MAKE Drought Resistant Plants! Starts With Seedling Roots.

This year is going to be a drought year. One way to get your plants stronger for this dry summer is working on the roots. This can be done with root trainers & air pruning. The more root biomass the greater the chance to capture water from the surrounding soil.
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[@GardeningInCanada]

What are your tips for stronger seedlings? Here is the air pruning pot geni.us/AUGs4z There are the root trainers geni.us/fm0ZqfH

[@Mrs.LadeyBug]

Hey! I haven’t started anything yet this year and won’t be able to until next week. 😢 I’m usually an early bird! Tomatoes (my favourites, not store-bought) are my main thing. What can I do to maximize growth and production, seeding them so late? I’m in zone 2, almost 3. :)

[@Wood454]

@@Mrs.LadeyBug Late? I don't think you're late.

[@56243G]

I abuse my seedlings and make them build character. I run them on the ragged edge of death by drought. I try to make it so being transplanted into the garden is an upgrade in conditions.

[@jordanxfile]

😂

[@kariannecrysler640]

I think my plants like my music & sometimes I listen to scholarly lectures while gardening & my plants seem to like that too lol

[@GardeningInCanada]

Haha awe

[@williammikell2210]

Thanks for explaining root training and air pruning. I play the radio for my plants, they like the Sunday morning garden show the best, but not the golf show., I have to change stations to the Sunday afternoon blues show.

[@VaultDwellerGal]

1:51 Glad you mentioned that. I’m a believer. True story, 2021 was my best gardening year by far, and it was the year I consistently played Rob Zombie in the grow room, and while gardening outdoors. 🤔

[@GardeningInCanada]

Hahahahaha see! It’s a thing. Vineyard’s apparently do it.

[@1polynation169]

fans make em strong at the right intensity

[@user-qx1om2wj1h]

Thanks for the water! We have the best naugbors! 😍

[@GardeningInCanada]

Our pleasure!

[@r3sistxwampa685]

I just remove the soil from my babyplants and cut the roots with a sharp carpet knife. 😅

[@sabrinaandrus2816]

I was really hating on my Jiffy degradable starter pots until I watched this... I guess they are fine now lol. Great advice to consider. I live in a cold desert. Thank you!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Haha yea that’s the worst part about those darn things.

[@lucyfoster8624]

Thanks for the water that will reach northern Wisconsin, but it does the same thing here. That is run into a small pond that immediately makes a turn for the lake across the road, which is about 7 feet low on a depth of 40 feet.

[@gardenerjohn]

I agree with Tomato roots I didn't root train or air prune but I did side by side test with 24 Tomato plants planted and ground lever vs 2-3 inches deeper the plants at ground level grew bigger had bigger and more fruit and less blossom end rot

[@timcoolican459]

I had great success with 'mounding' the soil in the garden last year. It particularly came in handy when we had that deluge of rain, where my garden was flooded, but the plants were elevated on the 'mounds'. Will I have problems this year if I do the same thing? Thanks for sharing this Ashley.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Oh yes! Love that

[@brianseybert192]

I play my violin up in the grow room, haven't killed my audience yet, lol. Will inoculating seedlings with mycorrhizal fungi as they are potted up aid in drought resistance? Several year ago I used mycorrhizal inoculant on my seedlings and it did make for larger root systems, using it again this year. Another excellent video! Stay Well!!!.

[@dwwcoder5048]

Thanks 🙏🏾 for the 💦 support because I’m growing a lot of nightshades plants

[@GardeningInCanada]

No problem 👍

[@chongli297]

Could you root train by building a tower of soil blocks?

[@GardeningInCanada]

yea technically you could ahah. Never thought of that

[@1polynation169]

thank you for this !!!! stay bright GIC crew !!

[@blacksmithden]

Sounds like it's going to be a good year for my experiment. I've got 2 sets of tomato seedlings started. The plan is to take the tall ones, and bury them deep. I'm not looking for more roots on the stem....just to have the main roots deeper. The second set will be normal 8 week old seedlings by the time they go outside. I'm planning on alternating them along cattle panels. I know over size "seedlings" tend to stall, and then the smaller seedlings catch up. I guess I'm going to find out.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Best of luck!

[@osmia]

So timely! Many thanks for this one

[@GardeningInCanada]

You're very welcome!

[@ChannelleLVMusic]

Speaking of container gardening... would you ever make a video for the people who can only do a balcony garden? 🤭 I would love your tips! My balcony tends to get hotttt and I'm not sure of a solution. Shade netting?

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yea! Absolutely. Shade cloth can definitely help.

[@butternutsquash6984]

You could try setting tomatoes potted in cloth pots into extra deep drip trays so they always have access to water. Best crop ever the year I did that. I use the same principle with my geraniums and get year round flowers.

[@janew5351]

I ordered shade cloth for my sunroom and my new hoop house from Shelterlogic .

[@mhawang8204]

I vaguely remember an episode of Mythbusters(?) where they showed that plants responded to rock music 😎 Question: Is there an official definition of drought in Canada?

[@GardeningInCanada]

Hahah omg I think you are right! I remember that

[@katipohl2431]

Tomatoes can dig into 2m depth. I read that they shouldn't be watered for some days after beeing transplanted for encouraging a deeper root system. Air pruning or root trainers seem to be a must-have. Love from Germany.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yes! That’s accurate.

[@EXTREMERC416]

Will starting tomatoes in solo cups do the same thing?

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yup! That would be longer setup forsure

[@mariabentele7909]

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[@GardeningInCanada]

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[@joeyslinger9160]

I hire local bevers to dam up water from leaving my property, sorry US

[@GardeningInCanada]

They do good work

[@kevinb879]

silica and seaweed ?

[@kendravoracek3636]

💚💚

[@GardeningInCanada]

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[@jonathanhao1640]

Hi, is a 100% Coconut Coir a better seed starting medium than the Seed Starter Potting Soil Mix on Amazon or Home Depot? Thanks.

[@GardeningInCanada]

I find the coir is usually to course and has a decent amount of salt. But there are ppl out there who swear by it. I just have not found one I like.

[@jennifercarroll3355]

Does soil blocking fit into this?

[@GardeningInCanada]

That would be more air pruning so long as there is no top and the blocks are separated.

[@genahowe4206]

OK, so because I start overthinking too much, I need to see if I have this right.....I should not transplant my tomato plants as deep as possible, if we're thinking more drought conditions. I'm in the midwest USA, sandy loam while at the same time with a very high water table. Last year it was drought, the year before everything was in standing water for a week bc the water had nowhere to go. It's been one crazy learning experience having come from a very clayey soil a couple years ago. Really, do we plant drought tolerant plants, or wet-mesic plants? Anyway, this has me still second guessing because who knows what we will get this year? BTW, we are moving toward developing landraces, but still want to put plenty of food up.

[@GardeningInCanada]

I actually did a video on this where I looked at the various studies. It is mostly for temp control not yield. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5ObnH1mqNR4pdUsi=UqTWA45xfJLi9OzP

[@gregbluefinstudios4658]

While I thank you, on behalf of my US Brethren.... I in northeast coast, on the ocean, US (in New England), so, thanks for the water, but I am fairly certain it doesn't really hit my aquifer.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Hahaha love

[@Wood454]

@@GardeningInCanada Haha, all of it goes into Devils Lake ND, which has been flooding everything for decades. None of it makes it to the Missouri River in ND, which is super low.

[@LeeDaiYing]

The time lapse video of the roots growing through that medium full of air pockets doesn't give the air pruning theory much credit.

[@56243G]

I'm an air pruning skeptic.

[@leahnichol6665]

Those air pockets will be high humidity. The roots will be happy with that.

[@mr.hamilton5393]

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