ARIZONA GARDEN in AUGUST: What TO DO & PLANT - plus tips for FALL GARDENING

[@bynumtreeandlandscape7506]

Thanks, I live in Mesa, AZ and your channel is a God send!!!!!!! Thanks for making these videos..

[@joancampos2505]

Same!! I’m here for August to do’s!

[@001jonpeterson]

Nice to find a southern AZ specific garden channel!

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Glad you enjoy it! Thanks for watching. Our climate is so different for sure.

[@altee3220]

I agree, as we have a very specific growing zone

[@cacosta6294]

Not only is it specific , it's better than most

[@ffs6158]

I live in 9b in a Mediterranean climate in CA, it rarely rains, hot summers and this is the closest channel I've found to my climate! Love it!

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Wow, thanks!

[@mariah5642]

I’m so happy I found you being in az as well 😭😭

[@ojapreferata]

Best channel, I am in Ahwatukee. Took too long to find your channel.

[@austinediblegardens]

So clear and concise. Great delivery too!

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.

[@GibbsJaneAnne]

Yea! Another video from Growing in the Garden! Encouragement we all need.

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Thanks so much for your support and encouragement!

[@SK-rn8bk]

Thank you so much, I’m new at gardening so your channel is going to help me so much. I live in Gilbert.

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Best of luck with your garden! Thanks for watching.

[@hosomaki]

your channel is a huge source of information, even if i'm not in america. My low desert is south of france (near st tropez)

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Thanks for watching!

[@ericarodriguez5]

I'm so happy I found your channel! I feel like Ive been searching for so long to find information specific to this area!

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.

[@Faithfulsheperd]

Same here, much apreciated i live in mesa and love your website as well

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

@@Faithfulsheperd Thanks so much!

[@sanctuarylivingwithmissmar482]

Wow!..Although I don't live in Arizona, you have covered Soooooooo much information in an expedited amount of time and utilized gardening products that are a part of my arsenal 😉 👍...Fantastic video and will watch others 🥰!! Take care ... Miss Marva

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.

[@julipolito7761]

Yessss! Angela posted! Wait, let me get my pen n paper! 😘

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Ha! Thanks for your support!

[@solcruz5612]

🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 I am so happy and thankful I found you🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 I just started gardening, learning from mistakes, you will be a lot of help. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Wonderful! Best of luck to you.

[@KellenChase]

Thank you. I’d dug into the u of a extension resources to find a planting calendar, but it’s so much better to get word from a real person in the area doing it. Just got my pumpkins and melons and squash in last night. Soaked my beans peas and corn for today, and was thinking about throwing in the chard and mustard greens for the heck of it... now maybe I’ll have a months patience ;). Thanks for doing what you do 🌵❤️

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Thanks so much, glad it was helpful. The U of A extension planting calendar is great. That's what I base a lot of my dates on, with a few things added in.

[@JesusLovingHomesteader]

Great informational video!!! Thank you

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Glad it was helpful!

[@dbpuckett6919]

I live by the 10 day forecast this time of year!

[@marybethmcdonald3944]

Great video. Hope to watch more along the way !!!!

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Awesome, thank you!

[@VERONIKAVERONIKA602]

I’m so glad I found this channel

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Thank you!

[@michaelagibbs9695]

I rooted some suckers from my tomatoe plants and was wandering when I could plant them out. I was told to wait until September but they are getting too large, so I think I'll plant them soon. Thanks

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Perfect time to plant. Make sure you harden them off before planting. And then plant them in the evening and give them plenty of water and shade the first few days.

[@michaelagibbs9695]

@@GrowingInTheGarden I have them on my patio table which is in the shade. Do I just provide shade for the first few days and reduce the amount of shade going forward?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

@@michaelagibbs9695 Yes. Just see how they do.

[@biopchemeducation3786]

Your garden is amazing 😍 thank you so much great advice as usual

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

So nice of you. Thanks for watching.

[@heatherbower5539]

Thanks! Excited for it to cool off 😅

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Us too!!! Thanks for watching.

[@beatricehuhn946]

Hello, Bravo, amazing, thank-you. If I may ask? In Yuma the sun bears down hot, is your location cooler? Which leads me to appreciate the growing up. Should I plant and use metal in the location I am in? Thank you, Beatrice

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

The metal hasn't been a problem. It is very hot here during the summer.

[@chechys2010]

Thank you. This is very helpful.

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching.

[@kristenmayo1289]

I LOVE that you are in Mesa and your info is low desert specific since I live in Gilbert. Since finding your website and watching your videos, my garden has been the best it's been (plus you inspire me to give it tender loving care). This is the first year I've planted tomato plants. Do they die and you have to keep replanting seeds or transplant? I read that someone rooted a tomato sucker? I will need to look that up on how to do that. My tomatoes just don't want to turn red (both the roma and cherry). Is there something I need to be doing other than fertilizer & a good watering schedule? Plus, the birds seem to peck holes in the cherry tomatoes before they even have a chance to turn red or is something else eating/hurting them? Thanks for all you do!

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

So glad the information has been helpful. Sometimes tomatoes live year round here , but often you need to replant in the spring and again around August. If your plant is healthy you can root a sucker, otherwise start from transplants. This is a hard time of year for ripening tomatoes, the heat is often too much for them. I usually pick my tomatoes when they first start to turn and let them ripen inside to prevent the birds from getting them. Hope that helps. Best of luck to you.

[@ambermatzke5304]

Love your videos ❤ is there a way i could acquire some of those large multi branch sunflowers? I neeeed to try!

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Thanks, here's a link to the seeds sh2543.ositracker.com/159509/9151/url_25919

[@isaypeterboulderstone4408]

I'm excited! When did you start your garden? We just moved in from Australia, we have a rental with a blank back yard!

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

I've been gardening in this yard since we moved here in 2008. Best of luck with your garden!

[@diannarph5479]

Given we are having a longer than usual, very hot and dry summer... should I delay usual planting a couple weeks? I live in Phoenix and have not seen a drop of rain in my area yet this summer. Thanks in advance for your channel --- after much searching was great to find another Zoni gardner :)

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

I'm waiting until mid August to plant my tomatoes. For many of the other veggies with long planting windows it may be better to wait a little longer to plant. Let's hope for some rain soon and a break in this high heat!

[@lauriefarricielli8105]

Love your videos!

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Thank you!

[@fvvfvbbbb]

Any issues with scorpions in such a nice lush garden. We are near South Mountain and worry if we had a nice vegetable garden it would give them more places to hide and multiply.

[@Awakenthemasses2016_thetruth]

I'm trying to build Mel's mix for my new raised bed garden but can't find quality compost anywhere. The stuff in the stores is mostly wood chips and doesn't look all that great. Any suggestions on where I might find some or other things I can do to supplement it? Also I got the sunflowers to sprout which I'm so excited about, but is there enough time left for the, to grow and bloom? I appreciate all the information I have gained from you channel and appreciate any suggestions. Thank you and God bless.

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Arizona Worm Farm is making a custom "Growing in the Garden" blend and will start selling it this fall. It will have worm castings too. Arizona worm farm compost is the best and it will be a part of the mix. Yes, there is still plenty of heat left for the sunflowers, they bloom almost year round here.

[@mumbaibalconygardenerhobbies]

I have seen so many gardens from the US using raised beds and this query still lingers --- do the plants grow in just the potting mix that is in the raised beds or do they take up nutrients from the soil below too ? If it's just from the raised beds then how do the plants grow so well , especially if you are following the planting instructions per square foot ? It is then basically container gardening ? When I start a new season with fresh potting mix nutrients are used up in 6 to 8 weeks and then I fertilize every 10 days to keep the plants going , how often do you fertilize your raised beds after you have topped them up with compost ?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Depends on the bed. My new beds have weed cloth (bermuda grass) underneath. My older beds go down to the ground and go below the bed as well.

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Raised bed gardening is similar to container gardening but the nutrients don't leach out the soil as much. I fertilize before I plant, and occasionally with fish emulsion, etc.

[@braveheartrv2946]

How much water does it take to make my yard that lush in the desert? Gorgeous yard/garden!!!!

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Depends on the plant, but many of these vines are low water use vines as well. Thanks for watching.

[@nanrn77]

When can we plant strawberries? Any special tips? Putting in my 1st square foot garden this week.

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Plant strawberries in the low desert of Arizona from mid September through January. Planting strawberries by November 15th allows plants to become more established by spring. Here's my blog post about strawberries: growinginthegarden.com/how-to-grow-strawberries/ Hope that helps. Best of luck with your garden, so exciting!!!!

[@shea5542]

Thank you!!

[@healthyliving9601]

So basically I planted in May n June n it was already too late cuz it was going well until last week due to heat 😢 will try again n August

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

It's been a tough summer for sure!

[@tbvumbe882]

Thank u love this❤️

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Thanks for watching 😊

[@702cadi]

Hi I’m new here enjoy your video. I’m in Las Vegas so looks like we have similar growing areas.

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Welcome! I lived in Las Vegas for several years and yes our climates are similar. Thank you so much for watching. Hope it's helpful.

[@sleepingwithmygun2618]

When you say you can plant broccoli by seed, do you mean directly into the garden bed or indoors? Thanks for the info

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Yes, you can plant directly in the garden or start indoors too. Sorry this comment slipped through and I didn't see it until now.

[@debraparker1550]

Thank You

[@me8519]

Hello! I have a quick question. I’m starting to garden but I am not sure what soil to put in my garden. Can you please help me please.

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Hi. Here is a blogpost about the soil blend I use: growinginthegarden.com/best-soil-for-raised-bed-vegetable-gardening/ If you live in the Phoenix valley, beginning September 1st, Arizona Worm Farm will be selling a premixed Growing in the Garden blend by the bag and yard.

[@me8519]

Growing In The Garden thank you!

[@Faithfulsheperd]

Hello Ladies I live in Mesa and I was having issues finding compost locally. however I found a local guy in Queen Creek he have amazing compost I buy a yard and half at a time he loades in my truck and I bring it home and unloaded a yard and a 1/2 cost me $105

[@phoenixjen]

Yikes I just found your channel and am about 2 weeks late to plant what you have recommended in your video. Any chance I can still try now?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Just depends. Many things have a long planting window. You can use this post growinginthegarden.com/arizona-vegetable-planting-guide-a-visual-guide-for-low-desert-vegetables/ to see the exact planting windows.

[@tammymanuel9158]

How do you harvest the sunflower heads? We have 4 heads we cut off and have them hanging to dry out. But how do you know when the seeds are ready?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Check one to see - usually the back of the head turns from green to yellow or brown

[@tammymanuel9158]

@@GrowingInTheGarden they are hanging in my garage. The seeds are white and still have moisture. The rim is still green but drying and shriveling. How long does it take to dry them for the seeds to be ready? I have never done this before. Lol

[@patrickotte5982]

This channel is literally Gold! Much love from Marana Az

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

So kind of you to say. Thanks for watching!

[@paulbattaglia9717]

Is it safe to plant a garden where fake turf used to be?

[@stephaniehumphreys4361]

Do I need to have the bed empty to add more soil or compost and take the garden grid off? It looked like you put your compost on top of the grid? Do the holes get clogged?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

No, I often just pull back the mulch and fill around plants. The grids don't get clogged.

[@MakerMisha]

Love your channel and blog so much! :) Just curious, what exposure is your yard?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

I have gardens in 3 areas of my yard. Eastern exposure, western exposure and a western exposure with trees that gets afternoon shade.

[@MakerMisha]

@@GrowingInTheGarden Thanks so much! :) Wishing you a bountiful growing season!

[@vickicade5399]

Can I start seeds now for tomatoes, lettuce, arugula, herbs, etc?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

It's a little late to start seeds for tomatoes. Look for transplants instead. growinginthegarden.com/when-to-start-seeds-indoors-a-seed-starting-guide-for-low-desert-vegetables/ this post gives dates to start seeds indoors and outside.

[@Wag-N-Train]

What were the squash called that you showed right after pumpkins? I have some that are very similar and I'm not sure what they are

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Gold Nugget Squash.

[@rickbarnett6735]

Wondering what irrigation hose and fittings you use. I bought Mel B. Square Foot Gardening book but it’s not in there.

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[@rickbarnett6735]

Growing In The Garden Thank you!!

[@DianeLeifer]

Where do you get a soil test?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

shop.mysoiltesting.com/collections/growinginthegarden

[@lieseambrose3461]

Potatoes? Tucson AZ

[@lieseambrose3461]

Wanting to plant broccoli in a 10 gal grow bag?? And potatoes in grow bag. Any suggestions? Rv living and space is limited . Pots and grow bags. Lol ❤️⚘️🥒🌽🍅🥦🥕🥔

[@shirlenecarrillo9797]

Where can I buy seeds in az?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

You can buy them at any local nursery or online at several places. Here are links to two of my favorites: Seeds Now www.seedsnow.com/?rfsn=275008.6345c Renee's sh2543.ositracker.com/159509/9151

[@debikami1]

Everything went as planed until the hale storm🥹