Healthiest & Easiest Asian Vegetables You Should Grow at Home Tour

John from www.growingyourgreens.com/ visits the home of Wendi Phan in Southern California to give you a tour of her home garden with specific emphasis on the healthiest and easiest to grow asian vegetables.
In this episode, John will take you on a tour of Wendi's home to show you how she is growing lots of food in a small amount of space. You will learn some of the easiest plants that you can grow that will provide you with the best health benefits
You will learn how Wendi is maximizing the production of food in her front yard by stacking functions, a popular permaculture practice.
You will discover how many of these plants can be easily grown in a pot if you live in a climate that dips below freezing in the winter.
You will learn more about tropical Asian perennial vegetables and how they grow. You will discover why you may want to grow some of these plants in containers instead of the ground.
After the garden tour, John will sit down with Wendi and ask her to following questions:
0:43:42 How did you get into growing all this stuff?
0:44:30 What is your relationship with some of the vegetables in this episode?
0:45:00 Were these asian vegetables eaten for their flavor or health benefits?
0:45:25 What kind of health benefits have you experienced from these asian vegetables?
0:47:00 What are some asian greens for cold and flu?
0:47:47 Why did you start making KZbin Videos?
0:50:38 What are favorite 5 Asian Vegetables?
0:50:55 Snake Grass Plant
0:52:57 Bitter Leaf Tree
0:54:33 Rice Patty Herb
0:55:23 How You Can Easily Get some of these plants
0:56:36 Pandan Leaves
0:57:20 Grass Jelly
1:00:55 Gynura Procumbens aka Longevity Spinach?
1:02:27 What are the health benefits of Gynura Procumbens?
1:03:21 Why did you start making Gynura Procumbens available for others?
1:05:25 How Can you grow tropical plants year round?
1:07:30 What are your growing practices? How do you grow fertilizer do you use?
1:08:36 What is a marimo?
1:10:30 Do you eat the marimo algae balls?
1:13:20 Any final words of wisdom for my viewers?
1:15:21 How can learn more about you?
After watching this episode, you will learn some of the best perennial asian vegetables you can grow at home.
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[@markscheinfeld3020]

Oh wow, this guy has the gift of teaching. Just recently found him and am enjoying so much. 65 yr old male in Reno, Nevada. Just covered my plants with trash bags for our first freeze tonite. Half of successful gardening is knowing your particular location. Can tell he has learned this. Look in forward to notifications.

[@blessedtruthdragon9145]

watching your videos just makes my day, even if I watch older ones thirty times over -- I enjoy your way of presenting information -- thank you John

[@stephanievaladez5286]

Great interview. I have been waiting for an Asian gardener that I could follow. Thank you

[@mindinme3347]

John you always pay attention to detail and never omit necessary info. Thank you . Awesome!

[@BethGrantDeRoos]

Love Wendi Phan's channel and all Asian fruits and vegetables!

[@growingyourgreens]

Interview with Wendi Starts at 43:00 Questions I ask her: 0:43:42 How did you get into growing all this stuff? 0:44:30 What is your relationship with some of the vegetables in this episode? 0:45:00 Were these asian vegetables eaten for their flavor or health benefits? 0:45:25 What kind of health benefits have you experienced from these asian vegetables? 0:47:00 What are some asian greens for cold and flu? 0:47:47 Why did you start making KZbin Videos? 0:50:38 What are favorite 5 Asian Vegetables? 0:50:55 Snake Grass Plant 0:52:57 Bitter Leaf Tree 0:54:33 Rice Patty Herb 0:55:23 How You Can Easily Get some of these plants 0:56:36 Pandan Leaves 0:57:20 Grass Jelly 1:00:55 Gynura Procumbens aka Longevity Spinach? 1:02:27 What are the health benefits of Gynura Procumbens? 1:03:21 Why did you start making Gynura Procumbens available for others? 1:05:25 How Can you grow tropical plants year round? 1:07:30 What are your growing practices? How do you grow fertilizer do you use? 1:08:36 What is a marimo? 1:10:30 Do you eat the marimo algae balls? 1:13:20 Any final words of wisdom for my viewers? 1:15:21 How can learn more about you? Check out Wendi's KZbin Channel at kzbin.info

[@yogamatt2203]

What's wendi's channel?

[@1shakasean]

do you know if Larry at city hydo has gone out of business or is sick? does not answer emails of phone calls?

[@growingyourgreens]

kzbin.info

[@screwbushcomegetme]

wiki said there was no evidence of gotu kola helping elderly with memory when used with 2 other herbs and said nothing about helping when used alone.

[@rockmon1470]

Learn Organic Gardening at GrowingYourGreens I live in Zone 7a do you suggestions for fall/winter veggies to grow

[@plants4ever48]

Love love all this information!! Fantastic interview!

[@dianakim298]

I love how much you explain and educational you are.

[@rosalindaiacovitti3499]

This was a fun video to watch. Thanks!

[@gvas7560]

Thanks so much for this video. It was awesome. Thanks for sharring Wendiland. I will defiantly check her out.

[@johnkirby5637]

A million thanks to Wendi and John for this video ! Wendi is positively delightful and I can't wait to hear more on Asian gardening . My location is hostile to tropical plants , but my planned high tunnel will be more inviting for these species . Educating my future customers will be a challenge , but also rewarding . Keep up the great work !

[@asiablue195]

This is amazing!

[@rosilatrailera]

I love your nice long vids! I learn so much from you!

[@colleenlassie2600]

note the dandelion at 21:00 Love it!! great video John!

[@ThirdEyeTrader]

such a great channel....great vid John

[@spagrl3]

Love both of y’all!!! Thanks so much for sharing…facial expression w/algae ball priceless❤️😂

[@sevensurvival]

John You're swell ! Respect

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

What an interesting yard and garden

[@arnoldvincentbenitez9598]

Purple shiso smells really good & tastes good as well

[@jamesclaire115]

The benefit of sweet potatoes are that the tops are eatable as well as pretty and the you make excellent ground covers..

[@mfcabrini]

Thanks for sharing this. Her gardening style is like my next door neighbor from Okinawa with pots and plants in the ground all growing into each other. She gave me a start of ymogi, which is Japanese mugwort or Artemisia princeps. I make tea from the leaves 3-5 times a week, and it lowered my blood pressure 10 points. You can get seeds online. Do NOT use American mugwort which contains a toxin!!!

[@xdialga361445x]

I found seeds of yomogi japanese mugwort at laguna hills nursery in santa ana ca

[@mfcabrini]

Shiso is perilla. It seeds itself easily, so if you have it once, you'll always have it. It grows in sun or shade and likes water.

[@nancyfahey7518]

Wendi turned me on to longevity spinach. It's my favorite here in Florida. During the winter I take 3 cuttings, put them in a cup of water on my window sill and they root like crazy. All ready for spring.

[@treasuretreereynolds1764]

I just love you, John. Not romantically. Lol. Just because you walk the walk and talk the talk. Have learned so much from you. 💜🌱💜

[@tam-tamstuff9113]

grass Jelly called Cincau here in Indonesia...ice cappucino is fantastic with it

[@xdialga361445x]

Sounds good

[@dianereyes3560]

I like the way you look at her

[@TimeNowAndThen]

Dandelion is actially not bitter at all for me, we eat it very often in spring when starts to grow. Love this, took notes to plant more plants with edible leaves here in europe. I use gotu kola recently, it helps me sleep and dream..

[@blessedtruthdragon9145]

some bitter plants change flavor when cooked, and some are awesome when paired with the right things -- wilted Dandelion with sesame oil, Teriyaki sauce and a few nicely chopped walnuts -- awesome stuff

[@AhNee]

Dandelion jelly and wine are said to taste like honey.

[@ironmaiden00x00]

20:32 Love it!

[@yeevita]

Fantastic! love it lololol. Worse thing Ive ever tasted! Lololol and moss rofl!!!!! But I love grass jelly. I had no idea I could grow my own. I need to get some when I create more space in my gravel! Thx John and Wendi!

[@lindalalisan4708]

thanks

[@emilybh6255]

Really interesting! Too bad she couldn't have followed you around her garden so we could have heard her input while you were there looking at it. I would have gotten a lot more out of the second part of the video where you interview her and where she talks about her various plants at around 51 minutes if we'd been able to see which plants you were talking about.

[@CaptTurbo]

I wish you would have included Wendi in this video while you were outside so we could have learned more about what you actually were flapping on about. Wendi is a doll!

[@christianhansen3292]

Ms. phan is a cutie pie!

[@tonnysom9091]

Fish mint is my favorite. I’ll not eat spring roll without it.

[@purplethumb7887]

If the bananas growing in the front yard are no good, the blossoms can be finely sliced and used in salads or spring rolls. They are actually delicious. John, from all the crappy-tasting plants/leaves you eat, you're going to live forever! 🤣😂 Love your passion/enthusiam when you talk about any/all plants. I can't believe you tried to eat the moss ball! 🤮🤣🙈

[@caroline61804]

V Happy you are not involved in the unbelievable disaster in Santa Rosa

[@petecusack1638]

just googled what 34'f was in Celsius...didn't realise sunny California got that cold.

[@tatianacamilo1970]

Cool🌼🌻🌾🌵🌴😍

[@tatianacamilo1970]

Cool!! 🌾🌴🌻

[@multipolarbear]

Can you recommend where to buy live plants or seeds for the grass jelly?

[@goofyroofy]

Pectins also remove toxic heavy metals from the body as well

[@wakeup9873]

I wanna start a garden but it's fall ... maybe I can start growing things inside

[@solfeinberg437]

8:10 you talk about Aloe for Eden (Eating?). Is this a variety or is it food or what?

[@rasadobe7448]

John whats up its Tony how are you ? What do you think about the antelope valley California area.

[@GillanBell]

Hi. I'm looking to begin growing within the home here in the U.K. Can you recommend any starter greens come Winter? Thank you.

[@abideenturky]

G. Bell : I recommend to grow sheeps in G.B. , That is only thing you can supergrow in winter, But don't send me his meat , I am vegan

[@plantgurugangsta7299]

Do butterflies eat kale? I keep seeing white 🧈 flies hanging on my kale and it's been made into a feast lol but ive seen no sign of other bugs in action...yet...

[@catherinegrace2366]

You need to spray your plants, the underneath side, that is cabbage moth and they will show up as grey, bumpy under your leaves. They are horrible.

[@chrismaduro]

5:31 Roadside flowers, nah ah, that ain't no candy flower, that there is a peed on flower.

[@fordfairlane47]

john read a book called The China Study by T Colin Cambell

[@Jefferdaughter]

People should also see: 'How to Green Deserts and Reverse Climate Change' wit Allan Savory: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKG3eZxthJtppqs, and 'Paleopathology and the Origins of the Paleo Diet' by Dr. Michael Eades: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIS1dZmhqZKqgLs

[@AhNee]

The one you pronounced rau ram is pronounced zau zam...don't ask me, dude, just know what the local Vietnamese tell me. Despite eating a lot of this stuff, they still have high blood pressure, and high cholesterol, or as an elderly friend of mine used to say, "fat blood".

[@diannbruce9542]

Survival for North American natives ate a meat based diet with some herbs and fruits .

[@christianhansen3292]

bring some of those fallen fruits in that pot with ya! ;)

[@christianhansen3292]

need some light on those top shelf plants!

[@SteveSmekar-ll6ln]

An appropriate question is "where are you getting your herbs?'

[@AhNee]

Richter's in Canada has a lot of odd Asian seeds, but they're kinda spendy, especially with phytosanitary issues on seeds, and even moreso, on plants.

[@xdialga361445x]

@@AhNee you could find some at Swap Meet I found some at Golden West swap meet in Huntington Beach California I found lemongrass bundles for a dollar and pennywort for $5 in a pot

[@wanik4]

No dirty jokes in front of the lady haha.

[@dibalowen7074]

John, What is the scientific or another name for the Asian "Go tp Colon"? Am I spelling it right? I would like to grow it. Thanks.

[@Armz69]

Diba Lowen centella Asiatica or Gotu kola

[@dietpiediaries6287]

What did Wendy say her mom used for the cough: Cuban oregano and some citrus? Thanks

[@AhNee]

Yes, but she did not specify which citrus.

[@ZaatarGardens]

calamondin

[@ZaatarGardens]

Aniyunwiya Ageya calamondin

[@susanrarey4307]

Did you say that the sweet potato leaves were not edible?

[@youdodat2]

What an exquisite Woman.

[@CertifiedMuhammad]

Certified Sounds 801

[@Nate-wu8rr]

It's ok we still think you are perfect John.

[@theasianwitch]

the comments about grass tho lol: "the lawn next door is a brown lawn, not watering it"..."well you could eat your grass, but most. people are not eating their grass"

[@susanrarey4307]

🤣🤣🤣like eating a cotton ball🤣🤣🤣

[@masterofgarden3472]

I like eating Ginger leaves.

[@FelixHobbyGarten]

🌶 vs 🍅?

[@FelixHobbyGarten]

🍅

[@dennisklappmann6676]

Peppers🌶

[@jaredrowendolas8757]

🌶

[@user-pc5tp2xs1h]

Kabocha squash?

[@drepost6126]

She is nice looking

[@66bigbuds]

Wasabi is good for head cold. Instantly gone.

[@syazwansaroni1954]

bitter? explore more tropical herbs, especially herbs in South East Asia..then you know real bitter John.. =)

[@satyajitsinhvala1955]

This is tulsi plant

[@magicforest71]

Please... Google ”Sabah snake grass warning” and read the text before deciding to grow/eat that plant. The address to the site is alt.medicine.com.my Just because something is ”natural” doesn’t mean that it’s safe.

[@philsroad7959]

Did you say Wendy has a nice rack of plants

[@Anythingforfreedom]

Its hilarious how you spend 10 minutes talking about how amazing a plant is and how it’ll save your life. Then when you taste it you’re like “just let me die. That’s the most disgusting plant in the world” 😂

[@ESTIsLaced]

Can you please help me? In the beginning of the year i started my own compost and my own garden. They were growing so well, until i saw one day everything waa destroyed. It waa caused by wild street cats roaming outside. Ugh it frustrates me because everytime i try and attempt to grow something they start pff beautiful then i see a cat poo/pee and they scratch the roots out. What can i do naturally so i can start a garden again??

[@markfogleman8438]

Lay chicken wire around and sprinkle coffee grounds.

[@shadfurman]

Pee all over and mark your territory. If that doesn't work, get some coyote or wolf urine.

[@AhNee]

I'm ready to pee on my garden to see if it'll keep the deer away.

[@beauteouslyours]

buy those plastic disposable forks and stick a lot of them on the ground so it'll look like spikes... i read it somewhere to keep pets (dogs and cats) from stepping on your garden.. it might work

[@cdel9829]

John, I think you would be interested in this interview about biodynamic farming/gardening - kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJLJYoGqmZKLrKs.

[@divinetimeastrology]

I'm so happy you got a girlfriend :-) Thank you for so generously sharing your knowledge.

[@chansamonephommachack8920]

Why you think all the old peoples in Asian countries are still working in the fields or walking around and not laying in the bed in the nursing home. They eat foods that are grown in the wild and the animals are not pumped with hormones.

[@paulynle1951]

U can come to my yard

[@unconditionallymissie8368]

cm 9. P m

[@brookgraves368]

A little sad when John chews up and spits out Wendis 3 year old algae... Yes, it would have been more edifying if Wendi was out and about her garden talking back and forth with John about all the wonderful Asian edibles she has and their uses.

[@wendiland]

Brook Graves it's all good. The Marimo still can live after being chewed. No harm is done here. :)

[@binal-flecki2387]

This guy wants to eat everything

[@binal-flecki2387]

He ate the 3 year old marimo wtf

[@jimbinger]

Why can’t you make your videos longer?

[@jimwolff1206]

John. You are enthusiastic and cover some good topics. This was a great video, but unfortunately, I could not wait for you to stop talking so much and move forward with the main content. Did anyone ever tell you that you talk to much? Ha ha... (sorry) I do appreciate your enthusiasm, and if you were close to me, I would visit to talk with you. But this video should not have been more than 15 or 20 minutes at the most.

[@Hisloyalservantslistenlove613c]

Three major causes of cancer are alcohol, cigarettes, and obesity.

[@gilbertllagas7161]

Tsk tsk too much loquacity

[@youdodat2]

Don't eat it Dude.

[@DjWrightLicsw]

How do u handle animal invasion. Raccoons, snakes, deer, nobles. They do come around?🙃😉