You made my day! Rollie pollies eat seedlings 👏🏽👏🏽 I don’t know how many times someone has told me otherwise, as I physically witness rollie pollies going ham on my seedlings.
Great informative video Jacques! Thank you. Look forward to the mushroom video. We just had about 10 days of rain here in Maryland and gigantic mushrooms are growing everywhere!
Good to know! I tried sorrel this year for the first time but I put it in an herb container and everything did really well. The sorrel ended up dying in extreme heat lol but didn’t seem to affect the growth of other herbs.
I've got all my raised beds on their own timer for the drip system. It allows me to have customized watering times specific to each bed. And instead of getting one of those hose links, I just added a "y" to where the timers and drip is hooked up and attached a hose to each of the other end of all the "y"s. I can therefore water without dragging a hose across the garden. To summarize, each bed has its own water hose available and is set up with its own drip system on a timer of its own. I get the best results this way.
That is for sure the most ideal setup for everything getting exactly what they need, I will be adding shutoffs but it is going to be a manual setup for toggling on and off.
@@jacquesinthegarden I had to do it this way. I'm on chemo every other week and can't go out and water my garden the same as you do. I thought this idea might help you in your times of travel or away from your garden for whatever reason. I do love to hand water because it gets you looking at the plants more frequently and probably more intently. I am not telling you what to do only suggesting a way that might make it easier for you to travel. You do you and I'll do me. Never saying your way is wrong and mine is right. That's for all the trolls who have nothing better to do. Love your channel and watching you grow things. I still learn valuable lessons even though I've been doing this since probably before you were born. I started in X1979.
Thanks! I am hoping it works because I have tried marigold, crab meal, and neem cake fertilizer none solved the problem but did seem to delay the onset.
@@jacquesinthegarden - Best of luck! I'm sure you already know this, but I read that you need to cut down the mustard 'before' it flowers then mix into the soil & water 'same day' to ensure the enzymes can do their thing. Pre-flowering and same day mixed into soil were stressed as being vital to making it work.
I was teased by my finicky-weathered state. I planted my fall garden a few weeks ago, but temps got up to 90 today, despite my average first frost date being 4 days away 😒
I just encountered a similar although not as severe situation leaving some tomato seedlings on top of a raised bed. They were super quick to root into the soil. However, I think if we time it right, it could definitely speed up the root production without causing a mat of roots. Love your vids. I try to add vids of my Florida garden when I feel up for it. To my knowledge, all of Florida native soil has root-knot nematodes....
Oof, that is rough to hear about them being so present. This year in addition to the mustard I plan on applying beneficial nematodes to the soil after I finished with the mustard to help establish a beneficial population instead.
I hope you had a fantastic time in Maine. I live near Boston and the weather has been perfect for fall. Thanks for all the great gardening content. I’ve learned so much this year from you and the Epic team. ✌️
After Monday is when my weather in Napa is deciding to be below 90. It’s been absolutely rough (100+) and I’m glad I waited just a tad bit longer to put stuff out in the garden! Can’t wait to try out that purple broccoli by you guys!!!
You are always such a wealth of information, Jacques! Thank you for your ideas and information and joy in the garden...I can't wait to get one, myself!
Oh Jacques! I was Like number 490 this time rather than the first Like. I was a bit slow on the draw this time. ( I really dont know why it is so satisfying to click the like button and trying to hit a chosen number. Sort of like playing bingo or the slots lol )
Planted some Belstar broccoli kind of late - got them from the nursery. Grew like champs all through the summer, still producing lots of nice side shoots. Used to grow it in NY with great success, don't know why I didn't stick with that variety, it does better than anything else I have tried. Going to order some seed for next year.
It’s been unusually warm in WI and getting close to frost. Have some fall veg in that requires a bit of work once frost is near. Still waiting for Tabasco peppers-2nd year and they need a longer season. As hot as they are we probably only need a few😅. It’s so strange to hear you starting flowers-here, everything is winding down. I would be so confused if I could garden year round😂.
Not sure if you know this, you may, but there is a fantastic mushroom grower here in San Diego, his name is Eric and his company is Muller's Mushrooms. He is not on RUclips but he does have an Instagram.
Hey Jacques! I do something similar to the bed of soil that you used with your starts but I don't have issues with roots growing out into this medium...I use a bed of off cuts of wool. It has the same moisture retention properties, and avoids molding or harboring fungus because wool is amazing and antimicrobial. Im a fiber artist with sheep keeping buddies, so raw wool is something abundant in my life, perhaps you could find a local source of off cuts. But it also seems that the bed of soil/rooting situation with the starts worked pretty well for you as is!
@@jacquesinthegardenI’ve seen some sheep farmers experimenting with the waste wool and making them into balls to sprinkle in the soil. I wondered about that and then think of the lanolin content. Not sure if they wash the wool, but lanolin is hydrophobic and wool repels moisture so not sure how well it works. Have to check in with the gal up north as she tried it in high tunnel soil.
This is the first time I’ve planned for a fall garden…and I didn’t think to start any Brussels sprouts. I plant all my brassicas in covered beds. It’s the only way I can deal with the insect pressure. Still waiting on a few of my summer crops to free up space. Love your videos! I can’t wait to see your North Spore tour.
Husky Cherry Tomato is my Fav Jacques!!I grow it every year. I look for the containers with more than one plant in it and mine grow through winter too! SoCal👊🏼👍🏼🤚🏼☝🏼
I love broccoli like you. I hope they grow for me this year. I loved seeing Cosmo going back and forth in the background in the beginning and then he came to rest at the end. I’m looking forward to seeing the mushroom tour. Question: Do you still have the Ecoflow discount code? Thank you. I’m looking forward to seeing how your garden looks when these plants grow.
Cosmo is always fun to watch, definitely the silliest dog I've had! I think the ecoflow code they gave me was short-lived but I may have a future video in the works 👀.
I wonder if there’s enough compost on that low-till bed? It looks very flat to me & it should be akin to a raised bed without any sides so I imagine there hasn’t been a thick enough layer of compost ontop, or it looks like it is possibly due for more? I’m in Aus with a similar hot climate & saw an immediate difference when I made one no-dig and one dig bed, mainly because of how the water ran off the dug bed and was absorbed into the no dig ones. The dug beds have been constant trouble & weeds compared to the no dig ones even though I stopped digging over a year ago now, I feel like those beds are only just starting to recover with a second year of thick compost. (I’m also on heavy clay, I find compost helps to soften it)
It has been a challenge mostly due to the compost I have available to me. I had mostly access to a manure based fertilizer which led to over supply of some nutrients like Potassium and Phosphorous according to soil tests. So this year I plan on supplementing the bed with my home made compost instead. The organic matter has not been working down deeper into the soil like I had hoped but I think I am overall neglecting this bed and I need to give it some more attention.
Hey Jacques! Very interesting about that mustard seed. Can i have the full spelling please to see if we can get it in the UK please? Is it invasive at all or just like normal mustards? Rolly pollies = woodlice for younger UK growers. Didn't catch with CC what the flowers were in between the broclets? Is purple spouting broccoli the same as broccolini in terms of trimming down? We have no problem with early rain in London, UK! I have been nervous to plant out some but have been using 2ltr bottles, cut at the base to cover them, before we can take out the tomatoes and put up the garden mesh, after topping up the be with cardboard, manure, homemade worm casting and compost. After that we can plant out the cabbages and broccoli, etc. I make lots of plant pots and such from fizzy bottles and i am thinking with the condensation levels in the over pots so make several more vents this year down the sides for the covers. 4ft = 1.2m. Same size as our re purposed sand pit. 74cm deep. Looks so much smaller on camera. We plant our sprouts in late spring. They seem to do better up north or cooler wet temps. We now have pea sized sprouts but north they are doing well. When do you get to harvest them though? We love sprouts for the Christmas period. Hope you had a great trip! Someone mentioned you about you over wintering peppers video, etc on a UK channel and we were "fan girling" that we love your channel. Kathy+numbers. I just looked at your sub count now and it's amazing! Having been there from your first video, i really do love the growth of your garden and channel. It's a great thing that you don't include your bro Jake on this channel! You are chill and interesting enough without him. Yes you have more faces on your channel but there is no need to add "gimmicks". You are enough, Take care x
The one I used is Pacific Gold Mustard but there are actually a few different mustard species that have been bred for the purpose. If you search up Mustard Cover crop for root knot nematode control you should see a decent selection, at least 3-5. The flowers I planted were Alyssum, Lobelia, and Cosmos (Rubenza and Xanadu) I basically treat like a broccolini, you can even top them early to get more branching and lower plant. That is interesting about your sprouts, they tend to be formed and firm around start of spring when planted in fall, generally March to April. I tend to pick them when they feel firm and call it a day as long as they are at least 3 cm. That is great to hear about the overwintering video! Don't worry I don't need Jake's help over here on my channel! Thanks for watching from the start I love to hear that you've been along from the start!
Jacques on the 4x4 bed that you don't care about, the one you just planted with cauliflower. I'm wondering if planter is that deep, could I plant potatoes below cauliflower? Or too crowded? Thx
You could actually try to double dip that way. They are both pretty decent feeders so you would have to make sure you supplement with extra fertility and water. The downside would come from not timing it right. You want to make sure the cauliflower ripens around the same time as the potatoes so that the potato harvest doesn't damage too many roots of the cauliflower
How do your Brussels sprouts fail every year? I’m in LA and also struggle with Brussels. Mine either don’t size up too much or they open up/aren’t tight. Gonna try to fertilize the hell out of them this year along with starting them early.
Usually they form up perfectly right at the same time that aphids show up again in spring tendering them covered. I may go with fine mesh netting this year to block them out
@@jacquesinthegardenwell I had netting and started Brussels really early and it was the first year I ever had aphids, But I didn’t have cabbage moth caterpillars 👏🏼👏🏼. I really prefer to harvest after a light frost, but they grew too quick this year with all that rain and planting earlier than normal. So not sure if netting will help.
Brassicas like heavy soil and are heavy feeders. Pinching center growth at top once they are tall enough will make sprouts fill out. Also remove some lower limbs as they develop.
Will your thick layer of straw be enough to combat these next 1-2 heat waves here in SD? I don't want my lettuce transplants to bolt 🤣 but again I am on the coast.
Ahh you just missed the Common Ground fair in Central Maine, it's a really popular agricultural fair here. Have you looked into visiting Johnny's Selected Seeds?
@@jacquesinthegardenthere is Fedco, Wood Prairie Farm and Four Season Farm partially founded by Eliot Coleman. I’m sure there are many more interesting garden places to visit there. Family near Portland frequently talk about a famous pie, lobster boils, ect.
I’m interested in the mustard to combat root rot nematodes. Will it work on grubs in containers? I’m thinking the starts survived the heat because of the additional soil to root into for stronger plants. Have a great trip.
It should work in containers for nematodes but for grubs its honestly easiest to just sift the soil on 1/2" mesh and just pick out the majority of the grubs. If they are smaller then you could sift at 1/4" but that is a pain to get a bunch of soil through.
Down to Earth fertilizer. I’m about an hour south from their store & finally made it in recently. Do you like their fertilizer?? I got some of their liquid fish/seaweed. I’ve only used it once, so we will see :)
You mentioned Rollie pollies. How do you get rid of them. They have been in my raised bed for 2 years now. They drill right through all my squash like a human being took a huge bite out of them.
Actually getting rid of them is a true challenge. I've also lost some fruit this year to them and it is a huge bummer because you don't see it until it's too late. I haven't dove too deep into it but using the sluggo + helps a little and knocks down small populations.
I started them in the 6 cells outside then once they germinated I placed them into the tray with extra soil in it and allowed them to continue growing just like that.
They can tolerate them but they will still be affected. Chocolate Sprinkles cherry is one, Big Beef , Granadero, and Lemon Boy Plus were the ones I grew.
@@jacquesinthegarden I'll be fine, I have shade cloth and thirsty earth cups. Everything survived the 110°F+ week and a half that we had a few weeks ago
We have two different kits on our website a small and large kit. The large one comes with extra parts for a central support beam if you need it to be bigger. shop.epicgardening.com/collections/garden-bed-accessories/products/maker-pipe-kit-6-in-1 shop.epicgardening.com/collections/garden-bed-accessories/products/maker-pipe-kit-8-in-1
For the full selection of emt connectors go to Maker Pipe. They have all kinds of ideas and photos submitted by makers. They also have a pretty good RUclips channel. Sorry Jacques
It's all part of the challenge! I get them but I never get them perfect and what I want is to nail it, so it's more of a side hobby than a practical thing. But it is silly
@@jacquesinthegarden Oh, gotcha, you're a perfectionist :) for me, i would consider it a success. with any luck.. that's why they call me "JAKE" ;) "insanity is doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different result". but I expect the same result each time, very little brussels. Good day sir!!
Aggh! My garden has a major infestation of these and my yearly application of Scanmask beneficial nematodes *sort of* keeps it under control, though application is time consuming and inconvenient (hard to get enough rain water). But regarding using mustard, marigold, etc to suppress RKN, I have a question NO ONE has ever been able to answer, including BioLogic. Which is: Does mustard/marigold/etc only suppress harmful nematodes, or would it also kill my beneficial nematodes?
@@jacquesinthegarden Well, I've done this in the past, and it has worked. You have to be careful with them and not just blast the soil off. It's like Chef Jean Pierre, "You have to be delicate". LOL. Anyway. Hope they all grow for ya.
@jacquesinthegarden I have some unknown variety of hardneck garlic from Italy my father was gifted from his client. It’s hands down the largest heads of actual garlic before elephant garlic. I would like to gift you some but am not sure how to do so. Let me know what you think. I’m vernalizing now.
The only real solution is to block access. This is done with metal mesh placed at the bottom of the bed. However... we have dug down about halfway in beds and laid down mesh before reburying and that has worked well enough for us.
Hello, your video content looks so attractive! Are you interested in reviewing the Smart Irrigation Controller? It can make lawn watering easier and more efficient, if you're interested, we can provide a sample.😊
You made my day! Rollie pollies eat seedlings 👏🏽👏🏽 I don’t know how many times someone has told me otherwise, as I physically witness rollie pollies going ham on my seedlings.
Same. I can't even direct sow it's so bad. Seedling trays everywhere!
This is exactly why I transplant so much! The rolly pollies are ruthless
The tomatoes in the back when you said you don't care if they live or die: "Am I a joke to you?" 😂
If they want to be here they have to prove it!
Love your channel. Would enjoy seeing more of your chickens.
I really need to show them more, not sure why I've left them out lately!
me too!! chicken update soon!!
Can’t wait for the mushroom farm tour! Hopefully you’ll also be able to share some of the beautiful scenery from Maine.
It is such a beautiful state! Should come out on the main channel around mid to late October.
@@jacquesinthegarden hello. This is completely off topic, but I was just very interested in what your thoughts are about God/religion.
Great informative video Jacques! Thank you. Look forward to the mushroom video. We just had about 10 days of rain here in Maryland and gigantic mushrooms are growing everywhere!
I wish It rained while I was there it would have been a mushroom wonderland!
That's one heck of a fall planting campaign. Hopefully those Brussels will thrive for you this year.
Thank you! I hope I get a harvest this spring
Hey Jaques, the reason your cucumbers next to your sorrel failed is because sorrel is allelopathic like sunflower.
Oh that is interesting, I haven't looked into sorrel much yet but that totally makes sense as things around it are suffering. Thanks for sharing!
@@jacquesinthegarden no problem! I found out catnip is also allelopathic this year, too, by planting it near my carrots.
Good to know! I tried sorrel this year for the first time but I put it in an herb container and everything did really well. The sorrel ended up dying in extreme heat lol but didn’t seem to affect the growth of other herbs.
My French sorrel is dead center of my perennial bed with no plants struggling. Maybe annuals can’t compete but perennials do just fine.
@@_spacejelly_did not know that about sorrel and catnip!! Explains a lot! Thank you!
I've got all my raised beds on their own timer for the drip system. It allows me to have customized watering times specific to each bed. And instead of getting one of those hose links, I just added a "y" to where the timers and drip is hooked up and attached a hose to each of the other end of all the "y"s. I can therefore water without dragging a hose across the garden. To summarize, each bed has its own water hose available and is set up with its own drip system on a timer of its own. I get the best results this way.
That is for sure the most ideal setup for everything getting exactly what they need, I will be adding shutoffs but it is going to be a manual setup for toggling on and off.
@@jacquesinthegarden
I had to do it this way. I'm on chemo every other week and can't go out and water my garden the same as you do. I thought this idea might help you in your times of travel or away from your garden for whatever reason. I do love to hand water because it gets you looking at the plants more frequently and probably more intently. I am not telling you what to do only suggesting a way that might make it easier for you to travel. You do you and I'll do me. Never saying your way is wrong and mine is right. That's for all the trolls who have nothing better to do. Love your channel and watching you grow things. I still learn valuable lessons even though I've been doing this since probably before you were born. I started in X1979.
Enjoy your trip! Your gardens always look amazing!
Thank you!
Great video Jacques... I especially appreciate the Mustard idea for suppressing root knot nematodes. Happy gardening!
Thanks! I am hoping it works because I have tried marigold, crab meal, and neem cake fertilizer none solved the problem but did seem to delay the onset.
@@jacquesinthegarden - Best of luck! I'm sure you already know this, but I read that you need to cut down the mustard 'before' it flowers then mix into the soil & water 'same day' to ensure the enzymes can do their thing. Pre-flowering and same day mixed into soil were stressed as being vital to making it work.
I was teased by my finicky-weathered state. I planted my fall garden a few weeks ago, but temps got up to 90 today, despite my average first frost date being 4 days away 😒
Love me some Jacques gardening ASMR after work 🥰
I just encountered a similar although not as severe situation leaving some tomato seedlings on top of a raised bed. They were super quick to root into the soil. However, I think if we time it right, it could definitely speed up the root production without causing a mat of roots. Love your vids. I try to add vids of my Florida garden when I feel up for it. To my knowledge, all of Florida native soil has root-knot nematodes....
Oof, that is rough to hear about them being so present. This year in addition to the mustard I plan on applying beneficial nematodes to the soil after I finished with the mustard to help establish a beneficial population instead.
I hope you had a fantastic time in Maine. I live near Boston and the weather has been perfect for fall. Thanks for all the great gardening content. I’ve learned so much this year from you and the Epic team. ✌️
After Monday is when my weather in Napa is deciding to be below 90. It’s been absolutely rough (100+) and I’m glad I waited just a tad bit longer to put stuff out in the garden! Can’t wait to try out that purple broccoli by you guys!!!
Burgundy* 🤔
It is both a purple broccoli but technically called a a burgundy broccoli haha. I am excited to hear how it works for you!
So lovely! Thanks for the tip on growing big cabbages, that’s great to know.
You are always such a wealth of information, Jacques! Thank you for your ideas and information and joy in the garden...I can't wait to get one, myself!
I wish you accelerated acquisition of said garden space! Hopefully you'll get your hands in the soil soon!
Oh Jacques! I was Like number 490 this time rather than the first Like. I was a bit slow on the draw this time. ( I really dont know why it is so satisfying to click the like button and trying to hit a chosen number. Sort of like playing bingo or the slots lol )
Haha I love that! Anytime you show up you are on time!
@@jacquesinthegarden Awwww. Thanks
Planted some Belstar broccoli kind of late - got them from the nursery. Grew like champs all through the summer, still producing lots of nice side shoots. Used to grow it in NY with great success, don't know why I didn't stick with that variety, it does better than anything else I have tried. Going to order some seed for next year.
It's a fantastic and reliable variety that is a champion of side shoot production.
OMG JACQUE!!!! I love Northern Spore! So excited to see what you get up to with them 💖💖🍄🍄
Great video! Keep up the great work! Love from Lakeside CA
It’s been unusually warm in WI and getting close to frost. Have some fall veg in that requires a bit of work once frost is near. Still waiting for Tabasco peppers-2nd year and they need a longer season. As hot as they are we probably only need a few😅. It’s so strange to hear you starting flowers-here, everything is winding down. I would be so confused if I could garden year round😂.
It is honestly confusing! There is no good guide or information just generalized info most of what I do is trial and error going off vibes!
Not sure if you know this, you may, but there is a fantastic mushroom grower here in San Diego, his name is Eric and his company is Muller's Mushrooms. He is not on RUclips but he does have an Instagram.
I've gone ahead and added him on IG thanks for the heads up!
@@jacquesinthegarden awesome! He does some cool stuff.
Yay!! Welcome to Maine!
It was a great experience!
Im always happy when you upload. Makes me day and think about gardening no matter what the weather. I think i have a obsession 😂
It is a worthy obsession!
Hey Jacques! I do something similar to the bed of soil that you used with your starts but I don't have issues with roots growing out into this medium...I use a bed of off cuts of wool. It has the same moisture retention properties, and avoids molding or harboring fungus because wool is amazing and antimicrobial. Im a fiber artist with sheep keeping buddies, so raw wool is something abundant in my life, perhaps you could find a local source of off cuts. But it also seems that the bed of soil/rooting situation with the starts worked pretty well for you as is!
That's super cool, I've seen a bunch of really interesting uses for wool and I would love to use it more in the garden
@@jacquesinthegardenI’ve seen some sheep farmers experimenting with the waste wool and making them into balls to sprinkle in the soil. I wondered about that and then think of the lanolin content. Not sure if they wash the wool, but lanolin is hydrophobic and wool repels moisture so not sure how well it works. Have to check in with the gal up north as she tried it in high tunnel soil.
Enjoy the sorrel...UK summer borsht ❤
Safe travels 🧳🥾
Oh I need to try making summer borscht I totally forgot about it!
This is the first time I’ve planned for a fall garden…and I didn’t think to start any Brussels sprouts. I plant all my brassicas in covered beds. It’s the only way I can deal with the insect pressure. Still waiting on a few of my summer crops to free up space. Love your videos! I can’t wait to see your North Spore tour.
I hope you find the fall garden as wonderful as I do!
Aphids. Aphids. Aphids. Now I not only have the furry looking ones, I also have the little black fly ones. All my brassicas and my bok choys 😢
I fought with those nematode bugers in my last location. I learned Asparagus isn't bothered by them though
They are truly terrible. I recently learned that wine cap mushrooms actually will hunt and kill them underground!
Husky Cherry Tomato is my Fav Jacques!!I grow it every year. I look for the containers with more than one plant in it and mine grow through winter too! SoCal👊🏼👍🏼🤚🏼☝🏼
Its a champion, only Bonnie plant I go out of my way to get!
@@jacquesinthegarden me too Jacques!!
I love broccoli like you. I hope they grow for me this year. I loved seeing Cosmo going back and forth in the background in the beginning and then he came to rest at the end. I’m looking forward to seeing the mushroom tour.
Question: Do you still have the Ecoflow discount code? Thank you.
I’m looking forward to seeing how your garden looks when these plants grow.
Cosmo is always fun to watch, definitely the silliest dog I've had! I think the ecoflow code they gave me was short-lived but I may have a future video in the works 👀.
Mushroom farm sounds like a good time 🍄! RKN is one of my secret fears 😂
Apparently RKN can be hunted down by wine cap mushroom mycelium!
@@jacquesinthegarden oh that’s good to know!
Cosmo the dog was looking like Anubis, the Egyptian god of death, the way he was posed on the other side of the fence at 24:53 ...💀
He is always watching!
interesting video, as always - though, a lol included since one type of mustard is a constant in the eradication process in CA...thank you
Mustard can for sure be a challenge as an invasive plant in California. I am going to be hyper vigilant when terminating it before it sets seeds!
I also used that Biotone Fertilizer I notice pill bugs eating the roots of my Winter Squash. Its the only place that actually has that Fertilizer.
I wonder if there’s enough compost on that low-till bed? It looks very flat to me & it should be akin to a raised bed without any sides so I imagine there hasn’t been a thick enough layer of compost ontop, or it looks like it is possibly due for more? I’m in Aus with a similar hot climate & saw an immediate difference when I made one no-dig and one dig bed, mainly because of how the water ran off the dug bed and was absorbed into the no dig ones. The dug beds have been constant trouble & weeds compared to the no dig ones even though I stopped digging over a year ago now, I feel like those beds are only just starting to recover with a second year of thick compost. (I’m also on heavy clay, I find compost helps to soften it)
It has been a challenge mostly due to the compost I have available to me. I had mostly access to a manure based fertilizer which led to over supply of some nutrients like Potassium and Phosphorous according to soil tests. So this year I plan on supplementing the bed with my home made compost instead. The organic matter has not been working down deeper into the soil like I had hoped but I think I am overall neglecting this bed and I need to give it some more attention.
Hey Jacques!
Very interesting about that mustard seed. Can i have the full spelling please to see if we can get it in the UK please? Is it invasive at all or just like normal mustards?
Rolly pollies = woodlice for younger UK growers.
Didn't catch with CC what the flowers were in between the broclets?
Is purple spouting broccoli the same as broccolini in terms of trimming down?
We have no problem with early rain in London, UK! I have been nervous to plant out some but have been using 2ltr bottles, cut at the base to cover them, before we can take out the tomatoes and put up the garden mesh, after topping up the be with cardboard, manure, homemade worm casting and compost. After that we can plant out the cabbages and broccoli, etc.
I make lots of plant pots and such from fizzy bottles and i am thinking with the condensation levels in the over pots so make several more vents this year down the sides for the covers.
4ft = 1.2m. Same size as our re purposed sand pit. 74cm deep. Looks so much smaller on camera.
We plant our sprouts in late spring. They seem to do better up north or cooler wet temps. We now have pea sized sprouts but north they are doing well. When do you get to harvest them though? We love sprouts for the Christmas period.
Hope you had a great trip! Someone mentioned you about you over wintering peppers video, etc on a UK channel and we were "fan girling" that we love your channel. Kathy+numbers.
I just looked at your sub count now and it's amazing! Having been there from your first video, i really do love the growth of your garden and channel.
It's a great thing that you don't include your bro Jake on this channel! You are chill and interesting enough without him.
Yes you have more faces on your channel but there is no need to add "gimmicks". You are enough, Take care x
The one I used is Pacific Gold Mustard but there are actually a few different mustard species that have been bred for the purpose. If you search up Mustard Cover crop for root knot nematode control you should see a decent selection, at least 3-5.
The flowers I planted were Alyssum, Lobelia, and Cosmos (Rubenza and Xanadu)
I basically treat like a broccolini, you can even top them early to get more branching and lower plant.
That is interesting about your sprouts, they tend to be formed and firm around start of spring when planted in fall, generally March to April. I tend to pick them when they feel firm and call it a day as long as they are at least 3 cm.
That is great to hear about the overwintering video!
Don't worry I don't need Jake's help over here on my channel! Thanks for watching from the start I love to hear that you've been along from the start!
Jacques on the 4x4 bed that you don't care about, the one you just planted with cauliflower. I'm wondering if planter is that deep, could I plant potatoes below cauliflower? Or too crowded? Thx
You could actually try to double dip that way. They are both pretty decent feeders so you would have to make sure you supplement with extra fertility and water. The downside would come from not timing it right. You want to make sure the cauliflower ripens around the same time as the potatoes so that the potato harvest doesn't damage too many roots of the cauliflower
How do your Brussels sprouts fail every year? I’m in LA and also struggle with Brussels. Mine either don’t size up too much or they open up/aren’t tight. Gonna try to fertilize the hell out of them this year along with starting them early.
Usually they form up perfectly right at the same time that aphids show up again in spring tendering them covered. I may go with fine mesh netting this year to block them out
I live in North County and my Brussel sprouts never got round, just a huge plant.
@@jacquesinthegardenwell I had netting and started Brussels really early and it was the first year I ever had aphids, But I didn’t have cabbage moth caterpillars 👏🏼👏🏼. I really prefer to harvest after a light frost, but they grew too quick this year with all that rain and planting earlier than normal. So not sure if netting will help.
@@geriwilliamson9678chop the top growth center and they will fill out.
Brassicas like heavy soil and are heavy feeders. Pinching center growth at top once they are tall enough will make sprouts fill out. Also remove some lower limbs as they develop.
Will your thick layer of straw be enough to combat these next 1-2 heat waves here in SD? I don't want my lettuce transplants to bolt 🤣 but again I am on the coast.
I add extra straw and water from above on the freshly planted seedlings every day in little spurts to ensure they have near root water access
Lol, I read SD as S. Dakota until I thought about it 😅 it made more sense then.
@@dustyflats3832 😂 it happens
Ahh you just missed the Common Ground fair in Central Maine, it's a really popular agricultural fair here. Have you looked into visiting Johnny's Selected Seeds?
I actually made it to common grounds! Shot a whole vlog while there!
I would love to visit Johnny's, maybe on the next trip!
@@jacquesinthegardenthere is Fedco, Wood Prairie Farm and Four Season Farm partially founded by Eliot Coleman. I’m sure there are many more interesting garden places to visit there. Family near Portland frequently talk about a famous pie, lobster boils, ect.
Watch him at 22:01 lol just chucks those seedlings
I am ruthless with extra seedlings! That was the extra I plucked out of the 6 cell
I’m interested in the mustard to combat root rot nematodes. Will it work on grubs in containers?
I’m thinking the starts survived the heat because of the additional soil to root into for stronger plants.
Have a great trip.
It should work in containers for nematodes but for grubs its honestly easiest to just sift the soil on 1/2" mesh and just pick out the majority of the grubs. If they are smaller then you could sift at 1/4" but that is a pain to get a bunch of soil through.
Down to Earth fertilizer. I’m about an hour south from their store & finally made it in recently. Do you like their fertilizer?? I got some of their liquid fish/seaweed. I’ve only used it once, so we will see :)
How does one get root knot nematodes! Are they in my native soil?
It can come from a variety of ways but sadly my guess is that they hitched a ride on a start I bough at the nursery :(
@2:50 i spy hibiscus ❤
I do have a "Rozelle" hibiscus!
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I haven’t started any seeds yet, do I still have time for cabbages, broccoli etc. zone 9b?
You mentioned Rollie pollies. How do you get rid of them. They have been in my raised bed for 2 years now. They drill right through all my squash like a human being took a huge bite out of them.
Actually getting rid of them is a true challenge. I've also lost some fruit this year to them and it is a huge bummer because you don't see it until it's too late. I haven't dove too deep into it but using the sluggo + helps a little and knocks down small populations.
So all those seeds were started on top of those beds or did you start them indoors and bring them out to grow more on top of those beds?
I started them in the 6 cells outside then once they germinated I placed them into the tray with extra soil in it and allowed them to continue growing just like that.
What type of tomatoes are those that can grow with root nematodes?
They can tolerate them but they will still be affected. Chocolate Sprinkles cherry is one, Big Beef , Granadero, and Lemon Boy Plus were the ones I grew.
Its still over 100°F up here in the Inland Empire
We had a second "heat wave" and we are in the mid to upper 80s now but dang 100 still is rough!
@@jacquesinthegarden I'll be fine, I have shade cloth and thirsty earth cups. Everything survived the 110°F+ week and a half that we had a few weeks ago
Where did Jacque get those three way connectors used in the conduit trellis!? I can’t find those sold stand alone
We have two different kits on our website a small and large kit. The large one comes with extra parts for a central support beam if you need it to be bigger.
shop.epicgardening.com/collections/garden-bed-accessories/products/maker-pipe-kit-6-in-1
shop.epicgardening.com/collections/garden-bed-accessories/products/maker-pipe-kit-8-in-1
For the full selection of emt connectors go to Maker Pipe. They have all kinds of ideas and photos submitted by makers. They also have a pretty good RUclips channel. Sorry Jacques
@@judysocal8682 thanks!
@@jacquesinthegarden thanks!
seems kinda silly to keep planting brussell sprouts if you think they're not going to make it... lol
It's all part of the challenge! I get them but I never get them perfect and what I want is to nail it, so it's more of a side hobby than a practical thing. But it is silly
@@jacquesinthegarden Oh, gotcha, you're a perfectionist :) for me, i would consider it a success. with any luck.. that's why they call me "JAKE" ;) "insanity is doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different result". but I expect the same result each time, very little brussels. Good day sir!!
Aggh! My garden has a major infestation of these and my yearly application of Scanmask beneficial nematodes *sort of* keeps it under control, though application is time consuming and inconvenient (hard to get enough rain water). But regarding using mustard, marigold, etc to suppress RKN, I have a question NO ONE has ever been able to answer, including BioLogic. Which is: Does mustard/marigold/etc only suppress harmful nematodes, or would it also kill my beneficial nematodes?
I think I would have gently rinsed those roots to knock off that soil. Probably could have saved a little more of them.
Then you have the chance of losing so much soil that the roots suffer at the start. I agree though that can be a really ideal option.
@@jacquesinthegarden Well, I've done this in the past, and it has worked. You have to be careful with them and not just blast the soil off. It's like Chef Jean Pierre, "You have to be delicate". LOL. Anyway. Hope they all grow for ya.
@jacquesinthegarden I have some unknown variety of hardneck garlic from Italy my father was gifted from his client. It’s hands down the largest heads of actual garlic before elephant garlic. I would like to gift you some but am not sure how to do so. Let me know what you think. I’m vernalizing now.
Hey Jacques, sorry if I butchered your name. Do you have any solution to gophers besides traps that kill them?
The only real solution is to block access. This is done with metal mesh placed at the bottom of the bed. However... we have dug down about halfway in beds and laid down mesh before reburying and that has worked well enough for us.
Brussel Sprouts... Jacques' own White Whale 🐳
Every other year I get them just perfect!
wait, are we meant to have a plan?
You probably should have done laundry loads in between plantings.
Haha Its ok I just pack at midnight
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SOAK those root bound starter pots, and snip the pots away from your plants.