5 THINGS TO HELP MAKE YOU A BETTER PLANT SHOPPER

[@SwtAnana]

I can not BELIEVE that you don't have way more followers. You have the most informative videos out here which is priceless for a beginner like myself. Thank you for giving us the straight up information with clear video that demonstrates what you're talking about. Your demonstrations and clear examples stand out in the world of youtube gardening videos. I'm using so much information from you to revive our landscaped beds and to avoid making some of the mistakes the previous owners made that led us to ripping out most of their plant choices!

[@janicegroves]

Wow! This is the first time that "full sun" and "part sun" has been explained clearly to me. Thank you!

[@sumansebastian7287]

I'm here in 2024... Love your videos

[@tanyatyburski5516]

I watch your videos exclusively. You get right to the point and don't waste any time on fluffy stuff. You are extremely knowledgeable and beneficial to new gardeners and experienced gardeners like me. I have homes in VaBeach-8A and N. Virginia-7A. Thank you for what you do!!

[@bonnieorr2634]

When you realize you can’t spell horticulture made me laugh out loud! Thx! I needed that😆

[@cathybrown7559]

So wonderful to have a Utube channel that actually answers questions.

[@GlueGunsRoses]

Seriously! I wish I knew about him a long time ago

[@easygalleryframes]

extra THANK YOU for the “10 - 4” description of full sun!

[@agnescarbone8257]

In the last year I have been watching alot of garden videos BUT I have to say your channel is the most educational one that I have seen .Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and what a pleasant sense of humor you add into your videos that makes them a pleasure to watch . 🐝safe

[@lisalippe2687]

Dude, this video was the bomb diggity. So informative.

[@JimPutnam]

Glad to help. Thanks for watching

[@coricardinale7440]

Hey Jim. Hope this finds you well. When I first started watching your channel I thought you were a little arrogant. However, I am happy to admit I was wrong. You are a smart person who really loves gardening and helping others. You give sound advice even when it might not be received well. Thank you for teaching us!

[@susansykes1234]

Thanks for explaining the "part sun" on a tag.

[@junetriggs3829]

I wish I had known all these things 30 years ago!

[@JRMarie]

BEST VIDEO! I'm so glad I found your channel! So many gardening videos that you listen to and learn nothing! Your videos are NOT like that & THANK YOU FOR THAT!

[@lizard6444]

Thank you so much for this video Jim. You are a garden god!!

[@duallinguallady-aishaahmed1812]

* I love your show, you crack me up! I learn a lot from you, and it’s never boring! Thank you.

[@JimPutnam]

I'm glad. Thanks for watching

[@cynthiacisneros1694]

Lol, your are funny❣️Thanks Jim❤️

[@lauraw4902]

Excellent video, Jim. Thank you.

[@susanmyer1]

Very helpful!! Love to watch your videos. Finally going to get to landscape a bit so I’m re-watching again. 😘

[@chriscoogan2736]

The before and after full sun hours was new to me. That helps a lot.

[@JohnjrtChicago]

Great video to watch every few months before shopping, thanks again and again.

[@515joymon]

This video is SO helpful! Thank you Jim!

[@nikkibonbon1600]

Oooohhhhhh now i get it! Thanks ! 😄

[@AJ_Lucas]

Keep doing what you're doing, Jim. This was excellent and helpful.

[@shannonyep3547]

Love your videos. Thank you.

[@GardenDownSouth]

Great video, I'm going back trying to make sure i didn't miss any videos and somehow i missed this

[@cendygorman1911]

Excellent!!!! Hands down best videos ever!! Thank you so much for taking the time to educate ppl. Super informative. All my questions have being answered in one of your videos.

[@junetriggs3829]

Thank so much. I've learn so much from you and your great videos. ☺️

[@SB_McCollum]

You were fired up that day! You must have had a lot of “I dunno” responses from customers that day.

[@pennyduncan5980]

Zone 5 b in Illinois. This is one of my favorite videos of Hort Tube.

[@jebprendergast101]

This is VERY helpful as my wife and I start planning a new landscape for our home (your “digging up established shrubs” video was also key in deciding we could remove some massive old azaleas).

[@normalynn2425]

Thanks for affirming my thinking on these important subjects. enjoyed the channel, I will be back...

[@michellelegaspi5931]

Another great video Jim! Keep 'em coming! My notebook is filling up quickly with all of your tips and advice! Thanks :)

[@JimPutnam]

Thank you

[@carmenbailey1560]

In my opinion this is your best information video yet. Thanks for sharing this information, saving this one. 👍👍❤️❤️😊

[@vin.handle]

Very informative video. One thing I've have learned the hard way is not to plant azaleas in full sun. Even if the tag says they will take full sun. There may be azaleas that grow in full sun, but I haven't found one yet. There is one method I have used to grow plants in full sun. Plant a crape myrtle or a small tree that provides some shade and plant flowering shrubs around it.

[@ronnysworld]

Great channel!!! Your videos are amazing!!! Keep up the great work.

[@JimPutnam]

+Alexander Dcosta Thank you very much. I have a lot more coming.

[@lkhawkins4482]

Great tips!

[@jing1528]

Thank you for the TIPS!!.. I live in TEXAS and we have clay type dirt..so I’ll keep that in mind 👍🏼☺️

[@Around_The_Home]

I think a #6 is drainage, which is a product of soil type and location. For example, does rainwater tend to accumulate in the area you wish to plant? Or does the area drain so quickly that the soil can be dry soon after a rain? A plant that needs moist but well drained soil probably won’t do will in an area that dries quickly. The good news is with soil amendments and practices like watering, mounding while planting, using French drains, etc we can address drainage. But we won’t know what to do unless we know a plant’s preference. There is a reason why we find willow trees and ferns near streams and not on the top of hills.

[@shireenaliraqia4726]

Thank you

[@susanbartone7620]

EXCELLENT

[@MsAponte69]

I really and truly love your videos. I can apply some of your tips and information, but I live in Zone 9 and its hot as hell. Wish I could apply all your tips, recommendations and or information to my area.

[@selinavattathil3514]

What an informative video. I just finally looked up my hardiness zone even though I've been trying to grow plants outdoors for years. Just found your channel, I have a lot of videos to catch up on :D.

[@bdguth07]

Love your content and I can relate since I’m in zone 7 as well. Thanks!!

[@milliebutterfly]

I love love this video. Thanks for the thorough explanation of the plant tags. Score!

[@cliffdariff74]

The California sunset plant books uses different numbers, for example San Francisco is 17.

[@SharnFranghiadi]

I've just discovered that we're in zone 8 here in England! Who'd have known... Can I ask though about morning and evening sun as I thought that makes quite a difference too. TIA

[@jayelynne2374]

I love how thorough u are in all of ur videos! It's super helpful we are in the same zone as well I'm in Greensboro NC so glad I came across ur channel!! #newsubbie

[@JimPutnam]

+LuvleeLaydiieeLynne Thanks for watching

[@PJG1710]

Hi, do you plant ENCORE AZALEAS, if so have they been tolerating the NC sun?

[@olsonlr]

@@PJG1710 Sometimes the larger leaved azaleas are prone to get lace bug in full sun. Just depends. Encores like some sun.

[@shannonyep3547]

We have set clay dark soil . What best evergreens for that ? We are in South Carolina. Full sun.

[@paulabrunette7094]

I have a medium size yard and it is covered with dollar weed. Is there anything I can kill it with. I've been digging it up.

[@missjennemeg1]

Thanks so much for the explanation about full sun part shade. *Mind blown!*

[@songsgardensbyjenniferlynn3242]

Awesome video! So helpful :)

[@reneethomson3202]

So here’s another variable that seems to get me when I buy plants. The front of my yard faces north east, the other part of my front yard faces north west. The porch steps and sidewalk separate the two. So when I bought two Nandinas, one for each space by the sidewalk, one died. The one on the north east side got too much moisture from the irrigation that is tied into both sides. But in the summer.. the north east side by the steps will get at least four hours of sun… just not consecutively. Some parts of the house shade it at different times. So, would this be shade only?

[@VictoriaJoredan]

Hey Jim! Love all the info from your videos. I have been experiencing root rot and mushrooms in my flower bed . When I started I made the mistake of removing the top 12 inches of clay soil and loading bagged black soil such as miracle grow and cow manure. How do I reverse this problem of soggy soil? Also I've begun to extend my bed by digging up more st Augustine grass and revealing more clay soil. I've been breaking it up and purchased gypsum and peat moss but have yet to add it. Is this a good idea?

[@lravenhill]

When Jim putnams kids got a cut he put pine bark soil conditioner on it

[@bk9852]

Research Pest too also before you buy I found out the hard way especaily with aphids and Petunias good info thanks

[@JimPutnam]

+Barb zmuda True. There are some plants that have there own pests.

[@bk9852]

Do you mean they have there own defenses to combat bugs?

[@JimPutnam]

+HortTube with Jim Putnam No I mean there are some plants that pretty much always have insect problems.

[@skyz3160]

If you live in 6a can you plant items that are listed for zone 7 or 8? If not, could you explain? Thank you

[@katherinec1003]

Great advice, this was really helpful! I have a question about amending clay soil. If I make the soil in the hole drain better, but the soil around the hole is still poorly draining clay, will that make my hole just fill up with water that much faster? Here's what I'm imagining: I have a hole that's big enough for the plant/root ball, maybe larger. I've conditioned the clay that came out of that hole with pine bark to make it drain faster, and I've back-filled my plant into the hole with that conditioned soil. Now it rains. Water flows through my conditioned soil better because I've made it drain better. Maybe even more water flows into the hole because there are coarser pathways for the water to infiltrate. But when the water gets to the bottom of the hole and hits un-amended clay, draining slows dramatically. So I have faster infiltration into the hole, but not out of it. I would be afraid that the plant would get even more water-logged in this scenario. Is this something you've experienced (maybe you conditioned some clay soil but still had root rot or yellowing leaves?)

[@JimPutnam]

Katherine Landreth I have a clay planting video you can find on my channel. As long as you are digging the hole wider than the plant amendments work great.

[@debbyaronoff4739]

Under what other names is pine bark soil conditioner sold? Is it pine mulch?

[@JimPutnam]

Yeah, at home depot they call it pine mulch. If you can't find it, just use compost. All the garden centers typically have it and call it soil conditioner

[@charlesvickers4804]

Don't really want an evergreen on my foundation. Want the foundation shaded for cool in the summer and want the sun to warm the foundation in the winter

[@gabihuggins5042]

Great info!! Question: Is vermiculite a good soil conditioner for red clay? I have some evergreens planted in red clay that are not doing well. I'm thinking my problem was not using a soil conditioner. Would digging them up and replanting with vermiculite mixed in the clay help them survive?

[@JimPutnam]

+Gabi Huggins replanting would probably be beneficial, but vermiculite holds to much water. Pine bark soil conditioner is the best thing to use.

[@karenross3457]

What is pine bark soil conditioner you use to amend clay soil?

[@shannonyep3547]

Also what does it means to fill in one inch to 2 to soil level ?

[@kaylac3367]

Excellent tips! Great detailed and informative information. Wish you could come shop and plant with me (zone7a, TN)! We bought an old house now 2 yrs ago and I had to rip everything out and it's an acre yard. I've made good progress but lots more to go. Excited for Spring! Thanks for the video! I didn't know about the pine bark soil conditioner. Thanks

[@Emgdoc2]

Great video, very helpful and thought provoking. Just subscribed!

[@9GSR]

Jim help, what would you use on the soil for english lavender if you live in my place?. I live in zone 8, clay soil and I'm planning to plant lavenders. And another question, plants love well drained soil, what mix will you use in my place, remember I have clay soil?. I planted ballerina lilac, hydrangeas, daisy and azaleas, I think the soil they are planted in isn't too good( good drained) I used cow manure, compost, peat mossand perlite and I mixed them. These soil thing is killing me I'm new on these, everithing else I have figured it out already. Thank you, I'm a big fan.

[@JimPutnam]

You really should be avoiding peat moss. I would use pink bark soil conditioner. Make sure you are raising everything up a little.

[@9GSR]

awsome!. Thank you Jim.

[@shannontrudo4417]

9GSR I'm no expert but I also love in zone 8 with clay soil. I've planted hydrangeas, lavender and craps myrtles with much success. I've watched a lot of Jim's videos and used a lot of his ideas. I've found that mixing sand, compost and top soil when amending works best for my plants. Good luck and happy planting!!

[@PJG1710]

@@JimPutnam HI I subscribed.. Love ENCORE Azaleas... When you said "pink bark soil conditioner" did you mean PINE BARK..?

[@JimPutnam]

Yes, for sure. Spellcheck is the best. Thanks for watching

[@thekaylornator]

Hey Jim. Where are you located?

[@JimPutnam]

In Clayton, NC

[@shannonyep3547]

What does it mean full sun to shade ? Tag says that .

[@JimPutnam]

That would mean it will take either

[@ixtlahuacqueen]

Lol! By the time you realize you can't spell... you are too funny