Gardener Reacts to "Plant Hacks" That...Actually Work?!

[@epicgardening]

Drop links to the next video I should react to!

[@margotl9756]

Maybe just make a video about how to take car of your fruit in Pokemon? I mean, Orang just does not want to grow this time of the year..

[@thesilentone4024]

I loved the video it was funny. Ps I don't know how to link things sorry. But mybe do a video on agrivoltaics farming. Do you know how it works?. If not here you go. Solar works best at 72f if solar is 5 to 10 feet above you're garden or farm the sweat from the plants cool the panels and the panels cool the plants and keep bad weather off them.

[@MoniquaWilliams]

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[@lukaslambs5780]

React to old videos of yours!!!

[@valamaas]

You were Loo-Kee from Shera (princess of power cartoons 1985) at the start of the episode. It hid at the start of the episode for us to spot.

[@vital20]

"That's not even a hack. Plants have seeds in them and then you plant them." Kevin I'm dying hahaha!

[@joseo243]

Dead !

[@LARKXHIN]

Lol

[@DevinTheGardener]

Lol I made the same comment. It made me laugh so hard

[@circlesquaretriangle]

Story of my life 🤷

[@tykingcrystal864]

I was about to comment this haha

[@pruefus4113]

I love growing chamomile and that hack absolutely sent me. Not only do those bags not contain anything that can strike, the bags themselves don't degrade, so I knew it was gonna be bogus from the start but when the cucumber sprout popped out I nearly cried. It couldn't look less like a chamomile if they tried 😂😂

[@kitcalyx]

I accidentally grew chamomile from a teabag, I had put the teabag at the bottom of a balcony planter to cover the drainage holes. I may have not boiled the water for my tea, it was most likely lukewarm and was not a premium brand. Celestial Seasons Sleepytime

[@siobhanstollznow1148]

Our tea bags in Australia are compostable

[@bryansmith844]

The man literally crawled out of the nutrient rich soil to educate us.

[@epicgardening]

I was born of compost

[@bryansmith844]

@@epicgardening XD

[@Zizzyyzz]

Lol.

[@Neyobe]

Haha lamoo

[@what.4849]

@@epicgardening “Ah you think compost is your ally? You merely adopted the compost. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light soil until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but blinding!”

[@debbiehenri345]

They heated that mini-trowel to make the holes in the plastic bottle (I do that sometimes myself). As for the buttermilk/moss thing - it was done for an episode on Mythbusters to get moss to grow on stones. With the oyster mushrooms, it's useful to do this if you've left them in the fridge too long (when the spores produce mycelium in the gills). However, you really have to watch that fungus gnats don't get through the holes on the sides of a container like that, so I would wrap it in something fine pored but breathable - like horticultural fleece. I grow a lot of pine trees from seed, which means hunting through plantations for cones; but I have never seen seeds geminate in a pine cone. I wouldn't think it's a good idea to encourage them to do that either as the roots are quite hard and liable to be badly damaged when it comes to separating them. I have to keep my succulent collection indoors in the winter, but they do take on vivid colours when I put them outside in the summer. I find that Aloe vera is quite difficult to get just right - it's either pink or sappy yellow. ***Important point about the Sweet Potato*** These are often irradiated if they are shipped abroad (say like from the USA to the UK). So they won't grow if they come from another country (I had to buy some slips, ready grown here in Scotland). I'm hoping they grow well enough this year (my first time growing Sweet Potato), so that I can keep raising a small crop of these every summer.

[@dyrcosis]

Many years ago, I planted a couple of old sweet potatoes in one of my raised gardens. I never really harvested it and allowed them to come back perennially since I liked the bush and beautiful flowers which looked like Morning Glories (since they're related). When I finally dug them up (they were taking over) a few years later, I had over fifteen oddly-shaped sweet potatoes with one that looked like an overgrown heart!

[@epicgardening]

So cool!

[@ricperry1]

The pine cone "seedlings" were just cut branch ends. A pine seedling doesn't look anything like that.

[@WeezieV]

Maybe it was a fir or spruce. 😏

[@lolaanyname3053]

If it did work it might make a cute table decoration for Christmas

[@esmaistuu]

@@WeezieV no

[@ontherims3284]

I'm sure they did it to push out the video, not that I agree with it. Pinecone bonsai is common. I've got a friend with dozens.. ( She doesn't bake them, she just plants the cone half under the soil ) they look quite similar to me.

[@jg1019]

Yeah they would not have woody stems at that size.

[@lovegood1376]

Not even a minute in i alerady thoroughly enjoyed the intro LOL

[@epicgardening]

Havin' some fun :)

[@lovegood1376]

@@epicgardening love to see it ✨ work king

[@briannasalerno2442]

I love youtubers that have fun with their video intros makes the videos feel more light and fun even if it is informative

[@holliecrawford882]

Just about too comment something similar.. really cute 😂❤️👏🏻

[@cocoono11]

Best intro!!!

[@CayCr8s]

“Well it’s messy because it’s in a cabinet, so you just don’t need to do that” I love Kevin 😂😂😂

[@gloriouslumi]

Looks like they heated the spade in the green onion hack with some kind of flame. It doesn't take much heat to carve into plastic bottles with hot metal.

[@jujube2407]

Yup

[@Zizzyyzz]

Good observation.

[@BrickTop06]

But all of those chemicals then leach into your plantings 😥

[@jujube2407]

@@BrickTop06 does the same thing of you drink that water...it's to hot to handle without gloves coming off the tractor trailers in the summer... and everything is gonna kill us... that's one of those to each their own... at least it's food grade plastic being used

[@RonAbernathy27]

I don’t have a drill, so I use a hot screwdriver for all my drainage holes. Just as efficient.

[@adamdvorak5437]

3:13 As a forestry student I can say, that this isn't what actual pine seedlings look like. Here they just took some twigs and let only needles on the ends. Same thing is about the earlier phase of seedling, when it really doesn't look like grass or pine needles. Anyway, germing from cone is somewhat possible to some extend, I've even seen tiny seedling on a cone few times, but it's alot about coincidence, because the seed has to have dormance long enough to germ at the point, when the cone slowly starts decomposing.

[@philosophicalgardner5609]

Kevin isn't angry, Blossom. He's just disappointed.

[@DavesChaoticBrain]

For the oyster mushrooms, they actually laid out two different kinds of oyster mushroom. The very first one they put down was a King Oyster, but of all the oyster they laid down, only two were King oyster, the rest were just regular oyster which is what they showed cutting off after growing.

[@reshabriella]

I grew my slips by placing the sweet potato in a bowl of moist soil. I had slips to cut out in 3 weeks and it took another week to grow roots. They should be ready for harvesting by the end of this month (so excited!).

[@reshabriella]

@@HappyH4ppyHappy a tasty weed too, lol. Dug up mine some weeks ago and they were great! Planting more now.

[@missyflutter5562]

“That’s not even a hack! Plants have seeds in them and then you plant them!” I adore these videos & feel your pain thanks for the giggles ✌🏻

[@silverskyranch]

I grew up surrounded by pine trees, and those 'seedlings' growing out of the pine tree look more like new branch growth from a mature tree that was taken and shoved into the cone. Also, the 'sprouts' looked more like just regular pine needles. And even if they are real, they would have been much larger to be that thick. While it may very well be possible to sprout pine seedlings that way (why would you though?), the video itself was still fake.

[@epicgardening]

Agree!

[@ducksongfans]

Yeah, pine seedlings dont have woody stems

[@matthysloedolff]

Two things: 1) I typically really enjoy anticipating where Kevin will pop out at the start of a video, so turning it into a game made the start of this video infinitely more entertaining. 2) It would be amazing to have a "roast series"

[@sherylintheraw]

So the onions thing - you heat up the end of any metal to create the whole in any plastic container. I use a soldering iron or hand torch.

[@dianagreene4257]

Had a Japanese sweet potato sprout on one end before I was ready to cook it, so I cut that end off, split it up between the slips, and stuck them in a pot of soil. I'm looking forward to seeing how they do in my garden this year!

[@charliehardwick7625]

*"Those are some hot roots"* 🤣🤣😊 gotta love ya Kevin 👌

[@mattpedia1933]

6:45 "Wilted plant? Try watering it!" wow thanks blossom, incredible.

[@Ashleyyy414]

This is actually great that you point out the flaws, and it's worth continuing these videos for sure. I tried a few "hacks" back in the day, and it's sad to figure out a lot are a waste or time or just don't work!

[@brubblegums]

I had broken a piece of my snake plant off and I'm happy to say that it finally sprouted a new plant. It seemed like it took forever though, but its exciting nonetheless

[@MMuraseofSandvich]

1:30 That's an _eryngi_ mushroom, and TIL it's one of the oyster mushrooms (the ones I usually buy are _ostreatus_ mushrooms from the same _Pleurotus_ genus). I've seen it a number of times in Japanese recipe shows, and I have no idea what it's like because my mom isn't a fan. "Hacked" genetics... Yeah I think they used an inoculant.

[@epicgardening]

Oh thanks!

[@whyunosubcribe433]

No y, just "eringi"

[@loriellenbrochhagen9908]

Thank you so much! You are, pretty much, the only gardener I go to when I need information. You are clear, concise and easy for me to follow. I, somehow, wound up planting, and caring for, our little community garden. I'm loving it; and, with your help, it may actually be a success--and I now know all kinds of things to correct for next year. I have learned so much from you! Thank you, again, and have a lovely day.

[@QueenKaleGardener]

I have people tag me in plant hacks all the time and I'm usually like " uhhhhhhh, that doesn't actually work!" Or "That's kinda overkill and not necessary ". But I have to say I'm surprised by some of these! Also, I love the hide and seek games!

[@izzyiscreating4358]

"Those roots are kinda hot, those are hot roots" -- the sound that I just made 😂😂 much needed laughs today, thank you 🌱

[@dereineschwarzerabe]

The other thing with when a Life Hack From Blossom Does Actually Work/is somewhat accurate, there is still context missing of as to *why* a thing works that way. Of course explaining things in details takes time and research and makes the videos longer than blossom wants them to be, they are more about showing a spectacle and entertain people rather than teaching them. Great video, always love to learn how plants behave and grow!

[@epicgardening]

Yup - for sure!

[@AKCraftyAF]

Totally agree! Like a sucker I tried their rose cutting in honey then a potato…it was going better in just water :( ☹️👎

[@meagancx6987]

Great channel. Been sitting here very sick and depressed and this is the only think that's been able to distract me and make me feel better. Thank you so much for helping me without even knowing it.

[@howtogirl]

Omg the editor’s reaction to you saying you should hire the Blossom editor sent me 🤣

[@StacyHaponik]

Seeing your loufa made me happy. My dad grew loufas. He died this year (covid) and now I have one of his loufas and I have no clue what to do with it. I'll plant the seeds in spring and see what happens.

[@MMuraseofSandvich]

I come here for the fantastic information delivered in the most chill way possible. The hilarious intro made this extra special, great job.

[@epicgardening]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@soolleigh4442]

So glad YT qued you up after I had just watched the Blossom video. I got to the little smiling orange and thought that was the end, too. But I could see there was more content and let it run. They go through a bunch of DIY things with concrete, and then they get back into plants. Hopefully, you can give your thoughts on those things, too. Thanks for checking into these. I especially liked the tomato plant one.

[@jennyc5631]

2:29 >>Me wanting to defend EG editors' honor when I thoroughly enjoyed that intro P.S. I totally guessed where kevin would pop up correctly!!! Can I get a +40 defense against the Root Rot Gods?!

[@epicgardening]

+40 granted

[@UnaChefenlaCocina]

Very good information friend and those mushrooms I have taken time to plant in my house although I still do not dare I stay on your channel for more videos, thank you very much

[@eklectiktoni]

I feel like the bottom watering one isn't a real hack. Most experienced gardeners do it that way anyway. And that luffa one! 🤣 Apparently now it's a hack to plant seeds from the fruit of a plant.

[@zarynt1089]

I agree. Especially since some planters actually come with a dish for bottom watering.

[@cristiaolson7327]

Imagine if they found out you can also plant the seeds from grocery melons, pumpkins, papaya, jackfruit, mango, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, figs, cherries, apricots, plums, and even avocados (if you feel like waiting 9 years for fruit). Seriously, most fully ripe fruits will have viable seed if pollinated, though not all come true to type (apples come to mind). Shoot, I have a baby clementine orange from a grocery store fruit because I was bored and decided to see if it would grow, as well as a pair of 2-year-old sapote trees (in my bedroom, with a grow light) also grown because I was curious to see if it could be done.

[@zarynt1089]

@@cristiaolson7327 I've done several avocado, a mango, kiwifruit, apples, and lemons. Yeah, alot of fruits are very easily and readily sprouted from store bought. My dad liked saving his lemon seeds from his sweet tea whenever we went out to eat so he could sprout them.

[@cristiaolson7327]

@@zarynt1089 The current inventory of grocery store sprouted trees at my place is a 2-year-old pair of avocado, a jackfruit and a pair of sapote, all the same age (it was a really boring month, so I started a bunch of stuff around the same time), plus the 1 year old clementine. I had managed to sprout a persimmon this year after stratification in the fridge, but it damped off at 5" tall. I just ate a cherimoya today at lunch and saved the seeds. I know from past experiments that they sprout well, but they need more light than I normally have in my home, so I'm going to give them a go again now that the grow light is up and running. Even if I never get fruits, at least I have really interesting houseplants.

[@zarynt1089]

@@cristiaolson7327 That's great! I've got a Cherimoya and 3 Sapote that are over 1ft tall . I also had several jackfruit trees but lost them when I went on vacation and the person I left them with didn't water their greenhouse. I get the exotic seeds online because the local store doesn't carry the fruit. The only problem is that my zone gets too cold in the winter to support some of these trees outside of artificial heating. The black mulberry, loquat, ginko, apple, peach, pawpaw, and raisin trees all do fine outside. The kiwi vines do ok outside also.

[@TheAlexskittles]

I propagated some snake plant leaves that had root rot by cutting them near the soil and put them in water for 5 months or so, even accidentally letting the roots dry out completely for a week or 2 because I forgot about them. I put it in soil and now it’s 2.5 feet tall. It’s probably one of the most forgiving plants I’ve ever grown

[@okay-ali36]

Omg you’re funny af. The amount of memes in just the first minute and a half 😂 keep it up bro these videos are always so good

[@okay-ali36]

The entirety of this video is just the meme “heartbreaking, the worst person you know just made a great point”

[@epicgardening]

LOL so true

[@skippythealien9627]

Not only is this channel hilarious, it is super informative and it is encouraging a newer gen of people to get into one of life's most rewarding hobbies...gardening

[@Randoplants]

@@skippythealien9627 And it’s geared towards everyone, so lots of info no matter the growing zone. I think the fact that Kevin can grow so many things nearly year round gives him a lot more chances to showcase plants that would be out of season for many Epic Garden fans.

[@skippythealien9627]

@@Randoplants yeah that's the only thing i hate about this channel is that he lives in San Diego and I don't lol love your profile pic btw. looking forward to pumpkin carving, which is always the reward I treat myself to when i clean up the garden for fall

[@brocmt]

Yeah, I'm growing oyster mushrooms right now, and I followed FreshCap's oyster bucket video. Bought some Oyster mushroom liquid culture, made sterile grain jars, inoculated them, and when they were fully colonized, I spawned them to some aspen wood chips that had been soaking in hot water overnight. My pearl oyster bucket has already yielded me some really lovely clusters, and my pink oyster bucket should be fruiting within a week or two. Honestly, growing mushrooms can be easier than gardening. Oysters are especially forgiving. I think it's worth noting that while coir and peat have similar uses in gardening, they have very different usages in mycology. The lack of nutrition in coir makes it an ideal fruiting substrate for many mushrooms, but peat is best as a casing layer for mushrooms that have more specific fruiting conditions. I've heard the very best additive for moss slurry is actually dog shit. And I've switched to sub-irrigation planter boxes for some of my crops, and EM-1 is my gardening hack. SIP + living soil = easy, hands-off growing. Just top-dress every so often with compost and bokashi. Less ferts, less water, more yields. Highly recommend looking into the Earthbox method if you haven't already.

[@NC-xg2ci]

On the onion in a plastic bottle - Kevin they probably heated the little shovel before they used it to melt the plastic to cut the hole. I’ve done that with a heated nail to add more drainage/air holes to a plastic orchid pot.

[@amruthp3990]

the clip in which the plant the onions in a plastic bottle (8:15), they actually used a heated garden tool to make a hole easily

[@FlorenceChandotCA]

Regarding the pine cone - it's not uncommon for bonsai enthusiasts to use an oven to warm up the resins that hold pine cones closed. But you're right - we don't tend keep the seeds in the cones. Plus the greenery as shown in the Blossom video is way waaaaaaay too mature to be coming from seeds from a pine cone. They also look like they were just glued on.

[@epicgardening]

Fantastic info!

[@lisalovesg33]

My new favorite channel!😊 thanks for sharing so much vital information with us sure appreciate it!

[@PlantYes]

If a plant changes colour, it changes it's chloroplasts to chromoplasts. For the succulents in to much sun, it is probably because they don't need the chloroplasts that much :)

[@RhysGFrelsa-Eudyptula]

It's called "Sun Stress"... and they get so pretty with it. But have to be careful that it doesn't get too much sun. Even some Aloes can get wicked sunburn if it gets too much. ^.^

[@PlantYes]

@@RhysGFrelsa-Eudyptula Sunburn is not completely the same as the changing of chloroplasts to chromoplasts. Although getting to much sun will make plant cells have less chloroplasts.

[@imrichkaslik4404]

Epic gardening - to cut the hole in the plastic jug, the tip of the shovel was hot, so it melted the plastic. Leaves a stronger hole also, since the rim is thicker due to the melting.

[@rl5421]

Anytime Kevin pops out from somewhere, it just lightens my mood lol

[@jimb9891]

Big fan of the opening on this video.. also I believe they heated up that little metal shovel so it melted through the plastic bottle not cutting it at all. Keep up the great videos. My Girlfriend and I enjoy and appreciate them. 😎🤙

[@WakeNBakeBro]

I have never enjoyed a gardening video this much in my life. Intro was top notch, and I actually have tears from laughing at the Idubbbz greenscreen at the end. 😂 thank you for that

[@helen2061]

That was fun, Kevin! These hacks are a lot more fun to watch with you 😂 Loved your special effects! Bless you and have a great day ...this started mine off right 👍

[@mushedxbanana]

That was the best intro to a video I've ever seen. Lmaoo The Eric Andre refference was the cherry on top. 😂 This is by far my favorite plant channel on any platform. ❤ There's literally a video for every question/plant I have. It's become my go-to for anything I need regarding my plant babies. Kevin is so knowledgeable and explains things extremely well. I love how he doesn't "dumb things down" especially when it comes to names. I appreciate the existence of this channel. 💚

[@laartje24]

I was wondering what luffa was until they did the cross section and I recognized it as environmentally friendly sponges I use. They work great. Not sure what else the plant is used for though.

[@JoanEvangelista]

They are also edible if picked young

[@jacquelinele9170]

Can you buy them at a supermarket? Ive never seen them before 😅

[@JoanEvangelista]

@@jacquelinele9170 depends on where you are I guess? In our country every supermarket sells them.

[@laartje24]

@@jacquelinele9170 I buy them online at a shop that sells several more environmentally friendly articles. If I am not mistaken they also sell them on Amazone. Just Google environmentally friendly sponge or Google loofa sponge.

[@broccoligirl9019]

They are edible and in Chinese culture they use it for soup picked young

[@andreamallard5902]

I loved you doing a video on those crazy plant hacks. They annoy me too. But they were correct about the moss & buttermilk. I've tried it & it does work. Keep making your videos please. Great information. 👍

[@DevinTheGardener]

The Loofah reaction got me laughing. "That's not even a hack"

[@Chickabiddy2010]

You're editing is amazing. I randomly found you while looking up tips for my plants. I'm currently growing multiple tomato plants, green onion, Lettuce, Celery, Cilantro, oregano, parsley, and way to many vine and succulent variants. This might be my new morning show while I have my coffee!

[@ButterflyLoverGirl]

What do you do with the loofah after you harvest them, since you have so many? Would you do a video about this? 🙏

[@DanteYewToob]

They cut the bottle by heating the spade. You can see the edges were melted. They melted through and sped the footage up a little bit to make it look smoother and faster, more editing magic! =====THE MORE YOU KNOW!===☆

[@ryanohare6538]

Lmao the editing is killing me. Hats off to whoever did that.

[@CoffeeShan]

What they used to cut holes into the bottle in the onion hack was a heated up tiny garden shovel. As long as it's metal, it transfers heat well and melts the thin plastic of the bottle. Good breakdown on the hacks though, thank you! Some of them belong into the "why" category but still. :D

[@nucklepuckle5935]

I love you're videos!!! They always lift my mood especially this one, I actually laughed out loud

[@shawnaleethornton5343]

I am not a professional, I'm not even an amateur... I'm a person who likes plants. That said, I saw the original "hack" video and had the exact same thoughts regarding "chamomile" sprouts, the soil in the cupboard, and the mushrooms not being the same as the ones planted, as well as the pine cone thing. I appreciated the information on the coir pucks, didn't realize about the lack of nutrition in them. My other problem with that "hack" is that a bag of soil is... dirt cheap... but those pucks can get quite pricey... when originally viewing I was hoping they were going to show us a hack on how to make those pucks with soil. That would have been cool. I really appreciate the algorithm putting me on to your videos; great information, insight, and clarifications. Looking forward to seeing more. Side note...now I want to grow luffa!

[@polarberri]

Love the editing, and love this series!! I've always said the best things are hidden gems; it doesn't appeal to the general public. Like the TV show Community :)

[@jameshscameron2246]

please have more of these really look forward to them

[@purdyfuntimes239]

Kevin, thanks again for another great one 👍

[@epicgardening]

Very welcome!

[@thelees-livinginhislight]

#1 I live the editing on this video! Especially the beginning. Totally took me back #2 In the video where they used to trowel to make holes in the plastic. I believe they heated the trowel to melt / cut the plastic my husband has done this before with a nail to make holes in plastic that aren’t sharp.

[@cebbi1313]

You're giving blossom way to much credit. Even in the clips that are correct, you explain why they work and give more information which is infinitely more useful and educational than what blossom does. These hack channels are absolute poison actively discouraging people from actually learning how to do things. "Life is simple and if you can't hack it then I guess you're the problem" is the message they tout.

[@EctoMorpheus]

This is quite possibly the best intro I've witness on KZbin to this date. Appreciate the uses of memes too, keep it up!

[@DaForceofNature]

OMG, that BIG iDubbs cameo😂😂😂 the crossover I didn't know I needed!

[@jacquelinele9170]

Just moved into a place here with a large yard and can't wait to use your videos to grow things!

[@taylorkettler7106]

i love when you roast these and i can never look at Pinterest the same again

[@Peter_Kropotkin]

I love the editing, keeps it engaging right from the beginning 🙌🏼

[@bendevvanve]

Best intro ever - definitely giving James Prigioni a run for his money :D

[@Ashleyyy414]

Nah. Each bring their own character and tips. All the same would eventually be boring, at the least.

[@skippythealien9627]

@@Ashleyyy414 They're definitely unique in their styles and approaches, but they both share an incredible passion for gardening. Best of both worlds for their viewers!

[@kylejf2108]

Also the buttermilk adds beneficial cultures for the moss!

[@russellrun]

The memes are strong in this one

[@mikec5400]

for the shovel cutting the jub..you can tell they heated the end of hte shovel up and you can also see the melted edges of the plastic around the circle

[@underwaterlaser1687]

“Cultivate that like button!” never gets old.

[@219SandPond]

You have the best informative garden videos,

[@danielwallengren2564]

I did the green onion thing with scallions in a peanut butter jar and hung it up. It was neat but they do better just planting it in a big pot. Interestingly I planted them in a window pot and they did fine for years but when we transplanted them in a big terracotta pot that was deeper they grew twice their size in just 2 months and they also flowered for the first time

[@mirandaa6163]

I never leave comments but I have to say, that intro was hilarious. I love the editing on this channel.

[@federicaborzone1626]

Hi Kevin! I've just discovered you and subscribed to your channel I'm not an expert, especially in outdoor gardening, but I'm in love with indoor plants and I'm constantly looking for videos/articles about this topic. Good job! I enjoyed watching you 🌱🤓

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Love this. I always wondered who actually carried out some of the 'hacks' and why they didn't just stop when they realised most don't work. But perhaps hack videos are just entertainment, watched as a substitute for planting rather than as a prelude to it.

[@brkbtjunkie]

The moss and buttermilk works, I did it between some stone steps back in spring, at first we thought it didn’t work, but then it popped back to life.

[@parkiseul10]

Ohh, thank you! I was looking for that comment 😄 I wanted to try this hack, but it looks kinda unreal, so needed a double confirmation before trying it on my own 😅

[@Mulberrysmile]

Sweet potato (NOT any other type!) has edible leaves. They are high in vitamin A and make an excellent standby green for summer when lettuce has gone bitter and bolted. They don’t have the snap of iceberg lettuce, but are more like a leaf lettuce, and not much flavor. They are tender and not bitter and I used them quite a lot.they are SO easy to grow, and at the end you get the sweet potatoes, too ☀️

[@sunnyday_lemonbars]

Best intro yet!! You know I love a good pop up and the Eric Andre we'll be right back had me rolling!! Excellent work sir!

[@SunshineInCA14]

I had no clue about the tomato cutting. Will try that next season, thanks !🍅

[@klcrist]

I love it when you do these types of videos, so yes - please make this a regular thing.

[@TheJemstar28]

Blue's a great color for you!! Thanks for your awesome work!!

[@Emeraldwitch30]

The sweet potato grows better slips for me if you plant in soil half way. Less rotting. Also, and this i didn't know, you have to pull the slips off for the plant to make more sweet potatoes. I took the last couple sprouts and left them on the little potato and popped in the last bucket. That was the only bucket that didn't make sweet potatoes lol. All the other buckets made sweet potatoes. A sweet potato farmer told me that if I had a longer season I might have gotten a few potatoes but since the plant has a potato on it it doesn't try to make more lol. I love gardening as I learn new things every year(if not day lol) And the onion/garlic hack. I found out from a pen pal(does that count if its email?) That in many Asian cuisine they grow out just the greens during winter for cooking and clip them for stirfry as needed. Whole friggen plates of onion/garlic greens. I've done it myself in dead of winter with bolting onions and garlic. The green parts are really nice and juicy and add all kinds of flavor. But once its done its done.

[@alescographiks]

Thanks for this. Just for fun I did that with a whole sweet potato once and then stuck it in a big pot of soil. It actually grew more sweet potatoes. They were small and I never bothered to cure them or see what they were like. I just wanted to see what would happen. I don't know what their intent was with the tea bag, but I do know that chamomile tea can help prevent damping off fungus.

[@crystalsenpai3299]

Start a series of you recreating these to see how it turns out. It would be really cool!

[@BlackberryKing]

8:55 what I like about this hack is that it’s a good way to reuse gallon water jugs, keeping them out of the ocean

[@BrickTop06]

Good to see you popping out of the garden again. That hasn't been happening as consistently lately. Never don't appear in some quirky way.

[@withoutmanual]

The green onion hack with the plastic water bottle that they pierced with the "mini shovel". Around 8:13. The reason why it cuts like butter is bk the shovel was heated. The plastic was melting easy.

[@MediaFaust]

The magic hole cutter is on account of the heating trick. I use it a lot, haha.

[@madelynanderla974]

*pulls hair out when Blossom actively tells you to stress your succulent for color change*

[@jeremysipes945]

Hope you're doing great man. Its always good to see your videos

[@epicgardening]

Thanks! You too!

[@Frugal_granny]

I tried the mushroom methods n for those on food stamps, you can’t buy mushroom kits. So it’s possible. The pine cone I’ve done and once seedlings grew, I used tweezers to move to pots. I’ve planted sweet potato splits and started potato sprout/eyes too that were growing in my cellar.

[@123seanisme]

I am in love with the new editing on these

[@ritakus9871]

Chamomile tea works great for speeding up germination for pepper seeds.

[@lavamelon3595]

Yes! I’ve been waiting so long for one of these!

[@aak8297]

It can wark with coocked/boiled seeds. I had boiled green pea for lunch, we threw the leftovers for chickens but they didn't like it. Few days later pea started to sprout.