Yo, Emma from Ohio. I found your channel when I saw the sweet pea trellis thumbnail. Ive watched all your videos. Because my hobby is growing from seeds. I whack out seeds pretty much every evening. I live right smack in the city, but my entire backyard is my garden. And I have an unheated glassed in porch i can use as a greenhouse. Love your videos.
Hi Emma, i’ve Commented a few times about how much I love the vlogs. Things you’ve taught me this month.... Trust The Seeds! I usually spend so much time planning and thinking about how to plant my seeds perfectly that I miss the best of the planting season! Doh! You pointed out that seeds know what they’re doing and can figure it out! They don’t need me faffing to the nth degree! I can see them roll their eyes when I walk over! So I threw caution to the wind and just whacked in a load of seeds and hey presto.... the best hoard of toms onion, marigold, sunflower and sweet pea seedlings i’ve Ever had! Sorry Monty, love your advice to bits but sometimes, you’ve just got to whack stuff in!!!! 😂
Hey Emma, fellow pond plant killer here 🙋♀️😂 I have lost so many, but highly recommend buying a bag of watercress from the salad section of the super market and just chucking it in! My pond is now full of plants and life, you just bung it in and after a week or so it grows roots 😁 it even produces tiny little white flowers 😍 also creeping jenny is great for growing around the edges to hide the liner. Hope your pond plants thrive 🥰 x
@@emmasallotmentdiaries I was very sceptical about it when I read it online but it works so well!! You may need to wait for the water to be a little warmer for it to grow but absolutely worth a go! Word of warning if you shop online, read the bag properly before chucking it in... they gave me watercress and rocket instead, I didn't notice so had to sit with a little net and fish all the rocket back out 🤦♀️😂 x
I 100% buy your book, your so genuine, you don't use big gardening words lol you explain things so easily, for someone who is just beginning growing my veg I have been binge watching your videos. I love them. So thank you xxx
Keep the lead weight attached to the bunch of Densa Weed, so it sinks to the bottom and they will grow roots and multiply. When I had Koi I never put anything in to stop ice forming as all life will go to the bottom and become still, underneath the ice, then carry on as normal as it warms up. Loving your channel. You're doing good gal. Keep em coming. 💕
I live in the USA and i grow in raised beds. I watch allotment videos because it's closer to how i grow than most homesteaders. I love your videos because you don't suddenly start buying a lot of expensive things that most of us can't afford. Keep wacking it in!
Thanks so much. Yes, I like to spend as little as possible, I really don't think you have to spend a lot to grow your own food and hopefully I'm getting that message across! x
On top of the soil for aquatic plants put a layer of pea gravel and then your decorative shells - but the pea gravel is essential Emma. Least it has been in every pond I planted up and I've done a few of them.
Hi Emma most pond plants die back in the winter months then come back when it warms up I would not take any plants out the pond until you no for sure they are dead you might be replacing them for no reason, keep up the good work with the plot happy gardening.
I've recently found your channel....and its brilliant, fun and so different to other gardening channels. def want to see more of your journey! love it..
I have been binge watching your vlogs since very recently discovering your channel. I absolutely love them. I have also noticed that you have now accumulated 20,000 subscribers. Congratulations!
Shame on those publishing houses, and I am pleased you will self publish, look forward to getting your book when it comes out. I allotment garden in my own small garden and I have my name down on the waiting list for an allotment plot. Love watching your videos Emma, and they give me the confidence to just give it a go and whack it in !
I used to be a florist and Latin names were used so that anyone in any country could identify a plant. The example my teacher used to use was that a pansy in England is different than a pansy in America (apparently anyway) :)
Lovely update Emma. I think the views on your channel is proof that there's defo interest in allotment gardening. I can only dream of getting your kind of numbers. Keep up the great work 👍
Hi Emma I’ve got a pond and I use some hessian to line the plant pots first to stop the compost falling out all over, then top it off with aquarium grit.
Hi Emma. I'm loving your bright and breezy approach to allotment gardening. You've had some top tips for pond plants.. agree leave the 'dead' ones in..almost everything in the pond dies off in the winter but comes back in the spring with vengeance. Surprised no one has mentioned your water level. To stop your liner from weathering and cracking you need to fill the pond right up to the stone line so the liner is covered. Hope that's useful😊
Each plant has its depth to grow. I can't promise about the other plants but I did a watelily in my pond. And I did research: large varieties must sit 75cm under the surface, medium 50cm, small 20cm. If you place waterlily too deep it won't flower. If you place it too shallow they will die. My was dwarf waterlily and I placed it about 20-25cm deep. And it came back next year and I'm expecting them back this year again. Seeing your plants that shallow - I can feel why the death is coming up for them... Sorry, but you better deepen them down.
Some of the others were marginals (like the Juncus) and should be shallower, but definitely a water lily needs to be deeper, I was a plonker and planted our native giant water lily in a small pond, it was great for a couple of years then lily pads started rising out of the water lol :)
Still so much fun watching your videos . Interested in what sort of 'human juice you'd be spraying🤣 BTW like other comments should leave tie on oxygenating plants so they sink but maybe next visit if ponds not frozen Love it look forward to the next Emma
Oh the latin names help me watch gardening video’s from all over the world and knowing what they are talking about! Because as a dutchie… our common names are just known by 15 million people 😂 Also, it tells me which familie a plant belongs to! You’ll get a hang of it! 💚
thats a lovelt little pone. I have been thinking about getting a pond. we are not allowed fish here but one plot has had carp fo years and years! which is rather cool!
I would buy your book. I have just found your channel. We have had our allotment for a few years yet but haven't really got anywhere. Really hoping this year is going to be the year.
Yes you're right your plants will create oxygen during the daytime if you haven't already they are good videos on RUclips to look at pond plants it will help you familiarise yourself with them😊 I like to use the notepad on my phone to jot down species of plants in Latin names any type of shell in water will make your water harder because of the calcium in the shell breaking down overtime so maybe that's something you would like to keep in mind if you're going to add fish in future some fish don't like hard water they might like softer water
Hi Emma, I agree it is difficult to learn the Latin names but it does make sense. They're divided into subsets and species. There are just too many different common names around for the same plants.
You know some Latin sweetheart , the way they name plants Is really clever . Can't really remember how it works enough to explain it . I felt the same as you regarding the classification and then had it explained to me and thought that's genius level simple if you actually spoke some Latin . Your more than capable of understanding it . Good luck
Water lily need to be in the deepest part of the pond Emma. Also put the dead ones you took out back in they're probably just dormant at the minute. Good luck!
Hi I hope your pond plants grow well this time, we got frogspawn yesterday in our pond up north in Derbyshire, maybe your plants will regrow when it warms up as some die down for the winter.
Hi Emma some pond plants die right off in winter and regrow in spring so your plants might not be dead. The wster lilly needs to be in the deepest part of the pond usually in the middle and will also die off in winter good luck
I see that you have an article in Kitchen Garden this month, and yes I see veg plant seeds have gone through the roof, I think they missed out Emma. Great work.
whack a few pebbles in the pond pots for weight. Try some watercress, it grows very well around the pond. My arches did not last more than 6 months. I am building out of wood this year.
Latin names is really useful as it’s used all over the world in all languages. So we can order the plant or seeds all over the world not restricted by English. We don’t have to know all the Latin names but we all know some names don’t we.
Emma, boil the garlic. Blend it with the water its boiled - into a fine paste. Mix with more water and then pour in the bottle. It will be easier to spray as this way no raw garlicky bits will get stuck in the nozzle.
Hi sweetie. The lead ring that was on the bottom of your oxygenating plant should stay on there ot act as an anchor. You should put the whole bunch in and it will grow and spread around the pond due to its length!
I think I got the same collection of pond plants last year. I was worried because some of the reviews said the plants died but all of mine have thrived and grown really well although they started small and looked pretty unwell to start with. I would put the lilly in a bit deeper if you can.
Thanks for the tips! Yes, I think the plants were in quite good condition really so I was happy. And there is no where near me where I can buy pond plants easily! x
I agree about Latin names of plants and just refer to things in my garden as flowers,vege,trees,shrubs etc(though I do know some names,Im more interested in wether I can get them to grow or not rather than tbeir botanical names)
5/6 garlic cloves,boil in water for how ever long it takes the garlic to go soft.Mash water and garlic together....STRAIN and fill your spray bottle ...and it won't block the sprayer up ❤️
Sweetie, please put more rocks or stones from pond to the liner exposed on the edges. This will stop birds and baby birds, hedgehogs from drowning . The reason plants are in Latin is to identify the species, this tells you how that plant species grows, where on this planet it comes from so you can give plants the growing conditions they need.
As far as I'm concerned an allotment is an allotted space to grow your own. So if you allocate yourself a space in your garden to grow veg then that is an allotted plot. ALLOTMENT.
That’s so daft! The waiting list for allotment gardens in the Netherlands are longer than ever! Our waiting list has been closed for ages. All young, highly educated people. Allotment gardens are cool, green, biodiverse spaces that cool down cities, act as water containers, make for beautiful walking and running areas and create havens for wildlife. People are just so stupid, gawd!
Oh dam just wrote you a nice long comment and lve just deleted it 😆 everyone is wanting a plot these days,long waiting list so these people don't know what they are talking about.love the music you put to this video 12.15 very relaxing.Now lve forgotten what l said in that comment 🤔 till next time sweetie🌱🌱🌱💞 your poor freezing hands....painful xx
Don’t realy know if your pond is big enough or deep enough for water lilies ,they need probably more depth than you have to flourish ,a bag of stones from BQ 20m or 10m would have worked better on the pot tops and given more weight to keep pots in place and been much cheaper. The wire you took off the airiating weed was possibly the weight if lead to take it to the bottom to root instead of floating on the top as you put it in . LOL stop smacking your water garden plants, give them a chance to grow as they die down in the winter so don’t chuck to many pots out .
You will probably find your pond may still freeze even with the ball in usually put in to relieve the pressure on concrete pools of the ice to stop cracking of the concrete.
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Yo, Emma from Ohio. I found your channel when I saw the sweet pea trellis thumbnail. Ive watched all your videos. Because my hobby is growing from seeds. I whack out seeds pretty much every evening. I live right smack in the city, but my entire backyard is my garden. And I have an unheated glassed in porch i can use as a greenhouse. Love your videos.
Hi Emma, i’ve Commented a few times about how much I love the vlogs. Things you’ve taught me this month.... Trust The Seeds! I usually spend so much time planning and thinking about how to plant my seeds perfectly that I miss the best of the planting season! Doh! You pointed out that seeds know what they’re doing and can figure it out! They don’t need me faffing to the nth degree! I can see them roll their eyes when I walk over! So I threw caution to the wind and just whacked in a load of seeds and hey presto.... the best hoard of toms onion, marigold, sunflower and sweet pea seedlings i’ve Ever had! Sorry Monty, love your advice to bits but sometimes, you’ve just got to whack stuff in!!!! 😂
Hey Emma, fellow pond plant killer here 🙋♀️😂 I have lost so many, but highly recommend buying a bag of watercress from the salad section of the super market and just chucking it in! My pond is now full of plants and life, you just bung it in and after a week or so it grows roots 😁 it even produces tiny little white flowers 😍 also creeping jenny is great for growing around the edges to hide the liner. Hope your pond plants thrive 🥰 x
Thats amazing!!! I'd never have thought that could grow but am definitely going to buy some watercress now! x
@@emmasallotmentdiaries I was very sceptical about it when I read it online but it works so well!! You may need to wait for the water to be a little warmer for it to grow but absolutely worth a go! Word of warning if you shop online, read the bag properly before chucking it in... they gave me watercress and rocket instead, I didn't notice so had to sit with a little net and fish all the rocket back out 🤦♀️😂 x
I 100% buy your book, your so genuine, you don't use big gardening words lol you explain things so easily, for someone who is just beginning growing my veg I have been binge watching your videos. I love them. So thank you xxx
Ah thank you so much. So glad you like my videos x
Emma, you make me laugh so much. I absolutely love listening to you. 💛💚💙
Keep the lead weight attached to the bunch of Densa Weed, so it sinks to the bottom and they will grow roots and multiply. When I had Koi I never put anything in to stop ice forming as all life will go to the bottom and become still, underneath the ice, then carry on as normal as it warms up. Loving your channel. You're doing good gal. Keep em coming. 💕
I live in the USA and i grow in raised beds. I watch allotment videos because it's closer to how i grow than most homesteaders. I love your videos because you don't suddenly start buying a lot of expensive things that most of us can't afford. Keep wacking it in!
Thanks so much. Yes, I like to spend as little as possible, I really don't think you have to spend a lot to grow your own food and hopefully I'm getting that message across! x
Same. Same. Same. ❤️ Yes!
Same here. I love watching UK allotment growers.
I think allotment garden is more popular than ever. I love your style of videos - I’d buy your book
Oh thank you so much! x
Hi I'm in Bolton and don't have any snow coming hopefully and I will be planting my king Edward potatoes end of the month enjoy the rest of the week
On top of the soil for aquatic plants put a layer of pea gravel and then your decorative shells - but the pea gravel is essential Emma. Least it has been in every pond I planted up and I've done a few of them.
I would definitely buy your book. I really look forward to your new videos, the content you do is pure honest and genuine. So thank you dear Emma.
Ah thank you so much! x
Emma your Allotment is lovely very tidynot a weed in sight it is a credit to you. Good Luck and keep well.❤
Hi Emma most pond plants die back in the winter months then come back when it warms up I would not take any plants out the pond until you no for sure they are dead you might be replacing them for no reason, keep up the good work with the plot happy gardening.
Ah great tip, thank you so much! x
I've recently found your channel....and its brilliant, fun and so different to other gardening channels. def want to see more of your journey! love it..
I have been binge watching your vlogs since very recently discovering your channel. I absolutely love them. I have also noticed that you have now accumulated 20,000 subscribers. Congratulations!
Good luck with the book! 😃
Shame on those publishing houses, and I am pleased you will self publish, look forward to getting your book when it comes out. I allotment garden in my own small garden and I have my name down on the waiting list for an allotment plot. Love watching your videos Emma, and they give me the confidence to just give it a go and whack it in !
Here, here! Totally agree, people do def want to buy gardening books! I want yours!
I used to be a florist and Latin names were used so that anyone in any country could identify a plant. The example my teacher used to use was that a pansy in England is different than a pansy in America (apparently anyway) :)
Oh I see!! That makes a little more sense x
I’m looking to do my pond soon so thank you for the ideas Emma!
Lovely update Emma. I think the views on your channel is proof that there's defo interest in allotment gardening. I can only dream of getting your kind of numbers.
Keep up the great work 👍
Just subscribed. Can't wait to catch up on all-out videos
Ah thank you so much. I started with about 150 views per video and it's slowly grown, so you will get there! x
Thanks Emma, I will defo try
Hi Emma I’ve got a pond and I use some hessian to line the plant pots first to stop the compost falling out all over, then top it off with aquarium grit.
Hi Emma. I'm loving your bright and breezy approach to allotment gardening. You've had some top tips for pond plants.. agree leave the 'dead' ones in..almost everything in the pond dies off in the winter but comes back in the spring with vengeance. Surprised no one has mentioned your water level. To stop your liner from weathering and cracking you need to fill the pond right up to the stone line so the liner is covered. Hope that's useful😊
It's super useful, thank you so much for all the advice! x
I use a fishing net that you buy at the sea side for the children. It’s great for cleaning the debris out.
Each plant has its depth to grow. I can't promise about the other plants but I did a watelily in my pond. And I did research: large varieties must sit 75cm under the surface, medium 50cm, small 20cm. If you place waterlily too deep it won't flower. If you place it too shallow they will die. My was dwarf waterlily and I placed it about 20-25cm deep. And it came back next year and I'm expecting them back this year again. Seeing your plants that shallow - I can feel why the death is coming up for them... Sorry, but you better deepen them down.
Some of the others were marginals (like the Juncus) and should be shallower, but definitely a water lily needs to be deeper, I was a plonker and planted our native giant water lily in a small pond, it was great for a couple of years then lily pads started rising out of the water lol :)
Still so much fun watching your videos . Interested in what sort of 'human juice you'd be spraying🤣
BTW like other comments should leave tie on oxygenating plants so they sink but maybe next visit if ponds not frozen
Love it look forward to the next Emma
Oh the latin names help me watch gardening video’s from all over the world and knowing what they are talking about! Because as a dutchie… our common names are just known by 15 million people 😂
Also, it tells me which familie a plant belongs to! You’ll get a hang of it! 💚
thats a lovelt little pone. I have been thinking about getting a pond. we are not allowed fish here but one plot has had carp fo years and years! which is rather cool!
I would buy your book. I have just found your channel. We have had our allotment for a few years yet but haven't really got anywhere. Really hoping this year is going to be the year.
I totally agree about the Latin names making us feel inferior 👍
You always make me smile. Good luck with the book x
I love your Allotment Book….. it has helped me get on track with my gardening… what do those publishers know?
Amazing! So glad you like it. I'll be self publishing my next one too! x
Yes you're right your plants will create oxygen during the daytime if you haven't already they are good videos on RUclips to look at pond plants it will help you familiarise yourself with them😊 I like to use the notepad on my phone to jot down species of plants in Latin names any type of shell in water will make your water harder because of the calcium in the shell breaking down overtime so maybe that's something you would like to keep in mind if you're going to add fish in future some fish don't like hard water they might like softer water
Hi Emma, I agree it is difficult to learn the Latin names but it does make sense. They're divided into subsets and species. There are just too many different common names around for the same plants.
You know some Latin sweetheart , the way they name plants Is really clever . Can't really remember how it works enough to explain it . I felt the same as you regarding the classification and then had it explained to me and thought that's genius level simple if you actually spoke some Latin . Your more than capable of understanding it . Good luck
Water lily need to be in the deepest part of the pond Emma. Also put the dead ones you took out back in they're probably just dormant at the minute. Good luck!
Ah ok, I will do! Thank for the advice x
Hi I hope your pond plants grow well this time, we got frogspawn yesterday in our pond up north in Derbyshire, maybe your plants will regrow when it warms up as some die down for the winter.
I have my Jack Be Little seeds and I'm all ready to grow along with you! Pumpkin arch here I come! 🎃
Me too !!😊
@@kory6695 did you get to last year? I didn't, but I'm really looking forward to it - and trying them roasted and stuffed too! 😋
AMAZING!!! I'm so excited for this years archway! x
Great video. Do you have a link to the amazon plants you bought?
Emma I think these publishers are missing a trick good luck with the book x
Hi Emma some pond plants die right off in winter and regrow in spring so your plants might not be dead. The wster lilly needs to be in the deepest part of the pond usually in the middle and will also die off in winter good luck
Ah ok, thank you so much!! x
Thank you Emma love to see you working
Hi Emma great video as always.
I see that you have an article in Kitchen Garden this month, and yes I see veg plant seeds have gone through the roof, I think they missed out Emma. Great work.
I do! Hope you enjoy it x
whack a few pebbles in the pond pots for weight. Try some watercress, it grows very well around the pond. My arches did not last more than 6 months. I am building out of wood this year.
Yes, I'm excited to try some watercress! x
You always make my day
Not as weird as painting stones red LOL 😁
Lol, no that's true! x
😂 Human Juice! That was so funny Emma! Brilliant video 🙂
Hi Emma love your video I think you’ve not put your water lily deep enough but your going a great job lv Irene 😘 xx
Ah ok, thank you! I'll make it deeper! x
Isn’t the end of the spray bottle missing, the bit you twist to adjust the spray coverage.
Latin names is really useful as it’s used all over the world in all languages. So we can order the plant or seeds all over the world not restricted by English. We don’t have to know all the Latin names but we all know some names don’t we.
Emma, boil the garlic. Blend it with the water its boiled - into a fine paste. Mix with more water and then pour in the bottle. It will be easier to spray as this way no raw garlicky bits will get stuck in the nozzle.
Good point but you must strain it as well cc and it is a great deterant 👌
Great tip thank you! x
Hi Emma have you seen any frog sporn yet or is it to early x
Hi sweetie. The lead ring that was on the bottom of your oxygenating plant should stay on there ot act as an anchor. You should put the whole bunch in and it will grow and spread around the pond due to its length!
Oh I see! Thanks for the tip x
Im wondering about your shells. Would they be salty?
Sorry to say but the shells will dissolve over time from the acidity of the water .. also they will alter your pond water pH ..
I think I got the same collection of pond plants last year. I was worried because some of the reviews said the plants died but all of mine have thrived and grown really well although they started small and looked pretty unwell to start with. I would put the lilly in a bit deeper if you can.
Thanks for the tips! Yes, I think the plants were in quite good condition really so I was happy. And there is no where near me where I can buy pond plants easily! x
I think you should invest in a solar powered oxygenator for your pond x
I agree about Latin names of plants and just refer to things in my garden as flowers,vege,trees,shrubs etc(though I do know some names,Im more interested in wether I can get them to grow or not rather than tbeir botanical names)
5/6 garlic cloves,boil in water for how ever long it takes the garlic to go soft.Mash water and garlic together....STRAIN and fill your spray bottle ...and it won't block the sprayer up ❤️
Sweetie, please put more rocks or stones from pond to the liner exposed on the edges. This will stop birds and baby birds, hedgehogs from drowning . The reason plants are in Latin is to identify the species, this tells you how that plant species grows, where on this planet it comes from so you can give plants the growing conditions they need.
Just a thought, has that plant died or is it one that appears later in the season?
Mr Rob 🤘
As far as I'm concerned an allotment is an allotted space to grow your own. So if you allocate yourself a space in your garden to grow veg then that is an allotted plot. ALLOTMENT.
Latinum non habes?
poor, Emma... your pond plants will be fine. probably the dead ones too will revive. It is pretty cold yet for them to get going.
I think we should call you Wakim Emma.
That’s so daft! The waiting list for allotment gardens in the Netherlands are longer than ever! Our waiting list has been closed for ages. All young, highly educated people. Allotment gardens are cool, green, biodiverse spaces that cool down cities, act as water containers, make for beautiful walking and running areas and create havens for wildlife. People are just so stupid, gawd!
Book? Take my money now 🎉
Haha! Thank you! x
Oh dam just wrote you a nice long comment and lve just deleted it 😆 everyone is wanting a plot these days,long waiting list so these people don't know what they are talking about.love the music you put to this video 12.15 very relaxing.Now lve forgotten what l said in that comment 🤔 till next time sweetie🌱🌱🌱💞 your poor freezing hands....painful xx
Haha! Oh thank you so much for your comment! x
Some plants may come back, might look dead
Don’t realy know if your pond is big enough or deep enough for water lilies ,they need probably more depth than you have to flourish ,a bag of stones from BQ 20m or 10m would have worked better on the pot tops and given more weight to keep pots in place and been much cheaper. The wire you took off the airiating weed was possibly the weight if lead to take it to the bottom to root instead of floating on the top as you put it in . LOL stop smacking your water garden plants, give them a chance to grow as they die down in the winter so don’t chuck to many pots out .
You will probably find your pond may still freeze even with the ball in usually put in to relieve the pressure on concrete pools of the ice to stop cracking of the concrete.
It will be worth all the pain when the frogs move in and eat all the slugs and you get beautiful leucitites for ever more!
Oh fingers crossed!! x
Human juice 😅😅
Looks like another episode of ...is it alive or has it died.. pond series 😂
Haha! It's a spin off! x
@@emmasallotmentdiaries 🤣🤣
Do y'all have rodeos in England?
I'm not quite sure what a rodeo is... thought it was just a saying! lol x