rot.
The new beds look great. i only have one wine barrel. It too is not in the best condition any more. Hope your trees do well. E
+TheEmptynester Thanks E, yeah hopefully the avos will do much better now. :)
Are the Avos Wurtz variety? If so, where on earth did you get them? I can't find Wurtz for love or money down here.
+McDowall Manor Yes, most of them are Wurtz and I got ours from Bunnings actually. Pinkerton is another dwarf variety similar to Wurtz (Group A). Cheers :)
Literally just got home from buying a dwarf avocado to put in my recently split wine barrel. Thank goodness it's a real one made of solid oak and strong banding. Whew
+Joseph Lynn Good on ya mate, I'm glad you didn't make the mistake I did... Hope your avo grows well for you with the price of avocados hitting $3 each in the supermarket, you'll pay for the tree and the barrel in no time. Cheers :)
I don't understand why the Avocado required at $100 pot?
aha! I always wondered about your raised beds, I thought they were very cool and unique and that your day job was in construction or something and you had rolls of those galvanized sheets that you were scavaging
looks good to me Mark.
like I was tought......
buy cheap, buy twice.
Have a Jesus filled day
Greg in Michigan
+Greg Homestead Buy cheap buy twice lol... I like that saying! Thanks Greg :)
Nice looking beds mate. Hope the trees do well in them for you.
Cheers Mark.
+Rob Bob's Backyard Farming Thanks Rob, I hope those avos do grow for me because I've had a hard time this past decade getting a tree to maturity before it dies - fingers crossed! Cheers mate :)
Do u have water restrictions in your area? Do u pay for water? Being from California sprinkler is a taboo noways..
+KALSINFILMS No we don't have water restrictions at the moment, but regardless, our property has 3 other water sources besides town water and they are: rainwater tank, dam, and most importantly a bore/well which is our main source of water for our garden. Our water bills are very low in comparison to the average family in our district because we rarely use town water in the garden. I've heard California is in drought ATM I hope you guys get some good regular rainfall soon! Cheers :)
yet another reason never to go to commie land
What a great kit you were able to find to do this with. I have never seen anything like that here in U.S. but that maybe because I have never tried to grow anything in a raised bed. I am going to try it with some strawberry plants this year though. The rest of our garden is just planted out directly into the ground. I can see why you are doing this though. Your soil must be acid eh?
+Jackie Binkley Yeah, unfortunately our soil has a deep clay base and plants like avocadoes hate it! I do like growing strawberries in raised beds or pots I think they do really well grown like that and are easier to manage also. Best of luck with your strawberry project! Cheers :)
I love your videos and all of your ideas. I was just curious , you mentioned you put the plant in the wine barrels to start with because of the root fungus and the barrel had a bottom in it , but this container has no bottom -how do you see this affecting the roots? Thank you for your insight.
+webbsway Thank you! Yes, that's a very good question about the roots and the fungus. If you remember in the video when I pulled the plant onto the trolley you could see the roots hanging out the bottom...? These are feeder roots branching off the main root system and they were seated in the topsoil. The main root system including the important "tap root" was still contained within the root ball. The root rot fungus (Phytophthora) thrives in heavy soils such as clay and under my 12 inches of topsoil it's clay based. Therefore, to give my plants the best chance of not getting infected I need to try and keep the major roots away from the clay - hence growing in pots or raised beds. Standard avocado trees are renowned for having a long tap root (3 feet or more) if this tap root hits clay the tree will most likely die due to waterlogging or root rot fungus. That's why I'm trialing growing dwarf avocado trees because the tap root is much shorter and by growing in a raised bed (or pot with good drainage) I can keep the tap root away from clay and hopefully I can get some success. I hope I have explained this well enough for you. Cheers :)
But, when you placed the tree in its new raised bed I did not see any kind of liner??? Will the tap root now grow from the root ball and grow down into the clay??? I'm not trying to be difficult - just trying to understand if your tree is still protected after all you have done to protect it so far. They look so healthy so far and so beautiful. You are doing such a good job.
+webbsway Yes this particular plant is a dwarf variety and I have raised it up high enough for the tap root to not be a problem if it does grow a little more it will only go into the topsoil anyway it won't reach the clay - that's the main thing. Even So, there's no guarantee it still won't get root rot it just has a better chance now than if I planted it directly into the soil. You can buy an antifungal specific to combating root rot in avos but not even that will work if the tree is planted into clay. The best chance of growing a successful tree in root rot prone areas is to mound it up and then hope it gets to around 4-5 years where it should be mature enough to survive an attack anyway :)
They look great in your new planters. Good luck with your avocados :)
+Sunny Hilltop Thank you! Fingers crossed they grow well and we get some good fruit off them in a few seasons... Cheers :)
Oh oh I already planted asparagus and spearmint on two wine barrel
Yeah, Mark! They shouldn't even be allowed to sell those crappy things!
+Keyplayr61 Greenhouse Hydroponics And Gardens I got ripped big time Keith lol... Cheers mate :)
Thank you for the heads up
+Sue Miller (hobbypainter) Thanks Sue!
I just bought 3 of those,I have never planted vegetables before and now I see this🤔
Whos that young bloke.
Its best to get highest quality you can. Whats up with these fungus killing eveverything? First banana fungus killing, balite that kill potatoes, there avocado trees. Being in the subtropical regions or anywhere growing its hard.
+yack f zay It frustrates me sometimes having to deal with certain fungus that attack our plants we also get anthracnose which attacks the mango and avocado flowers/fruits. My area is really bad for it due to the clay soil base combined with the climate but go 60 mins up the road or inland and avocadoes grow so easy it's ridiculous! We're just a bit unlucky here for avocado growing but I'm going to keep trying... Cheers :)
Interesting you mention mangoes in Vietnam some region face problem growing them. After they mature for three harvesting season they get attack and died. In the future with out a doubt, all the fruits and vegetables are grown indoors. Giant greenhouses everywhere. Good fortune with the avocados.
hey could you do an update on your poultry please mate 🐓🐔🐔🐣🐤🐥
+Brayden Wright Yes, I'll do an update on our poultry pen next video, thanks for the suggestion! Cheers :)
Thanks mate
I'm surprised they sell that kind of crap in your country, it is typical here in the USA.
thanks
+Rev John O'Toole It was my fault in the end lol... I shouldn't have fell for the mark down in price! Anyway, I've learnt a good lesson, cheers Rev :)
ahhh... so that was the avocado tree when it was healthy :(
The infamous garden bed that ain't worth a darn
can you make more quail vids please
Great video thanks for the warning :)
+Benja's Uber 1337 Hobby No worries thank you! Cheers :)
+Self Sufficient Me :)
Got ripped off at $100 per bed. $65 at my bunnings. Nice vid.