7 MUST-DO Garden Chores in July

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00:00 - Intro
00:15 - Fruits Of Your Labor
03:00 - Spray Down
06:40 - Irrigate
08:18 - Pinching
09:54 - Summer Pruning
11:47 - Herbs
13:47 - Sanitizing
15:17 - Planet Wild
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[@halfbakedcheesecake]

A life hack I love for making dilutions to spray: put a small amount of warm tap water (like a cup) into a mason jar with your active ingredients. Shake the hell out of that. Then fill your sprayer with water halfway up, pour in your ingredients, finish filling with water. Much easier than shaking the hell out of a full gallon of water 😂 helpful for anyone but especially for gardeners like me with a disability

[@BiteSizeFarm]

Kevin, I’ve been watching you for years, and you inspired me to start my own channel. I just published my first episode, and just wanted to thank you for helping me find my passion 🙏🏼

[@hansejr]

Those citrus stem clippings, and apple, are fantastic for use in bouquets. Save them and drop them off at a nearby florist! They will love you for it.

[@gypsy1111]

Kev dog (thats what I call you, im Aussie). I have binge watched your entire channel/s, you are a huge inspiration for my whole gardening journey. Im almost through my first years gardening and want to make a mention of the timelessness of your videos. I go back and and rewatch based on my seasons compared to yours. This channel is my happy place in a crazy world, thank you so much Kevin and Jacques

[@randomtruss9256]

8th task: Watch gardening videos because it's almost 45°C / 113°F outside...

[@traxmom]

Love that you're covering the first month free for Planet Wild, thanks!

[@epicgardening]

Our pleasure!

[@CaliforniaGardenGoddess]

I call July and August our winter in LA and we have “summer snow days” from heat and air pollution once the wildfires start. I Harvest in the early morning and plant in the evenings, stay indoors the rest of the time

[@phild8095]

My wife made sauerkraut from two large cabbages the past two days. She bought what was tagged as big boy tomatoes that turned out to be cherry tomatoes. So those are around the neighborhood. I'm turning another pile of compost. Our neighbor has been feeding the burds which are now picking insects out of the garden. Our carrots in the raised bed have been thinned again. The tops still look bulletproof. The beets in the raised bed have been thinned, 10 pints in the pantry.

[@heartsong111]

I’ve been following Planet Wild for a while now. I love that you’re supporting their efforts. ❤ 🎉

[@caseycasas2498]

That storage system in Kevin's kitchen is awesome!

[@smas3256]

I love bundling herbs to dry. For my Carmen peppers as they ripen, needle and thread and hung. Takes few weeks. Put in mason jar. Will grind for paprika as needed. Carmen is great for grilling too.

[@alsothejiraguy]

My grandpa taught me to grow when I was a kid. Even back then, he had more years of experience growing crops than I've been alive today. He'd harvest his tomatoes a little greener, then let them ripen in the window sills. He'd say the UV light is what helps them ripen, so he'd turn them a bit when one side got a little too red so they'd ripen evenly. I'm trying this with some of our tomatoes this year, and not reproducing the results I remember. I'm not sure if our windows are blocking UV or if I'm mis-remembering something, but they are still relatively green. Granted, I also had to harvest them earlier than I wanted to because they were on a branch that got damaged, so that may also be the problem

[@ian3580]

It's not the UV at all.

[@thedirtygardener]

I love these complications, especially when you have other southern gardeners. I’m 9B Coastal Texas and it’s a different beast for us. Shannie is the closest to our conditions so Thank you Shannie!

[@RachelShadoan]

I really like that y’all are including epic gardeners from zones other than LA!

[@robs3921]

The format of this video was really cool.

[@princeofprussia9120]

Hey you should let some of your jalapeños get red, char them with charcoal, and make chilis in adobo. You could then can it, and put it in the Epic Homesteading channel.

[@ian3580]

There would be a lot more to it than just home canning and selling it that way. A commercial kitchen or cottage license (depending on state), and all a lot of work for very little profit and fairly high risk. He's not growing at a scale to be selling to that wide of an audience to make all of that worth it.

[@princeofprussia9120]

@@ian3580 sorry to clarify, I wasn’t suggesting they sell their Chili’s in adobo, just make a batch for educational and self enjoyment.

[@tambrasmith9707]

I like that storage rack that you have.. where can you get one of those

[@demetrajohnson571]

Where did you get that drying rack?

[@epicgardening]

Will let you know soon!

[@tubelvr23]

Yes, I need that rack.

[@lynndongg]

I need one!!!

[@janineaggott6741]

It looks like the one sold by Gardener’s Supply.

[@stacyf7720]

Came in to ask the same question

[@xstrumzz]

Louisiana here. Its so hot everything slowed down but the peppers are going crazy

[@smas3256]

In the 90's here in Ct. Again.

[@digimediadude786]

Seeing gardeners across the country is so cool, plus a lot of helpful info! Thanks for the awesome content! 👍

[@VeretenoVids]

Zone 6. I'm just now getting flowers on my tomato plants!

[@zach9036]

I am zone 5b, my cherry tomatoes just started flowering, my roma just started to form its first tomatoes. We are just a week or two from some harvest!

[@GTGardening]

nice!

[@JameyReads]

I’m so glad I found your channel.Your to the point tips, and everyone’s professional way of speaking makes it easy to learn and pick up information. Thanks!

[@epicgardening]

Welcome aboard!

[@jaredmalakouti8358]

Love that you're supporting organizations like planet wild. incredible way to use your platform to inspire more people to protect nature!

[@largefamilyreviews9]

like to see lawns without grass, well done all around

[@ElderRaven]

Fresh tomatoes should never go in the fridge.

[@kfetter9046]

Thanks for the info on "Planet Wild." I was not familiar with them before. What an incredible group of people! Permaculture makes so much sense, and is the key to saving our planet.🌎

[@coldhandjacinth9069]

Don't waste the carrot tops! Pull the tender leaves off the stem ( leave about 3 or 4 " on the carrot root), (chop into smaller pieces if you want to) and sauté in butter as you would spinach. The 'green god' dressing ( recipe somewhere in the comments) tastes delicious on the sautéed carrot tops. Keeping the smaller carrots in the ground will allow harvest of carrot top greens to continue.

[@thedirtygardener]

Great tip. Thanks for sharing. I’ll have to give this a try. It sounds delicious!!

[@coldhandjacinth9069]

@@thedirtygardenerYou are very welcome. The carrot top leaves taste much better than seaweed and most gardeners can't raise seaweed.

[@bassamry]

2:55 where can i get like this wooden drawer set for the veg'ies?

[@PorchGardeningWithPassion]

I love the idea of that sponsor. I sincerely appreciate your approach to KZbin Kevin 👊🏻🌻👊🏻

[@GrowsGoneWild]

That citrus hedge has come a long way. Actually all the trees have. Love to see it!

[@johnclark3720]

Thank you for including various zones! I'm in South Texas (10a)

[@christina_papou]

My husband just had our first red vine tomatoes today! It was the only one that pollinated really early (while I was hardening them off in May) and red. Everything else has blooms or inny bidy tomatoes. Can’t wait!!! Oh and I’m in New Brunswick Canada so it was awesome.

[@mercurybard9794]

I need to sanitize my trays, etc. I've tossed all of them out the backdoor, and they've been sitting there for a week+. Waiting.😅

[@StayresIntoSpace]

Gotta know- where do you get your veg storing tower from?

[@char8a291]

Here in Tx my stuff stopped growing and looks pathetic. I’m about ready to pull up everything and get ready to plant fresh for fall.

[@epicgardening]

Know that feeling

[@thetopseoservice]

Here in California, I had that problem too because of the heat. First, I covered my plants with a garden shade cloth to protect them from direct sunlight then I started using a good dirt fertilizer, you must follow the directions. After a week, my plant started to flourish again.

[@alfromplymouth]

"Joe E Parker " is a strange name, as the ghost of Charles Pucci Johnson giggles from the mulch pile!. Love you all!

[@stormraven4183]

Most appropriate sponsor ad ever ❤ The citrus hedge is looking beautiful, Kevin.

[@katyalupochev9589]

This spring where I am in the UK has been unusually cold and cloudy(even for us). Everything is way behind! Finally seeing the first tomatoes start to set, and my first pepper flower is JUST about to open. I’d love to live somewhere I could be harvesting peps and toms in July 😖 jealous but happy for you haha

[@user-ci7wn5im5i]

Amazing that you are working with Planet Wild

[@kiana4534]

This video is definitely a saver. Dealing with powdered mold, thanks for the solution.

[@notstrong5789]

You can spray whey from letting milk separate out over time to reduce powdery mildew and colonize the leaves with lactobacillus!

[@johnnyalegria]

Enjoyed video! Love from Lakeside, CA!

[@DaarLordBeerus365]

July is the winter season for us❄️ (doesn't snow but really cold tho).My Gardens still thriving 😁👍.

[@chickensarehilarious]

great video I've paused it twice to go out to my garden and do what youre talking about 👍

[@epicgardening]

Great!

[@BlessingstoBountyGarden]

Great video. I love the storage rack!!!!

[@SumaiyaS]

Thanks for sharing valuable information with us.

[@katjagraser]

How is this thing called you store your produce? And where can I get it? I've never come across something like it in Germany

[@Maigali55]

Hi! Will you please do a Processing video. This is my 1st season and I had my 1st harvest but some of my veg has wilted or got rubbery pretty fast. I now know to soak my carrots but I’m having trouble on what to do after harvesting.

[@johnnyalegria]

Just subscribed to Planet Wild. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@epicgardening]

Welcome aboard!

[@ethansengineering911]

What do you do about tomato hornworms they are going nuts in my garden and I’m just going outside every day picking them off but I would obviously like to take care of the problem altogether and know how in the future

[@Sandraparson1]

Great video as always

[@laurafrey5244]

Kevin - Can you please teach us how and why you prune your tomatoes to almost naked as we see on your first tomato plant shown in this video?

[@gendoll5006]

I0:52 I don’t understand how tomato plants (and others) can survive let alone grow such big fruit with so few leaves? You’d think the more leaves, the more photosynthesis and energy, meaning more (or bigger if you thin them out) fruit. I’m sooooo confused?!?

[@jacquesinthegarden]

The leaves were removed after fruit formation happened. The lower leaves can definitely contribute but they will naturally get less sun since they are shaded from above. Early season in the cool spring months I pick off the fungal infected leaves then come summer(now) I don't need to prune as much

[@MSEtc20]

to me that looks like a vole has taken many bites out of that ripe tomato, as opposed to a bird pecking it... a few years ago I had the same issue and did a lot of research to figure out... meadow voles were practically hollowing out my tomatoes before I could enjoy them! I live trapped them and relocated to a large park. :)

[@smas3256]

Or the trash.

[@MSEtc20]

@@smas3256 they're an important part of the ecosystem... ecspecially for birds of prey and owls to eat, so no... I'm happy to relocate them.

[@samanthakwait8782]

I love the botanical interests basket

[@rrbb36]

@13:59 Damping-off disease !! DAMP-ing … NOT “dampening-off”.

[@epicgardening]

Yep - misspoke! Appreciate the comment.

[@helenmcclellan452]

Great tips, thank you!

[@R0D18]

Love Planet Wild!

[@GoingGreenMom]

Sounds like a great organization!

[@GLG_YT]

We All Have A Lot To Do In The Garden LOL!!!

[@RoyHolder]

I don't mind using a ladder when I'm picking peaches, my tree usually produces about 100 kilos of fruit each year! G'day from Australia in Winter. 👍👍

[@gypsy1111]

I'm in aus too, what are you growing and planting right now ?

[@RoyHolder]

@@gypsy1111 vegetables, cabbage cauliflower broccoli

[@gypsy1111]

@@RoyHolder we're getting rained out in SA!

[@Chewberika]

I love the new concept with experience from several gardeners/zones. Can we get some zone 4/5 love?

[@Notable2Nikki]

My pepper plants look horrible. I think it is a combo of the 90+ heat wave in mid June along with the crappy potting soil I chose before the potting mix experiment video came out.

[@ivonnehp]

Can you talk about how to prep the soil for carrots?

[@Gardener95]

beautiful garden

[@2anthro]

Thank you!

[@willsolarski8550]

Awesome video as always-droppin' some pounds Kevin? Lookin good! 🌱💪👍

[@Hollyberye]

Many thanks! 🌻🌻

[@CogitoNM]

Joe E Parker can be harvested Red too. It's right there on the package, also because NM Chile can be both Red or Green.

[@tiffany7023]

Can you use a beer bottle for an automatic waterer?

[@epicgardening]

Yes

[@KhiêmGardening]

I really like your video

[@deboz8793]

Gardening here in Central Ohio (6a), and just now getting tomatoes forming on the plants. Won’t get full-sized tomatoes until maybe September. Wished I had started a Super Sweet 100 cherry tomato this year again. Oh well, next year. 😊 I am getting a few peppers too, but would like them to mature from green to red - yet, I’m thinking of picking those few green ones now and give the pepper plants a chance to develop the ones starting to form from the flowers. 🤔😉

[@smas3256]

Zone 6b. Ct. We're trying early varieties of tomatoes. Galahad and Brandywine. Few are mid size and some tennis ball size. Still green. Need strong staking and attention because they get to be huge.

[@Aries162]

Umm love Shannie where has she been!?!?! Love the basil pinching story!

[@chrisspringer614]

That is a really practical sliding tray storage rack. Where did you get that? I usually have about 50 butternut squash at the end of the summer season and could use a nice place to store them.

[@roadtriplover.]

@Epic Gardening, I have fruit trees that are, in a word, HUGE. I have trouble reaching most of the fruit and I’ve found that the previous owner let a lot of water shoots flourish more than the bases. How dramatically can I prune these trees back in one season and how much should I remove height versus water shoots?

[@kathrynmettelka7216]

My major chore is mulching.

[@WM_Partners]

Kevin, where did you get that wood drying / curing / strorage rack in your kitchen 2:56 ??? We have been looking for something and that would be perfect.

[@thedirtygardener]

That looks like one sold by Gardener’s Supply. I don’t know if they still carry it, but they did at one time.

[@Beesunflower369]

Where is a good place online to get small pond plants like you have? Thank you!

[@Chris-bx4vk]

Hottest month in Chicago lol.. heat avoids Chicago more than tourists these days.

[@RachelShadoan]

Will the potassium bicarbonate work for winter application for preventing peach leaf curl?

[@epicgardening]

Can't say for sure, it should kill on contact but doesn't persist or stick like copper would. Will be trying it this season though!

[@markizanochi65]

I see one video from Nederland about trees , what they do there when branch grow taller they hang on on branches rock in plastic bag 😅and that help branches stay down to reach level.

[@mikencrew8885]

What do you do with all that food you grow. You may have already covered it but I’m kinda new here although I have seen quite a few videos. Thanks Kev-O

[@DaviS.Pereira]

Hello! a bit off-topic question; I want to get into gardening, but I'm worried about neglecting my garden due to lack of time or energy to properly take care of it. Could you guys give me some advice, please? Great video!

[@vegasredhead]

Where did you get the rack in you kitchen? I like it a lot!

[@knowitallandy]

Would you be able to link the specific study mentioned for potassium bicarb PM control?

[@mikencrew8885]

So what if you build a raised bed and put watermelon radishes in it and it did exactly what you’re saying. What should I do about that? It’s not in trays. Thank you so much

[@pastihijau5043]

Nice

[@smas3256]

Great advice. Fruit trees. Care for them and they will feed you.

[@elizabethmiranda289]

currently trying to figure that out with my guava tree

[@lianoid918]

Quick question: I've read not to store garlic and onions together but I see that he does here. Anyone have experience they can share? If stored in an open space together that's fine, but perhaps not stored in a cupboard together causes them to spoil quicker?

[@OrrBiologicals]

Ever heard of screlt runner beans? The're awesome

[@epicgardening]

Yes they are!

[@ginnyeacho7570]

I need to know what hose nozzle that is that Jacque is using. 😍

[@beea4456]

What type of basket is that for harvesting the plants?

[@plarbl2]

Ive just started my winter squashes, pumpkins and I am running an experiment in the winter time. Kind of curious on why plants really die in the Winter, is it because the roots freeze from water retention or is it because they just can't produce in the cold. I am going to use a sandy based soil with a mixture of just top soil. and some fertilizer and going to use a tomato bush variety, early jalepeno, a basil and some Beans and Peas.. My hypothesis is going to be the beans and peas wont tolerate the sandy soil, and the tomatoes will be a bit stunted, but should get some fruit and the pepper should be a full harvest. Basil is going to thrive. Winters where Im at do get cold, but not usually freezing cold. So We shall see on how this works.

[@MrBigrel23]

Can I use potassium bicarbonate for blight as well?

[@francestaylor9156]

You should definitely put out a bird bath for the birds. Then they wont peck your tomatoes. They're looking for hydration. Best tip I saw in the comments when I was first gardening. The birds have never bothered my crops. I keep a bird bath full especially during droughts.

[@francestaylor9156]

I'll note that I even have the bird bath right next to my garden (makes it easy to put water in it). The birds will hang out in the garden and they still won't peck my tomatoes. I like to leave tomato hornworms and beetle larvae in the birdbath too. The birds enjoy the treats.

[@dande9981]

6:00 how does that potassium bicarbonate affect soil microbiology? Fungicides are usually extremely harmful to the soil life.

[@benjaminl.dallaire9890]

Would potassium bicarbonate be effective against fire light on crab apple trees?

[@jamillefrancisco564]

Okay boss! 😂

[@joellynshort3949]

So how do you keep the larger pests out of your garden?!? Rats, squirrels, rabbits, etc. San Diego is definitely an awesome climate for growing, but I have to fight for every piece of fruit or lettuce leaf.

[@jefflever2964]

Bethany has a great News voice!

[@mplslawnguy3389]

Vocal fry is on point

[@lillypatience]

I harvested 2 lbs of shishito peppers yesterday but my tomatoes and cukes are not growing as they normally have in the past.

[@Sodbusta]

What’s the discount code for botanical interest? I just paid $8 for a $2 pack of seeds.