Growing Cauliflower | THIS CAN HAPPEN TO YOU TOO!

THIS CAN HAPPEN TO YOU TOO, trying to grow cauliflowers! We did not expect this to happen!
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[@youneverknow9667]

In a Pinterest-perfect artificial world, I LOVE that you show the reality of gardening! All of us have failures, and seeing master gardeners like you and Nancy take a loss in stride helps the rest of us keep our chins up! Thank you for all you both teach us about gardening and grace. ❤

[@freewaybaby]

Yes…gardening and grace! That’s Hollis and Nancy in one phrase.❤

[@margaret2222]

Thank you for showing the reality of gardening. Sometimes things just happen and all we can do is roll with the punches. God is still good every day, all the time.

[@kele1264]

Oh no! I am so sorry this happened to your crop! All that time, effort, and hope, and the time you spent on video and editing. I'm so glad to hear that you're going to try again next season; that's the spirit! You certainly haven't let us down. You've shown us that despite your planning, effort, and expertise, mother nature can ruin our plans. You've given us the opportunity to commiserate and sympathize with you. You've given us the opportunity to see that we're not alone in occasional garden "failure", and that it can simply happen through no fault of our own. For that, I thank you! Good health and happiness to you and yours! Hugs and kissies for Bing Bing!

[@christyhaley8972]

Hollis you didn’t let us down. Gardening is like life’s trials, there are ups and downs. We have to keep getting up!

[@dianapagan8991]

Mr. Hollis, you never let us down. That's part of the game. Maybe if you try between August and October, they can grow. You are an expert gardener. Say hi to Ms. Nancy and hugs to Bin Bin.

[@angelacalloway8961]

Hollis are you kidding me! I have been forever inspired by all you guys do. Success or failure I will continue to follow your lead because you have taken me deeper into gardening than I could have ever imagined possible. GOD BLESS you, Nancy and bing bing for showing us all how it's done.

[@kakelinga]

I love watching your videos. My husband loves to garden. I am so disappointed that the cauliflower crop did not survive. It's sad that you put in so much effort and it did not work out this time. I guess that all comes with gardening. Weather makes all the difference.

[@HollisNancysHomestead]

Yes ma’am. It is what it is. I’ll try again 👍

[@Stoiccappy]

The wonderful thing about gardening is that it teaches you to be anti-fragile, which we need more of in this world. Thank you for your fantastic videos!

[@Ms19741979]

You can just cover them. Blankets, storage bins, anything will do. Giant storage bins are my favorite and I live in Maryland, works great

[@loupadilla4012]

You did not let us down! Quite the contrary. Thank you for such educational videos. Here in south Texas, we go through some of the same things. Unexpected freezes, hail, horrible heat. You simply do your best and roll with the punches. Again, thank you for your videos. I've learned so much from you. God Bless you and Ms. Nancy.

[@duaneklein4924]

I have been a long time subscriber, since your Virginia garden days! Love your informative videos. It sure takes a long time to amend poor soils to produce like you want. Doing a great job with that and you and Nancy are a great team. How large is your garden there in Florida? Your harvest is a testament to the fact that you cannot out give God. Thanks for being a blessing.

[@debbiee7850]

always the Best info and videos. Thank you Hollis and Nancy !

[@sylvialyles919]

Mr. Horace this was out of your control and I know you both already know that when GOD moves, it's HIS will!! Y'all always put out very informative and learning videos and this is one! You know, it's not always our way but HIS way! Love y'all and I will be waiting for the next videos!❤❤❤

[@nancyrasmussen2016]

Maybe could be put up row covers with frost cloth to protect them from frost damage. Such hard work gone, too bad that happened. Nancy from nebraska

[@duncanh9468]

If you put up low tunnels on them before the frost do you think they would have made it or still no?

[@btucker1739]

Yes they would have made it. The same arctic blast hit us here in East Tennessee it got 4 and 5 degrees those nights and I covered my brassicas with Everything I could find most made it through

[@ladyryan902]

I was thinking frost cloth too. I've put shade cloth up like a canopy here on east cost lost the ends n things were stunted but I got a lil.

[@anniegaddis5240]

You can also remove the larger outer leaves and let the smaller inside ones get some warm sun. A few may still survive!

[@jbfam7208]

I love watching your videos, they’re so inspirational, even through your failures your graceful. We’ve been experiencing extreme heat thats killing off my plants, so this hits home. You and Nancy are truly a blessing to the garden community.

[@freewaybaby]

I don’t know where you are, but here in Texas, the heat is killing everything we’re trying to keep alive! And, 105° is the prediction for the upcoming forecast as well! Nah, global warming doesn’t exist, right?😳

[@milkysher]

Same. I had to install 50% shade cloth and that has saved some of my plants. At least, I'll order more for next summer so I won't lose anything.

[@carolynharris1127]

You definitely did not let us down. I appreciate how you take us through the entire process--excellent teaching. It is just so sad to see your efforts go unrewarded. 😢

[@duanemuecke8291]

I was stationed in Oklahoma in the 60s saw many 105-degree days then nothing has changed much!@@freewaybaby

[@cazinman5419]

I always end up in your channel by the way when I need advice, although your climate is very different to mine, you really know your stuff!

[@lydiafilzen]

So sorry. I'm in 9A northern Florida and that Merry Christmas freeze killed anything semi tropical in my garden. However the brassicas and lettuce, though they froze solid, did fine! Citrus trees OK though any fruit left on the trees was ruined. I'm thinking my yard is more protected than your open fields, not as far inland, so we did a little better. To my pleasant surprise, the cumfrey, longevity spinach, pigeon peas morenga, and some others came back eventually. Life can be tenacious.

[@terifrank7393]

Hope you all are safe during all the weather! Plz keep us up on your family!! God bless!

[@hbrill3238]

New subscriber here. Whoever picks the music for your videos just has the heart of an artist! I can almost believe when you were up putting those purple cauliflower, that you were listening to the music while you worked! We are in North Louisiana zone 8a. We live in a neighborhood that would be considered Urban except it's a dead end surrounded by mixed hardwoods. My husband grows our vegetables. I used to be able to help him but for physical ailments now. You're very lucky to have nancy! I'm glad to be able to at least channel her in the kitchen! Most of all, I am going to share this video with my husband and not tell him about the ending. Because I want him to see that in spite of all of the financial outlay, and especially the physical outlay, it happens to the very very best of the Lord's children. But it's all the more reason to keep trying :-) God bless the both of you and Bing Bing as well!

[@frankdaywalt9281]

Thank you brother and sister for sharing your knowledge with us here in Colorado. God bless you both .

[@donacassel5195]

Hi Hollis. Your video and experience of the loss of your cauliflower is not at all a failure to show us - your audience. We appreciate the honesty of what happens in the real world. Some crops make it and some crops don’t due to God’s will. Thank you as always for taking the time and producing your videos. They are all inspiring. Have a blessed day.

[@judyanderson3043]

You never let anyone down on your videos. You are completely honest with everything you do in your gardening and show beginning to end. Some others show beginning advice but no results. I love how much you adore your wife. Thanks for your insight into the real world of gardening.

[@fourniersfarm]

I'm way up here in zone 5B my friend and this year was brutal we had 2 late frosts and then a pounding of rain lost the first crops had to plant a second hopefully there'll be enough time,I guess we'll see!

[@diamondhandsdarrell59]

My onions are the biggest ever thanks to you two wonderful people... Thank you soooo much.

[@titasmom678]

The weather seems to be changing and more unpredictable. Hope this Fall/Winter 2023 is a bit kinder to you.

[@CraftEccentricity]

It was really cold this year. I am 9a FL and I managed to get mine to survive in raised beds with light bulbs, and sheets and blankets! Always a pleasure to watch your videos. Love to Bing Bing🥰

[@villiehaizlip7626]

LOVE THE MUSIC, my time era! We'll see what to grow soon for fall maybe in central Fla this time & we'll also have to worry about the cold surprise freeze. Best wishes.😊

[@anapaulacrawford5837]

Boy oh boy if I will remember! Was my first time growing cabbage by seed and they're doing so good to ! And in 3 day's toke them all . Life of a gardener .. unpredictable. God bless

[@malikusa487]

Perfect procedure is adopted Ian biggest fan of couple Hat off Thums up

[@loricabe6602]

Thank you for your videos. They are my favorite gardening videos. Much love.❤️🌿🪱🌻🐦💛🙏🌲

[@HollisNancysHomestead]

Glad you like them!

[@victoriamartin1032]

I love watching y’all! I love how u show the progression of gardening! I love how y’all work together. My husband runs from the outdoors and I’m the opposite. I think I was born outside! I love being in the garden!! I live in West Central Ohio so we have a few months off in the winter but the whole couple months that we have off I spend that entire time reading and watching videos and planning for the next season! Thanks to both of you for continuing to teach!!

[@HollisNancysHomestead]

That is awesome!

[@mawmawshomesteadpreparedness]

First video I have seen put out by you. I am fixing to start my fall garden seeds within a couple of weeks, hopefully. I am in Texas and the heat has just about killed everything but weeds. Lol.

[@kele1264]

I've been watching Hollis and Nancy for years. I think they are wonderful. They've got a lot of skill and great advice. I hope you continue to watch their videos, both future videos and videos already posted on their channel. Best of luck with your garden. Have a great day!

[@kskorner74]

thank you for showing even the rough stuff

[@joyglass7143]

How are you keeping the insects off of the seedlings

[@christomlin7518]

I know the feeling of losing a crop. I'm in Georgia, and this past spring, my backyard garden was nearly completely destroyed in one day by a hail and wind storm. Even blew my neighbor's greenhouse over into my backyard and rolled over all my tomatoes. However, my onions and garlic that were planted in the fall survived that same freeze that took out your cauliflower. We can take a lesson from the ants and bees. When their homes are damaged by mother nature, they simply rebuild and carry on. We'll do the same and thank the Lord for the opportunity.

[@cazinman5419]

So sorry this happened. We have had a terribly wet summer here, and thousands of white butterflies, and their grubs ate their way through all my brassicas! Getting lots of winter hardy kale in now. Would a fleece cover have saved your cauliflowers? Good luck, and keep on gardening!

[@GypsyBrokenwings]

I'm in ne Bama... Did what i could, covering with frost cover and blankets. It was too much. Not doing a fall garden this year. Without a green house it'll be even harder in the days to come. Colder winters and hotter summers.

[@alicynwilliams195]

I was going to plant cauliflower for the first time in a week... But given NM heat is similar to your FL, I'm realizing fall would be much better to plant in. I'm so glad I watched first!

[@susandinh3802]

We had the same Attic frost in 2022 Christmas weeks in Houston, TX. Lots of plants and vegetables were damaged.

[@soonzach4017]

Always love your channel 👋 👍 💐

[@paulahawkins6732]

Hi, just wondering if you are ok from the hurricane/tropical storm. Prayers for you and all the people affected in Florida.🙏🙏🙏

[@HollisNancysHomestead]

Thank you for your prayers. We are great 🙌🏻 please keep Praying for those with damage s 🙏. Blessings

[@larissavelroij]

I cant wait for this years video. Learn a lot so far. Mysels ive got problems whit my seedlings. The slugs are a real problem in mij garden in mij New house.

[@LJones-uu4xy]

Thank you for all your great informative videos. It seems the big fluctuations in our growing conditions is becoming more and more frequent and we might need to do more planning for protection

[@dreamdivine401]

Aww it’s heartbreaking to see this but gardening is so unpredictable sometimes. I live in Northern California so we don’t extreme bad weather but we had gopher problem last year and it took out most of my onions last year.

[@Homesick2024]

I love your videos…especially love your choices of music!

[@Gigi30107]

Music is awesome too.

[@thenodiggardener]

That's such a shame. I'm so used to seeing you with heat out there that it doesn't compute that you'd get hit with our level of cold. We had the same temps here in Yorkshire, but my brassicas are a little more protected, which I guess is what helps. Mind you, I lost many of mine this year that weren't covered to the pigeons. There's always something! I look forward to part two as I have this seed to try. It replaces Graffiti, which is lovely, but difficult, and expensive to get hold of here.

[@tater357]

Thats truly heart breaking. All that work and time spent putting into the garden and all in just a few harsh days, Gone. I feel bad for ya'll, but then again it goes to show that God is truly at work and it's his WILL that needs to be done. Not ours. There's probably a lesson to learn from this, and even though we may not understand it right now, in God's time it will be revealed. Hope ya'll have a blessed day and look forward to more videos. By HIS hands, we are Fed.

[@brandyhamm7435]

I've never tried the purple. Have you post your sprinkler system

[@AnenLaylle7023]

I lost my entire market garden last winter to that artic blast here in South Carolina. My broccoli/cauliflower was just starting to head when it hit. I lost around $4,000 dollars worth of produce. I am planting earlier this year. I bought a grow light system and I've got about 500 broccoli/cauliflower going atm. YEEHAW. God always makes up for it, so this year I had a bumper crop of pumpkins. They came early, but I think they will hold till October. Probably got a few thousand $ worth of pumpkins.

[@HollisNancysHomestead]

Nice work 👍👍👍

[@elainebradley8213]

Very inspiring. Looking forward to next year.

[@lizp1010]

You would be surprised at how hardy cauliflower and broccoli is. I had several plants survive one of our milder winters ( I live in zone 6a and our area gets freezes from mid Sept to end of May -- that's 9 months of freezing temps). That winter, it didn't get down to -20C as many times as it normally does and we had more snow than usual which insulated the ground a little bit better, but the cauliflower, broccoli and kale were still alive when spring rolled around. Have a little more faith in your cold hardy veggie plants. Remember, it is recommended to plant brassica seedlings out BEFORE your average last frost...

[@thewilliamseswonderfulworld]

It was a really cold winter. Such a shame. 😢

[@duanemuecke8291]

I'm a little farther south than you are but went through the same freeze. I managed to cover everything with frost cover, sheets and solo cups. We still lost some but saved the majority of it. I guess this past spring was the last full garden that I will do getting too old for all that tilling but will still do some container stuff. I have really enjoyed your videos over the years and learned a lot from you. God Bless

[@Happy2Run4Me]

Oh man. This is exactly what happened to my entire garden last December here in east Texas. We got down to 16 and lower with wind chill. It was just too cold for all my plants with one exception: garlic. My garlic carried on like champs and I ended up with a fairly decent harvest (100 heads!) later in May and June. That was my silver lining in that situation. I was most saddened to lose my avocado, lemon and lime trees even though they were covered (so was the rest of my garden but it just wasn’t enough). 🤷🏻‍♀️It’s the way things go sometimes. I took it as an opportunity to really amend and work on my garden soil and add my own homemade compost and my goodness my garden was fruitful this spring for it! I grew my first cauliflower plants ever (even though they were separating because it got hot quickly). I harvested 4 heads when I planted 12 but the rest are starting to head up now of all times! I’m going to let them. I have the space so why not? If they go to seed that’s ok too. ☺️ I am going to seed start new brassicas in September for a fall crop and try again like Hollis and Nancy. 👍🏻 We have similar climate conditions. I hope it works out!

[@rg-mi5hh]

Been thinking about getting shade cloths for hot, dry conditions.

[@kjnz2804]

Can you please tell us what month your doing this. Im in Galveston Tx so similarities are about the same. Thank you. And yes i know it was last yr. 😂

[@laydbak46]

You two are an inspiration and i have learned a lot. Will apply these things when i start my homestead. Love the fencing area in the background as well. Thank you so much.❤

[@HollisNancysHomestead]

Our pleasure!

[@lbarmstrong1]

Just love your videos and am going to do some broccoli and cauliflower this fall for the first time! Thanks so much for sharing all your knowledge. From Atlanta, GA!

[@HollisNancysHomestead]

You are so welcome!

[@marley9904]

Hello again folks, didn't see you for few weeks, anyways, i am from Toronto Canada, when can i plant cauliflower and broccoli. Thanks. Stay blessed always.

[@marktoldgardengnome4110]

We are in Maine, so it gets cold here. Best advice is find your average first frost date, and look at the days to maturity of the plants you want to grow. Count back from your frost date the number maturity and add a couple weeks. Then cross your fingers and have some frost cover at the ready. Keep in mind, many varieties do not germinate well in the heat, so look for ones that do well all season. The days are also getting shorter July on. so you may want to still start your plants indoors and transplant established plants. Best of Luck

[@Ann-pn9or]

good music!

[@hopemorrison2367]

You could have covered them with row cover

[@budupgarden6109]

Hi love your show what is the name of that piano music 🎶 playing in the background!

[@danielcook3771]

Broke my heart God bless you both

[@karenleavitt7241]

Sounds good!!

[@johnzink3309]

Thx

[@oldtimer794]

Just found your website by looking for a video on growing eggplant. Your videos are very simple and informative. Thanks for your advice. God bless you all!

[@HollisNancysHomestead]

Awesome, thank you!

[@rkins100]

Is there not a pvc dome with maybe your 40% shade cloth that you can design and fabricate to protect the plants from the frost? Is that the real killer or the temp in general?

[@mjmollman]

I was looking back to find Mancys videos of making kimchi and couldn’t find them. Would it be possible to get her american kimchi recipe?

[@ronmacdougall9612]

Good vid,how do you keep the weeds from growing there

[@tylerwhitney8624]

I'm sorry if this has already been asked, but do you have a video discussing what tools you use for production? My wife and I started filming our garden activities but have not had luck with quality, both visually and audio. Any help would be appreciated!

[@marysurbanchickengarden]

I think everyone in the south lost their fall/winter crops, I know everyone around me did and some good ole Georgia folks that I follow on YT showed their decimated garden from the artic blast. I managed to save some of mine with frost covers but lost a lot of it.

[@rodnawilliams9398]

i just love watching you both .. and i love the information you share with us .. thank you for your knowledge .. God Bless

[@farmingvenusfl]

I live in south central Flo., when should I start seedlings? Thank you

[@dawnkeckley7502]

I wish I could set my seed trays out like that. The squirrels dig in every bit of soil. They are so destructive.

[@DrtERotinBasstrd]

Is the lime you use hydrated powdered lime. Hard to find here in Indiana

[@middleway1885]

Yummers!

[@tigrlily]

At 34:50 is that a rose? Wondering what that beautiful bush is. I want one if iI can do that in my zone. Thanks. Nice video, i didnt realize how much went into cauliflower.

[@hbrill3238]

Azalea!

[@tigrlily]

@hbrill3238 Thanks, that is just so pretty and looks like it gives prolific blooms.

[@erikahuxley]

So sorry that happened to you.

[@johncaviness9241]

Great video quick question does cauliflower need boron trace minerals

[@JoyceCooper-h7j]

Hi Hollis can you tell me the artist playing that nice music? I love it!😀

[@JoyceCooper-h7j]

The music starts at 10:00 minutes please tell me the name of the music in your video “ Growing 13:09 Cauliflower this can happen to you

[@HollisNancysHomestead]

We use Epdemic sound as a subscription. We download 50-100 music a month to put in videos.

[@malikusa487]

What month we should start preferably advice

[@gailhackney3105]

Do you have a potential problem with the lime changing the pH of your soil. My soil is very alkaline

[@debbiee7850]

curious, if we KNOW there are freezes coming - cant we put on some protection over them ???

[@erikahuxley]

Cauliflower and broccoli can tolerate light frost and even survive a bit of snow. Although the freeze might damage the heads (floret) making it less appealing. There are some variety that is labeled as "self blanching", meaning the leaves grows around the head by itself protecting it without needing you to tie the leaves yourself. If its just a light frost, you can use garden frost cloth and cover the plants. You want to get frost cloth that has rating of 1oz+ per square meter, meaning it's thicker. If it gets even colder into the lower 20s range, unless you have a hoop house or greenhouse, you will need a low tunnel and use greenhouse plastic as cover. You can easily setup a low tunnel using 10ft half inch PVC pipes sold at hardware store. With greenhouse plastic as cover, when it's sunny sky and the day time temperature gets above 65-70*F you have to vent your tunnel to allow air flow or it can get too hot inside and burn the leaves.

[@eugeniabaker4796]

i started my garden last yr and still cant grow cauliflower or broccoli i have watched ur videos a dozen times and i use blackcow dirt and i put in the bone meal and blood meal like u helpppppp i live in ky

[@donaldanderson4139]

Curious as to who is your most trusted seed supplier.

[@HollisNancysHomestead]

Johnny’s Seeds

[@albertnett7864]

That's too bad, better luck next time.

[@monteashmore3730]

No way did you let anyone down. It was out of your control.

[@marthab255]

Where are the Fire Ants? If I put a pallet on the ground it would be covered. 😢

[@onthebay66]

Oh, sad, to lose so much. I wonder if you had run your sprinkle overnight would it have helped.

[@ruthsetters6567]

I’m surprised you did all that work and you did not take time to cover them with row cover road cover is strong enough Even snow will not damage them the Plant no you did not take the time for a couple days to protect all the work you put into your plans sorry but that of you I’m in you 81 years old and I keep cover on my plants when the temperature goes down to 40 at night I live in New York

[@HollisNancysHomestead]

We had 3 days with temps in the low 20s never getting above freezing. We have covered plants before for occasional frost and light freezes but the covers did not work for severe long term hard freezes. When I see temps that low for that long I know the plants will not survive even with covers so I don’t even bother with it. I accept the loss and move on.

[@lauracarver6083]

❤

[@christasmicroflowerfarm2695]

How upsetting for you💚here in Australia so far my cauliflowers are doing ok. I have never grown them before along with many other veggies and fruits.👒🙃🐕

[@internetopinion3043]

Bing Bing shark at 1:16

[@Marcel_Audubon]

ouch!

[@Julie-bq6iz]

Why didn't you cover them with frost cloth? I'm in Illinois, and I have over-wintered brassicas in temps down to zero. Those cauliflower would have survived with frost cloth. What a waste of resources and time.

[@pansyvaughan5624]

Oh no! Wow did you not know frost was coming? To cover them to keep safe...

[@marktoldgardengnome4110]

With the climate changing as drastically as it has been the last few years, we're all going to have to sharpen our "A Game" skills and be ready to adjust what we think we know. It's a lot of work just to get an average return in a good year, even in a small garden, but to lose everything in a garden your size would be just devastating. Looks like you lost what was in all those adjacent rows also. Sorry my Friend. Mark n Rosa

[@olhademidova3192]

Если накрыть тканью от заморозков то они бы выжили .Жалко конечно что погиб урожай.