If you found this video helpful, please "Like" it and share it to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching😀TIMESTAMPS here: 0:00 Intro To Transplanting Seedlings 0:42 Step 1: Transplant Size 3:15 Step 2: Planting Depth 6:14 Step 3: Fertilizing Transplants 8:20 Step 4: Compost And Mulching 13:20 Step 5: Stop Transplant Shock 16:25 Step 6: Warmer Micro-Climate 20:47 Adventures With Dale
This was a great video. Very well done. I appreciate what you do. I just started last year and have found your videos along with others, including a guy you have mentioned in other videos, James P. It has certainly helped with the success I had last year. I'm very excited for this grow season. I am in zone 6b in southern ma, and I'm off and running. keep the great content coming. Thank you
Thanks for all the great videos. I am building new raised beds. I noticed you have some kind of black fabric all over your garden area. I need something like that because my native soil has Johnson grass all throughout my garden area. I want to put something down to stop that “Evil Johnson Grass” and keep it out of my raised beds. It grows from rhizomes under the soil. What is that that you have used and where can I get it. Again thank you for all the great information. You are awesome?
After calculating the costs to put out a very large garden each year and then watching up to 20 deer at a time believe this was made for them, we didn't grow anything last year and purchased a CSA from a local organic farm. We saved over $200 for the season and had locally-grown organic food until Mid-November. This year, we decided to grow indoors during the winter and had ample supplies of greens and microgreens. Rather than have houseplants in our sun room, we have lettuce, kale, collards, mustard, and arugula under the grow lights.
Deer do not like Rosemary so plant Rosemary as a border and then deer won't touch the inner plants. Also, fencing like this guy did around the garden helps as well.
@@TheKuptis we had large rosemary bushes that wintered over for the last several years, and it did nothing to deter these urban deer. Fencing is not an option for us due to restrictive covenants preventing all but wooden lattice. The biggest problem is neighbors both feeding the deer and even letting them come into their houses.
@@wi54725 Sounds like you need to move away from a tyrannical government, HOA, or whatever instituted the fencing rules and also these people that think deer are pets.
We don't garden to save money. We garden because we like growing things. Sounds like you should grow things that dear like and have a great garden for them and you can enjoy seeing them eat the things you planted for them.😂
Hello from Missouri. I'm growing a lot of container plants outside a 1 bedroom apartment. Had a lot of success last summer but I've been studying this winter so this summer should be bountiful. You are one of my favorite gardeners to learn from. Hope your garden is especially blessed this year my friend.
Hey there! Local Missourian here struggling with the same. We are in a house but backyard is teeny. I have to really pick and choose what to plant because I don't have much room. I've done tomatoes in large pots before to save space and they did mediocre... Once I put them in the ground and they blew up! Sigh... I'll keep dreaming of more land!
Burying tomatoes deep is not simply about additional roots developing along the stems. It's also about being at a depth that has more consistent moisture levels without the same levels of fluctuation the surface experiences. They do better with consistent moisture.
I have a confession to make. Last year I planted out our peppers & tomatoes before May, when our last frost date is around mid May. I had pepper & tomato transplants that were big & flowering. The tomato plants were so gangly I had to use bamboo stakes to prop them up our I would never have been able to get the cages around them. Instead of plucking the flowers, pruning them back & waiting until the coast was clear to avoid freezes, I planted them out way early as is. It turned out to be an absolutely amazing season for our peppers & tomatoes. I think I just got lucky. Our Michigan summer weather was very weird thanks to the Canada wildfires that raged back then. I'm still bitter about not catching those 27lb bags of plant tone on clearance at Home Depot years ago when you made the video about catching fertilizers on clearance. Our local TSC has 2 bags for $24 each, which is decent enough per pound but . . . nope LOL At least I caught their daily deal for 27lb bags of Holly Tone for $6.97 each last September!
That’s the thing about tomatoes - the earlier you get them in, the better they do. I always start a crop early to risk to get them in early, because if I keep them alive, I will reap big rewards. Tomatoes don’t like being out in the open in summer. They’re a forest vine, so growing them like we do out in the open to maximize flowering beats the plants up.
I got hit with ice instead of snow last year, and some tomato leaves were purple due to the cold. Yes, you may risk a lot of things when a transplant, especially in recent years. Well, things happen lol
@@TheMillennialGardenerLast year the season started warm but then June was ridiculously cold which set the entire garden back a month . It really is a crapshoot when you put your crops in the ground.
I think we underestimate the resiliency of plants. I'm in Toronto. I put seedlings down in mid April 2023. Some nights dropped below freezing. I had no problems. Furthermore, I planted them a little closer together and skipped the pruning and sucker removal. Lots of tomatoes to give away!
Just wanna say thanks for being such a great resource for folks just getting into gardening. Your videos have been incredibly helpful, but also great for just putting on whenever I need a distraction and want some Bob Ross style soothing content.
This is exactly what happened to me this week and I completely interpreted it wrong. I knew my tomatoes were starting to outgrow their cups so I potted up to 1 gallon containers until last frost date (April 1) The next day 2 were blooming. I thought they were happy because they honestly looked better. A few of them I had to fluff up the roots just like you did. I hope they will do ok. It’s my 2nd year growing tomatoes. They are in my unheated greenhouse now and been hardened for a couple weeks.
I'm surprised how good the oranges still are. I've been picking them since December. It's astounding that they can hold on the tree for 3 entire months.
I have used your channel to learn most of what I know about gardening. I just planted our second spring garden and followed this video exactly. I have found value in all of your videos that I’ve watched, but I’ve found this video to be the most useful for me. Thanks for the specific info.
First I want to say GREAT video. LOVE the info and especially the ending about how this is an investment, and one thing many people don't understand is that very healthy plants don't experience the disease pressure and also very little insect pressure. It's easier for insects to feed on less healthy plants and this has been shown time and time again. Or, they will attack a weak segment of the plant which is why it's important to check your plants on a regular basis. My take on fertilizer is it should mostly be organic, but if it is shown that some fertilizer doesn't kill the microbiome in the soil, that's fine, but the other issue is what is it made of, and does that leave behind anything in the soil that will build up over time. That second issue is what can lead to sterile soil over many years. This is why it's generally safer, or better for the soil to stick to organic fertilizers. Unless there's decades of research on a specific fertilizer to see what happens with the soil over many years, there isn't the data that a person who wants to build the health of the soil over many years needs to make a good choice about using it. That's really the bottom line. So, that's why I personally will stick with organics. Using anything else requires decades of research and I doubt any company that exists right now has gone through that effort to study soil health (life in the soil) over decades of using their product. I'm on a plot that I will want to transition from more of a homesteading operation to being a full fledged business with both animals and crops and I want to build something that can be passed on, and is valuable to those who inherit it. It includes a home that is low maintenance and has enough solar panels to run central air conditioning which is important there.
This is true. When fertilizing, you should always focus on the health of your soil. That means the foundation of your fertilizing routine will be organic fertilizers, quality compost and natural mulches, because that will feed the soil and your plants. However, I boost my tomato plants with 20-20-20 to make them as thick, green and beefy as possible, because the insect and disease pressure is so bad here in the summer that they need to be as strong as possible to hang on as long as possible. Due to my exceptional conditions, I take exceptional measures. One watering can feeds about 6 plants, which equates to 1/4 Tablespoon of 20-20-20 per tomato. That adds up to 1 tablespoon of fertilizer per plant over the course of 2 months. Nobody can tell me that that is harmful, especially outdoors in a climate that gets 1-2 inches of rainfall per week, flushing my raised beds constantly. If you live in a friendly climate and don't need the 20-20-20 and you're happy with your results, don't use it. But, I can tell you if you have challenges and your plants struggle in your conditions, 20-20-20 may be the solution you need to take your harvests from "meh" to outstanding.
I grow hundreds of sunflowers over the summer and shred the stalks in late fall and let the chip breakdown in a smaller version of your trashcan composters or I add them to my worm bin full of kitchen scaps👍👍
Great video, I would like to add... Instead of ground cover, I recommend 1 mil black plastic mulch or you can an find paper mulch (If you do not like using plastic). On the PVC hoops, gray is u.v. stabilized rather than the white from what I was told. That's why electricians use the gray outside. I have sold nursery supplies for a living for over 20 years and sell the ground cover, plastic mulch, crop cover, plastic, fertilizers etc and the list goes on. Happy gardening!
So nice to see your channel growing (pun intended!). I get the sense that you put as much energy into making these information-packed videos as you do with your garden. Very much appreciated!
Excellent point on the mulch as I worry about toxicity. I use a bark, but even called the company to ensure it is untreated. They said it is not treated, sure hope so.
You can grow them in 8b as well. They're pretty easy to grow. They need some winter protection, but it's really only a hassle from Christmas to Valentine's Day. Other than that time period, covering them is pretty infrequent.
thank you for all of this wonderful information! I just started planting my own veggies this year. I sowed my seeds about 4 weeks ago and they are doing great. this information is very helpful for the next steps for me!! Much love from Raleigh, NC!
I've planted out 2 peppers and 2 eggplant this week. (Central NC) Ive got a few 38 degree days to get by in the next two weeks but if they survive, its a chance well taken. Ive got way too many additional transplants ready to go in April anyways. Fingers crossed.
Very brave! We have a wind threat tomorrow, a couple cold nights coming on Sunday and Monday, and a possibility for frost next weekend. Keep an eye out and prepare to cover them. If we can keep them alive, we'll be eating good early this year.
I bought a couple tomato plants from a nursery that had flowered already in the containers. They're in the garden now and look happy with a few tomatoes already on board. Will the early flowers prevent more fruiting later in the year? Is there anything that can be done to salvage them?
Thank you for mentioning how many plants one container of water can feed. I have always wondered that. I was way overdoing it by only getting 3 plants per watering can and getting burned out doing so much that I quit doing it. This will be much more manageable!!
Watering is the bane of my existence. I hook up soaker hoses on a automatic timer. I can schedule it to start and stop so I don't forget...this is really helpful in the crazy summer heat when most things die from the heat and our normal drought conditions.
Greatest gardening channel, particularly for those of us in the southeast. I've learned so much vital information that revolutionized my gardening. Before this channel, I had zero idea I could grow citrus here. Now, I'm a proud grower of an owari satsuma from McKenzie Farm. Keep up the great work! I look forward to seeing you eventually plant in FL.
Thanks for the inspo ❤ my cucumbers basil beets and radishes are doing great still waiting on my san marzano tomato sweet peppers okra pepperoncini yellow oear tomato and bunching onions to sprout 🌱 this is my first year ever gardening. Zone 9
I think I'm a little late as I've just started my seedlings indoors this week but it feels reassuring watching this video because I planned to do my tomatoes and peppers exactly the way you've shown with the same products. The only 2 things I've deviated from your process is adding granular mycorrhizal inoculant underneath where the transplant is going because I'm planting in grow bags with a potting mix that doesn't have the beneficial fungal contents included and the other is that I'm going with fish hydrolysate instead of emulsion since it is more nutrient dense.
I enjoy your videos so much! This is the first comment I’ve ever made on anything. You are so helpful! I even wanna rock your hat. My wife is sick of me talking about your vids. I started watching when I planted my first fig tree. You rock sir!
fantastic video. I've never mulched a tomato but I might start. I plant marigolds in my containers to prevent pests.. This year is the first year we had our own compost going and we are so excited to use it looks amazing.. all though 2 people only composted 1 25 gallon trash can all year it took to fill it.
You had 6 ft tall bell pepper plants? I think the largest pepper plants I've ever seen were maybe 3.5-4 feet tall? If you're not exaggerating and you truly had 6 ft tall plants, kudos. You crushed any pepper I've ever grown.
I like to add organic garden soil on top of the existing before I transplant my seedlings. It has plenty of organic material and I’m constantly improving my soil.
I love how thorough and informational these videos are. The are practical, actionable and realistic. Thanks for going for it and sharing your insight and hard work. I would love it if the recommendations took into account the environment. I know the content motivation is affiliate links and promotion, but petroleum based products, products made on the other side of the world and animal waste products defeat the purpose of growing your own sustainable healthy food.
thank you! I have some kale seedlings that I winter sowed and they are stalled out couch potatoes! However, I will keep tending them with your tips to become Olympic athletes!
This is Soooooo helpful. This is my first real year with a small garden near DC. I elect feel like I’m getting a late start because I wasn’t prepared for early spring, but my wold keep transplants are up two weeks early so I’ve got to get a move on! I’m sneakily devouring your content and learning so much. Thank you!!
I love your videos ❤. I always look for them. I planted my tomatoes exactly as you showed last year. I got the best tomatoes I've ever grown and I used organic fertilizer and the fish emulsion. I plan to do it again this year. I want tons to eat and can. Keep the videos coming. Love your dog ❤
This winter has been strange. We normally have rollercoaster winters where we get a cold week, then a warm week, cold week, warm week, etc. This winter, we had no warm weeks. Every week was highs in the 50's. No 60-70 degree stretches like every other winter. *But,* it also looks like our last freeze will be in mid-February this year. This is extremely strange, since we average around 4-5 freeze/frost events in March with a normal last frost around March 30th. I think we may go frost-free in March. Totally wild winter. I hope something crazy doesn't happen and there is an April freeze or something.
These are my early sacrificial tomatoes. I always start a flat a month early and plant them out and roll the dice. You have nothing to lose when you do it this way.
Our weather up here is too strange this winter/spring to bother risking time & effort just yet. I mean 60 Friday, 50s Saturday to snow (2 to 4 inches) Sunday back to 60 Monday. The risk is not worth the work for transplants too soon. I agree with great tips, but waiting is ideal. Happy growing when we can get going.
I'm in PA as well, we had flurries yesterday and plenty of frost last night, so hold strong! Cool-weather crops will go out at the end of the month, and warm ones in May - spring is on the way!
I agree with you about us having crazy weatger right now and erring on the side of caution. I too am in PA, in the southeast corner near Philadelphia. @kittiew260
I remember about 4 years ago when I first began gardening, I would severely stunt, and sometimes kill my plants when transplanting, now my plants seem to barely notice being transplanted at all. I just separated 3 large clusters of chives and spaced then out, they were flowering and all of the flowers kept growing after the transplant
Hi, I really enjoy your videos. I’ve been growing tomatoes for over 50 years and you blow me away! To the point, I’m in zone 10b north county San Diego. I may have started my seeds a little early in January. I’m planting them out now because they are in 6” pots, have good root systems and are 8 to 14 inches tall. My concern is the night time temperatures, 43 to 54 degrees. Some have been in for week and most look OK, others are definitely growing, some are just standing still. I saw another video where the gal says she waits until the night time temps are consistently in the 50’s. Your video shows you planting in the beginning of March? Wow! What are your night time temperatures? 2:22
I think there are some varieties known for tolerating cooler night temps & soil temps. This year will be the first year for me to put all my studies of different tomato varieties to the test. Previously I only thought of flavor. Oh & I’m jealous of your night time temps. I’m up here in Olympia, WA
I am thankful for your channel and the content you share. It really helps me to get to watch your refreshers before I actually get my garden started. Here in the Pacific Northwest our season is quite a bit later than yours. You really help me be prepared for what I need to do.
You are so specific, I love your video. This year i mixed 30% each of peatmoss, recycle soil from my previous container and black kow. Is that a good ratio? I am planting in large containers. Thank you for sharing.
Yeah, pine bark mulch is awesome, and a good additive to soils. I like using pine needles as mulch. Have plenty of white trees(I miss my long leaf pines from NC), and I even make pathways out of it, I love the bounciness it gives.
Pine bark mulch is tough in a garden, because the chunks are so large, but around trees, it's excellent. I use pine bark nuggets around my blueberries and feijoa.
Your videos are awesome. You should really look into JADAM methods of making your own liquid fertilizer concentrates. Cost is basically zero (grass, water, leaf mold soil from the woods) and it works fantastic! Keep up the good work!
Love to see a review of this new product showing up in the box stores called Hydra Peat. I'm using it instead of peat moss this year. Yes it has some peat in it but only 20%. Nearly no content on RUclips on this product and using it for seed starting or potting mix or in the garden.
I can't remember the video exactly where you were giving your pup heartworm prevention, but I just learned about an annual booster for heartworm prevention. The cost is similar and it's easier (at least for me) to remember.
@@TheMillennialGardener evidence is that don’t get stressed and don’t have small roots, they just send out additional roots rather than circling around. I suggest you watch some more videos on air pruning to see.
For some reason this year im having a hard time finding compost. Lowes had none, home depot had none, no garden centers near me had none too. I like the mushroom compost. Hopefully it comes back again. Maybe its too early up here in Massachusetts
Call all the Cities near you. Hopefully you will find one that accepts X-mas trees, those are the ones that keep a recycling center. Call Tree Cutting Companies, they will tell you where they go dump all their cuttings. That location will shred the brush down & make mulch & Compost. I get my Compost there for $23. a yard. They sell Mulch there for $17. a yard, but I get mine directly from a Tree Remover Co. who has their own shredder. He gets charged $50. to dump @ the Recycling Center, so he instead dumps it on my property for free. We both win!
I love your channel. You always have super valuable information to help no matter what your level of expertise is. I recently made an observation that you probably aren't aware of. I bought a bottle of the Alaska fish fertilizer and noticed it says not for organic gardening. I was shocked! I googled to see if I could find out why and I read that it could have a high amount of heavy metals depending on the type of fish used to create this product. I believe you have mentioned in the past that you are a biochemist, or perhaps a related field. How do you feel about using this product if this true? Can heavy metals be pulled into our fruits and vegetables when using this?
My in ground fig tree lost some of the soil. Should I use Soluble Fertilizer since I missed the timing of using the (powder Fertilizer). It has new and green leaves all over and I don't want to miss the fruiting season. Thanks for your help.
You should add granular organics to your fig tree now. They take awhile to break down. Now will be perfect, especially bone meal, so it can be there breaking down as it is fruiting. You can give the tree soluble fertilizer if you want, but now is when you add the organics.
People have been reporting that straw or hay sprayed with Grazon killed their plants and made the soil toxic. Also, a few have been having trouble with the Black Kow soil causing problems. Some batches may not have been composted down well enough, maybe? I don't use Black Kow on veggies, but I do use it around other plants and when making new ornamental garden beds.
For those who have poor soils, Stella Maris is great at building the healthy soils of our friends our Natives who composted all their wastes and to this day at historical sites you see healthy soils.
Wow I’m so glad I found your channel. I’m in northern Ontario Canada so I add a couple months to your time lines 😂 but I love the tips on everything. Ty so much!
Excellent video! I find your videos to be very informative, thorough, and I like how you give your personal experiences. Thank you for sharing. I will consider building the hoop houses and will check out your other video. Full watch. Be well.
Doing my first season. I have watermelon, potatoes, 5 fricking cucumbers, 1 bean plant, broccoli and cauliflower as well as trying to get spinach, lettuce, carrots, peppermint, some wildflowers, and mustard going.
Nice growing tips and knowledge for growing healthy plants. If you start your garden seeds outside, would you fertilize the same way ? Nice rich-looking compost. I love all the happy birds singing in the background. I have a happy Canary who knows it is Spring-time or close to it. I like the way you protect your seedlings so they can grow big and strong. Nice video !!, thanks.
I started small portion of tomato and pepper on 2/24/24 . Tomatoes are big with 4 true leaves. Zone 6b with last frost 4/25 and I think it was too early. Next week will be around 20 degrees at night. Your great video advice I will use later in beginning of May. I never used so much fertilizers, and looking forward to try. Just one question - do you have a good result of keeping brassicas next to tomatoes? All my books say they are foes, as well as corn and potato. Good company is carrot, lettuce, onion, beans, pepper, spinach and few more. Garlic was not mentioned, but seems it grows well with tomato.
Planted some bare root blueberries and raspberries today. Should I put fertilizer on them now or wait a few weeks? Put them in the grow bags you recommended recently and filled them with homemade soil based on your video.
I would recommend amending the blueberries and raspberries with organic all purpose fertilizer and bone meal. If you did not put it into the planting hole, dress the plants around their roots with the fertilizers in a circle, then scratch them into the top inch of the soil. Then, add water to wet the fertilizers down. I would not recommend using a water soluble fertilizer, because you'd basically be wasting it on dormant plants. Don't use water soluble fertilizers on plants that are still in dormancy.
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If you found this video helpful, please "Like" it and share it to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching😀TIMESTAMPS here:
0:00 Intro To Transplanting Seedlings
0:42 Step 1: Transplant Size
3:15 Step 2: Planting Depth
6:14 Step 3: Fertilizing Transplants
8:20 Step 4: Compost And Mulching
13:20 Step 5: Stop Transplant Shock
16:25 Step 6: Warmer Micro-Climate
20:47 Adventures With Dale
This was a great video. Very well done. I appreciate what you do. I just started last year and have found your videos along with others, including a guy you have mentioned in other videos, James P. It has certainly helped with the success I had last year. I'm very excited for this grow season. I am in zone 6b in southern ma, and I'm off and running.
keep the great content coming. Thank you
Wow! You really know your stuff! Great channel. Educational videos. You are showing and proving you have good advice with each video. Thank you.
Thanks for all the great videos. I am building new raised beds. I noticed you have some kind of black fabric all over your garden area. I need something like that because my native soil has Johnson grass all throughout my garden area. I want to put something down to stop that “Evil Johnson Grass” and keep it out of my raised beds. It grows from rhizomes under the soil. What is that that you have used and where can I get it. Again thank you for all the great information. You are awesome?
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Thanks for the steps 😊
After calculating the costs to put out a very large garden each year and then watching up to 20 deer at a time believe this was made for them, we didn't grow anything last year and purchased a CSA from a local organic farm. We saved over $200 for the season and had locally-grown organic food until Mid-November. This year, we decided to grow indoors during the winter and had ample supplies of greens and microgreens. Rather than have houseplants in our sun room, we have lettuce, kale, collards, mustard, and arugula under the grow lights.
Deer do not like Rosemary so plant Rosemary as a border and then deer won't touch the inner plants. Also, fencing like this guy did around the garden helps as well.
@@TheKuptis we had large rosemary bushes that wintered over for the last several years, and it did nothing to deter these urban deer. Fencing is not an option for us due to restrictive covenants preventing all but wooden lattice. The biggest problem is neighbors both feeding the deer and even letting them come into their houses.
@@wi54725 Sounds like you need to move away from a tyrannical government, HOA, or whatever instituted the fencing rules and also these people that think deer are pets.
@@wi54725 You have some weird ass neighbors
We don't garden to save money. We garden because we like growing things.
Sounds like you should grow things that dear like and have a great garden for them and you can enjoy seeing them eat the things you planted for them.😂
I like how straight to the point everything is. No time wasted!
Hello from Missouri. I'm growing a lot of container plants outside a 1 bedroom apartment. Had a lot of success last summer but I've been studying this winter so this summer should be bountiful. You are one of my favorite gardeners to learn from. Hope your garden is especially blessed this year my friend.
Thank you! I appreciate it. Best of luck to your garden this season.
You might be able to rent a community garden plot for cheap?
Hey there! Local Missourian here struggling with the same. We are in a house but backyard is teeny. I have to really pick and choose what to plant because I don't have much room.
I've done tomatoes in large pots before to save space and they did mediocre... Once I put them in the ground and they blew up! Sigh... I'll keep dreaming of more land!
Burying tomatoes deep is not simply about additional roots developing along the stems. It's also about being at a depth that has more consistent moisture levels without the same levels of fluctuation the surface experiences. They do better with consistent moisture.
Glad someone added this comment
I have a confession to make. Last year I planted out our peppers & tomatoes before May, when our last frost date is around mid May. I had pepper & tomato transplants that were big & flowering. The tomato plants were so gangly I had to use bamboo stakes to prop them up our I would never have been able to get the cages around them. Instead of plucking the flowers, pruning them back & waiting until the coast was clear to avoid freezes, I planted them out way early as is. It turned out to be an absolutely amazing season for our peppers & tomatoes. I think I just got lucky. Our Michigan summer weather was very weird thanks to the Canada wildfires that raged back then. I'm still bitter about not catching those 27lb bags of plant tone on clearance at Home Depot years ago when you made the video about catching fertilizers on clearance. Our local TSC has 2 bags for $24 each, which is decent enough per pound but . . . nope LOL At least I caught their daily deal for 27lb bags of Holly Tone for $6.97 each last September!
That’s the thing about tomatoes - the earlier you get them in, the better they do. I always start a crop early to risk to get them in early, because if I keep them alive, I will reap big rewards. Tomatoes don’t like being out in the open in summer. They’re a forest vine, so growing them like we do out in the open to maximize flowering beats the plants up.
I got hit with ice instead of snow last year, and some tomato leaves were purple due to the cold. Yes, you may risk a lot of things when a transplant, especially in recent years. Well, things happen lol
@@TheMillennialGardenerLast year the season started warm but then June was ridiculously cold which set the entire garden back a month . It really is a crapshoot when you put your crops in the ground.
I’m in Michigan too. I also got my garden out earlier than normal.
I think we underestimate the resiliency of plants. I'm in Toronto. I put seedlings down in mid April 2023. Some nights dropped below freezing. I had no problems. Furthermore, I planted them a little closer together and skipped the pruning and sucker removal. Lots of tomatoes to give away!
Just wanna say thanks for being such a great resource for folks just getting into gardening. Your videos have been incredibly helpful, but also great for just putting on whenever I need a distraction and want some Bob Ross style soothing content.
Thank you! I really appreciate that. I don't know how on Earth you could find my voice nearly as soothing as Bob's though 😂 Bob was one-of-a-kind.
This is exactly what happened to me this week and I completely interpreted it wrong.
I knew my tomatoes were starting to outgrow their cups so I potted up to 1 gallon containers until last frost date (April 1) The next day 2 were blooming. I thought they were happy because they honestly looked better.
A few of them I had to fluff up the roots just like you did. I hope they will do ok. It’s my 2nd year growing tomatoes. They are in my unheated greenhouse now and been hardened for a couple weeks.
All those extra steps really help to build the soil. Definitely worth the extra effort 💪
It definitely is. Exceptional results require exceptional measures. But, it is not hard to do. It's actually quite easy.
Hi from Georgia! This was a great video for me seeing I’m going to be planting my tomatoes, herbs, peppers.
It feels like you hit another level with this one.
I'm happy to hear that! Thank you.
This is the most informative video I've seen on transplants! Great job!
Your videos are very helpful and informative without any distracting silliness! Thanks!
That orange looked tasty! You’re absolutely right, like anything else, what you sow is what you will reap! Thanks for the info. ❤ for Dale
I'm surprised how good the oranges still are. I've been picking them since December. It's astounding that they can hold on the tree for 3 entire months.
Great video and presentation. I saved this one for continual reference. Keep up the good work MG !!!!!
I have used your channel to learn most of what I know about gardening. I just planted our second spring garden and followed this video exactly. I have found value in all of your videos that I’ve watched, but I’ve found this video to be the most useful for me. Thanks for the specific info.
First I want to say GREAT video. LOVE the info and especially the ending about how this is an investment, and one thing many people don't understand is that very healthy plants don't experience the disease pressure and also very little insect pressure. It's easier for insects to feed on less healthy plants and this has been shown time and time again. Or, they will attack a weak segment of the plant which is why it's important to check your plants on a regular basis.
My take on fertilizer is it should mostly be organic, but if it is shown that some fertilizer doesn't kill the microbiome in the soil, that's fine, but the other issue is what is it made of, and does that leave behind anything in the soil that will build up over time.
That second issue is what can lead to sterile soil over many years. This is why it's generally safer, or better for the soil to stick to organic fertilizers. Unless there's decades of research on a specific fertilizer to see what happens with the soil over many years, there isn't the data that a person who wants to build the health of the soil over many years needs to make a good choice about using it. That's really the bottom line.
So, that's why I personally will stick with organics. Using anything else requires decades of research and I doubt any company that exists right now has gone through that effort to study soil health (life in the soil) over decades of using their product.
I'm on a plot that I will want to transition from more of a homesteading operation to being a full fledged business with both animals and crops and I want to build something that can be passed on, and is valuable to those who inherit it. It includes a home that is low maintenance and has enough solar panels to run central air conditioning which is important there.
This is true. When fertilizing, you should always focus on the health of your soil. That means the foundation of your fertilizing routine will be organic fertilizers, quality compost and natural mulches, because that will feed the soil and your plants. However, I boost my tomato plants with 20-20-20 to make them as thick, green and beefy as possible, because the insect and disease pressure is so bad here in the summer that they need to be as strong as possible to hang on as long as possible. Due to my exceptional conditions, I take exceptional measures. One watering can feeds about 6 plants, which equates to 1/4 Tablespoon of 20-20-20 per tomato. That adds up to 1 tablespoon of fertilizer per plant over the course of 2 months. Nobody can tell me that that is harmful, especially outdoors in a climate that gets 1-2 inches of rainfall per week, flushing my raised beds constantly. If you live in a friendly climate and don't need the 20-20-20 and you're happy with your results, don't use it. But, I can tell you if you have challenges and your plants struggle in your conditions, 20-20-20 may be the solution you need to take your harvests from "meh" to outstanding.
Synthetic fertilizer does not sterilize your soil. Organic fertilizers have the same elements as synthetic. Stop repeating paranoid silliness.
I grow hundreds of sunflowers over the summer and shred the stalks in late fall and let the chip breakdown in a smaller version of your trashcan composters or I add them to my worm bin full of kitchen scaps👍👍
Sunflowers make for good chop-and-drop. If you're in a very warm climate, Mexican sunflowers are often grown for biomass.
I love that you use/showcase products that are readily available to all, as well as not too expensive ❤❤❤❤
Congratulations on your 600k subscribers! Well deserved. Always great content delivered with great enthusiasm. 👍
Thank you! I appreciate that very much!
He's doing good. I hope he hits 1 million soon.
Great video, I would like to add... Instead of ground cover, I recommend 1 mil black plastic mulch or you can an find paper mulch (If you do not like using plastic). On the PVC hoops, gray is u.v. stabilized rather than the white from what I was told. That's why electricians use the gray outside. I have sold nursery supplies for a living for over 20 years and sell the ground cover, plastic mulch, crop cover, plastic, fertilizers etc and the list goes on. Happy gardening!
So nice to see your channel growing (pun intended!). I get the sense that you put as much energy into making these information-packed videos as you do with your garden. Very much appreciated!
It certainly is a ton of work, but it's rewarding. Seeing the videos are helping so many people makes it worth it.
Best explanation of the difference between fertilizer and compost I have heard yet.
Excellent point on the mulch as I worry about toxicity. I use a bark, but even called the company to ensure it is untreated. They said it is not treated, sure hope so.
this answers every single question I had about this phase of gardening. The best. I just subscribed.
I live in a totally different zone ( zone 10) but you give so much good information for all zones in here. Thank you!
These are always the best videos, so thorough.
Glad you’re enjoying them 😊
I'm in Alabama 8b and I won't be putting mine out until April. I'm impressed with the orange and avocado trees!
You can grow them in 8b as well. They're pretty easy to grow. They need some winter protection, but it's really only a hassle from Christmas to Valentine's Day. Other than that time period, covering them is pretty infrequent.
thank you for all of this wonderful information! I just started planting my own veggies this year. I sowed my seeds about 4 weeks ago and they are doing great. this information is very helpful for the next steps for me!! Much love from Raleigh, NC!
Outstanding! Best of luck!
Nicely delivered message. Clearly spoken without going on unnecessary rabbit trails.
I've planted out 2 peppers and 2 eggplant this week. (Central NC)
Ive got a few 38 degree days to get by in the next two weeks but if they survive, its a chance well taken. Ive got way too many additional transplants ready to go in April anyways. Fingers crossed.
Very brave! We have a wind threat tomorrow, a couple cold nights coming on Sunday and Monday, and a possibility for frost next weekend. Keep an eye out and prepare to cover them. If we can keep them alive, we'll be eating good early this year.
I bought a couple tomato plants from a nursery that had flowered already in the containers. They're in the garden now and look happy with a few tomatoes already on board. Will the early flowers prevent more fruiting later in the year? Is there anything that can be done to salvage them?
You are a great teacher and a SME! Thanks
I’m 8b and new Gardner your videos are extremely helpful
I’m thankful for your channel! I’m growing many of your tomato & vegetable recommendations! I’m hopeful. Wish me luck!
Excellent! I hope you have a great season!
First time seeing your video. You have just taught me a lot all in one video. You are a teacher, I may add
Thank you for mentioning how many plants one container of water can feed. I have always wondered that. I was way overdoing it by only getting 3 plants per watering can and getting burned out doing so much that I quit doing it. This will be much more manageable!!
Watering is the bane of my existence. I hook up soaker hoses on a automatic timer. I can schedule it to start and stop so I don't forget...this is really helpful in the crazy summer heat when most things die from the heat and our normal drought conditions.
So much useful information and no nonsense.Thank you so much
Greatest gardening channel, particularly for those of us in the southeast. I've learned so much vital information that revolutionized my gardening. Before this channel, I had zero idea I could grow citrus here. Now, I'm a proud grower of an owari satsuma from McKenzie Farm. Keep up the great work! I look forward to seeing you eventually plant in FL.
Thanks for the inspo ❤ my cucumbers basil beets and radishes are doing great still waiting on my san marzano tomato sweet peppers okra pepperoncini yellow oear tomato and bunching onions to sprout 🌱 this is my first year ever gardening. Zone 9
Hey! I’m in zone 9 too. Where are you located?
Learn something every time I watch you! You are great. Please keep on teaching us gardening students👍 Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
This is my second watched video from you. Very in depth and informative. 😊
I think I'm a little late as I've just started my seedlings indoors this week but it feels reassuring watching this video because I planned to do my tomatoes and peppers exactly the way you've shown with the same products. The only 2 things I've deviated from your process is adding granular mycorrhizal inoculant underneath where the transplant is going because I'm planting in grow bags with a potting mix that doesn't have the beneficial fungal contents included and the other is that I'm going with fish hydrolysate instead of emulsion since it is more nutrient dense.
I enjoy your videos so much! This is the first comment I’ve ever made on anything.
You are so helpful! I even wanna rock your hat. My wife is sick of me talking about your vids. I started watching when I planted my first fig tree.
You rock sir!
Literally watching this while doing my seed starts in my greenhouse. Getting excited!
fantastic video. I've never mulched a tomato but I might start. I plant marigolds in my containers to prevent pests.. This year is the first year we had our own compost going and we are so excited to use it looks amazing.. all though 2 people only composted 1 25 gallon trash can all year it took to fill it.
Thank you! This video will be very handy. I never miss your videos. You are the best!
Using your tips here last year we had some bell pepper plants around 6ft Thanks
You had 6 ft tall bell pepper plants? I think the largest pepper plants I've ever seen were maybe 3.5-4 feet tall? If you're not exaggerating and you truly had 6 ft tall plants, kudos. You crushed any pepper I've ever grown.
Maybe a little over 5 lol but still using compost and slow release and mulch
Great and thorough explanation about fertilizers!! Thank you so much!
I like to add organic garden soil on top of the existing before I transplant my seedlings. It has plenty of organic material and I’m constantly improving my soil.
I love how thorough and informational these videos are. The are practical, actionable and realistic. Thanks for going for it and sharing your insight and hard work. I would love it if the recommendations took into account the environment. I know the content motivation is affiliate links and promotion, but petroleum based products, products made on the other side of the world and animal waste products defeat the purpose of growing your own sustainable healthy food.
thank you! I have some kale seedlings that I winter sowed and they are stalled out couch potatoes! However, I will keep tending them with your tips to become Olympic athletes!
This is Soooooo helpful. This is my first real year with a small garden near DC. I elect feel like I’m getting a late start because I wasn’t prepared for early spring, but my wold keep transplants are up two weeks early so I’ve got to get a move on! I’m sneakily devouring your content and learning so much. Thank you!!
Oh wow. Autocorrect is doing me dirty.
For the record: my “wild leek” / ramps transplants are up two weeks earlier than the past two years. It’s a real harbinger of spring.
I love your videos ❤. I always look for them.
I planted my tomatoes exactly as you showed last year. I got the best tomatoes I've ever grown and I used organic fertilizer and the fish emulsion. I plan to do it again this year. I want tons to eat and can.
Keep the videos coming. Love your dog ❤
Thanks for the motivation. By the way, your suggestion for better and stronger lighting along with a fan has made my seedlings stronger. Thanks
Excellent! I'm glad to hear your seedlings are doing well.
Excellent! BTW, my tomatoes love grass clippings 2-3 inches thick as mulch.
Thank you so much for making this video and sharing your experience!
Thank you for great info. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. And thanks for thinking of us up north in Canada that have only about 3 months of warm weather.
This year I cheated quite a bit. In SE Texas we normally have our last
This winter has been strange. We normally have rollercoaster winters where we get a cold week, then a warm week, cold week, warm week, etc. This winter, we had no warm weeks. Every week was highs in the 50's. No 60-70 degree stretches like every other winter. *But,* it also looks like our last freeze will be in mid-February this year. This is extremely strange, since we average around 4-5 freeze/frost events in March with a normal last frost around March 30th. I think we may go frost-free in March. Totally wild winter. I hope something crazy doesn't happen and there is an April freeze or something.
Great tips. Still waiting in Pa. At least another month or so. Love Dale in his shirt and his big nose! Thanks again
These are my early sacrificial tomatoes. I always start a flat a month early and plant them out and roll the dice. You have nothing to lose when you do it this way.
Our weather up here is too strange this winter/spring to bother risking time & effort just yet. I mean 60 Friday, 50s Saturday to snow (2 to 4 inches) Sunday back to 60 Monday. The risk is not worth the work for transplants too soon. I agree with great tips, but waiting is ideal. Happy growing when we can get going.
I'm in PA as well, we had flurries yesterday and plenty of frost last night, so hold strong! Cool-weather crops will go out at the end of the month, and warm ones in May - spring is on the way!
I agree with you about us having crazy weatger right now and erring on the side of caution. I too am in PA, in the southeast corner near Philadelphia. @kittiew260
Thanks so much for the straight forward information…bet my garden will be a success this year!
Just exactly what I need to know, thanks good Buddy.
You’re welcome!
Thank you for the step by step instructions. It's so beneficial!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
I remember about 4 years ago when I first began gardening, I would severely stunt, and sometimes kill my plants when transplanting, now my plants seem to barely notice being transplanted at all. I just separated 3 large clusters of chives and spaced then out, they were flowering and all of the flowers kept growing after the transplant
Hi, I really enjoy your videos. I’ve been growing tomatoes for over 50 years and you blow me away! To the point, I’m in zone 10b north county San Diego. I may have started my seeds a little early in January. I’m planting them out now because they are in 6” pots, have good root systems and are 8 to 14 inches tall. My concern is the night time temperatures, 43 to 54 degrees. Some have been in for week and most look OK, others are definitely growing, some are just standing still. I saw another video where the gal says she waits until the night time temps are consistently in the 50’s. Your video shows you planting in the beginning of March? Wow! What are your night time temperatures? 2:22
I think there are some varieties known for tolerating cooler night temps & soil temps. This year will be the first year for me to put all my studies of different tomato varieties to the test. Previously I only thought of flavor. Oh & I’m jealous of your night time temps. I’m up here in Olympia, WA
Finely tuned athletes, I love it. You are a lot of help! Thank you!
You're welcome!
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I am thankful for your channel and the content you share. It really helps me to get to watch your refreshers before I actually get my garden started. Here in the Pacific Northwest our season is quite a bit later than yours. You really help me be prepared for what I need to do.
As a fellow northwester I am anxiously counting the days until I can plant my seedlings outside. Another month or so to go!
I’m happy I can help. Before you know it, it’ll be warm and dry.
Another PNWer!!! This pre spring weather is k1ll1ng me!!! 🤣🤣🤣💔
Thank you for all the ideas and tips this is very helpful.
You're welcome!
I was reading an article on transplanting as your video came up! Keep up the great work.
Glad to be on time!
This is the best video ive seen hands down.
You are so specific, I love your video. This year i mixed 30% each of peatmoss, recycle soil from my previous container and black kow. Is that a good ratio? I am planting in large containers. Thank you for sharing.
Super video!! Lots of great information. Thanks a bunch. Spring is quietly coming around. Yay!
I really enjoy your videos. You are my go to guy!
I appreciate that! Thank you!
I like using pine bark mulch. I feel it compost itself faster and my trees have tons of surface roots.
Yeah, pine bark mulch is awesome, and a good additive to soils. I like using pine needles as mulch. Have plenty of white trees(I miss my long leaf pines from NC), and I even make pathways out of it, I love the bounciness it gives.
Pine bark mulch is tough in a garden, because the chunks are so large, but around trees, it's excellent. I use pine bark nuggets around my blueberries and feijoa.
@@TheMillennialGardener yes. Vary true. I only use them around my fruit trees. Definitely not the garden.
Your videos are awesome. You should really look into JADAM methods of making your own liquid fertilizer concentrates. Cost is basically zero (grass, water, leaf mold soil from the woods) and it works fantastic! Keep up the good work!
I appreciate it! Believe me, if I had more free time, I'd experiment even more than I already do. Every year, I try to branch out a little more.
Love to see a review of this new product showing up in the box stores called Hydra Peat. I'm using it instead of peat moss this year. Yes it has some peat in it but only 20%. Nearly no content on RUclips on this product and using it for seed starting or potting mix or in the garden.
Very interesting, informative and helpful. Thanks.
You're welcome!
I can't remember the video exactly where you were giving your pup heartworm prevention, but I just learned about an annual booster for heartworm prevention. The cost is similar and it's easier (at least for me) to remember.
Love your garden area & all the advice. Thank you 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
You’re welcome!
2:06 your point is valid however I would also suggest using containers which air prune to get the best of both worlds.
I don’t see how that will correct the problem, because the seedlings will continue to grow and be stressed by the small roots.
@@TheMillennialGardener evidence is that don’t get stressed and don’t have small roots, they just send out additional roots rather than circling around. I suggest you watch some more videos on air pruning to see.
For some reason this year im having a hard time finding compost. Lowes had none, home depot had none, no garden centers near me had none too. I like the mushroom compost. Hopefully it comes back again. Maybe its too early up here in Massachusetts
Mushroom farms and city landfill/greenery usually give compost away for free.
@@tonibaloney269 good to know. Nice
Could you find a local farm and ask if they have any black dirt? Or start your own with horse poo?
Call all the Cities near you. Hopefully you will find one that accepts X-mas trees, those are the ones that keep a recycling center. Call Tree Cutting Companies, they will tell you where they go dump all their cuttings. That location will shred the brush down & make mulch & Compost. I get my Compost there for $23. a yard. They sell Mulch there for $17. a yard, but I get mine directly from a Tree Remover Co. who has their own shredder. He gets charged $50. to dump @ the Recycling Center, so he instead dumps it on my property for free. We both win!
@@TexasLocalProduce nice. Yup. I finally found some. I also started my own compost
V informative compared to others .
You’re welcome!
I love your channel. You always have super valuable information to help no matter what your level of expertise is.
I recently made an observation that you probably aren't aware of. I bought a bottle of the Alaska fish fertilizer and noticed it says not for organic gardening. I was shocked! I googled to see if I could find out why and I read that it could have a high amount of heavy metals depending on the type of fish used to create this product. I believe you have mentioned in the past that you are a biochemist, or perhaps a related field. How do you feel about using this product if this true? Can heavy metals be pulled into our fruits and vegetables when using this?
My in ground fig tree lost some of the soil. Should I use Soluble Fertilizer since I missed the timing of using the (powder Fertilizer). It has new and green leaves all over and I don't want to miss the fruiting season. Thanks for your help.
You should add granular organics to your fig tree now. They take awhile to break down. Now will be perfect, especially bone meal, so it can be there breaking down as it is fruiting. You can give the tree soluble fertilizer if you want, but now is when you add the organics.
Love your videos and teaching style. And hello to Dale! Much appreciation from Central Arkansas 🫶🏽
This is exceptional content. "Just what the " doctor ordered ". Thank you!!!
You're welcome! Glad you found it helpful!
People have been reporting that straw or hay sprayed with Grazon killed their plants and made the soil toxic. Also, a few have been having trouble with the Black Kow soil causing problems. Some batches may not have been composted down well enough, maybe?
I don't use Black Kow on veggies, but I do use it around other plants and when making new ornamental garden beds.
For those who have poor soils, Stella Maris is great at building the healthy soils of our friends our Natives who composted all their wastes and to this day at historical sites you see healthy soils.
This video is chock full of great helpful tid bits. THANK YOU
You're welcome!
Wow I’m so glad I found your channel. I’m in northern Ontario Canada so I add a couple months to your time lines 😂 but I love the tips on everything. Ty so much!
Excellent video! I find your videos to be very informative, thorough, and I like how you give your personal experiences. Thank you for sharing. I will consider building the hoop houses and will check out your other video. Full watch. Be well.
I really needed this video! I keep buying transplants and then for whatever reason I don’t get them into the ground for another wk or two:(
Another terrific info-packed video. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Doing my first season. I have watermelon, potatoes, 5 fricking cucumbers, 1 bean plant, broccoli and cauliflower as well as trying to get spinach, lettuce, carrots, peppermint, some wildflowers, and mustard going.
Great video and tips
Nice growing tips and knowledge for growing healthy plants. If you start your garden seeds outside, would you fertilize the same way ? Nice rich-looking compost. I love all the happy birds singing in the background. I have a happy Canary who knows it is Spring-time or close to it. I like the way you protect your seedlings so they can grow big and strong. Nice video !!, thanks.
Bone meal, blood meal, compost, mulch. Yes, sir!
I started small portion of tomato and pepper on 2/24/24 . Tomatoes are big with 4 true leaves. Zone 6b with last frost 4/25 and I think it was too early. Next week will be around 20 degrees at night. Your great video advice I will use later in beginning of May. I never used so much fertilizers, and looking forward to try. Just one question - do you have a good result of keeping brassicas next to tomatoes? All my books say they are foes, as well as corn and potato. Good company is carrot, lettuce, onion, beans, pepper, spinach and few more. Garlic was not mentioned, but seems it grows well with tomato.
dude. this was immensely helpful for me. as i grow my first veg garden this yr. ❤many thx.
You're welcome! I'm glad I could help!
Planted some bare root blueberries and raspberries today. Should I put fertilizer on them now or wait a few weeks? Put them in the grow bags you recommended recently and filled them with homemade soil based on your video.
I would recommend amending the blueberries and raspberries with organic all purpose fertilizer and bone meal. If you did not put it into the planting hole, dress the plants around their roots with the fertilizers in a circle, then scratch them into the top inch of the soil. Then, add water to wet the fertilizers down. I would not recommend using a water soluble fertilizer, because you'd basically be wasting it on dormant plants. Don't use water soluble fertilizers on plants that are still in dormancy.