Any seed starting soil will do😊

It is pretty tedious, that's for sure. Some people like eating the red ones raw, but not a lot all at once. I eat a few when out in the garden. The black ones, now those are definitely a different taste. Not sure how to describe it but not really very good raw. Robins been getting most of my reds.

Sounds nice. Mine haven't been producing too good the last few years. But, I guess we just have to take it "one day at a time". Getting too old to worry about such things. In my 70's now and life is getting short.

@@wisgardener I'm 63 and yes our days are getting shorter but we gotta keep going and soaking everyday in

Thanks for the tip. Do you think that would work for other big seeds that don't germinate very fast?

@@wisgardener Seems to work with any seed without issues. Only gourds don't seem to want to sprout.

It did grow well but never did get any mature cobs of corn. It was very susceptible to corn smut. I guess people eat that stuff but...yuk, couldn't bring myself around to it.

@@wisgardener I think it's made for grinding. Flour corn is pretty nasty to try and eat.

You are probably right about that. But this was just an experiment to see if I could get it to flower. A graft would have probably been the way to go if I had been serious about getting it to fruit.

Thanks for the compliment. I did the video and then voiced over. Made it easier to get a better sounding dialog.

No, I do not prewarm them. I do them just as I would be doing a load of regular food, like beans or corn. Some people do use the candy mode without the freezing and they seem to get them to turn out. Gummy candies can be tricky and it's hard to figure out what went wrong when they fail. Here is a Facebook group you might want to check out. You might find some answers there. Just do a search on it for peach rings. You will have to do some digging there to find things that are useful, though. facebook.com/groups/freezedriedcandymakers/ If you want. you can check out my Facebook business page. Nothing useful there but; facebook.com/ValleyCandies/

I haven't seen any canning instructions for them either. But if what you did with them turned out OK, then I guess you figured something out. Here is a link for "Gooseberries" . They are kind of similar and I don't see why the process would be much different. Thanks for watching and for the comment.

You are probably right.

Huh? Are you saying it takes too much energy to use this tool to treat a large area?

I do have a dehydrator also. Didn't know about blanching parsley first. Does that work with other herbs also? Don't know if I will be using it much since we got the FD but ....maybe.

I have been selling candies. Bagged, labeled, sealed, etc. Your right about better or worse brands. Some work some not. A tip off is how much corn and modified corn starch is in the candy. High starch content and the candies will not work. High sugar and corn syrup candies work best. Some candies can be made to work by preheating them in an oven. Here is a group I belong to that has a lot of information in it. You will have to sift through it to find what you are looking for. Using the search🔍feature will help a lot to find specific questions you my have. It is a private group so you will need to join; facebook.com/groups/freezedriedcandymakers/ Here is my Facebook business page, if you're interested; facebook.com/ValleyCandies/ Good luck!!

Yes, I did. Just be careful not to damage the plant.

I haven't tried those. Here is face book group I belong to. There might be an answer there. You can do a search on that page and see what comes up. facebook.com/groups/freezedriedcandymakers

The brand I'm using is Eilien's and I get them at Woodman's grocery store.

Albanese never fail

This video was before I had installed the "candy mode" , so no. At that time there was no adding time for warming the trays. Here the rings are going to freeze before they start the freeze dry process. But I do now have the "candy mode" but for peach rings I still do not add Xtra warm time. For me, these turn out better if I first freeze them and then run the F D cycle. Usually I let the machine continue in the freezing mode until it gets to about 15°F before continuing. Then I skip the warm trays altogether.

Thanks for watching. You may be right about the time. I was pretty much going by what others had said they've done. I knew they were going to take at least a day and didn't want to take a chance on them taking longer than what I expected.

@Wis.Gardener yeah I keep hearing the same everywhere. However, when I put together the videos of people doing them, they all came out around the same time. I have heard that when you freeze them first the skins will split so you don't have to poke. Maybe that is happening. I haven't found a video yet where someone doesn't freeze them first. So maybe the longer time comes from putting them in fresh instead of frozen 🤷🏼‍♀️

@@shellic5166 : Freezing things first definitely helps to shorten the time it takes.

@Wis.Gardener thanks for all your videos and info!

Hi Tiffany. No it is not the same as a dehydrator. The finished food will be quite different. Here is a link to where I bought mine; harvestright.com/ and another one that seems to be getting more popular is; stayfreshfreezedry.com/. I have the medium Harvest Right in stainless steel. If you research them (Harvest Right) you might get scared off as there are some people that have not had a good experience with them. But other than once when they sent out an update on the software, I haven't had any real problems. If you want to see the difference in freeze drying vs. dehydrating check out this video. This lady has other videos comparing the two, so just do a freeze dry search on her site. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6rRlWqbpa-JrLc. Let me know if you make a decision. Mark

I am not familiar with that brand of freeze dryer. I did look it up to see what they have. If you tell me what model you have maybe I can find out some info on it. I'm sure it can be figured out. The home freeze dryers I do know about seem to be pretty similar. But the interface (where you enter the info) is more complicated than others. The one I have (Harvest Right) is pretty simple and straight forward to learn. Plus there are Facebook groups for it out there. I couldn't find any for the Lanphan. We probably have to figure out the "time stamp" thing here. Here is there Face Book page. Looking at the one they have there, it looks very much like most of the home freeze dryers out there.;facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088588243930

@@wisgardener KWD-HFD-4 this is the model i have the lanphan advisor give me a recipe but i tried it and it doesn’t work. Do you mind giving me your email or contact so i can attach the recipe timestamp picture and the fail freeze dry candy i made yesterday🥲🥲

@@elliellio4657 I just messaged the company asking if they have an online Manual for that machine. Right now I don't think I can help until I understand what a timestamp is. If you don't mind me asking, what country are you living in?

@@wisgardener im in Thailand but i bought the machine in china

@@elliellio4657 Just thinking about your problem. The 3 main things to getting the candy to puff up are; 1. the right kind of candy. Some candies are not going to work. The ones that are high in sugar and corn syrup work the best. If they are high in starch, they probably won't work. 2. Heat. 140 F (60 celcius) to 150 F (65 C) seem to be the best. And 3. Vacuum. Make sure that your getting a vacuum in your freeze dryer.

Thank you for the nice comment. I haven't spotted the flying squirrels now for quite a few years. That part of the tree did finally break off several years ago.

No. I haven't tried that. Might be a little too hot for me.🥲

And when he passed away at 64, the question that came to everybody's mind was;"what did he eat?

In the video they are probably 3 days old. The video was made in 2015 and they are now all in chicken heaven. Sue was the last one to go. p.s. If you just want chickens for eggs, try not to make pets of them. These were very friendly chickens and easy to like.

No but I probably should have. Just used an all purpose fertilizer.

@@wisgardener If you grow them again in the future, amend the soil when you plant them with bonemeal and any fertilizer that you use should be weaker on the nitrogen side. This should put the right amount of nutes into the spuds rather than the canopy.

@@Lemonentory: Will be growing again this year. Planning on growing some in 10gal containers. Here is a fellow I've been watching and he seems to really know what he is doing. kzbin.info/aero/PLREI92DGCWROg21bFSb9sL5FxfV8sn1bv

@@wisgardener I subscribed to him a while back, His content is good, he knows his chit! 10gallon is perfect, good luck with your next harvest I will be sure to tune in!