Do This NOW To Turbocharge Your Container Garden!
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- Опубликовано: 20 июн 2024
- In this video, I share everything you need to do to grow an incredible container garden! Growing a container garden successfully is a game of resource management, because container gardens are limited to what you provide them. They cannot survive without us, so we must treat them right. These 5 steps are things you should do now to turbocharge your container garden for the best gardening season ever!
Remember, growing plants in containers is not a natural process. We need to grow container gardens differently than we would grow a garden in soil. I treat my container garden very different than my raised bed garden. When you understand the mindset behind gardening in containers, it makes it a lot easier to achieve fantastic success!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Why Container Gardening Is Different
1:20 Step #1: Weeding
2:32 Step #2: Refreshing
4:08 Step #3: Fertilizing
7:27 Step #4: Composting & Mulching
11:15 Step #5: Watering
15:41 Adventures With Dale
If you have any questions about how to how to grow plants in containers, have questions about growing fruit trees or want to know about the things I grow in my raised bed vegetable garden and edible landscaping food forest, are looking for more gardening tips and tricks and garden hacks, have questions about vegetable gardening and organic gardening in general, or want to share some DIY and "how to" garden tips and gardening hacks of your own, please ask in the Comments below!
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If you enjoyed this video, please “Like” and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😊TIMESTAMPS for convenience:
0:00 Why Container Gardening Is Different
1:20 Step #1: Weeding
2:32 Step #2: Refreshing
4:08 Step #3: Fertilizing
7:27 Step #4: Composting & Mulching
11:15 Step #5: Watering
15:41 Adventures With Dale
How do you know if your citrus tree is getting rootbound to the pot?
@@shekharmoona544 You would have to lift it out of the pot and take a look at the rootball.
a) Use your own compost. I did not count how many full loads of compost I got from my heap, but I am still using some today to repot some herbs and flowers.
b) Overfertilizing containers is worse than too little, cause it is easy to salt the earth and then your plant will die. Tomato plants show when they got too much food by curling their leaves, other plants are more difficult and we should be very careful with fertilizer. Please warn your viewers!
c) Mulch: I mowed my lawn yesterday. Used the grass cuttings as mulch on my vegetables in my gardenbeds. Any high-carbon mulch like you use needs extra nitrogen fertilizer underneath. Again, please warn your viewers.
Therefore I am sorry, but no thumbsup today from me.
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Hi, this video was very helpful as I have been looking for help with my container garden, especially a fig tree. So to confirm I understand correctly, you also add the compost and mulch every two weeks? If so what do you do with the old? Thanks!
You and James Prigioni are my go to experts… First garden in several years and this time I’m doing research… A lot of it…. I had to narrow it down to a few channels since there’s so many opinions as well as methods . I’m gonna give it my all. Thanks brother..
I think James would agree with me when I say neither of us are experts. At least I certainly am not. I just love doing this and experiment a lot. It’s fun and fulfilling to me. I’m glad you’re enjoying the channel! You don’t need to be an expert to garden. It’s all in the love.
Same 2 gardeners I follow!
Might want to add Gardener Scott & Next Level Gardening, since they are the only master gardeners I have found. Also, Epic Gardening has some of the best all around content and is the most popular channel for gardening. Last channel I would suggest is Build A Soil, for his amazing knowledge about living soil and indoor growing. I used to watch James, but got bored at his lack of diverse content and this guy I recently subbed to, but is a little more click baity.
LOVE James!!!!
I always get a little scared when James does that jumping what's up thing
I’ve grown container vegetables x 2 Seasons now and have watched many RUclips “gardeners” for information during that time. This year, I found you here….and let me say you are the best. You are a good presenter: well organized, stay on track, get to the point quickly and give relevant information.
Thank you. I'm an engineer, so I'm allergic to chaos 😆 I'm glad you're enjoying the videos, and I really appreciate knowing they're helping you.
agree
Here, here!
You're one of the only garden channels, not in my area, that I watch regularly. Growing food in the hot AZ desert is very different than other climates so I try to ignore any advice unless it's specific to my area, but you're the exception. I always learn a lot from your videos even though you have a lot more natural moisture to work with than I do. Thanks!
@@TheMillennialGardener yes clear, thorough content presented in a professional delivery. Makes a huge difference.
Excellent tutorial. ❤❤❤ it. These steps I need to start all my seedlings in containers as idh in ground areas. You solved all my dilemmas. Can’t wait to start. Hi fr CA. Thank you so much. More blessings to you.
You have easily become my favorite garden RUclips channel. I appreciate how straight to the point you are!
I live in Durham, NC. I have followed your gardening instructions to the letter. I have done each and everything you said I should do. The result is a garden of such magnificence that I am humbled. My figs and tomatoes are beautiful and loaded with fruit. Everything is. I am honestly grateful. You do a great job and I am a far better gardener because of you. I want to shake your hand and say thank you. Thank you!
I'm really happy to hear that! I try hard to provide detail, but without being too wordy. Gardens are kind of like children. The more love you invest into them, the more you usually get back. It's work, but the reward is incredible.
Just love how easily and no nonsense he explains everything. The content here is extremely relevant, no fluff. Really appreciate it. 👍
Oh my goodness, what a polite young boy Dale is!! Those crazy eyes when his dad says "ok" is funny!!
I am just starting my gardening journey and was blessed to have found your channel. Now I am obsessed with your videos. I take copious notes from every single video. Sleep is a part of history because of the obsession of watching your videos. Thank you, thank you, thank you for truly teaching us actual step by step process. God bless you 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
I always learn so much from you! Thank you for all your educational videos and common sense approach! I’m growing in bags and 2 GreenStalks. I started everything from seed for the first time ever! It got really cool here in central Virginia and everything was stunted……lettuce was only good for micro greens. Things are getting hard to find in the grocery stores so I am planting more beans, tomatoes and other veggies because it’s worrying me that canned items (which I generally hate) aren’t available. I’m learning more from you than the “old time gardeners” and I appreciate all your knowledge! I’m close to 74 years old…..GULP! I’ve never had a successful garden but NOW it’s important to have one!!! I’m growing in 2 GreenStalks and a bunch of bags and praying for plenty to save and store for later. My daughter has NO CLUE about what is going on in the world, and she has 3 kids. So I’m trying to grow enough to feed them too and it’s quite a challenge at my age. Any tips or trips will help me. The recent cool weather in central Virginia stunted all my plants…..didn’t get anything but micro greens from the lettuce. I tore it all out along with the spinach and others. I refuse to give up! Your videos give me hope and that’s what I think we all need now! Thank you…..most sincerely from an old lady in Virginia! I wish I had you as a neighbor! Please keep teaching us! I find your older videos that help me also! God bless you and your family!! ❤
Here in zone 6b It's 90. Had many downpours in the spring washed beets and carrot seeds away. DIY row covers using pvc pipes and an anchor for our garden. Was 10 degrees cooler in there and we used cover on our staked bell pepper in a bucket and had bells into November. We used potato chip clips to keep it closed.
Food gone up since the toilet paper pandemic.
I've lost 7 people that I know of after shots and then boosters.
Trust God and our immune system. Pray for the weather we need in our area.
@@smas3256 God Bless and help us all! He will help us! I have no doubt about it! I’m old and new at gardening and trying my best, but I know God can help us all! It was almost 90 here yesterday and only 65 here today. My plants don’t know what to do! ❤️
I’m on track great work thanks
All great tips!!
Thanks for the information.
Great info, thank you!
Thanx. Will give this a try
Thanks for all your helpful advice ❤
Super 👍👍
We are older 70+ and have gone to all containers and raised beds on the black fabric like yours under the containers. Here praying for no weeding....at least in the veggie gardens. Thanks for your vids!
Great vlog 5 steps is brill. Thank you so much x
Love your content!
Excellent information
Thank you!
Dude, you are so right on.
Thanks for all the great info.
I really learn a lot.
Love Dale's face!!
You are spending my 💰! Thanks for all that great information
I feel like you made this video for me. Thanks
Thank you for information God bless
Awesome video! My garden is getting a turbo boost this weekend!😊
Great info on how to fertilize container plants!
Thank you for always giving clear advice. Looks like Dale enjoyed the pup cup 😊
Thanks! Great advice.
You’re welcome!
I am finding your channel extremely helpful thank you!
Well done. Thanks for posting.
You're very welcome!
I agree!! U and Prigioni have reminded and taught me a lot!
Thank you! 😊
You're welcome!
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Thank you for always giving so much info. I had no idea they needed that much fertilizer that often! I ALWAY learn so much when I watch your videos. ❤
Just came across your video. Amazing info. Point to point. Very helpful. Wish I live in NC.
That was very helpful, and timely
Thank you
Blessings🌞
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your support and generosity! I really appreciate it ❤
Excellent! Love Dale too🙏🏼❤️
Dale says hello 🐕
Thank you. Ilove learning more about gardening it's in my blood. I love it.
Great video thanks.
You’re welcome!
Thank you so much for sharing the 5 steps. I will be retiring this year and I m looking forward to spending more time in my garden. Dale sure loves his ice cream.
Excellent advice! I have a lot of containers in my yard in Long Beach, CA.
Thanks…Great information! First time here and this video is again very informative and much appreciative!❤
I learn so much more watching your videos than anyone else. Thank you, sincerely!
I am in the Northern Coast of SC so I am finding your videos very helpful with similar weather conditions. Thank You for all the great information. I'm definitely not fertilizing my containers enough.
Thank you for being so exact, succinct and professional. I learn so much when I come here.
Great video! The one thing I like about container gardening is that sometimes we don't have a choice. I am presently living in an apartment with a lovely sunny balcony. Either I don't garden at all (gasp!) or I use containers. It's really amazing how much produce comes from my 6-foot by 4-foot balcony. I use pots but also placed planters vertically to use every single inch of space available to me.
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I used to balcony garden. It is amazing what can be grown in that small area. My neighbors were always amazed.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
I greatly appreciate this video very much Anthony🙏🦋.
Dale goes into the "zone" when is treat time😂😂😂😂😂🐕💜
Great video, as always!
Thank you!
Thanks! Appreciate your videos.
Wow! Thank you so much for your support and generosity!! I really appreciate it ❤
Love your content MG!! Thank you!! ❤
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Great stuff.
Thank you!
You can tell you do so much research and prep well to do these talks. Thank you for taking the time to create videos on understanding fertilizing and caring for container gardening.
I absolutely LOVE your channel.
Your information has helped my garden more than I could ever express.
Thank you!!
U and James my fav gardeners
Exactly what I need atm thanks mate wil think about questions
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Thank you, brother, thank you.
You're welcome!
I'm a new subscriber. I just found your channel today and wish I had found it a lot sooner. Great video and information on this subject. Thank you for your hard work that you do.
Your explanations are always so helpful!
I’m glad they’re helpful! I appreciate you watching!
I always struggle with my containers. This video has been so helpful. I just need to fertilise more often..
I’m glad it was helpful! Containers are all about resource management. They require more fertilizing, watering and attention, but they seem way less pest prone. I never get the pests in containers I get in my earth beds.
Great informative video. Thank you for sharing.
You’re welcome!
Thanks great information.
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Excellent information!
Thank you!
New Sub, thanks for the content. I found your video interesting informative and entertaining, and I look forward to watching more from your channel.
I really needed to get this information. Thanks ❤😊
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
You are the BEST. I learn so much from you.😊
So glad the videos help 😊 I appreciate you watching!
I'm doing self wicking mineral tubs. So far so good
Keep it up, man! Awesome job.
Thank you!
Great information. I had to go to container gardening because of my pest pressure. I have implemented your recommendations and I am having the best garden in 5 years! Thank you!
"So many I'm tripping over them." lol😅 I feel that in my bones.... I might not have a container garden, but soon I'll have to start making beds in the front yard as I want to grow every plant!
I am so happy to find your channel! I liked and subscribed!!!
I will follow and implement these 5 steps to turbocharge my container plants . Thank you 😊
Thank you for subscribing! I really appreciate it!
In Phoenix AZ I use only cedar mulch. I will have to look for cypress blend for my figs.
tomatoes are starting to ripen here in Las Vegas!!! Got some 4th of July variety and my favorite Black Cherry tomatoes starting to ripen. YUM!!!
Your channel has helped me soooooo much. Thank you for all your hard work to make these videos.😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤
Dale looks like a really sweet dog. I bet he loved that dessert. Thanks for the video.👍
Thank you MG! You always have the best information to help gardeners! 👍Dale is always the cutest too😊
I really appreciate that! It makes me happy to know these videos are helpful. Agree 100% on Dale 😊
It' s been a while since i subscribed to your channel, and so far i have learned a lot that i can use in my garden. Thanks a lot! Sending support from Philippines!
I really learn a lot of easily understood and useful info from you. Thank you!
I'm so happy to hear that! Thanks so much for watching!
Just found your channel and found out I live in the same area. Small world!
Thanks, MG! I love how you explain why we should use each additive to our container plants.👍
Cute Dale with his pup cup!😃
Thank you. I don’t want anyone doing anything unless they can fully explain why. The “why” means more than the “how.” Dale enjoyed that pup cup. His eyes rolled into the back of his head 😂
WOW!!! Great information, well structured and effectively presented. Thank you!!!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
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I would love for you to do a fig tree/bush transplant. I’m in Waxhaw NC and these figs have been here since 1955. They have sprawled and I’d love to keep them organized and together.
This is excellent information. I watched it twice to reinforce it, and I saved it for future reference.
I'm so happy to hear that! I'm glad it was helpful. Best of luck!
🌹🌹BRAVO! I just found you as my "FAVORITE GARDENING TEACHER"!🌹🌹😊
Thank you! I really appreciate that. I'm glad the video was helpful.
I learned a lot. This is my 1st season container gardening beyond tomatoes. So glad to see Im not far off what you recommend. You just gained a new subbie. ❤❤❤😂🎉
As always, thank you for the great info! A big plus to container growing (as a fellow hurricane area grower in the Wilmington area), is the ability to take at least some of the containers into a shed, garage, etc to save them from the high winds. Same concept applies to early or late frosts/freezes.
Thanks this is really helpful
Since I'm both direct plant and container gardener
But my container once doesn't get much success so very much thanks for the video man
Your knowledge is so appreciated by me. You have picked up such great and logical practices in gardening. The water soluble fertilizer makes perfect sense for container gardening that I implement in 75% of my garden. Plus when plants start flowering and fruiting to switch to higher P and K. Thank you. Mice destroyed my peak cherry tomato harvest of 2-4 dozen per DAY. I bought netting but it deflated the glory of that harvest high. But... never give up. hahaha
This has been extremely helpful. I moved to a completely different climate a couple years ago, and found despite my plans, that I had to switch to container gardening.
Now, I understand why I haven't had much success... I've been starving my plants! I've been treating them like my previous in-ground gardens, without realizing that the same principles do not apply. Especially the reduced microbial activity.
Yikes!
Thank you so much, for producing this video and making sense of container gardening.
It's too late to salvage things like my blueberry harvest for this year, but next year should be much more abundant.
I'm so glad I found your channel.
Really appreciate your content on container gardening. My neighbor's redwood tree roots have invaded all my raised beds (my yard is tiny), so the only way I'm going to get anything to grow is to switch to containers. You provide the BEST content on RUclips. Thank you!
I am loving these videos because it is keeping me informed and also using these tips in my garden too. Thank you very much!!
Glad you’re finding them helpful! Thank you for watching!
Just used your links to order the Jack's and the fish fertilizer... It's not much, but thank you!!!
Never even occurred to me to mulch my containers! Probably not to late to do so as we’re headed into the peak hot months here in the Midwest. Also I’ve been using Alaska fish emulsion exclusively but will start mixing with a 20-20-20. Great tips!
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You're welcome!
I love your videos. I get so excited when I get a notification of another video. Where's Dale? He's so cute.
Thank you so much for this video. Hopefully, I will move later this year, and my Figs can live in the ground! My hubby loves figs, and I now have a Celeste, Brown Turkey, Chicago Hardy, Olympian, and a Black mission. That should keep him in figs, lol. I appreciate your videos, as you stick to what we need to know, and teach us step by step, without any fluff. I watch a lot of gardening channels, and those that take 30 minutes to tell me what they could have in 15 minutes soon fall off my list, as I don't want to waste my time. Keep up the good work!
Enjoying this while I'm in the garden here in Wilmington
Has this not been the most incredible spring? In the 6 years I've called Wilmington home, I've never been able to keep my windows open into June. It's usually boiling by now. It's been so refreshing.
Never see this type of weather!