You guys live gardening an your in the right area Georgia Alabama Mississippi down in South Central Florida it's a five steps up an three down on the ladder growing anything ,, great show ,, enjoy your knowledge
You guys should put out some circulars (pamphlets)... not no books, I and many others don't have time to read books. We need short guides on crop rotation, fertilization strategies, pest control, etc. Yes I know we could probably get some of that from our extension offices, but the info you guys are putting out works well (at least here in the south), and it would save me from taking notes, and trying to keep up with them... just saying! Plus all that higher math is just hard to do at my age. ;) Really good show tonight!
That butter crunch lettuce I bought from you guys is some of my favorite lettuce. Travis try the balsamic vinegar,olive oil with garlic,black pepper and a little honey ,it makes a good dressing for any salad.
Man I’m very impressed with the deluxe seed starting kit.... even the clear top is built bulletproof.... you can even probably power wash it if you want to... although it might damage the vents... just the right size for my medium sized garden
Just ordered potatoes, along with red onion and spinach seed. Already ordered most of my seed from you few weeks ago. First time growing potatoes/can't wait. Glad you have white ones, don't like yellow potatoes. Crop rotation and planting schedules in this episode very helpful. Thank you...
I have been germinating my peppers by putting seeds on a slightly wet paper towel in a Ziploc bag. Closing it put on top of my freezer with folder towels to cover them. They will germinate in 5-6 days. Then plant the sprouts in cups.
I take my old seeds and put them out in my back field, I always have spinach and kale come up. It keeps the deer away from my real garden. I just picked up a lot of Hoss seeds. I'm looking forward to a good growing season.
Greg just gave me a idea... he said the commercial guys use steam to sterilize their seed trays... my wife has a steamer she uses to clean the house I'm gonna steam up mine and let them dry out instead of bleach and a brush! I was thinking the powerwasher but I didn't want to deal with all that in cold weather up here... thanks a ton! Might have to get some of those pepper seed you talking about... can make a mean deer repellent out of them
Ill look forward to you felllers getting some of them multi onions on your web site they look awsome, I think with some deep mulch in the winter they could work up north.
We just planted potatoes in 9B this is my first year for growing them. Love your show and my seed tray bottoms just came in. Thank you for providing us with such good quality items.
Hi guys. I’m new to your channel and I’m really enjoying it. My father and grandfather were gardeners but unfortunately passed away before I was able to learn much from them. I’d love to hear exactly what you guys do to start a new garden bed. Most RUclips channels I’ve been watching don’t explain that well or they are no dig or raised beds which I’m not really interested in. Also, I’d be interested in exactly what you guys do for weeds. I used the black weaved fabric last year in half my garden but the other half got other run no matter how much time and how many blisters I got trying to weed it out.
Welcome to our channel! To start a new garden bed, we like to plan a couple months before we plant. We like to till the area, wait a couple weeks, till it again and do this a few times before planting. This helps to reduce the weed pressure when we do plant. For weeding, we believe in frequent, shallow cultivation as the easiest and most effective technique. Our wheel hoe makes it easy to do that.
another great show guys, corn question, i layed out two rows of compost on top of my soil, now i say soil but it's actually just sand, little bit of clay in there deep,, but really sand, my plan is to let it set like that until april then till it in with some manure, then recover it with compost. they are two 4 foot wide by about 25 foot long plots that i will plant three rows of sweet corn in each. once they come up, i'll add plenty of nitrogen and keep watered. last year i planted sweet corn in compost over top of where i had my tomatoes the year before, i'm sure they were nitrogen deprived as i did get plenty of fully developed ears, but they were maybe half the size you would expect. interested to here your thoughts.
Question: I have a 4,000 sq ft garden. I practice crop rotation and amend the soil every year. I try for a pH close to 6.8. I get my soil tested every year. How do I handle the various crop pH preferences? Potatoes like a lower pH, other crops like more neutral. Should every crop just have to tolerate the same pH or should I amend the area where I have the lower pH crops planted? Thanks!
We usually aim for a pH around 6.5, which seems to work great for most crops. In a small garden situation where many different crops are grown, it would be pretty difficult to micro-manage the pH for every single crop.
Love watching y’all every week! I was wonder how y’all save y’all onion seeds and do you have specific place you grow your onions so they can seed out any advice would be appreciated!
I love your videos and products. But growing all these veggies in abundance with your help is one thing. But could you have some videos on how to preserve all of our hard work from canning, freezing, drying and other ways? Also is there certain methods better than others for particular kinds of veggies?
We should do more on those types of things, but canning and preserving are not mine (Travis) or Greg's specialty. If any canning gets done, it's usually our wives that do it. Truthfully, we don't can as much as most folks. We just enjoy it fresh when it's available.
Thanks that was a good show. question i have a garden that is fifty by forty and i grow all my veggies in it but corn now my rotation has always been to move everything up one row. but it got to where my yield was getting low so i let the garden lay for two years. do you have any pips
I’m game to be a Zone 5b Chicagoland suburban test garden for the multiplying onions. I used to have Egyptian walking onions for years. Let me know. I can swing by next month on the way to FL...you don’t appear to be to far off route 75?
We usually try to rotate cover crops as well -- usually mostly between monocots and dicots as studies have suggested that each have their own mycorrhizae.
I would be curious to know how those onions due here up in the north, always looking for some good onions that do well in short season, 100 ish days, depending on the year. Can’t wait for an update in some future videos
Dear Mr. Watermelon king 🍉 👑 my husband wants us to grow some watermelons 🍉 we live on a small lot in a subdivision in south Louisiana (9b) any advice, tips anything would be appreciated. Thanks in Advance
Interesting show guys ! How do you both manage PH levels in your respected plots ? Do you use (or have used) a University Cooperative Extension for complete soil tesing ? Up here we use the University of NH Cooperative Extension for our soil testing. Thanks again....
Hey Greg and Travis. We are down in Southwest Florida in Zone 10a. We are struggling to figure out our timing in terms of starting seeds relative to where you are at in GA. We don't really have frost concerns down here. What do you suggest?
Greg, the watermelon King. Can you make a show on growing watermelons? I've tried growing them in the last two years, with mixed results. I'd love to have a tutorial on when to start, spacing, feeding and watering. Thank you in advance. Also, where do the name Hoss comes from? I see on the row by row Fb page, that your last name is different, but you talk about Mrs. Hoss. Just curious.
After the growing season such as in the north(zone 6) as an example, if you plant a winter cover crop in late fall, does that help to change or alter your crop rotation sensitivity for in the spring? Thanks for all the information about crop rotation, great show!!!
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Any ideas on how to control 2 spotted spider mites? I've tried neem oil and insecticidal soaps, horticultural oil and predatory mites. They wipe out my squash and green beans. I need the beans so I plant them as early as possible and hope for a cooler summer. I don't grow squash anymore. They also kill my marigolds and zinnias.
LOL! Egg in the hole...she may have been talking about before planting tomatoes. I haven't done that, but have thrown a fish in first and had good results.
Lol...guys I think your viewer that asked about an egg in the hole was talking about a planting method where you actually drop a whole raw egg in the hole you’re about to plant your tomato. I could be wrong, but I doubt it...lol.
That “egg in the hole trick” might be talking about putting an egg in the hole that you plant your 🍅 in the garden! Several folks have talked about doing that to help the tomatoes.
I thought they were asking about planting them with your tomatoes as well. The idea is that the egg shell will give your tomatoes calcium and help with blossom end rot. But y’all sure did make me hungry.
Travis, Greg sure likes to really get in the first dig of the spur doesn't he. PS why don't you call him dad instead of Greg just asking are you ashamed of him lol!
Charles Dowding has a six-month progression video where he shows his garden, in it they plant in succession, no rotation. Some varieties have been planted in the same place 6, 7, and 8 times. Interesting, not preferable or recommended.
Charles Dowding lives in a completely different climate than us, with much different pest or disease pressures. So rotation might not be as big a priority for him.
Hoss Tools He is in Zone 8 and his plant varieties may vary by culture, but many are the same. He addresses the specific diseases and pest that are common to specific varieties and most places they are grown. Charles isn’t the only person who has shared his experience with this technique. I think the key is not tilling and feeding the soil microbes good quality compost. If someone is tilling every season, soil testing to amend and use chemical fertilizers, while spraying, it’s probably best to rotate. I find myself somewhere in between, finding my way and what works best for my mental stability 😁
Leviticus 25:3-5 "Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its crop, but during the seventh year the land shall have a sabbath rest, a sabbath to the Lord, you shall not sow your field nor prune your vineyard. Your harvest's aftergrowth you shall not reap, and your grapes of untrimmed vines you shall not gather; the land shall have a sabbatical year."
The egg in the hole trick is a southern thing isn't it? Put a whole egg in the hole then the tomato plant. I started laughing when ya'll started talking about the egg in the hole as in food, then I thought maybe I heard the question wrong so I rewound and listened again. Which is it? Eating or Gardening? SHALOM
Love watching what you grow, Travis. Looking forward to showing you Deep South. Hopefully we will have a few plants growing in March.
They make it so easy... here's a 20 red cabbage... like it ain't nothing to it! Lol
20 lb
Looking forward to our visit!
You guys live gardening an your in the right area Georgia Alabama Mississippi down in South Central Florida it's a five steps up an three down on the ladder growing anything ,, great show ,, enjoy your knowledge
Great show guys. I believe the egg in the hole trick she was referring to is putting an egg in your tomato planting hole.
Haha. We totally missed that one!
You guys should put out some circulars (pamphlets)... not no books, I and many others don't have time to read books. We need short guides on crop rotation, fertilization strategies, pest control, etc. Yes I know we could probably get some of that from our extension offices, but the info you guys are putting out works well (at least here in the south), and it would save me from taking notes, and trying to keep up with them... just saying! Plus all that higher math is just hard to do at my age. ;)
Really good show tonight!
Glad you enjoyed the show! We'll add the crop family list to our blog.
That arugula feta fig pizza sounds soooo amazing and I normally like arugula but the combination sounds perfect!!!!
Definitely give it a try!
Delicious...!! I am so glad you guys make these videos for us. Very informative.
Thanks for watching!
That butter crunch lettuce I bought from you guys is some of my favorite lettuce. Travis try the balsamic vinegar,olive oil with garlic,black pepper and a little honey ,it makes a good dressing for any salad.
Sounds delish! We love that butter crunch too!
Man I’m very impressed with the deluxe seed starting kit.... even the clear top is built bulletproof.... you can even probably power wash it if you want to... although it might damage the vents... just the right size for my medium sized garden
Glad you like it! We took our time sourcing all those pieces to make sure it was all good quality.
Just ordered potatoes, along with red onion and spinach seed. Already ordered most of my seed from you few weeks ago. First time growing potatoes/can't wait. Glad you have white ones, don't like yellow potatoes. Crop rotation and planting schedules in this episode very helpful. Thank you...
Thanks for your order! We hope you have a great spring garden season!
I have been germinating my peppers by putting seeds on a slightly wet paper towel in a Ziploc bag. Closing it put on top of my freezer with folder towels to cover them. They will germinate in 5-6 days. Then plant the sprouts in cups.
Nice little trick!
I just ought to throw out every seed I have and start over with Hoss, thanks for the great videos!
Haha! Go for it! You won't be disappointed!
I take my old seeds and put them out in my back field, I always have spinach and kale come up. It keeps the deer away from my real garden. I just picked up a lot of Hoss seeds. I'm looking forward to a good growing season.
A liitle bleach with water in those new bootom trays would be an ideal way to sanitize those flats, glad it was brought up in the question segment.
That would work!
Greg just gave me a idea... he said the commercial guys use steam to sterilize their seed trays... my wife has a steamer she uses to clean the house I'm gonna steam up mine and let them dry out instead of bleach and a brush! I was thinking the powerwasher but I didn't want to deal with all that in cold weather up here... thanks a ton! Might have to get some of those pepper seed you talking about... can make a mean deer repellent out of them
My wife has one of those steamers too! Don't see why that wouldn't work!
Didn't know that about rye grass as a cleanser cover crop, thanks
Yes, works great to refresh the soil!
Ill look forward to you felllers getting some of them multi onions on your web site they look awsome, I think with some deep mulch in the winter they could work up north.
That just might work!
We just planted potatoes in 9B this is my first year for growing them. Love your show and my seed tray bottoms just came in. Thank you for providing us with such good quality items.
Hope you have a great potato crop this year!
I assumed the question about the egg in the hole referred to gardening, not cooking. 😂
I’ve tried both versions thou. The cooking one is delicious! 😊
The cooked one is the only "egg-in-the-hole" we had ever heard of -- haha!
You’ll have to go back to the original post & ask which one she meant! 😂
Hi guys. I’m new to your channel and I’m really enjoying it. My father and grandfather were gardeners but unfortunately passed away before I was able to learn much from them. I’d love to hear exactly what you guys do to start a new garden bed. Most RUclips channels I’ve been watching don’t explain that well or they are no dig or raised beds which I’m not really interested in. Also, I’d be interested in exactly what you guys do for weeds. I used the black weaved fabric last year in half my garden but the other half got other run no matter how much time and how many blisters I got trying to weed it out.
Welcome to our channel! To start a new garden bed, we like to plan a couple months before we plant. We like to till the area, wait a couple weeks, till it again and do this a few times before planting. This helps to reduce the weed pressure when we do plant. For weeding, we believe in frequent, shallow cultivation as the easiest and most effective technique. Our wheel hoe makes it easy to do that.
I will be at the HOA conference in Front Royal Virginia. I will look you up!!
See you there!
Can you put the family and rotation scheme on the website please?
We'll put it on the blog on our site.
Hoss Tools Thanks!
Another good show, thanks. Suggestion you might want to put those lists on your website including any helpful things about each vegetable.
We'll be sure to put it on our blog on the website.
@@gardeningwithhoss Thank you, I know it will be helpful
Been keeping an eye out for new videos... yall fellas must be busy
We were out of town last week and have been catching up this week. We'll still have the show tomorrow night and get back to 3 videos a week next week.
another great show guys, corn question, i layed out two rows of compost on top of my soil, now i say soil but it's actually just sand, little bit of clay in there deep,, but really sand, my plan is to let it set like that until april then till it in with some manure, then recover it with compost. they are two 4 foot wide by about 25 foot long plots that i will plant three rows of sweet corn in each. once they come up, i'll add plenty of nitrogen and keep watered. last year i planted sweet corn in compost over top of where i had my tomatoes the year before, i'm sure they were nitrogen deprived as i did get plenty of fully developed ears, but they were maybe half the size you would expect. interested to here your thoughts.
Even really good compost usually doesn't have enough nitrogen for corn. Probably going to have to supplement.
Question: I have a 4,000 sq ft garden. I practice crop rotation and amend the soil every year. I try for a pH close to 6.8. I get my soil tested every year. How do I handle the various crop pH preferences? Potatoes like a lower pH, other crops like more neutral. Should every crop just have to tolerate the same pH or should I amend the area where I have the lower pH crops planted? Thanks!
We usually aim for a pH around 6.5, which seems to work great for most crops. In a small garden situation where many different crops are grown, it would be pretty difficult to micro-manage the pH for every single crop.
Love watching y’all every week! I was wonder how y’all save y’all onion seeds and do you have specific place you grow your onions so they can seed out any advice would be appreciated!
We don't save onion seeds. The goal is for the onions not to bolt or go to seed, although it does happen sometimes -- especially with red onions.
I love your videos and products. But growing all these veggies in abundance with your help is one thing. But could you have some videos on how to preserve all of our hard work from canning, freezing, drying and other ways? Also is there certain methods better than others for particular kinds of veggies?
We should do more on those types of things, but canning and preserving are not mine (Travis) or Greg's specialty. If any canning gets done, it's usually our wives that do it. Truthfully, we don't can as much as most folks. We just enjoy it fresh when it's available.
I never thought of the cold reducing pest and disease pressure.
Helps quite a bit!
How do you rotate when you have a small 10 x24 garden. I am only one person.
Just try not to plant a row of the same family in the same spot two years in a row. Also cover cropping will help greatly.
Can you post these lists?
Yes, we'll post them to our blog in the next week or two.
I've only got a 32 x 36 garden. Would crop rotation really Be a benefit.
Yes, it would be beneficial on any scale. Cover cropping would also help you greatly.
How many Jeff Martin`s watch these fellers
@@jeffmartin693 looks like at least two.
@@jeffmartin2223 lol
Thanks that was a good show. question i have a garden that is fifty by forty and i grow all my veggies in it but corn now my rotation has always been to move everything up one row. but it got to where my yield was getting low so i let the garden lay for two years. do you have any pips
If you can separate it into subplots, that is a great way to help with the rotation. If you can't do that, you may need to skip a year on some crops.
I’m game to be a Zone 5b Chicagoland suburban test garden for the multiplying onions. I used to have Egyptian walking onions for years. Let me know. I can swing by next month on the way to FL...you don’t appear to be to far off route 75?
We're only about 25 minutes off I-75. Once we get our seed stock established, we'll be glad to let some northern growers test them for us.
That arugula is awesome on an egg salad sandwich
Oh yeah!
On the subject of crop rotation, what about cover crops of the same genus?
We usually try to rotate cover crops as well -- usually mostly between monocots and dicots as studies have suggested that each have their own mycorrhizae.
I would be curious to know how those onions due here up in the north, always looking for some good onions that do well in short season, 100 ish days, depending on the year. Can’t wait for an update in some future videos
Once we get a sufficient amount of seed stock, hopefully we can send them to some of our northern customers to see how they do.
Dear Mr. Watermelon king 🍉 👑 my husband wants us to grow some watermelons 🍉 we live on a small lot in a subdivision in south Louisiana (9b) any advice, tips anything would be appreciated. Thanks in Advance
We've got several videos on growing watermelons, but we definitely need to do a show on that as well!
Interesting show guys ! How do you both manage PH levels in your respected plots ? Do you use (or have used) a University Cooperative Extension for complete soil tesing ? Up here we use the University of NH Cooperative Extension for our soil testing. Thanks again....
Yes, our local ag extension office does cheap soil tests for us.
Hey Greg and Travis. We are down in Southwest Florida in Zone 10a. We are struggling to figure out our timing in terms of starting seeds relative to where you are at in GA. We don't really have frost concerns down here. What do you suggest?
You would be 2-4 weeks ahead of our schedule.
how do you get on your newsletter send list. Don
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How would you recommend crop rotation for container growing?
Same principles regardless the scale. Don't plant the same family in the same container in consecutive years.
What is the best cover crop that can kill fungi in the soil.
Probably mustard.
Greg, the watermelon King. Can you make a show on growing watermelons? I've tried growing them in the last two years, with mixed results. I'd love to have a tutorial on when to start, spacing, feeding and watering. Thank you in advance.
Also, where do the name Hoss comes from? I see on the row by row Fb page, that your last name is different, but you talk about Mrs. Hoss. Just curious.
Hoss was a nickname given to Greg back in the day. It's not a part of either of our real names. And we definitely should do a show on watermelons!
After the growing season such as in the north(zone 6) as an example, if you plant a winter cover crop in late fall, does that help to change or alter your crop rotation sensitivity for in the spring? Thanks for all the information about crop rotation, great show!!!
The cover crop would reduce the sensitivity. Cover crops are a way to refresh the soil!
@@gardeningwithhoss Thanks. I love my wheel and I for one appreciate all the advice you all give in your videos.
What variety is considered a summer cabbage
Wouldn't recommend trying to grow cabbage in the summer.
@@gardeningwithhoss can a round of cabbage be planted in north east Florida now
When will the Ghost pepper seed packs be on your site ?
They're already there. You can find them here: hosstools.com/product/ghost-pepper/
Thank you
How do you register an account to buy stuff from you website?
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Any ideas on how to control 2 spotted spider mites? I've tried neem oil and insecticidal soaps, horticultural oil and predatory mites. They wipe out my squash and green beans. I need the beans so I plant them as early as possible and hope for a cooler summer. I don't grow squash anymore. They also kill my marigolds and zinnias.
Try spinosad, it's the most powerful organic pest control product we have.
@@gardeningwithhoss I look for it. We have a local dealer that carries and makes a lot of organic preparations.
What is the average size of the rio Grande red cabbage?
Ours averaged about 4-5 lbs.
@@gardeningwithhoss what would be the biggest tip you can give to grow this size of cabbage? And can this variety do well in tropical areas?
Greg, How did you spank the worms?
Also, I think the "egg in the hole" question referred to placing an egg beneath a tomato transplant.
We see that now. When we hear "egg in the hole," we immediately think breakfast.
Is it too late for me to start broccoli? I'm in zone 9b. Thanks.☺
Close ... might want to do it soon!
LOL! Egg in the hole...she may have been talking about before planting tomatoes. I haven't done that, but have thrown a fish in first and had good results.
Just realized that!
Lol...guys I think your viewer that asked about an egg in the hole was talking about a planting method where you actually drop a whole raw egg in the hole you’re about to plant your tomato. I could be wrong, but I doubt it...lol.
That's exactly what they were talking about. Went right over our heads. Haha.
What about lettuce? Head lettuce and leaf lettuce. I googled it and understand that lettuce in a family of it own.
Yes, we forgot lettuce which is in the same family as sunflowers.
That “egg in the hole trick” might be talking about putting an egg in the hole that you plant your 🍅 in the garden! Several folks have talked about doing that to help the tomatoes.
Haha. Didn't even think about that. We were thinking about a breakfast food that we ate growing up!
I thought they were asking about planting them with your tomatoes as well. The idea is that the egg shell will give your tomatoes calcium and help with blossom end rot. But y’all sure did make me hungry.
As in Shallots?
These are different from shallots. We have shallots planted as well.
@@gardeningwithhoss as in splitting like shallots.
Some shallots grow larger duplex bulbs while others multiply and fan out just like Greg described.
Tilled and tarped my tater dirt this evening. Zone 8a.
Good idea!
Travis, Greg sure likes to really get in the first dig of the spur doesn't he. PS why don't you call him dad instead of Greg just asking are you ashamed of him lol!
I call him Dad in real life, but call him Greg on the show.
🇨🇦we call it Toad in a Hole👍
Never heard it called that, but it works!
Charles Dowding has a six-month progression video where he shows his garden, in it they plant in succession, no rotation. Some varieties have been planted in the same place 6, 7, and 8 times. Interesting, not preferable or recommended.
Charles Dowding lives in a completely different climate than us, with much different pest or disease pressures. So rotation might not be as big a priority for him.
Hoss Tools He is in Zone 8 and his plant varieties may vary by culture, but many are the same. He addresses the specific diseases and pest that are common to specific varieties and most places they are grown. Charles isn’t the only person who has shared his experience with this technique. I think the key is not tilling and feeding the soil microbes good quality compost. If someone is tilling every season, soil testing to amend and use chemical fertilizers, while spraying, it’s probably best to rotate. I find myself somewhere in between, finding my way and what works best for my mental stability 😁
Real men eat greens.
I killed a man once in Kansas city, after he took the last arugula from the buffet.
Damn ... you don't mess around!
Serious about your greens aren't ya?!
One time, I had to kill a thief who sneaked into my garden at night, and took a leek.
@@malcolmt7883 🤣😂🤣😂
Leviticus 25:3-5 "Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its crop, but during the seventh year the land shall have a sabbath rest, a sabbath to the Lord, you shall not sow your field nor prune your vineyard. Your harvest's aftergrowth you shall not reap, and your grapes of untrimmed vines you shall not gather; the land shall have a sabbatical year."
Always good to give the ground a break every now and then.
am i first comment?
Welcome!
The egg in the hole trick is a southern thing isn't it? Put a whole egg in the hole then the tomato plant. I started laughing when ya'll started talking about the egg in the hole as in food, then I thought maybe I heard the question wrong so I rewound and listened again. Which is it? Eating or Gardening? SHALOM
We are so silly. Completely missed the ball on that one. Just didn't realize it until now.
Not a fan of arugula, cabbage looked great, the other greens you'll had would dissappear quick.lol
Haha. They don't last long around here either!
Arugula tastes like stink bugs. 🤢
Can’t say I’ve ever had stink bug before.
Never ate a stink bug either.
Soap
Man....its wrong you didnt bring enough for the whole class.... crop rotation...uh huh.....then ya tease us with salad
Haha!