WARNING! Planting This in Your Garden is a Mistake!

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  • Planting this in your garden is a huge mistake. This plant is a waste of time, space, and effort!
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Комментарии • 834

  • @patriciakimyeanwong8442
    @patriciakimyeanwong8442 4 года назад +2

    In Zimbabwe it's called a " Magaka"

  • @kathrinekerns8398
    @kathrinekerns8398 4 года назад +3

    I love the opal basil. Very pretty color.

    • @jamesprigioni
      @jamesprigioni  4 года назад +2

      Yeah it's so stunning, definitely one of the more beautiful plants in the garden

  • @charlenekociuba7396
    @charlenekociuba7396 4 года назад +1

    James, not that I would grow the horned cucumber, but there are folks who adore sour and use vinegar on just about every veggie they grow. So your warning to grow it far away from the mainstream areas is good. But the plant is probably worthwhile to many people. I found that pole beans also put out a lot of vine, blocks Sun, so I tamed down that planting as well. As a matter of fact, I doubt I'll plant pole beans again. Live and learn.

  • @ianjones1675
    @ianjones1675 3 года назад +1

    Hey mate I’m in Port Stephens nsw and I had one horn melon plant come up in one of my raised beds I don’t know where it came from but I’ve used it in my jerky. And I also had it as a topping on ice cream and yogurt. I think it should be grown on a trellis it keep it up and easier to harvest. Any way I love your channel and give Tuk a pat from Australia.

  • @lyndagruen2047
    @lyndagruen2047 3 года назад

    Hi James, your Kiwano (African Horned Melon) is native to a hot, dry climate. I gotta wonder if maybe it ended up getting too much water up your way. That can lead to a large plant with lots of leaves but limited flowers and fruit. If someone wanted to try growing Kiwano, I'd suggest cutting back on the water a bit first, and see if that helps. Also, I read that traditional Kiwano may have a toxin in it, anyway - that these new varieties had it bred out. So, Tuck may have smelled a trace amount of something he could tell would be harmful to him.

  • @sharonloomis5264
    @sharonloomis5264 3 года назад

    Those ouchie cucumbers were growing on the hill behind the house my Dad bought. I asked the neighbors if they were edible and no one knew. Everyone said they were planted on the hill to keep the soil from sliding down in the rain.

  • @Marcel_Audubon
    @Marcel_Audubon 4 года назад +86

    I represent the International African Horned Melon Union ... may have a word with you? 🤣😂🤣

  • @breaker-one-nine
    @breaker-one-nine 2 года назад

    Nice PPE. 😂 Love how Tuck just goes foraging through the garden tearing fruit & veg off for his lunch. 😂👍

  • @AM-to7nt
    @AM-to7nt 4 года назад

    My Anne's raspberry didnt survive the 120° f summer. My honeyberry was beat but survived and my jostaberry adapted well. Never had luck with the horned melon.

  • @krummb
    @krummb 3 года назад

    Lol, the enthusiasm in these videos is what keeps me coming back. Keep it up!

  • @tamibarnette1557
    @tamibarnette1557 3 года назад

    Tuck is so cute .thank him for the video and you too!

  • @livingoutsidethebubble
    @livingoutsidethebubble 4 года назад

    I grow sprouting broccoli and cauli in summer and we get up to 44c.

  • @reverendsaul
    @reverendsaul 4 года назад

    Really appreciate this video, because I love growing unique things, but I definitely won't be trying this one after watching this. The amount that grew in one season is crazy, how difficult it is to harvest, and I can't even imagine how easy it seeds if you missed some.

  • @bowenfarm1
    @bowenfarm1 4 года назад

    I found what you know as shiso growing along my country road and thought it was pretty so dug it up, now I have it popping up now and then in my veggie and flower garden. I thought it was a wild basil.

  • @Hayley-sl9lm
    @Hayley-sl9lm 3 года назад

    Tuck is really living the life, I've got to say. Vegetable treats, getting to dig around and explore... Happy puppy :)

    • @frog93
      @frog93 3 года назад

      And he looks super healthy! Such a sweet boy and discriminating gourmet 😻

  • @redtobertshateshandles
    @redtobertshateshandles 2 года назад

    I had a terrible wet summer here in Australia. Maybe I should have planted those Kiwano seeds I bought. Everything else has died or been eaten by pests. My only success was Jalapeno, thanks Mèxico.

  • @Pammy-wi1li
    @Pammy-wi1li 4 года назад +1

    I love your videos...thank you for all the good tips

  • @valoriegriego5212
    @valoriegriego5212 4 года назад +1

    Thanks for the advice on the African Horn melon.

  • @Gkrissy
    @Gkrissy 4 года назад +5

    I love how tuck is in James’s face checking out that spiky cucumber. It might be useful to plant on my fence line to keep deer away lol but yea it takes over a lot

  • @RichGardenLife
    @RichGardenLife 4 года назад +60

    Tuck always find himself something to eat 😀, All that bomb shelter outfit just to harvest no thank you, that plant took over everything definitely won’t want that in my garden the vegetable does look cool though 👍🏾👍🏾

    • @jocelynsmyth6604
      @jocelynsmyth6604 4 года назад +3

      The outfit in the thumbnail totally got me too!

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      @brotherzacharyjongejan 4 года назад

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  • @patriciasmith9039
    @patriciasmith9039 3 года назад

    Great video...love your huge garden...

  • @seanbadock3694
    @seanbadock3694 4 года назад +1

    How do you deal with squash bugs?

  • @katewizer2736
    @katewizer2736 3 года назад

    Thanks for the warning. My garden area is too valuable to surrender to something invasive.

  • @torgeirmolaug196
    @torgeirmolaug196 3 года назад

    It will take around 4 months from sowing seeds to harvesting Kiwano melons.

  • @jarridsl_plantarum
    @jarridsl_plantarum 4 года назад

    So... that huge plant was from a single base? How are you going to get rid of it? Just by letting the winter to kill it with cold or you are goung to uprooot it too, so it won't have the chance (if there's any) for it to grow back...?

  • @roxannaweaver2155
    @roxannaweaver2155 4 года назад +1

    Holey Cheese Whiz! SCARED me half to death when I clicked on this video. I wasn't expecting you to pop out from the leaves and holler at me like that!!!! 😂😂😂😂 That african cuc is a monster spreader isn't it? Wow! My garden got a slow start this year - I ended up with 1 good size zucchini, 7 cucs, and about 8 tomatoes none of which were very big. Probably because I planted much later than I usually do due to too many things happening at once. Oh, yeah. I almost forgot my watermelon. They are supposed to be 20 pounders when they mature but they are still very small. I'm just happy that any grew at all. Watermelon is not something I have a lot of luck with. I will leave them as late as I dare though and see what shakes loose. Anyway, thanks for video.

  • @anettahryniszynlynskey13
    @anettahryniszynlynskey13 2 года назад

    thanks for advice about kiwano. wont grow it

  • @valeriebarris4825
    @valeriebarris4825 3 года назад

    Thats funny. TUCK APPROVED.

  • @vanjosh7763
    @vanjosh7763 4 года назад +2

    5:11 that moment when that Kiwano took over the cucumbers and then tries to take over you

  • @justberry6509
    @justberry6509 4 года назад

    So it turns out the reason my tomatoes weren’t fruiting was because it had POWDERY MILDEW and i knew there was something white on it for a while but this is my first year growing and i barely found out what powdery mildew is.😔

  • @andielliott2306
    @andielliott2306 3 года назад

    180 day growing season....I'm lucky to have 90 days from first to last frost.

  • @nldcam
    @nldcam 4 года назад

    How do you deal with powdery mildew? All my pumpkin leaves got it.

  • @the0prynce
    @the0prynce 3 года назад

    I picked one fruit with relative care wearing flip flops and bare hands days ago and my hands and feet are f'n killing me!

  • @vintasalo
    @vintasalo 4 года назад

    I MADE A WAND THAT MAKES HIGHER YIELDS. WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN TESTING IT?

  • @gibbytravis
    @gibbytravis 3 года назад

    @0:26 That was great head!

  • @TheClarkmonster
    @TheClarkmonster 4 года назад

    Hilarious Wu Flu suit hahaha

  • @aspiringaspie3280
    @aspiringaspie3280 2 года назад

    I Soo thought that this was going to be about Goji berry lol

  • @devinnunn1839
    @devinnunn1839 4 года назад +3

    at 5:18 it looks like the plant wants to attack you.

    • @jamesprigioni
      @jamesprigioni  4 года назад +2

      Haha, it knew I was talking bad about it 🤣

    • @amberbumpus6174
      @amberbumpus6174 4 года назад +1

      Haha! I totally thought that too😂

  • @MissJustice
    @MissJustice 3 года назад

    it looks great for shadow in the garden in my Opinion lol

  • @darlenejohnson2662
    @darlenejohnson2662 4 года назад

    I love your energy. BTW is Tuck Vegan?

  • @cjverde49
    @cjverde49 3 года назад

    I think the lessons here is read more about a plant. I’ve planted things before that get crazy later. But seriously African horn melon? The name it’s a warning

  • @metalwright
    @metalwright 3 года назад

    This dog is over here eating better than me...

  • @ashleeboivin4338
    @ashleeboivin4338 4 года назад +1

    Lolol i was waiting for this video. In one of ur last videos you featured the horned melon. Ive seen so many gardeners on youtube get over taken by the vines. Only to harvest the fruit(which theres barely any compared to foliage) try it nd say it taste like 💩. Lmfao. Love ur videos. Sorry bout the craziness

    • @1MSally1965
      @1MSally1965 4 года назад

      It doesn’t taste like💩 and you can’t judge a fruit when it’s green. It’s supposed to be orange when ripe. People sometimes make mistakes. This video bashing this great fruit is a mistake.

    • @ashleeboivin4338
      @ashleeboivin4338 4 года назад

      @@1MSally1965 maybe you dont think it taste like 💩, but TONS of people do. Not only that but it will take over your entire garden. If you like it, good for you. He explained in his video that this is his opinion. He is most definitely allowed to say whatever he wants, then his audience can make their own opinion. Opinions are like butts, everybody has one. And we're all entitled to our own opinion without people getting angry because we "dont like something"

  • @sheckyfeinstein
    @sheckyfeinstein 3 года назад

    I’m on the verge of concluding that the African Horn Melon is not your favorite.

  • @michelekennedy515
    @michelekennedy515 4 года назад +97

    I would love to see a "Tuck Approved 🐕" stamp on seed packets. ❤🐕🍅🍉

  • @joeltm8697
    @joeltm8697 4 года назад +86

    “Tuck Approved”’ should be on a T shirt

  • @kundabwale3658
    @kundabwale3658 4 года назад +16

    Kiwano's are one of my favourite things to eat🤭 where I live we eat them with a pinch of salt. The peels of the fruit are also dried and put in some meat dishes.

    • @1MSally1965
      @1MSally1965 4 года назад +2

      Thank you! I love them!!

    • @1MSally1965
      @1MSally1965 4 года назад +3

      I am also a fan of bitter melon as well.

    • @derekmorris7128
      @derekmorris7128 3 года назад +3

      I also love them, I chill them in the fridge then cut in wedges to eat. To me they are very refreshing on a hot summer day.

  • @lexica510
    @lexica510 4 года назад +31

    Thank you for the warning! Sounds like a plant that should only be grown by people who already know they love it. Or maybe, as you suggest, as security landscaping.

    • @shadwell749
      @shadwell749 3 года назад +2

      That is a very good idea as a security landscape

  • @tersta1
    @tersta1 4 года назад +47

    James, LOOK OUT!!! At 5:14 that THING is sneaking up behind you! YIKES!

    • @Diseaseisreversible
      @Diseaseisreversible 4 года назад +3

      I saw that too😂

    • @beyondenfinity9748
      @beyondenfinity9748 4 года назад +5

      😁 i was like, what? That plant getting annoyed by his comments??

    • @tersta1
      @tersta1 4 года назад +2

      @@beyondenfinity9748 LOL!

    • @tersta1
      @tersta1 4 года назад +5

      @@Diseaseisreversible Typical scary movie... sure, we all see danger looming, but the VICTIM is always unawares.

    • @johnl9067
      @johnl9067 4 года назад +2

      Lol..did the lighting guy fall!

  • @reneemeyers8342
    @reneemeyers8342 4 года назад +76

    Can't get enough of your energy and advise. And Tucky makes me smile!!

    • @jamesprigioni
      @jamesprigioni  4 года назад +3

      Awe you're sweet! Thanks for the kind words Renee

  • @chio486
    @chio486 4 года назад +167

    As a Japanese, I'm happy to see that you like shiso and Japanese cucumber. But most of all you respect Masanobu Fukuoka. Thank you :)

    • @jamesprigioni
      @jamesprigioni  4 года назад +89

      Thanks! Yeah, Masanobu has played a huge role in my gardening life his quote is still my favorite garden quote of all time and it constantly comes to me in the garden. “The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.” Every year it means more and more to me. ❤️

    • @catherinegrace2366
      @catherinegrace2366 4 года назад +8

      Chio I love it that someone from Japan watches my favorite gardener’s channel. 👋

    • @Murphis55
      @Murphis55 4 года назад +2

      Chio Hi! Maybe you could tell me what to do with shiso. I got them growing all over the place. I know it’s sesame and they are getting ready to bloom and that you can eat the leaves but how do you prepare them. Most receipes I find are pretty scarce and don’t say much. Can they be used like grape leaves stuffed with rice etc? I’d really appreciate any suggestions even where to check things out. Have a great day and stay safe. 🖖🏻👍🏻❤️🐾🐾🐾🙋🏼‍♀️

    • @chio486
      @chio486 4 года назад +11

      @@catherinegrace2366 I'm from Tokyo so I didn't know nothing about gardening till I moved to Texas 10 yrs ago. But now gardening is the one helping me a lot this year mentally physically! :)

    • @chio486
      @chio486 4 года назад +9

      @@Murphis55 Thank you. I think shiso and sesami are different. We use shiso as a garnish but you can make tempura out of it. If it's red one, some people make pretty color juice. It's super good for you. :)

  • @heysuz701
    @heysuz701 4 года назад +30

    Tuck is so into everything! Love it! Cracked me up that he didn’t like the spiky ones. My dog just tries (and sometimes succeeds) in eating bees. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @jamesprigioni
      @jamesprigioni  4 года назад +3

      Haha! Now that would be a funny clip to see 🤣

  • @lagoya
    @lagoya 3 года назад +32

    I grow these here in Arkansas and they need our full growing season. I've gotten over 200 kiwanos from only four vines! I sold them for $2-$3 apiece at farmer's markets. They have an amazing shelf life and will continue to ripen all winter long if brought inside.

    • @BaawBee
      @BaawBee Год назад

      He showed other things so which one are you talking about? Is it the spikey cucumber thing?

    • @lagoya
      @lagoya Год назад

      @@BaawBee yes

    • @chocodiva
      @chocodiva 3 месяца назад

      They are definitely prolific growers...

  • @moho5790
    @moho5790 4 года назад +5

    The good thing about kiwano is they last a long time off the vine - months. So when all your other summer veg have gone by winter, you'll still have kiwano to eat.

  • @Joshua-we2us
    @Joshua-we2us 4 года назад +43

    Yes, I agree, if it's not Tuck Approved, throw it out!! 🥒🐕🥒 Too cute on that State Bird. 💛 Persimmons 😍

    • @jamesprigioni
      @jamesprigioni  4 года назад +5

      Yeah, when he didn't want to eat it that the ultimate tell for me

  • @DanceswithDustBunnies
    @DanceswithDustBunnies 4 года назад +29

    Tuck approved!! That vine is like the kudzu of the cuburbit family!

    • @CassieDavis613
      @CassieDavis613 4 года назад +1

      Love Tuck. Would like to find a Tuck for my little Chihuahua who looooves Yorkies

  • @suburbanhomestead
    @suburbanhomestead 4 года назад +3

    If only regular cucumbers were as disease resistant as kiwano. I agree that it is not worth growing with our relatively short growing season

    • @jamesprigioni
      @jamesprigioni  4 года назад

      Exactly!!! Such great disease resistance, critter resistant, and prolific growth. Just not good for like you said short growing season, and the flavor just isn't there

  • @melodyschultz2595
    @melodyschultz2595 3 года назад +7

    I grew this one year in a raised bed garden ,and man, did it take over!! I always tell people about Kiwanis needing its own zip code if you plant it !!!

  • @stellaq3306
    @stellaq3306 3 года назад +7

    It’s 4:45 am. I have trouble sleeping so I watch stuff till I conk out again. I have to contain my joy quietly when I see little Tuck eating his veg by choice! He & James’ upness light me up in the dark hours. 💜👍🇦🇺 Tuck approved Good Tucker 😍

  • @elizabethdavis1696
    @elizabethdavis1696 4 года назад +39

    Lots of you tubers are doing videos on prepper pantries and canning maybe you should get into that too
    It’s a response to food insecurity because of covid
    I would love to learn that from you

    • @jamesprigioni
      @jamesprigioni  4 года назад +17

      That's a cool idea Elizabeth

    • @fourdayhomestead2839
      @fourdayhomestead2839 4 года назад +13

      @@jamesprigioni winter project for you. I'm here for gardening, but would love to see veggie preservation & recipes (food ideas atleast)..

    • @debiaviles4207
      @debiaviles4207 4 года назад +3

      Super Spooker I’m sorry you made me laugh out loud ! when Covid first hit I said on Facebook I am starting a food safety pantry , do not call me a hoarder , I collect things and do not call me a preppier ... because I can’t even find candles in a storm in my house

    • @KevinSmith-dx6xq
      @KevinSmith-dx6xq 4 года назад +4

      @@debiaviles4207 I told my friends earlier this year that I was gardening before the was panic gardening.

    • @frog93
      @frog93 3 года назад +1

      Yes, would love to see some canning or other conservation ideas, to enjoy veggies all year around. Also tips on growing in a greenhouse - i have a garden « shed » on which I plan to replace the roof with transparent plastic. Is that a good idea?

  • @desdazdb
    @desdazdb 4 года назад +20

    Hey! Not sure what you did with the horned melon but when we grow it, it doesn't invade the garden like that! It actually just comes up alongside other plants, maize, melons and pumpkins. We don't even tend to the crop, it just does well on It's own (without any aid). Also, they aren't meant to be sour 😁

    • @ArizonaBorn1358
      @ArizonaBorn1358 3 года назад +2

      Interesting

    • @joyceobeys6818
      @joyceobeys6818 2 года назад +1

      I would like to know also which zone.
      Maybe his ground had too much of something that grows an abundance of leaves on that horned plant rather then fruit. It sure had a huge stalk.

    • @IB_Adventures
      @IB_Adventures 4 месяца назад

      ​@@joyceobeys6818 In Zimbabwe we don't plant them, they grow on their own with maize and pumpkins. We peel them or just taking off the horns and make a salad just like cucumber 🥒 😊using with just tomato, onion, salt and vinegar 😋

  • @PhosphorAlchemist
    @PhosphorAlchemist 4 года назад +6

    Horned melon is much tastier (if still a weird texture) when fully ripe and golden-yellow. Still, it's the sort of thing I'd want 2-3 of each season, so growing it myself wasn't sounding great even before I knew how much space it overtook and how wildly long they took to fruit (I'm also in the mid-Atlantic US). If I were selling them at market and could get them started early enough to fully ripen, they might be worth the space. As is, I think they'd be most useful to me along a fence I wanted people to stay away from (fortunately not necessary for me).

    • @1MSally1965
      @1MSally1965 4 года назад +1

      You could sell them in fall with pumpkins and gourds. They last for months.

    • @PhosphorAlchemist
      @PhosphorAlchemist 4 года назад

      @@1MSally1965 I'm going to work on my tomato harvest for myself before dreaming of big market curiosities. I think I got one tomato out of two plants so far this year, between poor set with the heat and squirrels thieving them when they started to color up. *wry laugh*

  • @mintybee5003
    @mintybee5003 3 года назад +10

    Hi James. It's called Kiwano. It grows wild in the desert and that's why you yours grow so prolifiric because it requires no water to grow. And it must not be eaten green but when it is bright orange. The Bushmen in the Kalahari eat it to quench their thirst.

    • @Xochiyolotl
      @Xochiyolotl 2 года назад

      I’ve heard it’s also called tsama.

  • @five1steph
    @five1steph 3 года назад +6

    I came across this fruit in Kenya last year. They call it "Spike Melon" and its soooo popular. I remember the flavour very well, and always imagined it going really well in a berry smoothie. Well done.

  • @ChrisReher
    @ChrisReher 4 года назад +19

    The "What's going on" at the start always makes me smile.

    • @jamesprigioni
      @jamesprigioni  4 года назад +2

      Glad to hear that my friend 😁❤️

  • @janstiver3350
    @janstiver3350 4 года назад +2

    Have you ever tried Jacari Melon? Tried it this year. It's delicious, but I only got 2 this summer. Was going to rip it out and discovered 6 more! Am hoping a couple ripen before my first frost. Fingers crossed! Pruned the smallest.

    • @1MSally1965
      @1MSally1965 4 года назад

      What is this? Sounds really good!

  • @iprincessirene
    @iprincessirene 4 года назад +6

    That would make a great fence 😊

  • @garrett961
    @garrett961 4 года назад +36

    Hi I’m thirteen and I love gardening and I have my own RUclips channel I like posting things about gardening.nice video 👍🏼😃

    • @fourdayhomestead2839
      @fourdayhomestead2839 4 года назад +7

      Just subscribed. Glad to see young people getting into gardening.

    • @brotherzacharyjongejan
      @brotherzacharyjongejan 4 года назад +1

      Please read the whole message, even if you’ve been saved.
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      The book of Daniel in the Old Testament is the key to truly understanding the Book of Revelation; make sure to remember that every day in prophecy equals a year (Ezekiel 4:6 & Numbers 14:34). Book of Revelation is a chiasmus {[Looks like this(\/)](\Historical&Eschatological/)}also; this information will help you to understand the makeup of the way Revelation is written, along with The Book of Daniel. God bless with your search for truth (The word of God, Ten Commandments, and Jesus is the way, the truth and the life) my brothers and sisters in Christ-ask God in prayer what truth is and to ask for the spirit of prophecy, and for help to understand His Word. People that say it’s okay to break Sabbath and to keep Sunday or other days is an enemy of God; however, many have been deceived and God understands, please ask God for spiritual discernment. Don’t trust me, only Trust Jesus Christ, His Word and His Commandments. God bless!
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    • @garrett961
      @garrett961 4 года назад +2

      Brother Zachary Jongejan wow 😳 you wrote a lot l loved the message thanks 😊

    • @garrett961
      @garrett961 4 года назад +2

      Anna at Four Day Homestead thanks 😊

    • @sishrac
      @sishrac 4 года назад +3

      @@brotherzacharyjongejan
      Would God strike the people that keep everyday for Him instead of only Saturday? It would be a great idea if you'd kindly take your own advice and study the Bible in search of Truth, not religion.

  • @dorothyfloyd3829
    @dorothyfloyd3829 4 года назад +2

    Greetings Tuck from Tukwila Washington!

  • @August84118
    @August84118 4 года назад +5

    Fun tour! Loved the hazmat suit! 😂 I’m in Zone 6B and planted in the beginning of September. We’ve had a huge windstorm and two weeks of fires in our region, so the sun has been blocked out quite a bit...but everything is plugging away. I haven’t had a garden in decades, and you were a big inspiration to get out there and do it. I have four raised beds: carrots, chard, spinach, chives, cilantro, lettuce, squash, arugula, basil, beets, cabbage, peas, amaranth, green beans, pickling cucumbers, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli, green onions, kale, radishes, dill, mustard and parsley. It’s exciting to see how things will grow...nothing ventured, nothing gained. Anyways, thank you for the inspiration!

  • @amandavhb1630
    @amandavhb1630 4 года назад +4

    Hi James! I have to cover up and wear dish gloves to harvest Vining plants because they give me hives. Now i know what I look like to everyone else! 😂

  • @b.rileyjowett6925
    @b.rileyjowett6925 4 года назад +8

    They are actually pretty good when ripe and have a really cool texture but unless you live somewhere with a lot of space and a very long season they aren’t the best idea.

  • @pamelaswan2774
    @pamelaswan2774 4 года назад +34

    I've had a great year with lemon cucumbers thanks to your advice to pick cucumbers small-they were so much better small too- no peeling !

    • @jamesprigioni
      @jamesprigioni  4 года назад +3

      I love to hear that Pamela! The lemon cukes are definitely a winner, and I'm happy to here you are using the more you pick the more you get method ❤️

    • @jonihughey1352
      @jonihughey1352 4 года назад +1

      Pamela Swan This is the first I’ve heard of lemon cucumbers. I hope I can find some. I’m desperately trying to find out the name of the purple peppers he grows, so pretty!

    • @jonihughey1352
      @jonihughey1352 4 года назад

      The Gardening Channel With James Prigioni I’d like to know the name of the purple peppers you grow, so pretty! I grew Candy Cane, Snackabelles, CA Wonders, & poblanos this summer.

    • @pamelaswan2774
      @pamelaswan2774 4 года назад +1

      @@jonihughey1352 Google the Lemon Cucumbers and Peppers if he is out collecting his harvest and can't answer. I'ev grown lemon cucumbers many times but I never picked them small- they were so much better and I got sooo many more- delicious !

    • @1MSally1965
      @1MSally1965 4 года назад

      I grew these apple ones, the Sikkim and the market mores. They were all great!

  • @Jeraaa349
    @Jeraaa349 4 года назад +3

    That’s a kiwano melon!
    It’s supposed to taste like lime jello. I have some just growing but they are sure sore and pokey, they get through my gardening gloves

    • @Nightowl2548
      @Nightowl2548 4 года назад

      They really, really grow, went up a bush and covered the top of it with vines. I do have about 30 big spiky fruits and a half dozen are yellow brown but the ripening process is really slow and I have to constantly trim off the fast growing vine leaders to keep them off my other vegetables. It is from seeds from a store bought Kiwano, they aren't bad when ripe, the flavor reminds me of the Ectoplasmic Green Ghostbuster's Hi-C drink they used to sell in the mid 80s. But next year I can't have this huge mess in my garden and will put in something else like summer squash. My kohlrabi all got destroyed down to stumps overnight probably by mice as I am back with the traps and got 6 over the last few nights so the darn things are back en mass after I knocked down their numbers in July. It looks like brassica family stuff is a problem in my location.

    • @1MSally1965
      @1MSally1965 4 года назад +1

      Keep growing them. They’re delicious! You can’t judge this fruit by eating it green. They’re ripe when ORANGE.

  • @shadyman6346
    @shadyman6346 4 года назад +6

    Wonder if you could create a living wall with this vine? Plus, it’s spiked...

  • @levintry8812
    @levintry8812 4 года назад +28

    Spoiler alert: it isn't tomatoes

  • @themusenextdoor
    @themusenextdoor 4 года назад +7

    We had a freakishly early first snowfall where I live (first week of September! I think it even made national news!), but it warmed up quickly enough that my cool weather crops actually benefited from it. I probably have another three or four weeks before the hard frosts start happening, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a good yield of peas and brassicas.

  • @J3rs3yM1k3
    @J3rs3yM1k3 4 года назад +28

    I have to disagree. I grew kiwanos (horned melon) this year and they have a mild, tropical flavor, I'd compare to banana with lime. Let them ripen first. The flavor is very different. If your growing season is too short for a vine ripen, you can pick green and use the apple method to ripen them. I have 60-70 melons and am trying to find a good jam recipe for them.

    • @1MSally1965
      @1MSally1965 4 года назад +2

      Excellent! I love them too! Thank you!!

    • @catstack_
      @catstack_ 2 года назад +1

      Would they make good pickles?

    • @J3rs3yM1k3
      @J3rs3yM1k3 2 года назад +3

      @@catstack_ The part you would usually eat wouldn't pickle because it's VERY wet. However, since the entire melon is edible, I don't see any reason why the rind wouldn't pickle very nicely. Now I want to try it. :)

  • @deborahandrews9728
    @deborahandrews9728 4 года назад +6

    Your garden is really beautiful. I just wanted to mention that I'm a spinach lover, too. This year I was able to grow something called Egyptian spinach and it loves heat. Unfortunately, I discovered it's pretty shallow rooted during hurricane Sally. I didn't lose the whole thing, but it does taste delicious. Thanks for sharing your garden with us.

  • @stoner2439
    @stoner2439 4 года назад +4

    Man, 180 days growing season? man I wish we were lucky enough to get 100 good days!

  • @keyphabenyisrael3219
    @keyphabenyisrael3219 4 года назад +7

    3:04 OK thumbs up as usual, but especially for that protective gear get up ROFL

  • @kefirheals7383
    @kefirheals7383 3 года назад +5

    That little Tuckie boy loves his vegetables!!!! I have never seen a dog love veggies as much as Tuck! OMG - what an adorable puppy. I bet you guys love him to pieces! Such a cute addition to every video too.

    • @nancylourose
      @nancylourose 3 года назад

      My daughter's pug loves veggies.

  • @Yololtanextli
    @Yololtanextli 4 года назад +10

    I second don't grow them. We planted several back in March and got no flowers or fruits and it is now late September.

    • @jamesprigioni
      @jamesprigioni  4 года назад +1

      Sorry to hear you didn't get anything, but glad you agree 👍

    • @StevenStGelais
      @StevenStGelais 4 года назад

      What are they called? I didn't hear it mentioned. Looks like a bitter or sour melon

    • @Yololtanextli
      @Yololtanextli 4 года назад

      @@StevenStGelais Kiwano or African Horned Melon.

    • @michaelcera4574
      @michaelcera4574 4 года назад

      I early started mine a month before transplanting them and got fruit in zone 4b. I grew it because I wanted to try it and getting the fruit would cost over $15-$45 a pound not including shipping. I can vouch the thing will spread all over the place and take over every inch of your garden, I would go out there pretty much three times a week with a machete and chop at that thing which seemed to just make it angrier and cause it to grow more vines. Flavor wise its alright. If it was at a market I would buy it here and there for a novelty if it was cheap enough but knowing it takes over an area so hard I wouldnt grow it again.
      On another note about it, you can hollow it around a piece of foam or something and when it dries you can glue it back together and put a firework towards the top and create an actual active danger to you and your surroundings. This is the only enjoyment Ive gotten out of it next to chopping it with a machete. I might make a video myself on growing this actually lol

  • @patriciakimyeanwong8442
    @patriciakimyeanwong8442 4 года назад +3

    Hi James how have you been. Yes a friend of mine in Australia is having the same problem with that Veg. They grow like weeds and over take the whole garden. That Veg does good in Africa they call it a wild cucumber and they seem to enjoy it. You and Tuck Take care. Always enjoy you Videos.👍🇨🇦

  •  4 года назад +1

    I Love it and find it super-productive! You can eat green like it is. Why do you have to use gear???I also never use it.

  • @howbigisyourlove
    @howbigisyourlove 4 года назад +4

    had a very hard frost here in southern ontario .. first time to wipe out almost everything this early .. with the season start of a heavy frost in june .. a full drought , horrible infestations on just about everything , heat beyond tolerance up to the end of august .. and now all crops frosted and dead .. I will be growing much less this coming year and relying on my berry and fruit crops as this years veggie season sucked ..

  • @lisas3724
    @lisas3724 4 года назад +2

    Thank you for your videos.
    Can you tell us what the square footage is of your garden? It's phenomenal!

  • @jonihughey1352
    @jonihughey1352 4 года назад +8

    I’m still getting lots of peppers & eggplants. I’ve got turnips & sweet potatoes & just picked some turnip greens, my favorite greens. Why don’t you grow okra? It loves the heat her in TN. Nice video! 💕Tuck💕

    • @jamesprigioni
      @jamesprigioni  4 года назад +8

      Good stuff Joni! I can't say I have really tried eating many turnip greens, I will have to try that. Just cause I'm not really a fan of eating Okra, but I could try it next year and fry it, that's probably the only way I would like it. I need someone to help me with the cooking and processing, I am all about the growing not so much the post harvest, I need to change that.

    • @jonihughey1352
      @jonihughey1352 4 года назад +3

      The Gardening Channel With James Prigioni I just boil the greens for 20-30 minutes until tender, seasoned with s & p, & bacon drippings. I’ve been cooking the okra with onions & tomatoes, spooonful of sugar, sooo delicious. Fried is good too! 😋

    • @vickisavage8929
      @vickisavage8929 4 года назад +3

      Joni Hughey We grew okra in Minnesota and got so much we couldn’t keep up with it. We canned it with tomatoes. Great start on soups, stews, and gumbos!

    • @charlesroberts3910
      @charlesroberts3910 3 года назад

      Beet greens are great too

    • @charlesroberts3910
      @charlesroberts3910 3 года назад

      Just cook turnip and beet greens like cooking spinach

  • @windwalkerfpv
    @windwalkerfpv 4 года назад +6

    This might be something I can grow here.. the wildlife has been quick to grab my cucumbers, melons, squash, etc. I have yet to harvest any from my new property and am getting extremely frustrated.

    • @jamesprigioni
      @jamesprigioni  4 года назад +2

      Yeah something good about this is that its disease resistant and grows vigorously, its native to Africa so I would assume it would do better in your climate.

    • @songbirdforjesus2381
      @songbirdforjesus2381 4 года назад +2

      What about fencing?

    • @1MSally1965
      @1MSally1965 4 года назад +2

      Put up a fence and plant it along that. They won’t touch it. The hairs break off in your skin and itch and the melons are spiky. I personally love them. He was eating them green. They need to be ORANGE before you eat them. Lol.

  • @G-boi
    @G-boi 4 года назад +3

    Maybe you can use the left over seeds to grow for root stock to graft cucumber variaties on to🤔🙂.

  • @pamelaadams3649
    @pamelaadams3649 4 года назад +17

    Frost advisory tonight for parts of NJ!

    • @jamesprigioni
      @jamesprigioni  4 года назад +12

      Yeah no bueno, it's too early 😩

    • @Betty-qd8st
      @Betty-qd8st 4 года назад +2

      No way

    • @jonihughey1352
      @jonihughey1352 4 года назад +3

      It’s only in the eighties here in middle Tennessee & got down in the sixties last night. Too soon! I still have tomatoes with yellow blooms! 😫

    • @kele1264
      @kele1264 4 года назад +1

      oh no... I'm in Jersey. I was enjoying the low 60s at night, then the 50s. The 40s came too soon. Now we're looking at frost? Already? No! I'm not ready!

    • @underseatrove
      @underseatrove 4 года назад +1

      Didn't expect to find out this way, but thank you!

  • @BxTekNurd
    @BxTekNurd 4 года назад +6

    5:13 I thought it was about to fall on him.. 😂

    • @2bRealist
      @2bRealist 3 года назад

      Right... I was like... "Watch out!! Behind you!!" Like watching a horror movie monster about to get him from behind O_o
      lol

  • @lauriewilliams8221
    @lauriewilliams8221 4 года назад +1

    In Australia here🦘🦘🆗 I have grown a few APPLE CUCUMBERS over the years & had about 30-40 Cucumbers per plant.
    Go for the APPLE!!🆗🍏🍏🍏🥒🥒🥒

  • @fourdayhomestead2839
    @fourdayhomestead2839 4 года назад +5

    Food forest is such a good idea, especially for those that like to go out and eat your meals as you harvest all the goodness from the garden.

  • @زهرةالبنفسج-س6ر1ت
    @زهرةالبنفسج-س6ر1ت 4 года назад +2

    جميل جدا الله يبارك في جهودك تحياتي لك من العراق 🌺🍇🍈🍊🍓🍒🍅🍏🥒🍆🥬🥦

  • @adventurousones2260
    @adventurousones2260 4 года назад +1

    African horn melon hey, wow I love 😍 them we call them Magaka and I remember that my grandfather used to grow them on the ground between the maize 🌽 crop, in Zimbabwe.
    After the maize was harvested those were our treat, we would just pick them and rub off the spines on a rock, or just chop them off with a knief. Wash them and eat them whole with a sprinkle of salt. Yum 😋l don't think that your climate is suited to them that's why they just grew lots of leaves but not much fruit

  • @damienrosa384
    @damienrosa384 4 года назад +4

    Thank you for the inspirations for videos inspire! I want to experiment with growing the dragon tongue beans as well as some brassicas. You should get into preserves to show viewers how you preserve some of your harvest! (:

  • @rickershomesteadahobbyfarm3291
    @rickershomesteadahobbyfarm3291 4 года назад +1

    LoL I love my dog but not enough to eat something he just licked lol

  • @tatepasi9519
    @tatepasi9519 4 года назад +1

    Oh I am from Zimbabwe that is the most prolific free source of food...we just love them in Zimbabwe. But we have a 9 month growing season...hope you like the taste. I prefer it yellow and a little limey tasting.

  • @beebob1279
    @beebob1279 4 года назад +1

    Your dog must be vegan. He eats so many veggies there's no way he can have his dinner too