What is the Best Garden Fertilizer in Our 12-Bed Test Plot Experiment? (And Other Stories)

What's the best garden fertilizer? In our beds, in awful soil, this one performed the best!
It's almost the end of 2020! Today we plant some seeds we sprouted in the fridge, take a tour through the gardens, and wrap up the 12-bed garden amendment experiment for this year. I also share my plans for the 2021 gardens and how I hope to use the data we gathered from our fall garden to grow GREAT BIG HUGE TURNIPS!
Right now we are harvesting daikons and turnips and watching the winter cover crops grow.
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[@davidthegood]

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[@user-yp1bu8jm7n]

Any tips on layering gardening a garden will help

[@paulllhunterrio2169]

Thought I had clicked on a James Prigioni’s video at first. That man’s energy is incredible 😂

[@hughbrackett343]

Did you mean James Prigioni? If so, the absence of a Yorkie is a dead giveaway that you're not on his channel.

[@paulllhunterrio2169]

@@hughbrackett343 haha I had DtG on the brain after figuring out where I was at. You’re right though. No carrot-eating yorkies should’ve given it away immediately.

[@Juanrivers2022]

I think David needs a tuck in his house

[@hughbrackett343]

@@Juanrivers2022 I have a Yorkie I could donate, except that I wouldn't wish her on my worst enemy. She acts more like a Chihuahua.

[@PRDreams]

@@hughbrackett343 🤣😂🤣

[@dirtpatcheaven]

Woah, that beginning was something else.

[@ScottHead]

I really enjoyed just walking the garden with you, satisfying.

[@tommiejones1072]

Love your videos, they help me. Central Texas soil and weather has been a challenge for me.

[@nancyfahey7518]

Hi Scott. Your summer woes are similar to mine in west central Florida but you get more snow and rain than I do. Sorry, bad joke.

[@fergusfarm3793]

Its so great to have you back. I laughed out loud at 'let me have my moment.' I have these myself, and they're fun. There is so much joy in plants, if you're into that sort of thing.

[@benjaminbroudy2982]

I might be building up a stash of ziploc bags with apple and pear seeds in an attempt to grow them. There are like 5 ziploc bags in our cripser drawer and my family is like why are you doing this

[@rockjockchick]

Hahaha awesome!

[@stonedapefarmer]

Welp, Steve's mix, biochar, and organic matter. That's exactly what I'm doing, so I guess I was ahead of the curve. 🤣 Thanks for the confirmation!

[@flatsville1]

Again, your 12 bed trial was good...unlike many contrived, half-wit trials by garden KZbinrs. I don't expect a rigorous scientfic approach, but some don't even try.

[@8507582]

Soil in south georgia and south alabama was considered pine barren in the old days. My grandfather farmed in Albany GA. He would plant peanuts to amend the soil and he said it really helped...

[@davidthegood]

Great advice.

[@kennkid9912]

My wifes family farmed in Haleburg, ALA. Cotton and peanuts in rotation. Peanuts are big there.The farmers used the shells to bed cattle.

[@a4000t]

These bed/fertilizer/amendment tests are great,its interesting to see how they compared.

[@marxerm]

"Livin` on the edge, on our parent`s sofa" - love you Dave!

[@blazebv]

i have not watched your videos in a while. i didnt realize how much i missed your humor!

[@brandiisbell7746]

Hey David pretty great video. I make biochar every . I have lot of Fallen branches from trees and fire wood scraps did Apollo up like a bonfire. Then I'm ready. I go to my local Deer Processor and collect about a hundred pounds of deer bones. When I get my bonfire going I laid the deer bones into the pile and burn them. I scooped out the Embers from the bottom of the pile after it's burned down and put them in a barrel of water and spray them down to quench them. I have had great success with this method of making biochar and bio bone char. I supercharged them and they work great in my Gardens. Good luck buddy Happy New Year

[@davidthegood]

Bone char is an awesome idea!

[@brandiisbell7746]

Too many videos out there making complicated Contraptions to make simple biochar and bio bones. It's BS. A big pile of wood, a match, about a hundred pounds of deer bones free of charge add a deer processor. Some good music, a comfortable chair and some kind of container to fill up with water to quench The Embers. This is my fourth year to do it and I look forward to it because I know what great things that does for my soil and my plants and my life

[@constantinaolstedt]

Ohh i would love that in a bonebroth...can you burn them afterwards? I'm in Sweden so have to befriend a hunter 🤔

[@shpuply]

Looking good despite the poor conditions David! I also love turnips and they're greens. Daikons stewed, and especially pickled. And as for that Daipro at the end, perhaps a more fitting name would be a DaiKONG! ;)

[@GreenShortzDIY]

The success of the lasagna bed points to the importance of organic matter in the soil. Cool to see the test beds in action.

[@al-8026]

All but sold a kidney to get a couple of the American Pawpaw here in Australia (: Looking forward to getting fruit one day. My banana's are alive but not productive as yet, but my Babaco tree is doing very well with fruit just starting to go ripe. Push The Zone! Thanks for all your ideas and enthusiasm.

[@DaniD519]

Soaking, sometimes over night, really helps to get the sand off. Looking good!

[@HomesteadForALiving]

I have various fruits in various stage of rot lying around the kitchen. Not a seed escapes my house without being saved...

[@paperm2023]

The first seconds alone are worth a thumbs up. mood af

[@rosehavenfarm2969]

So glad I made it to the premiere. Glad DtG and family are(getting) well

[@PleasantPrickles]

Congrats on your pear seed germination! Very exciting! Thanks for the share, great info! I’m always looking for ways to improve my horrible soil! 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱😃

[@vivianyerton7937]

I'm glad you are on the mend. Thanks for the experiments

[@mindy779]

This is experiment has been eye opening. In Steve Solomon's new book He said that for the backyard gardener (which I am) the Down-To-Earth mix is very close to his own mix. So along with my earthworms I'm going to try it because I can't go all over trying to locate all those amendments. Happy to see the worm castings are doing well. I love my worms. 😉

[@donf4227]

The Down-to-earth Vegetable Garden 4-4-4? Looks like a 5 lb bag is enough for 100 sq ft, at $15 per bag.... Says calcium to magnesium ratio is 6:1.

[@janebadon3988]

I had been wondering about how the experimental beds were doing! So glad UR back!

[@zacharypinegar3111]

I'm so thankful you made it through, I hope your family weathered the same. God Bless

[@johnnyroadcrew3841]

Weather looks great there .. .. ..nice to see youre keeping busy. Happy new year to you and yours .. .....

[@heathermartin2878]

Glad your feeling better! Praise God.

[@quincyfry6569]

Good to see you active again! Happy to know this soil is fixable

[@wolfebilt]

Had me laughing a few times for real! Thanks! Appreciate the insight on the beds too.

[@yonnab1]

Ommmmgggg!!!! Glad I found this channel!!!! Thanks to Scott Head!!!

[@davidthegood]

Welcome! Scott is the best.

[@rebeccashetter8389]

Thank you for all your hard work.. love your videos. So very glad you are feeling better. God Bless

[@unsaltedtomato899]

Thanks for the update on your groovy experiment

[@nathanbour1010]

Great to see you back. Appreciate your approach to the garden, and creative videos

[@LeahBrooksTowerGardens]

Glad you're feeling better!

[@cdburgess75]

I love your sense of humor! Very fun to watch.

[@davidthegood]

Thank you

[@kenbennett9818]

I really love greenhouse megastore! They're definitely worth singing about. I just prepped my shopping list for this year the other day.

[@mattpeacock5208]

China Marker is my favorite song ever!

[@Mark-he3ch]

😂Absolutely love your videos and the wonderful info. MERRY CHRISTMAS! and GOD BLESS!!

[@lisajenkins5490]

Thank you David! Awesome test.

[@YRTWINS2]

Thank you, really enjoyed.

[@YasChosenChild_70]

Thank you for all your help David!! I’m doing the bio char & variety of stuff growing to make my soil healthy for next year I pray 🙏!

[@cheffy101]

Great video! Glad you’re feeling better. Just made a big purchase at garden mega store for some of those cone pots. I had a ton of apple and pear seeds i forgot in the fridge and it looks like a jungle in there lol. :)

[@zhartheProprietor]

David the Good rocks. Figuratively & literally

[@Beecozz7]

Always Good!!! TY DTG

[@suzannefronzaglio2427]

So glad I found your yt channel. You have such interesting videos, on so many planting strategies, projects, experiments you try and have tried in the gardens, and methods of propagating, tips and great advice! Love those "cone-tainers", very cool! And cool way to get free trees started.

[@davidthegood]

Thank you.

[@chelseachasecreative]

Glad your feeling better and great little experiment..i was waiting to see how that turned out - im excited to blend Steve's mix, lasagna & biocharr approach to my beds! I will be keeping track too 😊 stay green and happy not new year 😜

[@FruitTreeAddict]

I love your videos and you are hilarious 🤣

[@elijahsanders3547]

This was a great experiment! Thank you for sharing. God bless!

[@eikoqdupree101]

I found you...3am here in California. And it was awesome. Fun informative. I join. Love you easy-going but wise growing..refreshing

[@farisasmith7109]

Wow you've been very busy! I haven't been keeping up with your channel for a minute. Those cone pots look promising. All the best from Antigua.

[@creativekp9326]

Nice. Enjoyable video.

[@gulfcoastalmouth]

Great video!!!

[@caseonfire]

love your videos...keep it up

[@donkeydonk96]

love your garden

[@kkjaved]

You inspire me to do great garden things!

[@Power_Prawnstar]

Gotta get me that "random stone fruit" variety, sounds delicous.

[@AAHomeGardening]

Great video

[@siamsurf]

Loved the intro, staid for the content. :)

[@williamvillar7134]

Yes! Those tree starting pots are awesome and so affordable. Will definitely order some soon for starting tree seedlings. That sticky sand is why I grew up hating greens grown locally. My stomach would reject them the next morning, every single time I ate them. Imagine, if you will, beginning your Saturday morning by sitting up in bed; barfing up a pile of collards or turnips and then heading off to watch cartoons. I'm not sure why we always ate greens on Friday night. Despite that part of my childhood, I still managed to try greens again in my adult years and enjoy them to this day, when washed and cooked properly.

[@robinlillian9471]

Nice day. It's still quite warm where you live now it seems.

[@DH-mj9kw]

I love this channel

[@barnburner2475]

Great content David the Good. Thank you.

[@davidthegood]

Thank you

[@chrisjohnson7851]

Good to see you back. I think Bio-char will do better the longer it is in the ground. That has been my experience.

[@jksatte]

David the gardening results are interesting. I am dealing with NE FL sand so I think biochar will be necessary for me as well.

[@dans3718]

Been eyeing those tree-planting starter things, but so far my cheapitude has won out and using yogurt cups with drainage holes drilled into bottom. You have inspired me to plant more varied fruit seeds. Have some satsumas sprouted from seeds waiting for spring. And a batch of black locusts. Need to stratify a bunch of chestnuts I got at local farmers market too. It is very satisfying seeing them sprout. Have an 18" mango inside in a big pot too, but it's looking sad at the moment. Suspect it wants more light. Need to get some mulberries going too!

[@TSis76]

LOVED the Green House Mega Store dot com song.

[@jannievaught4344]

The big dicon radish is super good Fermented.. mine are doing good too.. but the greens go to the chickens who need green food in winter. Glad your well ..

[@farmingthelife524]

Great job David. Hope your taste returns soon. Have you heard of tilling in your Daikon radishes. Farmeres in the south have gotten Amazing results. It makes for a super productive spring . Can you do a experimental patch . Your Daikons look damn Awesome

[@glorytogodhomestead3495]

It came up from the pit! Scary stories by David the Good 😂

[@PascaltheOtter]

Dang when your soil won't even grow weeds that's some hard times.but David I have faith in you, just keep on growing.

[@ecotangokeithfugittrkkf733]

I love you man❤

[@user-yp1bu8jm7n]

Very nice garden

[@davidthegood]

Thank you, James.

[@IntegratedPestManagement]

"Be nice to your mother and always say please, be loyal to friends and compost your enemies" All of a sudden KZbin is sending us these two to three year old videos and we wish we had discovered earlier!

[@samuelkorger3567]

This channel is underrated.

[@davidthegood]

Thank you.

[@PhilKJames]

You could do an entire album on garden suppliers

[@babetteisinthegarden6920]

I put pluot seeds in the refrigerator but I think my soil was too wet 'cause they're not doing anything but I do have three date palmes growing I just threw the seeds in the dirt in a pot they each have one real leaf now, BoyDavid I'm really impressed with your garden thank you for the update

[@kennkid9912]

When i was a kid the neighborhood raked leaves in the fall. One guy close by had a bank and ditch, he wanted filled in. Everybody dumped their stuff there. The soil from this rotting stuff was incredible. When we went fishing we would always dig worms there .They were numerous and huge. I used a similar thing for my mothers flower beds. Raked the leaves into them and then cover with a pickup load of pine bark mulch. By the next summer, black soil. It takes a while to create the organic part of soil. The leaves were from all types of trees. Cover crops without some fertilizer, just wont grow well. Contractors here pay to illegally dig the black muck out of swamps. Its good stuff. they mix it with? Sand / and sell it to people as topsoil ,loam. For big $$. I tried Hugel beds and the results were good, soil, not perfect but good in about one year. I put turned over sod on top and covered it with black plastic to kill weeds. Love your content.

[@lindapolle1665]

I had success making biochar by building a char burner like this: Take a 55 gal. drum. Cut in an access door and a few vents around the lower base. Cut a wide door at the top is next. To this add a 30 gal metal drum to the inside. A brick or two under the 30 gal, me thinks will help air flow. To run your "burner": Load the wood or organic matter, you wish to char, into the 30 gal drum, while it is setting inside the 55 gal drum. Now load the wood or other fuel into the access door in the side of the 55 gal drum. Start a fire in the 55 gal drum. Close the top of the 55 gal drum. Let'er burn. Basically you have made a stove, with the 30 gal drum becoming an oven in the inside. Charcoal = baked wood or like organic matter

[@twylavarn]

😂great opening

[@joebobjenkins7837]

Just learned you can use old tp and paper towel rolls as planters. You can direct plant them.

[@hughbrackett343]

I used tubes one year and I had some that came unglued almost as soon as I added soil. I stuck some tape around them to keep them from unwinding.. Some folks make tubes from newspaper rolled and folded with no tape or glue but I couldn't get the knack of making them. Now I mainly use soil blocks.

[@lisalph8922]

Brilliant idea!

[@kkjaved]

Worm compost pile looks really good! Did better than 10-10-10, Dave fermentation mix alone. So worm was 4th place.

[@mylesfalconer9183]

How do you eat your turnips? Cook with them? Gotta love that bitcorn!

[@ikillprettythingz7947]

I'm new here and I like it

[@jasonfrazier503]

You're hilarious... 🤣

[@aurora571000]

Thanks! Steve Solomon is where its at! Now its proven.

[@CampMelp]

Dang, FYI my friend had covid back in March and still doesn’t have his taste back yet... 😅 Might wanna just go ahead and pick them...

[@MQ-cw9qx]

Fantastic. also, nice turnips. I prefer rutabagas--the turnip with a college education (as my Grandpa called them...lol).

[@8507582]

Sand pears the make the best Pear relish! They are hard to find. I'm trying to grow some from seed now!

[@nigellablossom]

Glad you are feeling better- hope the family is well 🙏 Not everyone has been so fortunate to come out the other side. It’s good to see the amendment experiments going on this time of year.. nice to be able to tinker around and just observe without all the pressure of the main growing season. Looking forward to your spring garden 👍

[@AnitaLusty]

Here’s another one just like the other one! 👍

[@AnitaLusty]

The red radishes are red dee! 😎

[@Katydidit]

Minute 4, 5? ... unidentified stone fruit??! You are inspiring me to become the Johnny Appleseed of my community! If anything... perhaps the rogue seedlings can assist all those backyard gardeners who need a second variety to cross- pollinate with... thoughts??

[@johnaverick7468]

Need to put some artificial Red dye # 40 in those White Globe turnips and Daikons when you cook them.

[@queenmabarts2871]

I planted daikon to help break up our heavy clay soil. The soil is so bad we ended up with pinky size radishes. I'll be chopping and dropping daikon and cover crops multiple times to try and get usable soil in a year or two.

[@ausfoodgarden]

love the OTT bitcoin fake startup I almost thought you'd gone commercial :) Great info and I just gave you your 500th 👍 Hoping this year is way better for all of us than the horror of 2020

[@davidthegood]

Thank you. Happy 2021!

[@SassyLawris]

I plan in planting a Pawpaw

[@c.taylor4598]

Hey, David. I'm in zone 5/6. I put elderberry seeds in a baggie with wet paper towel in my freezer 2 years ago and forgot them. Do you think they might have survived and will grow? I'm gonna go ahead and plant them this spring, but I would hate to waste my time on them. Thanks.

[@jeffjula]

can you give advice on how to start ylang ylang from seeds? thanks

[@XoroksComment]

Do you plan on planting Pawpaw seedlings below the wooded area with oaks and conifers? As understory fruit trees?

[@davidthegood]

Yes

[@allnaturalhomesteaders]

Feed your microbes molasses granules! They absolutely love the stuff!

[@laurachatfield4142]

I had that beautiful peach pit that sprouted in my fridge but I didn't know which end was up and I lost it because I potted it upside-down 😭 I guess roots sprout first