Gardening Q & A - Become a Better Gardener

Community compost and mulch, fruit trees, weather effects, garden watering, making garden teas, your gardening questions answered, Gardener Scott's gardening philosophy and much more. Your Gardening Week (Live) #16

Topics and timestamps:
1:20 – Flea Beetles
4:15 – Good Quality Hoses
5:15 – Desert YouTube Channels
6:55 – Potato Vines
7:50 – Barriers
8:45 – Naturally Improving Your Soil
9:55 – Propagating Strawberries
12:35 – Donkey Manure
13:35 – Wild Strawberry Runners
14:50 – Fruit Trees
19:15 – Dropping Flowers & Weather
24:30 – Asparagus Roots
27:00 – Community Compost & Mulch
29:05 – Pallets & Bugs
30:20 – Pruning Fig Trees
31:45 – How Often to Water
33: 45 – Pruning Fruit Trees
36:05 – Asparagus Crowns
36:20 – Fertilizer
38:35 – Watering Enough
41:30 – LIGHTNING ROUND: Basil – Grasshoppers – Slugs – Green Garlic – Trimming Peppers – Eggplant – Trees/Shrubs & Acidic Soil – Pruning Currants – Natural Nitrogen in Soil – Deer & Pests – Covering Seedlings – Sowing Peppers – Garlic Scapes – Rhizomes
56:20 – Humidity
58:10 – Planning During the Off-Season
59:35 – Cherry Trees
1:00:50 – QUESTION OF THE WEEK: How GS Became a Gardener
1:04:20 – Trimming Tomatoes
1:05:40 – Aerating Garden Teas
1:09:10 – Preparing for Next Year
1:12:20 – Composting Tomato Plants
1:14:40 – Learning to Garden Better
1:16:00 – Composting Rhubarb
1:17:20 – Other Good Gardening YouTube Channels
1:18:45 – GS PHILOSOPHY: Stay Positive
1:29:05 – **NO LIVESTREAM ON MONDAY, JULY 6**

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[Wisconsincatmom]

I can never make it to the live stream but always watch it later and I always learn something. Thanks for the great channel😀

[raminsatyahadi]

Thank you for the encouraging words to keep being positive, it’s making my day & clicking a lightbulb in me🙏

[lindadavidson]

Thanks for all the great information! We really appreciate your time, effort, and expertise.

[JoeBlack]

Every time I watch the replay of live I start to answer someones question and then realize the chat is not live while watching replay.
Over half the questions people ask are simple beginner inquiries. Dozens of videos on these topics to find fast simple answers.
I prefer when people ask questions that are intermediate to advanced, so I can learn something too.
edit - I do appreciate Gardener Scott's patience and professionalism in answering any level question.

[lisagilmore]

Sometimes things just don’t grow...I planted purple hull peas 3 times...didn’t happen so I used the area to grow Lima beans. Okra had too be planted twice but it’s coming up ...just have to keep trying. I’m in northern middle Tennessee. The rest of the garden looking beautiful. Love the philosophy talk..so true. Have a great evening

[kimiyemlsmallgardendream]

Love all your content! Missed you live today was a busy morning at work. 🌶🥬❤️

[PreachingTruth]

I was thinking about "failures" and wanted to share something that can help failures feel less annoying and provide more food in the long run as well. One of the things I do is plant crops with more than one edible part. For example, Broccoli (all Cruciferous vegetables)... Where I live, even starting indoors and early doesn't guarantee heads because our weather can be harsh, but I know the leaves, flowers and stalks (better peeled) are edible and tasty and as you pick some leaves they produce more and in time it will become bushy. (A few other common plants with other edible parts: Sweet Potatoes, Radish greens, Turnip Greens, Beet Greens and squash family of plants have edible flowers and leaves, but learn to use squash leaves as they are scratchy. Anyway, if the desired part doesn't grow right and even if it does, you have more food options. 2.) Let failure plants go to seed to use next year. Plants make minute changes every year and will grant you seeds more suited to your climate. It may take a few years to get the seed you need but hang tight, it will happen. I have a purple green bean I wanted to grow and the first two years it was pathetic, but I saved seeds from a few of the pods that actually grew and this year I've gotten great production. 3. Diversify your garden planting. and plant a few more of things and don't put them in the same spot. So if you lose one planting, you still have others and more plants in different areas will lessen the chance the "enemy" will find all your crops. 4. Don't fret over imperfection. So what if you have some bug damage or cat faced tomatoes, they are edible still. I like pretty things too, but if a bug wouldn't eat it, you shouldn't eat it (pesticide filled plants are not good).

5. I also recommend learning about plants that grow in your environment better. Many companies like Baker Creek Heirloom share info in regards to weather tolerances (Cold and Heat - Drought and Wet). Plus, be willing to try new plants that aren't grown on every corner. For example, I live in the desert and I've learned about some great heat loving plants like Red Orach and Chinese Multicolored Spinach. They are gorgeous, delicious and hard to kill. These are just the tip of the iceberg. I've discovered many plants from Africa and India in origin do well in the desert for example.

One last thing, sometimes you have time to replant things in many zones. Maybe not everything, but many things will grow in under a hundred days. Remember some things often do better in the fall, like carrots, radishes and beets. Shoot, you can even grow scores of things in winter under cover. I just use transparent plastic bins we had around the house and my cold frames and in winter, you don't generally have pest issues.

[raminsatyahadi]

The weather has been so unpredictable these 2 months, raining and hot at the same time almost everyday...my very healthy and successful basil plants of earlier in the year, now they’ve been devastated and infested with leaf miners that I haven’t been able to eradicate. Many of them have died.

I’ve been positive about it though... started relocating and propagating more basil plants and experimenting growing them in other beds.

[adampetherick]

You can use pantyhose old for your tomatoes.for bugs.

[raminsatyahadi]

Would you please make a video about feelings of lethargic and burnt-out and being defeated that gardeners inevitably face and how to deal with them? There are a few comments about those that I read in your various videos. I frankly face them as well.

[plantsoverpills]

Just caught up with this vlog! Belated congrats to your son on his first Father’s Day. Just found out our son will be enjoying his first Father’s Day next year!!!😉
Not only am I learning new things about gardening, I’m constantly relearning things I’ve forgotten!!!😄

G.S. do you have any advice on pruning wisteria in zone 5?
I understand the basic concept of how to prune them. But I can’t ascertain the best time to do winter pruning. Presently, I’ve narrowed it down to March. But I’m concerned about the fact that we have a lot of freezing rain here in late winter. The idea of pruning in those conditions doesn’t impress me. Would you condone winter pruning now in late fall while we have milder weather and the growth has stopped ?

I also wanted to say that it took me 32 years to grow a good harvest of tomatoes just this year. I just kept trying different things until I found a formula that worked for me. I’ll admit I was discouraged; but honestly? Who couldn’t grow tomatoes??? Well... me! But not any more!!! Great haul this year!
Had I given up, I’d never have figured it out. So hey, if I can hang in for 32 years I can say is garden on!!!

[MsGrandma]

I have a question about what to do with tomato plants I've been growing in raised beds. At the end of the growing season should I remove the entire plant from the beds or cut to the ground leaving the root ball in the soil? I've heard conflicting advice on what to do and would appreciate your advice. I'm a new gardener and found your amazing channel a few weeks ago, subscribed, and have been binge watching your videos every moment I get. Thank you so much for your generosity in sharing your knowledge!

[andythor]

Hello from Nova Scotia. It’s my first time growing ... started with Swiss chard in a raised bed. Can you speak a bit about green soil? Love your videos!

[relicretriever]

Enjoying your videos! It's been years since I have gardened, with the exception of my raspberries, and things have really changed. I use to plant a mid sized garden following "Joy of Gardening" and had good success. Now I am starting up again with one raised bed and 3 wicking buckets. Here in north central Ohio we just had two wonderful days of steady rain and my raised bed with green beans, lettuce and beets (all doing very well) now has a nice crop of fungi popping up . I assume this is from the dampness and mulch but I was wondering if they will do any damage or if I should let them grow? Thanks for your very helpful insight into gardening.

[VladTheImpalerTepesIII]

53:32 what hot pepper seed took 4-5 WEEKS to germinate? How old was the sees? Hot peppers do tend to take longer to germinate than sweet peppers, but 4-5 weeks?

[elisataylor]

It stays close to 100 in South Carolina during the summer. And that's in the shade! How do we protect the tomato plants? I drown mine once a day since they're in containers. I keep 9 gallons of filtered water under the dining room table.

[raminsatyahadi]

Similarly, you mentioned before that adding egg shells straight to the soil without first disinfecting is not recommended, how about adding it straight to the compost?

[raminsatyahadi]

Would you mind adding the week # in the video titles “Gardening Q & A - Become A Better Gardener”? Because sometimes it gets confusing which week I’m watching when I’m catching up a few of them at once. Thank you🙏

[skippy]

Hi Scott, I hope your well, love you and your videos 😁 bit of a random question, what plants, preferably low maintenance perennials, would grow well on a shed roof? I’m currently converting my shed roof into something for the family to enjoy but I’d prefer it to be food crops 😅 I’m UK or zone 9a thanks 🙏

[markabbott]

Gardener Scott thanks for another great video, I watch every video you put on here. I was speaking to a neighbor a couple of days ago and he said that he used to make a liquid fertilizer with rhubarb leaves and spray it on the leaves of his plants. He also said that it would keep away all the white fly etc. Your comments about them not being edible made me wonder if this was safe to do, especially if the leaves, you are spraying, are what your going to eat. Do you know if this is safe to do? Thanks in advance :)