Gardening Q&A Episode 20 || Black Gumbo

[@SuzyBoudreaux]

Love the Q&A! Thanks as always for sharing your time and knowledge with us!

[@at8121]

Thanks Scott!

[@mattpeacock5208]

I got a shout out!!!! Thanks!!!!!

[@cltinturkey]

Based on your great success, I planted a muscadine vine and a concord vine. It's the second summer and the muscadine produced well. Concord's still developing. I'd love to see you do a video on how you use or preserve your muscadine grape harvest. Thanks!

[@Prairie.306]

I always get super excited when Prairie Plant Girl gets mentioned because I'm in the same province as her and am growing in the same conditions. I haven't seen many other gardeners in zone 3/3b on KZbin.

[@tinytexasgarden9420]

Thanks for this. Timely as usual. 💜

[@jomiller4397]

You can also add horse bedding pellets for browns that are lacking. it is fairly cheep and easy to add in if you add a quarter of a cup of pellets to your indoor collection bin it goes straight out into the big bin with the coffee grounds. easy peasy.

[@aaron9538]

Appreciate the update on the blackberries. I'll be looking into the different types to see which will work best for me.

[@ritalr15]

I am glad you are foinf to try the beneficial nematodes. I have been using them for years. Especially for the sand fleas. The rest is a plus. I will do it again as soon as I get a chance to go and buy another box. All the rain we had brought out a lot of bugs. Not necessarily from my yard. It flooded so it could have brought them in. In the meantime I got a chicken today to start working the soil as I prep my beds. Check you local nurseries to see if they carry them. Turner's in Corpus carries them.

[@beverlyboyce1041]

I found planting highly aromatic plants like basils and alliums near my squash has helped quite a bit. Plus I spray with a peppermint soap.

[@ceecee-thetransplantedgardener]

That was fun! Timing is, indeed, everything.

[@slhemp3556]

I really enjoy your Q&A sessions. The questions cover a wide range of topics and when you follow-up by going to an area of your garden to bring home the point (Ex. root-rotted peach tree), I learn so much.

[@ScottHead]

Thanks, I appreciate the comment.

[@debihediger4760]

There is a sharpener for the Felkos as well.

[@davidroberie6572]

I had the same problem with a new peach tree I planted this spring. It was full of flowers when I planted it which later turned into fruit. Then the rains came in S. Louisiana. Lost all its fruit and leaves. I fear it may have died. I'll leave it till next spring and see if it will sprout. Our average annual rain amount has already almost been met and we have 5 months left to go.

[@patricklupinacci7919]

Always love these segments. I am interested in growing a thornless blackberry but it would have to be in a container. Have any of you had success with blackberries in containers? TY

[@ScottHead]

I'll let you know next year. Currently they are getting off to a bad start in a large container.

[@angelaespinet4035]

Thank you Scott for another interesting Q and A, I really appreciate the wealth of knowledge that you willingly share!🙂

[@matty332010]

I follow Prairie Plant Girl as well. I love her channel as well. I noticing a trend amongst the gardening world here on KZbin. Folks are helping each other out, I think it is just amazing you all are doing this. Truth of the matter is nobody wants all of their information from just one place. We pick up pieces here and there, which makes us a much more educated gardener. I support any channel that acts in this way and that does not use click bait to gain a views. Good on you Scott, Thanks again, I really enjoy your channel. Looking forward to the next one. We are all in this together.

[@deecooper1567]

Well said. No one knows everything, just reality 😉. High desert Nevada here, z 5/6 & I still learn things from Scott & many of my other YT gardeners…. Live & learn lolol. Thanks for helping us Scott 👵🏻🧤👩‍🌾❣️

[@johnjude2685]

Different types of plants for different zones and test plants in your garden and take notes.

[@raleighsistrunk7123]

Hey Scott, did you get a new camera? Picture quality is great!

[@ScottHead]

I did but I'm still getting used to it and figuring out the exposures.

[@wondergirlray]

Hi Scott! How did you mineral test turn out? I might have missed a follow-up video.

[@ScottHead]

Sort of lost track of it, so unfortunately it got lost in the shuffle of projects. :-(

[@SouthWest1100]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@vicwickgardens9174]

Awesome 😃 Grow squash again! I'd love to see how that works 💕 Go nematodes!

[@vicwickgardens9174]

I followed your lead on the drip irrigation. It worked pretty well for the plants that got it but I definitely need a better design to reach everything that needs it. I can make a better plan during the winter snow. I got my first Baby Cakes Blackberry bush this year and I love it 😀 Thanks for all of your advice. You have helped me with so much 💕

[@johnjude2685]

I'm only planting 3 zucchini squash and protect them with the "aluminum foil trick" as shown on you tube and it worked last season until frost , So you have 3-4 plants the whole season and that's less space and less work. Thank you for the teaching Sir and good content again

[@wildchook745]

Talking about rain, we got tons of it lately but then we're mid-winter here. I need to invest in some irrigation for my plants and fruit trees right at the back as I often missed watering them because my current hose doesn't reach that area. It's either irrigation or put a faucet at the back there. I agree the timing is the factor because the method is the same in all zones. But, there are times that you risk it and hope for the best. One year, I grew my mammoth sunflower in my winter. It was my first time growing them and I really want to try. I followed the suggestions from gardeners over there as they were growing them for a competition that year. I tell ya that thing shot up like a rocket LOL People stopped by to ask about it. Give that peach tree a chance to come back. Uproot and put it in a pot to recover. Yes, try planting it on a mound to give it time to develop peripheral roots. When it settles, it will dive through that clay like no one's business LOL. Great video, thank you for sharing. Cheers!

[@charlescoker7752]

Bro. Scott sent you a number of videos on your Facebook page. Lady used Mittleider minerals in the Sand, and Saw Dust, and in Organic Garden soil. Side by side. On Tomatoes. She decided Mittleider, and organic soil did better. Not that the Sand, and the Saw dust failed by any means.

[@ScottHead]

Yes, thanks so much. I haven't yet watched all of them, will try to tonight. Thanks again.

[@charlescoker7752]

@@ScottHead I'm going to be using the fertilizer along with the Back To Eden method. This fall, and next year. . Ordered the fertilizer yesterday. I put the wood chips in a garden I planted tomatoes in. It is raised up. So normally dries out fast. This season. You could dig down in the chips. The soil was turning black. And was real moist. Got the chips last Sept after the hurricane blew thru West Louisiana. I just made a windrow. And let them sit. When I got around to moving the chips to the garden in late April. They were full of large earth worms, and you could see black soil had already started to be produced. Wish I would have moved the chips into the garden that fall. Instead of waiting.

[@iwanttobelieve5970]

You just made me feel better. I was wondering about my three okra in a bucket. They're producing but I was sure if I was doing it right.

[@amyparker1762]

Felcos are the way to go!! Love mine.

[@lindadavidson2237]

Me too!

[@tmd7859]

Can you show us how you make the foil tags (I think you had them on your fig trees). My labels always fade or get lost, this will fix that issue

[@ScottHead]

Sure, here's a video on it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/roe5ln1ofbGXi6M

[@lorijudd2151]

Which variety of peach tree did you plant? The one that drowned? I found a method that really gave my peach tree a good start. I planted a Red Baron peach. We built a 3'x3' box, well constructed so it would hold the dirt in place for years. There was no top or bottom, only sides. Placed a couple layers of cardboard down on the ground and placed the box on top. Filled it half way with potting soil and compost, put the depotted tree in the center, and filled the rest of the box with compost and potting soil. This happened in March of 2020. The tree grew all summer fabulously. It weathered the winter, including the Winter storm in February, all without any extra protection. I did prune it in January, favoring the lower limbs and topping the leader to encourage more branching. That tree bloomed it's head off. But I got no fruit, and I think that was because I had no pollinators. Freeze got the wild ones and I had not ordered bees. Next spring I'm getting pollinators going earlier. However, that tree is now easily 3 times the size it was when put into the box last year. I intend to use cement blocks, mortar and perhaps rebar driven into the ground as anchors on the outside of the box this fall to ensure that tree is properly supported and sustained. But it's a very healthy tree now.

[@ScottHead]

Thanks, great info!

[@joejefferies11]

What watermelon variety works best for your area?

[@ScottHead]

I only know what I have successfully grown which was Charleston Gray.

[@rosemarybednar9221]

I just purchased an Olympead Fig Tree that is already producing figs. It stands about 12-15 inches tall in the store pot. There is a new shoot growing out of the near bottom of the tree. Should I leave it grow or should I prune it to give energy to the figs that are growing? When is it a good time to repot into a larger pot?

[@ScottHead]

I think I answered this, did you send me a Facebook message? If its a first year fig, yes, go ahead and trim the fruit off, it will help the tree develop a bit better. Re-plant when it is dormant (late winter) and it will never know it was transplanted and you will avoid all transplant shock.

[@rosemarybednar9221]

@@ScottHead yes, I sent you the same question because I was unsure if it was reaching you. Sorry to cause confusion.

[@brettchampagne4440]

Even planting on a little mound of native clay will help keep the roots from drowning.

[@matty332010]

I think I'm sold on the nematodes after watching this Scott, thanks again.

[@lorijudd2151]

I'm growing blackberries as well. My vines are native Texas Dewberries. They have a really great flavor. I am eager to see what you do as far as trellising.

[@ScottHead]

I love dewberries, as kid we used to go pick them in the wild behind our house and my mom would make cobbler. Great berry!

[@happypeasanthomestead344]

What do I do with all these Cowpeas?

[@ScottHead]

Eat them. Delicious!

[@happypeasanthomestead344]

@@ScottHead cook them whole?

[@Dee.C]

Beneficial nematodes work . I used it in a yard I had a very large garden in and many flower beds . Just make sure you get BN South . They also work wonders for keeping fleas and ticks away . I think I am going to get some this next spring too .

[@johnjude2685]

Can we send some type of bad bugs across the seas to the places that bad bugs come from?

[@angeloelmi4529]

Grocery store paper bags are a great source of browns for me in the summer when there are no leaves. I run them through my paper shredder too to improve breakdown.

[@pokifitness]

I wanna ask if I should sterilized the composting soil before putting it in my potting mix?I saw huge of white hypoaspis miles in my composting soil that is why I am worried that this will destroy my plants in the future,I research that it was good to have it in soil for they helped a lot to decompose the organic materials but should I not remove them because they were huge already,when I dig out the composting bin,the crawl faster in my arms,I am afraid if it can crawl in my ears for they were very small and faster to crawl? Should I boil water and put it in the composting soil?Can hot water will kill them? What about the nutrients in that composting soil will still remains after I put hot boiling water in the soil? pls.help me what to do.thanx and keep safe always.

[@ScottHead]

I would not sterilize compost, you want to have all that life in the soil, it is perfectly normal.

[@pokifitness]

@@ScottHead thank you very much for the response.Will I just add the compost soil in my potting soil even there has many hypoaspis miles in it?Can this hypoaspis miles and gnats cannot harm plant roots?keep safe there with your family.

[@FTDrake]

Put your peach tree in a very large pot with the bottom removed. Check out Bunny Guinness vids on this subject

[@ScottHead]

I might just do that. It worked well with my first peach tree that I though I killed.

[@melissasullivan1658]

Bene nematodes work well, but you have to be judicious in who you purchase from. Make sure you buy them from a company that sends them in a refrigerated box. Those that come dry are dead and a waste of money. Also, keeping your soil dry is the biggest issue I had in 9b. I’m all containers though so ground soil should be fine. :)

[@creolelady7122]

Beginner gardener hereI planted white potatoes 90 days ago and harvest them today and was very disappointed. Can't figure out what I did wrong I live in zone 9a and as you know we have had an insane amount of rain. Could this be why the potatoes grew very, very small and yield hardly any potatoes.

[@ScottHead]

I'm not expert on potatoes but I did find if I let them go a month longer than I expect I get a better yield.

[@dehnadykeman3614]

How come I can't turn my cedar wood shaving mulch into the soil but I can let roots compost in place?

[@ScottHead]

Roots are high in nitrogen, cedar shavings are dry wood cellulose and will bind up nitrogens in the soil as they break down. Cedar is also slightly allelopathic, meaning it has very slight growth inhibiting characteristics.

[@dehnadykeman3614]

@@ScottHead i truly appreciate your taking the time to answer my guestion! Thank you.

[@anapaulacrawford5837]

I really don't agree, either in pots or in the ground with the tons of rain we had was enough to kill all! No time furtelize do to the much rain. But it is what it is, Texas is unpredictable, this year we had a freeze that killed almost every sitricus tree around!. Your garden still looks amazing. God bless!!

[@LillyR539]

Any advice on sun scald for peppers I am losing some due to that they get all day sun🤠🦋🦋🦋🦋🤠love those little clippers

[@ScottHead]

Shade cloth is about all you can do.

[@LillyR539]

@@ScottHead Thought so have to set it up Thanks 🤠🤠🤠🤠

[@nancyfahey7518]

I did the beneficial nematodes during the winter. They can't handle the hot summer here in Florida.

[@ScottHead]

Yeah that's why I'm waiting until early spring. Don't want to wast money.

[@cltinturkey]

Howdy, For your trellis needs, I'd suggest you check out One Yard Revolution's EZ DIY trellis on youtube. I've built two and plan a third. $30 each for the materials. They're super strong, durable, and effective. My blackberry problem is birds, which clear them off faster than I can get them. Even with netting, we get just a few.

[@scrappy836548]

What was the channel that was mentioned in the #5 section of your video? It was a channel in Saskatchewan. Thank you for the information! God bless!

[@ScottHead]

kzbin.info/door/FodKNzWU-NXZCsGhHE51jg

[@scrappy836548]

@@ScottHead thank you very much!

[@hippiegirl5167]

I live in southeast Texas. What can I plant in my fall garden? This is my first time for planting.

[@ScottHead]

I'll be doing a whole series on it, but the short answer is any brassica (cabbage, cauliflower, kale, broccoli, etc.), carrots, beets, turnips, lettuce, herbs, most leafy greens.

[@Not-thatKaren]

@@ScottHead , do root veggies like sweet potatoes?

[@SimplyStacyL]

Should blackberry shoots be topped on their first year? This is my first year with them and I’ve just been letting them grow…

[@ScottHead]

I’ll let you know as I learn. Still researching

[@johnjude2685]

The question about the peppers being to late, Can't he hold his peppers over for next season , just move inside like your fig tree Terri Ferman's question ❓

[@ScottHead]

That’s an option if they are grown in pots. Good point.

[@jackiehorsley9263]

The nematodes product sounds promising I well have to check It out next spring and It's to bad about your fruit tree look like It could of been a good producer

[@lindaharrison175]

I want to ask a question about Sauerkraut .... we made some from your recipe, which was very good ... we just moved it from the fermenting container to the refrigerator container (if that makes any sense) but now the sauerkraut is not covered in the brine .... is this ok ?

[@ScottHead]

Yes, as long as it is in the fridge its good for a while, not sure how long, mine gets eaten in a matter of weeks.

[@lindaharrison175]

@@ScottHead Thank you .... it tastes much better than store bought

[@gretaknebel8495]

DID YOU CUT YOUR TOMATO PLANTS OFF AT THE GROUND OR PULL OUT WHILE PLANT? I’m ready to get rid of my plants.

[@ScottHead]

Yes, I cut them at the ground and the roots stay behind.

[@Dee.C]

I see you keep wiping the sweat from your brow. If you want to keep that from getting in and around the eyes take a stick deodorant and swipe it from temple to temple above the eyebrows . It sounds strange but it works .

[@charlescoker7752]

Bro. Scott . Did you remove my comment?

[@ScottHead]

I didn't see any content from you yet, and nothing is in the que of automatically withheld comments that KZbin place in the "Held for Review" section. Hmmm...

[@charlescoker7752]

Ok I will send again.

[@charlescoker7752]

One comment stayed up. The main one was taken off. Will send it to you on Face book

[@ScottHead]

I just found one held back, approved it. Now I can’t find where it was posted. But it’s there now I think.

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