Put THIS In Your Planting Hole For Massive Plants And Big Yields

[@CanineResources]

Once again Nate, Bang up job on production. Laser accuracy to the talking point of video with no fail instructions. You’re the GOAT of garden KZbinrs. Thank you brother.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

Thank you for the positive energy and feedback my friend I like to stick to the "mission" and keep it high and tight!!

[@momcomputer6461]

Congratulations on surpassing the 80K mark, Nate! Growing the channel by growing food. We all need both! Love ya!

[@missiechako5917]

Dude...we just ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!!!!!!! We are learning so much from you! You are a Natural born Teacher ❤ We are Vikings for life...LOL 😂

[@missiechako5917]

@@blueplasma5589 Noone speaking for you. If you don't like it here there are plenty of other places you can go. No good motive in speaking anything negative.

[@SirSkippy87]

I’ve been doing this for 8 years now. The first year I did it I definitely noticed a difference in plant health and vigor, I used the technique on my tomatoes, watermelons, cantaloupes, squash(summer and winter varieties), pumpkins, and peppers, I didn’t notice out of the oridinary as far as expected growth for about 2 months after I transplanted seedlings, but at the point it just exploded! The watermelons were the most impressive, noticeable growth by the day. Depending on expected plant size I gauge how much fish I place in the whole, sometimes as many as 3 filleted carcasses for watermelon and pumpkin! I go crappie fishing regularly through the spring summer and fall, so I always have fish on hand to use in the garden. I have a deep freezer where I even freeze it until I need it…

[@elainelandry1990]

That's what I want to do. Our friend Randy fishes a lot! Hope he freezes the carcuses for us.

[@glassbackdiy3949]

Good talk, cheers Nate. Reminds me of how they plant the community vegitables on the very remote Saint Helena Island, burrying all the waste from the fishing industry in trenches and growing on top, the whole community joins in as a civil duty.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

wow that sounds like a fantastic idea and I bet they have amazing plants from this!!

[@lauriaktahi]

We all need to start thinking local community co-op food production

[@ewababenczuk7102]

I discovered you while ago, can say one of my favourite if not the best channel:) I m Polish and of course English is not my native language, but your speech is so clear and understandable in 98%:) such a good advices, easy with not too much talking....❤thank you❤

[@gardenlikeaviking]

thank you for the positive energy my friend I appreciate you!! yes I spent many years in non English speaking countries so I still have a habit of speaking very clearly!

[@momcomputer6461]

ThanQ again, Nate for another wonderfully educational video! Folks, we have a Gold Mine of information in Nate! Spread the word, please. He will turn a lot of thumbs GREEN for people if they follow his tried and true advice.

[@auntiepam5649]

Thank you Nate I have always put fish guts in the bottom of my tomatoes. The fertilizer I make all winter is coffee grounds, egg shells and dried poultry bones ground up I add a handful at the bottom of tomato and peppers plants.

[@hihosilver1234]

How do you grind your bones?

[@auntiepam5649]

@@hihosilver1234 dry them in the oven or I put mine in pan on the back of my wood stove. Then use a second hand blender, garage sale thrift stove and the blend up good. I do the same thing with my egg shells.

[@jerrybates5766]

@@auntiepam5649 could you use a ceramic kiln to cook large batches and what temp might be the best?

[@auntiepam5649]

@@jerrybates5766 I don’t know.

[@rrbb36]

@GardenLikeAViking …LOVE your content, I always learn so much. 👍 Friendly FYI … BACTERIA is plural-not “bacterias” whereas BACTERIUM is the singular form. 👍👍👍

[@lauracassidy8152]

Vikees unite!

[@pthomps1111]

I also like to dig holes next to plants and throw compostable food scraps, vegetables, leftovers, eggshells, coffee grounds, paper towels and cover it back up. Works great and feeds the plants through the microorganisms.

[@nathanielschillace3827]

Hey there, great info! I’m your Uncles neighbor. We were talking about his garden recently and he told me about your channel. Definitely have a lot more of your videos to catch up on! Lol.

[@jerrybates5766]

Can’t wait to get some worms jolted. The fish seems to be the key to fertility and explains the attraction of the water to humans. Time to source some out. Hope you get to 100 k with this great channel this summer.

[@pampotgieter7611]

ThankYou Nate! Shared the video with family, nextdoor neighbour, and friends. I tried a few years ago with a grandillia plant, I didnt know about the fish. But it grew up the wall to the balcony. It was huge. But we moved away before we got to eat the fruits. Awesome video!❤❤❤❤❤

[@JohnDoe-tx6vz]

I'll be buying a fishing license this weekend to make more fertilizer and prepare for planting my tahitian melon squash. As always, thanks for sharing your wisdom. Loyal to the soil!

[@gardenlikeaviking]

oh yes my friend the Tahitian Squash will thrive with this kind of setup... double or even triple the amount of all three ingredients to last the TMS all season to grow jurassic fruit!!

[@tooshieg2059]

I love seeing the roots of the cover crop and how well that prepared the soil for us to plant in. Thanks for showing that. I never would have guessed they went so deep. It's amazing to see how black and rich your soil is even at that depth. My great soil is only in the top 6 inches or so. Next winter, will aim for deeper roots for deeper rich soil!

[@gardenlikeaviking]

yes I just had to include that part because of how amazing I feel it is to the whole process of cover cropping!!... thank you my friend!

[@pietsnot7002]

Last year l made 3 compost trenches, about 1,5 foot deep, filled in with sythed weeds and grasses, kitchen scraps, cow/chicken/duck/geese/rabbit manure, ashes, duck weed,egg shells and here and there offal from poultry slaughtering. And then planted and seeded on and along the edges of what was then a small berm.. plants were doing very well! 🌱🌾🌻🌴

[@kedeglow2743]

I just subbed recently, and I'm enjoying your videos--thank you for being here and being such a good teacher. (I've been gardening for 45 years, but still learn things about it almost every day!).

[@norseman9573]

Also a gardener for decades, and learning new practical things.😀🐞🌻🍅🥑🍊

[@gardenlikeaviking]

thank you for the positive energy my friend I also appreciate you being here!

[@OnTheCommon]

@@norseman9573 Ditto

[@janethruiz4673]

Me encantas desde que te descubrí no puedo para de ver lo que haces. Veo uno tras otro de tus videos y me los repito, ya tengo un cuaderno para tomar nota de todas tus valiosas lecciones y no perderlas.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

welcome to the channel my friend and if you have any ideas for future videos just let me know!

[@loriw.9653]

I am going to try this with my pumpkins. Thanks! 😊

[@maggiesmith979]

Great idea

[@gardenlikeaviking]

yes the pumpkins will love this but you can double the amount of ingredients because the pumpkin will be very hungry!

[@nataliezeigler1441]

I'm a tantra teacher, your line... Super charge the hole before planting..... Made me giggle, sorry warped humour. Love Yr channel. Xx

[@littlelinda6339]

I appreciate that you take the time to show us what you are doing and explain everything. I am a visual person and it is a big help.

[@sth60]

This also works great in pots. I have been getting fish heads and put them in the pot and cover it with 6"-8" of soil. I planted a couple with out the fish heads and the ones with fish heads did significantly better. If you don't have the garden and just a few tomato pots I highly recommend planting a fish head with it. I also wrap a bit of chicken wire around it to keep out animals.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

this is great advise my friend thank you for sharing!

[@teresaholland4790]

You’re such a great friend to teach us all the best ways to garden 😎 cheers Fl

[@jehammond2119]

Thank you mr. Nate have a blessed day

[@judyjoyette9044]

Im loving this Man!!! Thank You !

[@Boho-bear]

I've been doing a version of this method for several years now and it definitely makes a difference in the size and vitality of my tomato plants. This year I didn't have any fish guts/parts so I used leftover crawfish tails & heads from a crawfish boil. Next year, I will implement using the whole egg rather than just the shells as well as incorporating the coffee grounds. Thanks for the information!

[@myrachampagne3681]

I plant organic. I have always used fish scraps, an aspirin, rabbit manure & an egg with great results. Like you, NO NEED to fertilize after planting with lots of goodies. I will begin adding coffee grounds.

[@gailcorley6888]

I've used canned sardines as my fish to bury. I rinse'm after opening the can. Also, after making bone broth, I bury the bones deep in the garden

[@valthatcher1235]

Thanks Nate. Glad you mentioned any carcass will work. I've not bought a fishing pole yet. haaha

[@gregcavender7798]

My dad used this technique for growing roses 60 years ago. We always had a beautiful vibrant rose garden. Great info Nate, thanks.

[@greengrowcer2419]

Your soil looks amazing.....

[@myfitstoreuk5608]

Great video, as always, thank you!

[@freebirdg6873]

I love all your old videos too , I’m refreshing my mind with everything you taught us last year !!! 👍🙏🏼❤️

[@pennysimpson4707]

Good morning Nate. Love your videos. You know you can also utilize fish to make fish sauce by putting your raw fish in a glass container with salt and let it ferment for 2 years. Happy gardening 😊

[@MyWoodpecker]

I can't get fish scraps easily so in the fall I go to the local deer processing business and get scraps from the deer caucuses which the owner freely gives me and bury them in all my raised beds. It has sure helped improve all the soil in all my gardens. By spring all the scraps and fat are gone, eaten by the worms and organisms and my soil is fantastic.

[@emilytaylor8030]

I love that you explain exactly what each item you are putting in has as nutrition. And best of all it's all natural and no chemicals for me. I use to till the earth but not now. Thanks for all your knowledge.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

yes my friend I find it so important to understand the "why" of what we are doing!!

[@justmepraying]

We have always tilled but come this year I'm going to try a cover crop and see how it works but I do have a question we have a lot of weeds so will the cover crop take care of them?

[@justmepraying]

We have always tilled and did again this year. I would love to try a cover crop but really don't know what to plant or when. I live in sw Virginia 🇺🇸 can you help with what and when to plant?

[@SilverSage1979]

Nate I never go on Facebook, and today I did... There is really nothing like this there on my feeds so I am taking a leap and post your videos there if you agree. I've been off Facebook for a while, but I think now is a good time to share you with all of my best and beautiful family members and friends. Blessings my friend. Hope everyone shares this channel ASAP.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

I appreciate your positive energy and helpfulness my friend thank you!

[@elainelandry1990]

That is a very good video. More people need to see these. I'm thankful I found this channel. This man really knows his stuff!!!

[@chinnzerglass]

I live on a lake and the fishermen bring me the leftovers for my compost. Among all the activators, whole fish works faster and better than anything, and I have access to many kinds of manure from a farm down the road. Fish are best. P.s. worms also like grounds for their digestive process.

[@tonyh2663]

Great information as usual Nategar the great. You are the best teacher I've found. My potatoes are doing great using your method except I used plastic totes. Thanks for sharing all of your knowledge with us. Still waiting for the Viking gardening apparel.

[@tufaila5028]

Practicable good information Thank you sir I'll follow this in future Thanks from Nepal

[@tammyshaw4540]

Thank you for your information !

[@malk6277]

Nice one! I'm a couple of weeks away from using fish beneath our next round of tomatoes so great timing to find your video, thank you.

[@mridulchowdhury2647]

This appears to be very helpful and easy method when planting. Good job, sir.

[@JasonOverturf-np3zs]

Totally awesome process! Thanks for sharing this!

[@trishsmith2811]

I have buried any old salmon we have left in the freezer into the garden for many years. The soil is poor but this helps especially with heavy feeders like squash. It’s a great tip for people that don’t know.

[@taunta37]

First thing I thought- I LOVE this channel. ❤❤❤❤

[@OnTheCommon]

I've learned much about regenerative agriculture and the NRCS soil health principles (one example of what a good government can do) communicated by countless PhDs and soil consultants. It has all been valuable and I've been applying it in my own gardens, but what has been lacking has been garden-scale instructions on how to do this. You fill that hole! Your videos are direct and to the point and you deliver it, without dogma, as a man who clearly walks the walk. I hope Christine Jones, Nicole Masters, John Kempf and the others might see this content.

[@londonpickering8675]

Thank you for putting in the effort to get this content out to the subscribers.

[@hotpeppas]

Here in the UK i learned that if we don't put them in deep enough the foxes come along and dig up the whole patch to get to the food.

[@self-aware-potatoe3266]

Bro bro, I’m loving the videos. Great season so far.

[@josanders1428]

Ps My cover crop was and is in places red clover and alfalfa. I’m in Deep South Texas. Also I have purple hull peas growing.❤

[@wayfaringfarmer2724]

Thanks for your hard work on these videos Nate!

[@JustMi1]

I can’t wait to try this! I’m so happy to have found this channel!

[@AddieMorris]

I guess this explains why my pumpkins did so well a couple years ago. They were planted on top of our Guinea pig grave yard 🥹😂

[@nancycagle7854]

Blessings from Chattanooga. Thank you for the powerful information . I am slowly “getting it”

[@lalaland962]

How simple! Thanks!

[@sethjeffreys3055]

So Thankful for your videos ! Thankyou so much for what you do to make our lives healthier and better . Its a lost art , the art of gardening and all the years I learn from my grandparents didnt know half of what this man teaches and shares and really hope people know how valuable the info is that Garden like a Viking shares . God bless !

[@RonAndJaneThailand]

Love this. Need to find a good finishing hole nearby. Next get chickens.

[@scottmiller1916]

I’ll try it in my 5gal and home made earth boxes as well!

[@AdventuresWithHuckFinn]

i love this, kind of set it and forget it. great for people who dont want to have to feed all season

[@isabelladavis1363]

Awesome information thank you once again for sharing stay blessed

[@JodiForzani]

Love this! We are going to transplant a bunch of trees that are growing on a fence line. I’m going to prepare their new homes this way. Thank you again Nate!

[@gardenlikeaviking]

yes this will give them a nice head start!

[@carolscabinas]

That's fantastic! I would like to know why you put the fish that deep.

[@saintmaxmedia2423]

Yes, this is an absolutely awesome idea, except whenever I put some dead animal or fish in the ground, something digs it out after a few or several days. I cover the area with stones, it digs under the stone, spray cayenne pepper, put traps, cover the dead animal with cups of lye nothing can stop that thing from getting the burried stuff. Not sure what creature it is, but it is pretty clever. It destroyed some of my new plantings because of that digging. Any suggestions?

[@smas3256]

Nate. What do you think of this. Love to know that too. ?? 5 gallon bucket w. lid, soil to bury a chopped fish. Indoors. ?? That's a lot of buckets. Stores get rid of pickle, icing buckets etc. Gonna have to scrap left icing out of bucket though, maybe. Shouldn't take that long to decompose. Ready for fall crop planting. During winter for spring. Cheapest good bags of dirt to start. If it needs heat I'd put in front of my garage door where it gets a lot of sun. But we buried gold fish, RIP, behind our house that gets no sun and it decomposed within a few months.

[@JNoMooreNumbers]

Stop putting fish there I guess. An enclosed composed container.

[@JoseSantos-zj3ll]

Fox?

[@JNoMooreNumbers]

@@JoseSantos-zj3ll Probably whatever's in the area. Raccoons are brutal. Kill chickens too. Even possum will most likely dig it up.

[@saintmaxmedia2423]

@@JNoMooreNumbers yes, I had to.

[@Dave-zc6mx]

You are so awesome, thank you so much for all of your wisdom and time.. ..... You have no idea how much I appreciate all of your knowledge. Love your videos, keep up the amazing work..

[@elisemenne8758]

WOW! To make my new Passionfruit bush grow happily, a dear old nursery man told me to bury an ox liver cut up next to the plant. Best thing I ever did for that Passionfruit!

[@gardenlikeaviking]

thats a first but it makes sense to me!!

[@jennyfarley6990]

I will use this idea but use my bokashi in holes for my squash and indoor tomatoes. Many thanks for the idea.

[@farmsteadgoldcompany]

Excellent video brother. When I finish my greenhouse this year, I plan to add a small fish pool to grow out some Tilapia during the summertime and then use the nutrient water for my winter greens. When I harvest my fish in the fall time, I will definitely bury the leftover parts, eggs, and coffee grounds, in the garden expansion areas for the following year. Thank you for reminding us about this technique.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

fantastic idea my friend I'd be interested to see your progress with the tilapia and the expansion you can always email me pics or post on instagram and use #gardenlikeaviking

[@smas3256]

Great!!!. Any experience with fish pool, nitrogen/urine that the fish will release into the pool and how too much urine will affect everything in the pool? Good luck.

[@ronaldmarshall9066]

Nate , I'm new to your channel and very impressed. You got all the great advice a gardener needs. Thanks, and i will be watching brother. Show Low, Arizona.. Ron

[@ballers1130dane]

Love it man! Maybe season with a couple dashes of biochar?

[@kezzaobee1462]

Nate, how on earth did I find you here. Doesn’t matter. Wow mate, you make dam good sense. I always home garden but for the amount of time and effort I don’t get much crops. Think I know why now, need to follow your genius ideas put some of this into action. Yes I subbed. Many thanks

[@CatTackling]

I will go the fishing dock and get some scraps. I am wondering if oyster shells would also benefit the soil. There are always so many washed up down the street. My parents and then my husband and I dumped grass clippings and mulched leaves down back so I believe that would be good soil for my containers. 50 years of grass clippings. Thank you so much for your continuing knowledge.

[@jamestyrer6067]

GREAT VIDEO. SOUNDS LIKE I WILL DO THIS IN FALL WHEN THE TOMATOS ARE DONE. THEN WILL BE DECOMPOSED FOR SPRING PLANTING 👍

[@Jacq892]

Can't wait to try it!

[@44mars_]

Have you ever tried a jadam mix or ferment of these 3 ingredients together?

[@henrye7483]

Thank you for your video. Can you tell me what the purpose of the egg is?

[@bettyannyates9752]

Great video. Thanks for the lesson!

[@MichaelSmith-ne4oy]

Unless finely ground up, eggshells can take over a decade to break down enough to provide calcium to the plants. I would prefer to make a soluble calcium from them by using vinegar to extract it and have it readily available to the roots. Or you could use gypsum which is high in available calcium.

[@northstar5971]

I started following you last year. Soil with existing roots = existing bacteria and fungi. So you just gave them enough food to supply in ionic form whatever a plant is calling for.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

thats correct my friend very good!!

[@00coyote80]

Always looking to fill my planting hole!

[@maggiesmith979]

I don't have access to the fish parts so I use sardines packed in water. (Drained) Also, just an FYI; on the big fishing boats they catch and can right on the boat. Wish I had access to some of the yucky parts. I would think fish heads would be the best. Lots of nutrients there.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

yes absolutely the heads are great!!... but the best of all is the entire fish in its wholeness that has the best effect of all but I just love to eat the fish first!

[@Anarchyacresfarmstead]

I collect kitchen scraps, which include coffee grounds, egg shells, and proteins. Could I do the same thing with that?

[@gardenlikeaviking]

yes you can but go a little deeper and use a bit more than you saw in this video... about a gallon of food scraps would be ideal for something like a squash or watermelon!

[@Anarchyacresfarmstead]

@@gardenlikeaviking thank you!

[@B30pt87]

Excellent video! Thank you.

[@annettecilley6770]

If I make a tonic of fish Coffee grounds egg shells, will that work as well?

[@emilytaylor8030]

I really want to try this.

[@nickthegardener.1120]

Hi Nate great video👍🏻🤠

[@jessek8021]

Thank you!

[@advillwertz6585]

Keep up the good fight. Much respect for your knowlege.

[@Tomtaxacher]

How does the winter rye help the soil?

[@stonerubber]

When I plant tomatoes Ima supercharge the hole! I buried a chipmunk in the back 40 the other day because He turned up in the bottom of my biochar ferment. 😑Usually leave a stick in open buckets so critters can climb out but this time I forgot.

[@freedomofreligion3248]

What an awesome name for a You Tube channel.

[@jimmymartin8990]

Good too know when planting !

[@justmepraying]

We have always tilled and did again this year but I would love to do a cover crop but don't know what or when to plant. I live in SW Virginia 🇺🇸 can you please help? Just found your channel and will be following along. Thank you in advance for any help ❤

[@MedusasHairDo]

Going back and rewatching as I get ready to start seeds and making raised beds as well. I am overrun in rabbits and squirrels here Is there any deterrents for these. I would like to be able to harvest and not feed the wildlife. I have not had such an abundance except for the last 2 years.

[@freebirdg6873]

Thanks Nate always appreciate your advice!!!! 👍❤️🌞

[@GreenGranny]

Most excellent advice, my friend. Thank-you!

[@josanders1428]

You so smart. I love it. Where do you learn all this good stuff? I don’t have access to fish guts.I wish I did. Will fish emulsion work? That seems like a reg. fertilizer to me. It’s got numbers on the bottle.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

thank you my friend many years of experience has taught me all this... fish emulsion will not work in the same way because here we want the slow decomposition over several weeks and months so add something like a couple raw chicken legs or a dead animal such as a rat or few mice or chipmunks something like that...

[@jerryspinosa5466]

THANK YOU WE ARE LEARNING A LOT !