Essential FALL GARDENING Checklist You Must Do NOW!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

If you enjoyed this video, please "Like" it and share it to help spread its reach! Thanks for watching 🙂TIMESTAMPS for convenience: 0:00 Fall Garden Season Is Here! 0:38 Fall Gardening Task #1 2:00 Fall Gardening Task #2 3:37 Fall Gardening Task #3 4:18 Fall Gardening Task #4 7:05 Fall Gardening Task #5 8:41 Fall Gardening Task #6 9:58 Fall Gardening Task #7 11:49 Fall Gardening Task #8 13:53 Fall Gardening Task #9 15:44 Final Fall Gardening Tips 17:37 Adventures With Dale

[@dorethablunt5452]

Hello,from Houston Texas thank you for always sharing pertinent information.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@amyk6028]

I have 15 raised beds that are 4’x8’ each. Love the PVC hoops that you recommended a while ago. I use them a lot on about half my beds. I put shade cloth and/or greenhouse plastic as needed. I can also remove them in the summer if I don’t need them. Thanks for the awesome recommendation 👍🏼

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Excellent! It is a game-changer, for sure. It helps so much year-round.

[@jm72309]

Please share how you prune your lemon trees. I need to learn. A video on how you care for and fertilize your lemons trees would also be great. Thanks for all your hard work!

[@baddogcustoms7496]

I have a lemon tree and peach trees and want more fruit trees and I agree with this comment

[@51rwyatt]

It would take several football fields of volunteer dill before I even thought about calling them a weed. I adore dill and can never get enough in my garden.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Well, I mean, it is called "dill weed" 😂

[@sandrajohnston9745]

I really enjoy your enthusiasm and energy for staying busy out in your garden. I too suffer from SAD and it's hitting me early and powerfully this year. I don't usually have much luck with fall gardening (PNW Zone 8b) but you always talk me into trying again. Thank you for what you do.

[@Herculesbiggercousin]

Love what you did with this video! Shoutouts to all of those nurseries (big and small) but especially your personal favorite for sourcing citrus. Have a great one!

[@derwynmdockenjr]

Thank you for being consistent in linking to your video. It drives me crazy that almost all youtubers i watch miss forget to actually place the link in the vid. So THANK YOU! Your diligence is greatly appreciated.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

That's because it takes forever to do it 😂 It sounds crazy, but it takes literally 2 hours to write the description and add all the links. But, it's worth it since it helps so many people, and that's really the point of the video.

[@derwynmdockenjr]

@@TheMillennialGardener You're kidding me! LOL. Mad respect bruv!

[@nancytharp8213]

I am preparing for hurricane 🌀. Thanks for sharing 🙏 😎 🏝 🏖

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I know the feeling. There haven’t been many this year, but they all went over us 😩 Good luck. Hopefully, it doesn’t get strong.

[@michellecolledge2355]

I made my first hoop structure for a raised bed! So much fun, cheap, and effective. Thank you.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome! I hope it works well for you. I use my hoops year-round.

[@lorenzo6777]

You have so much knowledge about gardening, I’m overwhelmed yet excited as a newbie. Hopefully, I can use your tips to have a good harvest for next year. Setting up and planning some things for the growing season in addition to seeing what yields I can have for the fall

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I would recommend taking it slow. Don't try to do every little thing. If there are 35 vegetables you can plant now, choose 3-5 and get good at them. Then, expand as you gain experience. The best way to be successful is to choose a small handful of selections you know you can maintain, and then be decisive and don't delay. Fall gardens often fail when people drag their feet and wait to plant, and then they run out of growing season before the crops are ready.

[@lorenzo6777]

@@TheMillennialGardener would it be bad to start using grow bags? The winter here is not too crazy in TN. I want to have a low cost investment

[@cindy99toker]

I'm so lucky that Restoring Eden is less than 30 minutes from my house. They are absolutely AMAZING!

[@texasnurse]

I put down a tarp once. It was a very big fire ant bed when I removed it. They will gravitate to any ground cover.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I don't have that problem. It sounds like your soil is low in organic matter. Fire ants build in sand or hard clay. If your soil is rich in organic matter, they struggle to build colonies, because organic matter doesn't hold structure for their tunnels. Fire ants are a symptom of poor soil. I recommend adding lots of compost to remedy the issue.

[@bigrich6750]

I love fall. It’s my favorite time to garden down here (from you) on the Florida Northern Gulf Coast in Pensacola. It’s September 23rd here, and the last three days have still been in the 90s. That’s still too hot for most fall stuff. I have some snow peas coming up, but they’re in the shade. The shade is coming from the seven foot tall okra plants next to them, that are still producing like crazy. They would keep producing until late October, and that’s the hardest part of gardening in my area. All the seasons overlap drastically and often you have to get rid of productive plants to make room for other stuff, and it hurts to pull up plants that have been good to you. Fortunately, my two varieties of cowpeas seem to have run their course, and pulling them up is not so hard. Freezing the cowpeas, is my next task, but not until we get past the hurricane bering down on the Florida Panhandle right now. Looks like we’ll get another 4-6 inches of rain. If it continues to move east, your Florida property may get a lot of rain and wind as well. Once you move to Florida, this will become part of your mindset - East is the Beast; West is the Best.

[@elikerr785]

I'm in SE TN, between 7b and 8a, and we've had several "false Fall's" and I've been struggling to keep my fall crops/seedlings cool enough. It's started to cool off and then the heat has come back several times. Some of my warm season crops are still doing well, but my garden is a mix of warm season and cooler season crops since it's been flip flopping for so long. Now we're supposed to have 10 days of potential rain, so I'm sure 2 weeks from now, everything going well will be suffering and things I'm babying along will be doing much better. We're in such an unpredictable area, even within my county, my location varies wildly from the rest of towns.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

This is why I don't plant fall crops based on temperature. I plant based on sun intensity. Temps always fluctuate. If you use shade cloth, you can accommodate the heat when it comes back. Plant your fall garden when the sun gets cooler in terms of UV, then install shade cloth overhead for a few weeks to protect the seedlings. It can eventually be removed permanently in October, most likely.

[@elikerr785]

@@TheMillennialGardener Thanks! I do have shade cloth (as per your recommendations earlier in the year) that I have now over a bed with young carrots/beets and some lettuce. I've been able to grow radishes and peas in the shade of my late season pole beans, also under my okra. I'm actually having more problems with caterpillars right now than anything. Some disease on my tomatoes I still have going, and what seems like fungal issues with my beans. All good tho, this is my first year actually gardening, and I've been able to learn a whole lot from the mistakes/failures. The temps have been all over the place, was 90+ yesterday, but I think it's finally cooling off.

[@lorib5323]

this is me. it has been way too hot up here in the VA mountains (70-80's) I am just waiting and can easily frost cover if need be.

[@warrenroberts1912]

Absolutely!! I'm in atlanta. Was 95 this weekend!!!!

[@stephaniegee227]

We're just to the west of you in middle TN, 7b. I started most of my fall stuff indoors with one exception - I've been playing around with greenery - outdoor kale and lettuces since we can't predict WHEN the temps will do anything. I've also put out spinach (under shade cloth) and some root veggies in shade.

[@nancyholston6746]

Info packed video! My head is spinning and I am so ready to get on with the program! Thank you sir!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome! I timestamped the chapters so you can go back to them easily.

[@dao8805]

Thank you for the checklist. I envy you being in a warmer zone. I am in MN 4a which has really harsh sub-zero winters. Hopefully watching your channel throughout the winter will help those of us who are freezing our tootsies to stay in a gardening frame of mind. Special thanks for the list of reliable fruit tree retailers and give Dale an extra pet :)

[@TheMillennialGardener]

My zone always seems tempting when the weather cools, but my summers are absolutely tragic. It's so hot, humid and wet that nothing grows but sweet potatoes, weeds and mosquitoes. Almost everything else is dead by August 1. It's tough. I am going to try and enclose my garden to a degree over the winter to see if I can keep my torrential rains off. Dale says hello 🐶

[@dao8805]

@@TheMillennialGardener Thanks for the reality check on what your zone is like. I first discovered your channel when I was searching for info on espaliering fruit trees, which I really want to try. Subscribed at that time and appreciate your content. Woof to Dale!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

@@dao8805 espalier is fun. It's so incredibly space efficient. If you're willing to put in the work, and it does take quite a bit of work to set up and stay on top of, but you can really grow a lot of trees in a small space.

[@ellynjohnson7735]

I'm in Arizona, and our temps are going back up to 110 this week. So I'm waiting to plant.

[@Gracie0229]

I’m in CA same here in Sacramento so frustrating I want to plant !!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

That is a mistake. You should plant based on UV index cycles, not temperatures. You must always think 6 weeks ahead. What is the weather going to be 6 weeks from now? This is why you must start seeds indoors now, so in 6 weeks when the transplants are ready, you can hit the ground running. If it's still warm, use shade cloth for a few weeks. If you wait until temps cool down, you'll be too late and your days will be too short for the plants to grow.

[@ellynjohnson7735]

@TheMillennialGardener I can't physically take the heat, or I'd be out there. I appreciate your comments and expertise, it's why I'm a fan. I'll do my best!

[@DCBingo]

I'm so glad I found your channel. You have great tips and helpful hints.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thank you! Glad you’re enjoying the videos.

[@honeybadgers1996]

I will use the blanket over my leafy greens this fall into winter at night just like you've suggested how they'll do. Thanks for the great info. Mr Dale with a bow collar. He's so loved. I'm glad you guys had a nice trip to FL.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

A little frost cover goes a long way to growing greens longer. Simply keeping the hard frost off them with a cover increases their hardiness dramatically. We had a nice trip, but it was too short. Next time we go, it'll be for longer (and not during the rainy season).

[@stephaniegee227]

We've been busy cooking/preserving the last of the tomatoes here. Our beefsteak tomatoes didn't do jack squat, but we had a massive success with cherry tomatoes, Roma tomatoes, and what I think is called a torch tomato.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I've grown 30 varieties a year for 6 years to find varieties that work well where I live. Keep experimenting until you find varieties that do well in your climate. I recommend you try Brandy Boy, Carmello, Big Beef, Red Snapper and Celebrity. Those 5 do well in my climate, and my climate is horrid for beefsteak tomatoes.

[@cottagefarmflowers]

Here on the west coast of Florida near Tampa I'm battening down the hatches in preparation for Helene. I hope you guys don't get any fallout.

[@WillGnass]

Great video thanks , especially the tip on getting rid of old dead plants . Last year I did not burn my old squash plants and squash borers came back with a vengeance this spring . I learned the hard way on that one .

[@TheMillennialGardener]

If it hurts you to look at them, pull 'em!

[@rockyusa2012]

I always check your community section. It's great

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thank you! I try to add value where I can there.

[@MichelleEntrop]

I don’t see community as a tab under his KZbin channel. Is that something you have to pay for?

[@MichelleEntrop]

Never mind, on my computer, I see posts. On my tablet, it doesn’t let me click on posts.

[@laddieokelley6095]

Turnips are in the ground here in North Texas and elephant garlic beds are prepared for planting. Tomatoes (probably Tommy Toes) I cut back have flourished and well fruited. I should have 6-7 weeks before frost. Used your tip (I think) to jostle the bloom clusters to pollinate--heaviest fruit set I can remember.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I haven't grown turnips. I never cook with them. I need to expand my use of root vegetables. Glad the hand pollination worked!

[@laddieokelley6095]

@@TheMillennialGardener Read recently: the most maligned vegetable is one of the most nutritious = turnips.

[@theresaowen2708]

My last fig was stolen by some critter last night. I was so looking forward to them. Strawberries seem to disappear before I get them too. Going to need protection of some sort next year. Going to par down to just a few easy things next year. Watering this year was tough. I'm in NC too.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I just posted some insect netting on my Community tab that's 50% off. kzbin.infoUgkxhFYshjDS5pMlbjAxkK94vq1_JXVwIJNL

[@martincollinsworth2703]

THANK YOU, GREAT CHECK LIST!!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome!

[@matthewjbauer1990]

We need "Fresh From The Garden" cooking videos where you come out to the garden, give us a tour, do a harvest, and cook up said harvest. Could be a monthly series?

[@dawnbaldi2389]

We threw pumkins from last year over our fence for the deer last year. This year, we have pumpkins growing out there! Free pumpkins this year! So definitely look around, especially where you have discarded old plants!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Pumpkins will do that. Squashes and melons love giving volunteers...a little too well...

[@anthonybacon7073]

@@dawnbaldi2389 I did that with some watermelon seed and rinds a few years ago. I ended up two huge watermelons the next spring.

[@dawnlapinski6292]

Question for you, don't know of there's an easy answer. When we bought this house 2 years ago the front flower bed had lava rock as mulch, which I hate! Not much was planted there, I now know why. It's hard to weed, let alone plant, but how can I get this out of there? Any ideas.

[@tonyrose2692]

​@@dawnlapinski6292flat shovel, sharpen it before you start using a grinder and begin at the edges of the rockery. Stay under the rock taking as little of the soil away beneath the rock with each scoop you should have it up quick enough. Or put an ad up for someone to haul for free. If I'm being honest though it sounds like you need more rock if weeds are that big of an issue

[@JackieHorsley-z8s]

I Totally understand what you're saying Those big deep discounts really help Sometimes lowe's will have sales on mulch sometimes

[@cherylhowker1792]

So glad dale enjoyed your trip and glad he came with you, nice to know that he will reconnect each visit, he will know his smell and his land. Good tips on fall gardens, have to may covers for my beds, but my disabilities are getting in the way. Has taken us hours to get 1 bed done. Now have 6sprouts in and 6 kale in . The cabbages need to go in and the broccoli and cauliflower but have them in the garden on shelves in pots and been potting up when needed but need the covers over the beds before I plant. A the caterpillars are eating anything they can blinking things

[@Hardstyler981]

In Tx even tho its fall its still summer 😏

[@klbbeeswillow]

I'm definitely a little behind with some tasks but glad I ripped out the rest of my tomatoes and Bermuda grass ( witches hair) out trying to take over my lingering peppers. But gotta wait until Helena is out of NC 🌀

[@valoriegriego5212]

Thanks, MG! I have my fall garden growing and giving already.👩🏾‍🌾 I still plan to plant more goodness!😋 "Howdy", to sweet Dale.🐕❤

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Wow, that's early! My garden is as bare as it gets right now. Hurricane season always has my beds empty. My seedlings are coming up in my office. I'm hoping I can plant them out in 3 weeks. Dale says helloooo 🐶

[@dsimp765]

Great information and tips thank you and if you do you sell any of that Hot Fig Jam, I would be interested in it, sounds so good 🤤.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

It's just for my consumption. It isn't easy to sell processed food. There are a lot of hoops you have to jump through. I show you how to do it here: kzbin.infoHjlRXVY414s?si=en5e2emNZCuDR3AA

[@dawnlapinski6292]

How do I over winter my citrus plant in a container? Should I plant in the ground?

[@steveo_o6707]

I have found that pest pressure is at it's highest here in N. Tx for fall gardens. I'm testing out what does good here for fall... planted several cucumbers.

[@paulashuck8042]

Yes! Grasshoppers stripped all my fall tomato plants within a day here in Oklahoma!

[@buttonenfuego]

Wow. Clouds and rain??? It looks so refreshing. Here in California we haven't had rain in months. And won't have that til November

[@TheMillennialGardener]

We have the opposite rain pattern you have. All it does is rain here Memorial Day to end of September. We've gotten 41 inches of rain since July 1. It is just terrible. Too much all at once. In October, it dries out and we usually are dry until January.

[@Lukas9877]

Its called autumn🎉

[@susichristianson3395]

Thanks for all the good Fall reminders. I forget to be diligent about seasonal sales. Fall gardening is so pleasant. We tend to forget about the benefits. Here on CA’s cent coast I can keep a few of my favorite vine plants such as tomatoes and cucumbers going if they are trellised up strong tall tower cages as long as I can add another one next to it to support the long vines. I start early removing any stems that are yellow or diseased. The plant doesn’t always look great but it’s still flowering and producing. and allows for better airflow. I also stop removing the suckers as well so there’s enough foliage. They grow to about 15’ into Jan-Feb. Happy Fall!🍁🍎 From CA🏖️

[@TheMillennialGardener]

That is a great climate for growing tomatoes. The lower humidity and relatively mild temperatures keep them producing. Here, my tomatoes are almost entirely wiped out by August. It's just too hot, humid and wet 😢

[@deejae8295]

Hope you plan on having lots of rain during this next week 🌀🌀

[@TheMillennialGardener]

It is supposed to head west inland toward Nebraska. Our forecast isn’t very wet, for a change.

[@claudeellis7144]

Hey love your videos

[@donhorak9417]

That avo tree is HUGE!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I *just* chopped it down yesterday to 5 feet. Now I'll be able to toss a jacket over it. It's hard to believe, but I'll have to do that in 2 months.

[@JohnWood-tk1ge]

Great video! I have zucchini,cucumbers,cabbage and lettuce starts in my beds. Waiting on planting my garlic. Pink Brandywine tomatoes still producing for me along with my peppers.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Wow, zucchini and cucumber starts now? You must have a long growing season! Jealous 😅

[@JohnWood-tk1ge]

@@TheMillennialGardener not really an old local market gardener got me planting zucchini and cucumbers again around the first of August, he said every body has them in the spring and nobody wants them. This time of year nobody has them and everyone wants them.

[@catherinelanglotz8408]

Thank you ❤!

[@sharimuhamad5905]

Thank you❤❤❤❤❤

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome!

[@Yankee_Doodle_Stacker]

all gardened out. Everything lasted way too long this summer. lol.

[@pearllee08]

Can you recommend a greenhouse for your zone?

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Not really. I don't have one, and those small, hobby-style greenhouses don't really do much. In my opinion, if you're going to get a greenhouse, you'll need to either have a *real deal* high tunnel built, or build some kind of enclosure with a polycarbonate roof that's a real, 20'x20' or larger structure. If I were to build one, I would budget something in the $5-10K range and get a real deal one built, personally.

[@CaroleMcDonnell]

Thank you.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome!

[@danieltucker3196]

I had an unusual year in one of my raised bed gardens this year. I planted tomatoes and peppers and many of the plants had weird looking leaves and fruit. So now I have pulled up the plants and discovered that it was probable root knot nematodes as the roots had bulges in them and they were similar to pictures I pulled up on Google. Is there a way to get rid of the nematodes without having to take out all of the soil and replaceing it. Thanks for your help.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

That happens to my tomatoes and peppers late in the season. When they get infected, they don't grow much. My native soil contains them, so it's hard to deal with. The best way I've found to deal with them is to grow the tomatoes in 20 gallon grow bags. Some tomatoes are nematode resistant. If you look for an 'N' in the resistance package, they resist nematodes.

[@auswindall]

Adorable

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thanks for watching!

[@Gracie0229]

Thank you for your channel. It’s fantastic. I’m in California. I have been putting my kitchen scraps in my winter bed all summer and they are nowhere to be found anymore so they’ve decomposed. I hope. I cannot plant yet because it’s going to be 100° this week. My question is, can I pull my tomatoes and eggplant which is what I have left and put all of those plants inside my garden and cover them with compost so they could break down over the winter. Is that a safe thing to do? Thank you.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Most fall crops should be started indoors. Just like in winter where we start transplants indoors so we have large plants to install once frosts stop, we need to start our fall crops indoors in summer so we have large plants to install once the heat breaks. Always plan 6 weeks ahead, because that's how long it takes for seeds to germinate and grow into transplants. If it's still too warm out 6 weeks later, just plant them under shade cloth for a couple weeks until the heat breaks. I do not compost nightshades. They tend to harbor a lot of diseases, and I don't want them in my soil. I pull my tomatoes, peppers and eggplants and trash them. If you have the ability to have a burn pile, you can burn the plants, then use the ash as fertilizer. If you cannot burn, I'd trash them.

[@miltonwelch8619]

I got some fertilizers and organic pesticides at 45% to 55% of regular price, just over a week ago at a Walmart here in Ocala. Look around guys, great deals are out there at the moment.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

That's good. Nothing is on clearance here yet.

[@fredalyons8580]

Me too. I stocked up.

[@charlesdotwin]

Re: stores clearing out stuff. Home Dep had 3 cubfeet Premier Peat discounted to $21 (from $24) and no longer listed on website afai could tell. So they may be selling off and no longer stocking, if true, the price may still drop some more.

[@jaytoney3007]

I have seven raised bed that are two feet wide, and two raised beds that are about thirty inches wide. PVC won't bend that much, and I am tired of fiberglass rods snapping. I am going to try something different-PEX. I have hundre foot roll wich will make hoops for all of them, and have left over to sparee for other raised beds. If it works, I'll have row covers and raised bed hoops for all of my raised beds, and can double the growing space in next year's fall garden, not that I need tt hat much growing space. But who knows? Things change. Over all, my fall garden is comiong along good with red cabbage, Dutch cabbage, Swiss chard, Komatsuna, Tatsoi, Yellow Heart Winter Choy, Nappa Cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, Pak Choi, parsnips, carrots, beets, and turnips growing. The relocated raised beds are working as well as I had hoped. I am still picking strawberrries and peppers. South of Sylacauga AL in the country, climate zone 7a, not 8a.

[@sikhbeatz518]

Put the fiberglass rods inside the pex

[@tthappyrock368]

How high do you need the hoops? I used hula hoops from Dollar Tree for my hoop house. They might work on your beds.

[@jaytoney3007]

@@tthappyrock368 Maybe. I'd like to get thirty inches above the soil level. I alreay purchased PEX. I believde, it will bend without kinking and hold the shape. I heard one gardening channel mention its use some time back, but didn't pay much attention to it, and haven't heard of others using it. I don't knmow if it is because of the relative newness, or the cost. It runs about $30 for a hundred foot roll of half inch. If you are using it for multiplel raised beds, it is worth the investment. It it works, I plan on using it for nine or ten raised beds.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I've found the easiest way to make hoops is to go to the concrete aisle of Lowes or Home Depot and buy 4' lengths of 3/8" rebar. Pound them 18-24 inches into the ground with a mallet. Then, thread 1/2-in electrical conduit over them and bend. The 1/2 inch conduit slips over 3/8 inch rebar perfectly. That conduit will bend better than you think. You can cut a foot or two off if need be. Just a thought. You can also space the rebar 6 inches away from the sides of your raised bed to give more width, too.

[@joinmeinthedirt5186]

I hope you all aren’t in the way of the hurricane, prayers for all of you.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thanks. This one isn’t forecast to hit our area, which is an odd change of pace for us. Hopefully, everyone in its path will be ok.

[@joinmeinthedirt5186]

Thank you for letting us know, stay safe.

[@ginp6077]

I just bought neem oil, Bt and seed starter marked down today. I wish I could find some grow bags.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I have some linked in the video description.

[@anthonybacon7073]

Awesome video Sir. Great information. I hit the local Walmart a couple weeks ago and got winter lawn fertilizer and some spring fertilizer on sale for $10 a bag. Just picked up some organic garden pest spray on sale too. It’s called Maggie’s Farm 3in 1 garden spray.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Good deal! I check every week, but I haven't found any clearances here yet. They tend to be very regional.

[@valerietromble]

I’m in Central Indiana in zone six a and it’s very hard to get stuff to grow before my frost State, which is October 15 but I’m trying

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Fall crops are frost tolerant. Once hard freezes start, just pull agricultural fabric over them. I recommend building the inexpensive hoop houses I show in this video.

[@hawkrose8403]

Hello Sir! I love your channel and I have and am still learning so much from you! I am on a journey to grow beets. If I just grow ONE good sized beet I will be happy. What are some of your best tips? I hope you read my comment and thank you for your help!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Beets are tricky, because they like temps in the 60-80 degree range. They can take a light frost, but not very hard freezes, so cold isn't great for them. And, heat makes them wood-like. The key to growing beets is to plant them earlier than you think you should, and cover the seedlings. When growing fall beets, plant them in mid-summer, and give them shade cloth to protect them until the heat lets up. When growing spring beets, grow them when it's still cool and frosty at night, but cover the seedlings with a transparent agricultural fabric to keep the hard frosts off. It's all about giving them a heat start, and always, always direct seed them. NEVER grow beets from transplants! I already planted 3 waves of beets.

[@hawkrose8403]

@@TheMillennialGardener thank you. When you say mid summer like when July? August? I planted some more today. I guess we will see what happens and I planted some a month or so ago….ive planted three waves as well but I will be curious to see what happens to them.

[@shirleysuchdolski6042]

It is 91 degrees here in Georgia!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Temperatures don't matter. Transplants take 6 weeks to start. What will your temps be in November, because that's when any seed sown today will be ready for transplant? Waiting until things cool down to start a fall garden almost guarantees failure, because by then, it's too late to grow anything. Even in Georgia, days get so short and UV gets so weak in December and January that plants fail to grow much. You have to plant out your garden in September and October so you have some strong sun and long enough days where things can grow. Shade cloth can also be used.

[@bernadetteteague4859]

Hurricane coming.....any thoughts?

[@TheMillennialGardener]

It's going west to Iowa, not the coastal Carolinas. Not many impacts forecast for my area.

[@donhorak9417]

Hope ya doesn't me stealing your phrase, Mr MG, but I reckon I need to write a prose or a song about, 'Hot Pepper Fig Jam.'

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Hot Pepper Fig Jam is life-changing. Spicy and figs go together like peanut butter and chocolate. It's a match made in Heaven.

[@jenniferfoyer7265]

Aren’t you worried of getting dillantro? Sometimes they can create a dill and cilantro hybrid if they are planted closely? PS I LOVE your videos. They have been incredibly helpful on my garden this year. Thank youuuu

[@TheMillennialGardener]

No. I plant them next to each other every year and I’ve never seen that happen. They are different species, so that would be very unusual, I’d think.

[@jenniferfoyer7265]

@@TheMillennialGardener it happened to my friend and she found some articles on reddit. I am up in Wisconsin and we are abnormally warm september. I loved your fall reminder. This was a great video

[@Vincdil]

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[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thanks for watching!

[@antoniosiljan8152]

Will you have any bananas this year?

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I have 2 racks maturing.

[@antoniosiljan8152]

@@TheMillennialGardener Awesome man, You inspired me to also plant bananas. Happy Gardening!

[@noahg8328]

Just FYI, I bought 4 trees from McKenzie. All were packed in terrible "soil" which was really just loose woodchips. The 2 paw paw trees were totally out of the soil, one root ball had totally dried out, one was moist but still out. They had been too loosely wrapped with saran wrap. The 2 kumquat trees didn't have the loose saran wrap & total separation from "soil" but didn't look great. I planted anyway, as some trees have surprised me with their resilience, but these promptly died. Strep throat prohibited me from notifying Stan promptly, and I was too sick to think to take pics. I emailed Stan several days later and got crickets in response. So buyer beware.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

All my citrus trees are from Stan. Every one where I've had shipped have been packed properly. It's always possible things get damaged in shipment, and that's the case any time you buy a tree online. I've had several instances where trees have been damaged in shipment, but it's not the fault of the seller. Email communication is usually not a good method, because small-time nurseries don't monitor emails actively. Always call. Physically talk to the person and the situation is remedied immediately.

[@diego_villena]

First 500 viewers!

[@achang8599]

I've read somewhere that a layer of wood ash can kill insect eggs in soil (snails, slugs and other harmful insects). Is that just hype?

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I don't know the answer to that question. We don't have fireplaces here, so I don't really have access to wood ash.

[@rpdx3]

Something growing from a “fallen fruit” is a volunteer not a weed. 😂

[@TheMillennialGardener]

A weed is simply a wild plant growing where it is not wanted. If it is unwanted, it is a weed. If you've ever had 100 tomato plants sprout in the same spot, 99 of them are weeds.

[@dollyperry3020]

Remember your viewers are from many growing zones. I have a first frost date coming up in two weeks. So planting is out right now. That said I love your videos and advice.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Fall garden vegetables are frost tolerant. Frost dates don't matter much, especially when you build the hoop houses I recommend in the video.

[@EdimentalGardens]

It’s a good idea to mostly follow people in your growing zone, if you want timely gardening advice

[@dawnelliott7363]

Great tips but: Unless you seriously have a cool garage that never reaches 80 degrees, it's NOT fine to store canned goods there. They will unseal with heat fluctuations! Much better in a basement or house that are climate controlled.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Our houses don't have basements. It's garage or pantry indoors.

[@dawnelliott7363]

@@TheMillennialGardener I don't have a basement either so had the utility room built extra large to accommodate my canning addiction 😅.

[@baddogcustoms7496]

Hope this doesn’t sound too horrible, but I feel like whatever you’re doing too much of, you should take a step back and slow down just a little bit because Something is keeping you from taking care of your pepper plants and that’s saddening. I’m a pepper fan myself. I mean we live in the home of the Carolina reaper. You must be a pepper fan or somethings wrong probably have twice as many peppers and I’ve only had three hit the ground and they were blown off from a storm that we’ve had recently. I have 30 chickens that run around the yard six cats a dog and throw out 5 pounds of bird seed on a daily basis so I have animals that are mine and nature brings hundreds of birds to my yard daily. So what’s really going on here? I hope you take this comment to heart and you do something about it. Because by all means if you’re just gonna let them die or not, take care of them pull them up and meet me at Walmart in Jacksonville and I will come get them. Smdh. I’m sorry, but the first minute of the video is just very disappointing.

[@ManuelFilipe-k5p]

Throw all your fruits in rubbish because they may have disease,😮 spread out all over kitchen fruits and scraps over your beds 😱 sometimes nothing makes sense, fruits you by having no disease ???? Please answer to me

[@kennethlatimer4607]

The sour vine fruits. Grow 20 inches every day. Every day. Defeating.

[@anidnmeno]

12:10 i warned my family: "if you come in the room and see plants everywhere, don't worry about it"

[@KierstenCrystalLillian]

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[@JackieHorsley-z8s]

I Totally understand what you're saying Those big deep discounts really help Sometimes lowe's will have sales on mulch sometimes