Creating Good Garden Soil (Q&A)

Soil is the key to garden success. Gardener Scott discusses steps to create, improve, and maintain healthy garden soil, offers tips for successful gardening, answers common gardening questions, shares gardening philosophy, and more. (June 3, 2024)
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[@karenshields1878]

My friends say I am shy until the conversation turns to gardening and then I become passionate

[@Oktopia]

Your choice of topic is alwyas so timely and appropriate.

[@waynesell3681]

Busy day missed the live, sure glad I'm watching this evening. Gardening with in ground beds that were mulched over winter. Was great removing the mulch to see the soil in the spring. Many more worms!

[@mikeanderson2037]

What are the best times to add organic matter? Spring? Fall? How do manures come into play? I’m kind of leery of using manures.

[@hanzketchup859]

There’s also a problem that when you bury organic matter into the soil, the organic material is trapped and releases gases that can cause root rot and even kill the plant, permeability is the oxygenation of soil (sand, silt, clay aka loam soil) the organic material should always be on top of the soil, some plants can handle growing in compost but some do not, often compost in the beginning is good oxygen levels but as it breaks down it compacts and oxygen levels drop, that’s why compost is usually only good for about 6 months. Soil scientists say good loam soil actually has zero organic matter in it, in nature the organic material is on top about 5 inches deep. Cheer Gardener Scott, Salute!

[@conniedavidson1807]

Beautiful picture. Looks ready to go.

[@susanjordan2130]

Thank you for all your valuable info♥️

[@hanzketchup859]

Hi Gardener Scott! The 2 things is water retention and permeability, fun fact; the final product of completely decomposed organic matter is water and carbon monoxide, and a few minerals. Not much is left, lol. Cheers!

[@simplifygardening]

"Wow, this video was incredibly informative Scott. Thanks for all the valuable insights! Sorry I missed it live though

[@GardenerScott]

Thanks, Tony!

[@bowtielife]

I got off work and appeared about 20 minutes late... I just went back and watched the best part of this episode where you talked about breaking down the cow for the hamburger diet... that is a FANTASTIC analogy!! I may have to borrow that one day!

[@GardenerScott]

Thanks!

[@mikeanderson2037]

Great video! Thank you!

[@ralphditchburn1456]

Manure has all nutrition need

[@haroldnicholos7436]

I'm first??? Hope the Cyprus squash is growing well. Cheers friend. 🥕 🥔 🥒 🍅🥦

[@jacob915able]

Worms and fertilizer

[@ralphditchburn1456]

Pond mud i added

[@willhoward9190]

new to join.

[@ralphditchburn1456]

Compost ( peat moss and perlite) add bone meal blood meal maybe nitrogen. Definetly cow and hen manure

[@ralphditchburn1456]

You never mention manure

[@ChristyN2530]

If your adding Blood meal, you don't need more nitrogen, it is mostly nitrogen itself.

[@ritahassing2533]

Do i need to buy worms, if growing inside veggie pots?

[@RandoBox]

What nutrients was your soil missing after the first time you did a soil test? Your soil amending regimen seemed pretty comprehensive.

[@GardenerScott]

It was low in nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, and organic matter.

[@RandoBox]

Were your surprised by the results, or did they make sense in hindsight?

[@GardenerScott]

No surprise. The soil in my area is notorious for lacking nutrients.

[@susanjordan2130]

What is greenstalk?

[@GardenerScott]

It is a vertical growing system. Here's one of my videos about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWSomoiQr66GiJo

[@mikeanderson2037]

Do we really need to buy expensive little bags of microbes , fungi, and other things for soil?

[@Beefinator5000]

If you've got vegetable/fruit scraps and leaves from trees, you have great additives for free.

[@ChristyN2530]

He talks about this in the video

[@GardenerScott]

I don't buy any of it.

[@ritahassing2533]

If im growing veggie pots inside my apt, do i need to take the tomato n pepppr plants outside to have the bees 🐝 germinate?

[@GardenerScott]

They don't need insects to pollinate. a breeze or jostling of the branches will do it. Potted plants don't need earthworms.