How to Fix 'Bad' Garden Soil & Cure Yellow Stunted Plants: New Soils Can Be Problematic!

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[@chrisp308]

Am I going crazy or did you change your last name?

[@elikerr785]

Hey Gary, I have a lot of horse manure in various stages of composting. Some of it is mixed with straw and horse urine. I need to amend several beds that are new this year, and have settled quite a bit and compacted due to clay heavy topsoil. They all are still planted but have straw mulch on them as well. I was thinking I could add several inches of semi-composted manure right on top of the straw mulch, and over the winter months, continue to compost as well as break down the straw and still leave enough nitrogen in the soil. I would of course mulch on top of the manure/old straw mulch for several months, and come Spring, pull back top layer of mulch, and add full compost to make sure I have a nice top layer. Do you think semi-aged horse manure has enough nitrogen to help break down straw and still contribute to the soil?

[@barbaraacosta4126]

Thank you! This is exactly what happened with my two new raised beds this year. I used Coast of Maine raised bed soil and everything I planted came out puny and yellow. I will be sure to follow your recommendations now.

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[@copasetic216]

My second round of cucumbers didn’t do much, basically similar to what was shown here. I think you are spot on. My garden became neglected toward the end of the season due to lack of time with school stuff, soccer for the kids, just life in general. The fertilizing wasn’t kept up and this is what happened. Thanks for the videos, I hope you keep making them for years to come.

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[@Just-Nikki]

1:08 I was waiting for introductions. Miss Gracie is precious❣️

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Just is so sweet.

[@angelacalloway8125]

Thanks for sharing Gary! I really appreciate your insight and teaching. 😊

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[@suzannegriggs1011]

Thank you so much for this video. You identified my issues exactly. I will follow your recommendations this fall and hope next year is more productive.

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[@csimmons3717]

So timely!! Thank you, thank you Gary! My new nursery garden soil was delivered this morning and has a lot of wood in it. I’m moving my raised bed garden to a new spot with all new beds. I am waiting until Spring to plant in them except for my garlic. The information you gave will help me be more successful with the transition and know what to look out for and how to correct the issues.

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[@pilsplease7561]

If you hvent amended them then get a good organic fertilizer and apply it now so it has time to break down and it will help the wood to break down even during the cooler parts of the year. I would also add a good dose of like worm castings or azomite for trace elements now.

[@sensenisok]

Thanks for showing an honest evaluation.

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[@henrib723]

Thank you for this informative video.

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[@Ginger_McElfresh_Art]

This was so helpful!!! I just had this same issue! New beds, lots of wood chips and yellow plants 😢. Makes sense! Gracie ate all the nitrogen out of those beds 😂😂😂.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

She loved the fish emulsion. Some dogs dont care, others love it. lol

[@pilsplease7561]

For nitrogen just buy some blood meal at the garden shop, cheapest nitrogen source and it will help keep wood from stealing nitrogen.

[@sylviaa5343]

Thank you. I'll use your recommendations. 😊

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[@Ginger_McElfresh_Art]

You might try planting crimson clover in those beds to increase the nitrogen levels and organic matter. It's also a great living mulch and fantastic soil amendment 😊

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[@AndrewsVeggiePatch]

Thanknyou. We are cleaning our garden up now and getting it ready for next year. We use the green bottle you have there. Bye.

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Good luck with you garden Andrew. Stick with it!

[@BackyardGardenFlo]

Watching the replay thanks for sharing Gary❤

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[@austin2842]

You didn't mention alfalfa meal, Gary. I started using the alfalfa horse feed pellets as a soil amendmet a couple of years ago after watching your videos, and it's working really well for me.

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[@milkweed7678]

Great video! What is the time frame for the N to break down and become available in the fish emulsion since it's organic? Once available does it start leaching out also like synthetic N?

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Over Using any water-soluble can lead to excess washing away. You would really have to use soooooo much. Most of these just drifts deeper into the soil. So no worries. Much of the N is already available as that is why it's called water soluble. It is ready to be transferred via the roots into the plant. Fish emulsions pre rotted/broken down. Please visit my new blog www.therustedgardenblog.com The Rusted Garden Vegetable Seeds & Home Garden Supplies: www.therustedgarden.com Earn 15% and become a TRG Affiliate for our seed & garden shop Sign Up Here: bit.ly/4aarkDD

[@denisereynolds64]

my hero!! thank you mr G 🌻

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[@jaytoney3007]

Hi Gary, Another alternative would be to use alfalfa pellets (horse feed) in the fall. Sprinkle them throughout the garden bed, maybe give them a light watering-or not, and let nature do its thing. You can buy them in bulk at a feed and seed store for about $25 for an 80 pound bag. It is a great alternative if you are lacking compost. I think its NPK is about 2-0-2 (slow release).

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Alfalfa is great. I would use it in combo with water soluble as it will feed the bacteria and speed things up.

[@juneramirez8580]

I wish I could buy a 80 lb bag of alfalfa for $25 where I live. We get a 50 lb bag for about that on sale only! I have used the pellets also for plant food!

[@jaytoney3007]

@@juneramirez8580 Do you have a local Tractor Supply? They sell Likin Milling Estrella pelleted horse feed (alfalfa) for $22.99 for an 80 pound bag-regular price.

[@Just-Nikki]

I sift all my bagged mixes. I know it sounds tedious but I use the wood chips as mulch in my pathways and as they break down I add them to my garden the next year. I made a 3 ft by 3 ft framed screen as my sifter. I have 2 family members who work for a well known garden supply company and I’m lucky enough to get pallets of it free every year so it’s worth it to me to sift it.

[@Patricia_562]

I have stunted plants. Going to try this thank you. Also I have a raised bed that the soil has turned white and I have mushrooms all over 🤦🏼‍♀️

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[@JohnWood-tk1ge]

Question watching this something popped into my head, could you soak blood meal in water to make a liquid fertilizer? Bought a bunch of blood meal on sale this fall.

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You can. It does need time to be digest by microbes to release more N. But that would speed it up. Please visit my new blog www.therustedgardenblog.com The Rusted Garden Vegetable Seeds & Home Garden Supplies: www.therustedgarden.com Earn 15% and become a TRG Affiliate for our seed & garden shop Sign Up Here: bit.ly/4aarkDD

[@keyphabenyisrael3219]

@JohnWood-tk1ge Hi! Did you get the blood meal from Home Depot? I saw they had burpee blood meal & bone meal on clearance this year. The blood meal was sold out, but I loaded up on the 6-8-0 NPK bone meal as I'd been waiting years to buy either for under $1/lb.

[@JohnWood-tk1ge]

@@keyphabenyisrael3219 yes some and also a local Walmart had it on sale when they started bringing in Christmas stuff.

[@jerryhoefs5803]

Just a suggestion Gary, How about diluted urine? It has an NPK of 11-1-2. Cheapest fertilizer around!

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[@PorchGardeningWithPassion]

I had the same issue with yellow green beans last year. I bought and used cheap potting soil that was mostly woods chips. This year I used the same mix with amendments to grow watermelon in NW Washington. The reason for the post is you are 100% right about the amendments being helpful. Agrothrive was what I used for liquid fertilizer and I LOVE IT! 👊🏻🍉👊🏻

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[@pilsplease7561]

My native soil is problematic, my garden beds are actually facing the following issues, one raised bed is a peat and compost based soil mix, so that soil tends to trend like 5.8 ph and need less fertilizer, the second bed is basically compost with a tiny bit of native soil and some peat in it just to keep it fluffy and loose, that bed is red hot on the phosphorous i put down bone meal yearly for 3 years with my 2x a year large fertilizer additions so I have had to dial back and add more feather meal as the nitrogen has recently been the only nutrient that is problematic in that bed. It has good healthy worm activity and soil is really loaded with micronutrients because I add azomite and etc frequently. My third bed is a soil and compost mix from a local garden supplier that has basically turned hard because its got a lot of clay and ive been adding perlite, and peat moss and attempting to break it up and make it useable might have to shovel it all out and make some new soil as that bed has been useless except for growing wheat.

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[@marvinbrock960]

Use Agrothrive as well… the general purpose and the fruit and blossom..

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[@ceecee-thetransplantedgardener]

I had a similar issue with bulk soil from a local landscape company. Compacted, hydrohobic, etc. I folded in peat, compost, and topped with chopped leaf mulch ... Totally reconditioned the soil.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Thats a great way to fix it. Peat will come next year.

[@patriciapottinger3788]

Could we use animal or chicken manuer?

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[@TimRaine]

Gary, could I apply & work in alfalfa pellets in fall (& in spring ) to improve the soil?

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[@Joseph-u6d]

Soil structure changes all the time in spite of our best efforts to achieve perfection,,, sooo,,, relax and keep on growing 😂❤😂❤

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[@trishbishop3923]

Since its Fall, can granular nitrogen be added to a resting bed? No fall crop in the bed

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[@trishbishop3923]

@@THERUSTEDGARDENthanks! Feeling better/confident about all your suggestions for this fall!

[@pinkcharms]

You can also use fresh urine, dilute 1: 10 with water, high in nitrogen and free. When it’s fresh there’s little to no smell.

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[@jamieromar6168]

30$ for a gallon but you use 1 -2 tbsp per gallons of water so yes it is a lot of $$ but it stretches very far. It depends on how you see it and if you have the$$ to begin with.

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[@juneramirez8580]

Can I be really cheap and stick some cheap food store fish or fish heads, if I can get them, and just stick it in a container of water with a lid and use that when it smells as fish fertilizer? I have two 32 gal trash cans with weeds and water for other fertilizing. Just wondering!

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[@Just-Nikki]

I get gallons of blood meal free so my understanding is you’re saying it’s just that I have to use a lot and not that it’s inferior?

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Im saying it's expensive so if you have it for free, just use it. It works. Water-soluble means immediately available. Blood meal needs a bit of time to break down, though some is water-soluble. But it's good stuff. Please visit my new blog www.therustedgardenblog.com The Rusted Garden Vegetable Seeds & Home Garden Supplies: www.therustedgarden.com Earn 15% and become a TRG Affiliate for our seed & garden shop Sign Up Here: bit.ly/4aarkDD

[@Just-Nikki]

@@THERUSTEDGARDEN great thanks. I do also use liquid fish fertilizer when needed as well. Thank you for explaining that to me.

[@jenmv3483]

It seems like the raised bed has no mulch?

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[@nicholasdemarest4254]

The problem with that soil is its holding to much moisture, that's why there is moss growing.

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[@georgecrinnion2131]

That soil is horrible. Very compact, won't allow water to penetrate. I suggest that you add Agri type Aloe or Yucca to your watering can as they make will make the water wetter which will then make the water pentrate the soil better. Yucca contains natural saponins, which can help improve soil structure and enhance its ability to retain moisture. It can aid in making nutrients more available to plants, promoting healthier growth. The organic matter from yucca powder can improve soil aeration, allowing roots to access oxygen more easily.

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[@laneeacannon1450]

You need microbes, not chemicals. JMS and castings. Fish hydrolysate, not emulsion.

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[@franksinatra1070]

Seems like a perfect situation for nitrogen fixing cover crops like peas clover and vetch.

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[@pilsplease7561]

Cover crops are massively over rated to be honest. They do work but not as well as people think and its soil dependent if you have a soil like my soil where its hugely sandy anything they add leaches out so fast that it doesnt benefit the soil and it doesnt add any organic matter which breaks down super fast in sandy soils.

[@ann7318]

diluted urine has nitrogen. it is FREE.

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[@His.Heart.]

Your daughter should feed her doggie fish or tuna so he can stay out her garden ❤

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[@MiskalM16]

I'm sorry to be so negative but it is very obvious that this Garden was neglected. You can tell because the soil is hydrophobic and that is definitely from improper watering. Also there's no Mulch on top at all. This is not all just the soils fault it's your daughter's fault fault as well . I see neglect

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Well you are wrong but I understand your point. Any new soil that isn't over loaded with wood and problematic would have supported the plants. As I mixed in peat moss and fertilizers. You can see how it was prepared in the video that showed how it was built. Improper watering doesn't cause soil to become hydrophobic, it causes plants to be under watered. Mulch is alway a bonus but not used in every garden and gardens do fine. We will have to disagree on this one. Lots of gardeners purchase soil that turns out to be 'bad', lets not blame them.

[@cwallcw]

Sooo…u spent $1000 or so on raised beds for children, looks like, without considering fertility or soil health, and now ur spending even more and advertising it (afterthought, oops). Got it.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Lol. You missed the point that bagged and shipped soil can call themselves anything. Many soils are loaded with with wood chips. I am fine pointing out mistakes and teaching them how to address them. I guess youre not. And it wasn't 1000's. Lol.

[@chrisp308]

​@@THERUSTEDGARDENthey didn't say thousands, they said 1,000 or so and really and truly what you should have said in this video is people should get their soil tested

[@juliepoolie5494]

Gary’s children are grown adults. He helped set these gardens up at her home. You can’t predict the condition of the soil you will receive. I purchased bagged soil (a well known brand) last year to top off my raised beds - it was full of wood chips. I appreciate the information he is sharing to improve the soil.

[@chrisp308]

@@juliepoolie5494 instead of defending him why don't you suggest that he should tell people to do a soil test? I find it difficult to understand why you would support mediocrity and not try to understand both sides of this situation because at the end of the day we are trying to grow food and honestly isn't that what's most important?

[@juneramirez8580]

There are cheaper ways of making raised beds. You would see that in some of his other videos. We all know there is a cost to start a garden. You can go all out like he did with his daughter or you can go less expensive! The point is the soil needed to be amended and he is telling us how to do it . The food we grow is healthy and depending how you go about it, it is safer than the store bought foods. Each year you make back some of the up front money you choose to spend. I guess you just don't get gardeners. Try a different site to give your negative advice.