Don't Feed Plants - Learn to fertilize correctly

Fertilize to replace missing nutrients in soil - You don't feed plants.

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[backwoodscountryboy]

My grandfather always told me the same thing you just said in this video about this stuff and he was an uneducated man that couldn't read and write quit school in third grade and started doing this type of work when he was 11 years old until the day he died at 85 he always told me always concern yourself more about feeding your soil than feeding your plants and most of the time everything else will take care of itself. I don't remember Grandpa ever using a whole lot of fertilizer on anything he planted he always concerned hiself with healthy soil.

[jenn]

Finally someone that talks sense. All videos I've watched refers to feeding plants and nothing about testing the soil and treating it. Thank you so much.

[terryl.]

Love it. Basics, no bs, low-maintenance results. Takes a few years til you realize most growing info is really Marketing of Ag products. "Myths" is the kind way to describe it. *I missed out on being tutored by my grandmother reputed to be able to grow anything. You've made up for that loss in spades. Bless You.🍒

[dipndaVic]

Absolutely pumped for the awareness on synthetic vs organic. The pictures of your garden really bring it home your experience with something so close to nature

[Lvaladez]

With the abundance of clean rain. Everything is growing perfectly.

[mrf]

I love all of your gardening advice. From my understanding it's 100% accurate and I appreciate you. I don't know if I missed you mentioning the the pH of the soil also could affect uptakes of nutrients

[arnobertogna]

Thank you for educating me - the most common sensible & science based advice in the industry - good stuff, cheers, Arno

[Aswaguespack]

As has been consistent on your presentations, true accurate SCIENCE based information and none of the mythical-quasi-pseudo science that abounds in so many online communities and I’m constantly amazed by some of the “stuff” people believe to be true without any scientific evidence to be found. Thanks Robert!

[roberthart]

A 6 acre garden! Wow! Do you have a video touring your gardens?

[yannip]

EXCELLENT video! Thank you so much for great education.

[firecloud]

10:39 *_Miracle-Gro Water Soluble All Purpose Plant Food_* costs 1/2 to 1/3 and is essentially the same formula with the same ingredients. Compare labels and you will see.

[reecewood]

Wow these videos are great. Its only my second season and i have a lot to learn still but im trying to get the 80:20 ratio in order. Thanks, and good luck with the channel

[jimsparks-pwtq]

UR awesome. Makes so much sense. Thank you.

[williamwaters]

I am a master gardener in my county. I don't know how many people I talk to that say that they put all kinds of stuff in their soil thinking that it will improve their crops. They say they put epsom salts, egg shells, bone meal, gypsum, rock phosphate, lime, coffee grounds, compost tea and many others additives believing they soil turns into gold. I ask them if they had their soil tested. I have yet to have one person answer, "Yes." When I suggest they have it tested for $15, not one person, so far, has been interested. In the end I have to tell them that I have no idea what their soil is like.

[roccoconte]

Very sensible approach, great video i like how he doesnt make all outragous claims of all organic power synthetic fertilizer is more readily avalable to plants than organic.

[xuyahfish]

I shredded a bunch of my kitchen scraps that I normally toss on the compost and instead tossed it on a garden bed. That bed has the most worms right now.

[NorthlanderMN]

Your videos are very informative. Could you do a video on lawns or fertilizers for lawns? I’m in Minnesota. On one part of my property where my house is built they dug the hole for my house and spread feet deep of clay right over the soil from the ice age. On the back half is the original soil from the ice age since very deep level of dirt. I have perhaps 2-4 inches of dirt building up on the newer lawn because I never bag. Much appreciated.

[juliastantic]

How about sandy soil, is it necessary to fertiilize? Thank you.

[wesleyhackney]

This is such great advice. Love your factual common sense scientific approach to gardening. Just curious I keep reading feed your banana plants lots of nitrogen cause they need as much as you can supply. Is that true or is like what you say if the nutrient is already in the soil you don’t need to add more?

[aritzlekuona]

The thing is that, unless your garden is quite big, the cost of LAB analyses is higher than fertilizers cost