Gardener Reacts to 'Plant Hacks' That...Actually Work?!

Our old friend Blossom seems to have changed their ways. Most of these tips are kind of, sort of...true?

00:00 - Intro
01:11 - Laundry Mushroom Growing
02:40 - Toasting a Pinecone
03:35 - Buttermilk Moss Paint
04:42 - Coconut Coir Potting
06:04 - Bottom Watering Plants
06:44 - Succulent Color Change
07:07 - Sweet Potato Growing
08:13 - Green Onion Hack
09:01 - Rooting Tomato Cuttings
09:30 - Chamomile Tea Bag
09:54 - Hydrogen Peroxide Germination
10:33 - Luffa Seeds
10:58 - Snake Plant Propagation
11:33 - Outro

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[epicgardening]

Drop links to the next video I should react to!

[vital]

"That's not even a hack. Plants have seeds in them and then you plant them."

Kevin I'm dying hahaha!

[bryansmith]

The man literally crawled out of the nutrient rich soil to educate us.

[pruefus]

I love growing chamomile and that hack absolutely sent me. Not only do those bags not contain anything that can strike, the bags themselves don't degrade, so I knew it was gonna be bogus from the start but when the cucumber sprout popped out I nearly cried. It couldn't look less like a chamomile if they tried 😂😂

[ricperry]

The pine cone "seedlings" were just cut branch ends. A pine seedling doesn't look anything like that.

[gloriouslumi]

Looks like they heated the spade in the green onion hack with some kind of flame. It doesn't take much heat to carve into plastic bottles with hot metal.

[debbiehenri]

They heated that mini-trowel to make the holes in the plastic bottle (I do that sometimes myself).
As for the buttermilk/moss thing - it was done for an episode on Mythbusters to get moss to grow on stones.
With the oyster mushrooms, it's useful to do this if you've left them in the fridge too long (when the spores produce mycelium in the gills). However, you really have to watch that fungus gnats don't get through the holes on the sides of a container like that, so I would wrap it in something fine pored but breathable - like horticultural fleece.
I grow a lot of pine trees from seed, which means hunting through plantations for cones; but I have never seen seeds geminate in a pine cone. I wouldn't think it's a good idea to encourage them to do that either as the roots are quite hard and liable to be badly damaged when it comes to separating them.
I have to keep my succulent collection indoors in the winter, but they do take on vivid colours when I put them outside in the summer. I find that Aloe vera is quite difficult to get just right - it's either pink or sappy yellow.

***Important point about the Sweet Potato*** These are often irradiated if they are shipped abroad (say like from the USA to the UK). So they won't grow if they come from another country (I had to buy some slips, ready grown here in Scotland).
I'm hoping they grow well enough this year (my first time growing Sweet Potato), so that I can keep raising a small crop of these every summer.

[silverskyranch]

I grew up surrounded by pine trees, and those 'seedlings' growing out of the pine tree look more like new branch growth from a mature tree that was taken and shoved into the cone. Also, the 'sprouts' looked more like just regular pine needles. And even if they are real, they would have been much larger to be that thick. While it may very well be possible to sprout pine seedlings that way (why would you though?), the video itself was still fake.

[reshabriella]

I grew my slips by placing the sweet potato in a bowl of moist soil. I had slips to cut out in 3 weeks and it took another week to grow roots. They should be ready for harvesting by the end of this month (so excited!).

[DavesChaoticBrain]

For the oyster mushrooms, they actually laid out two different kinds of oyster mushroom. The very first one they put down was a King Oyster, but of all the oyster they laid down, only two were King oyster, the rest were just regular oyster which is what they showed cutting off after growing.

[matthysloedolff]

Two things:
1) I typically really enjoy anticipating where Kevin will pop out at the start of a video, so turning it into a game made the start of this video infinitely more entertaining.
2) It would be amazing to have a "roast series"

[charliehardwick]

*"Those are some hot roots"* 🤣🤣😊 gotta love ya Kevin 👌

[Ashleyyy]

This is actually great that you point out the flaws, and it's worth continuing these videos for sure. I tried a few "hacks" back in the day, and it's sad to figure out a lot are a waste or time or just don't work!

[dianagreene]

Had a Japanese sweet potato sprout on one end before I was ready to cook it, so I cut that end off, split it up between the slips, and stuck them in a pot of soil. I'm looking forward to seeing how they do in my garden this year!

[dereineschwarzerabe]

The other thing with when a Life Hack From Blossom Does Actually Work/is somewhat accurate, there is still context missing of as to *why* a thing works that way. Of course explaining things in details takes time and research and makes the videos longer than blossom wants them to be, they are more about showing a spectacle and entertain people rather than teaching them. Great video, always love to learn how plants behave and grow!

[brubblegums]

I had broken a piece of my snake plant off and I'm happy to say that it finally sprouted a new plant. It seemed like it took forever though, but its exciting nonetheless

[QueenKale]

I have people tag me in plant hacks all the time and I'm usually like " that doesn't actually work!" Or "That's kinda overkill and not necessary ". But I have to say I'm surprised by some of these! Also, I love the hide and seek games!

[howtogirl]

Omg the editor’s reaction to you saying you should hire the Blossom editor sent me 🤣

[mattpedia]

6:45 "Wilted plant? Try watering it!" wow thanks blossom, incredible.

[eklectiktoni]

I feel like the bottom watering one isn't a real hack. Most experienced gardeners do it that way anyway. And that luffa one! 🤣 Apparently now it's a hack to plant seeds from the fruit of a plant.