My Late Spring Broccoli Harvest And Garden Tips!

[@juliafeliciano5372]

Lovely harvest, enjoy

[@PlantSmartLivingNOW]

Thank you!

[@toniahsantos4792]

Thank you for sharing!

[@PlantSmartLivingNOW]

You are very welcome, Toniah! Have a wonderful plant-smart day! :)

[@junglekreepergardens2012]

Awesome video Fred! Iove the gypsy variety. We've been having in for dinner quote often. I did 24 plants. I'm doing more in the fall. Be sure to check your plants now, while you were filming a cabbage moth was behind you laying eggs in the broccoli. They are ruthless!

[@PlantSmartLivingNOW]

Thanks, Josh! I just love the gypsy variety, as well. Good catch there with that pesky cabbage moth sneaking in this video! (Heading outside to check my plants now...) Thanks! :)

[@junglekreepergardens2012]

Plant-Smart Living w/ Farmer Fred no problem Fred!!! I have about 3 videos of my gardens on my KZbin channel if you wanna check them out.

[@ksmithreps1]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge! And thanks for encouraging people to go Vegan! Keep up the great work!

[@PlantSmartLivingNOW]

You’re welcome Kevin and thank you for your kind words, the health benefits of following a plant-based lifestyle has just been amazing!

[@gazelleenglish2777]

Farmer Fred, thanks again for your informative and happy videos. I'm wondering at what point in their growth do you cover the broccoli with the plastic over the arched pieces? (I think you called it a tunnel house?) I would love to sow broccoli this fall and also would love to try broccolini.

[@PlantSmartLivingNOW]

hi Kimberly… once I am finished planting my broccoli transplants in the soil underneath my low tunnel hoop house i cover them right away with my spunbonded polyester cover so it keeps the critters off my plants and protects it from the cabbage butterfly!

[@SimplyGarden]

Awesome broccoli. Your garden totally motivates me to do better. Thank you. By the way, what do you feed your broccoli?

[@PlantSmartLivingNOW]

Thank you… I am glad that my videos are able to motivate you to do better… I feed all my plants in my garden, Alfalfa pellets. Thank you for stopping by and sharing your encouraging words and I hope you have a bountiful garden season!

[@josephstrattard4068]

Fred do you add more alfalfa to your peppers and tomatoes after you put them in the black plastic and if so how do you accomplish this?

[@PlantSmartLivingNOW]

In the beginning of the season I remove the plastic and add additional composted leaf mulch and I also add my alfalfa pellets down each row and then I put back the plastic for the remainder of the season… The alfalfa pellets are a slow release fertilizer!

[@doncook3584]

New sub here Omaha zone 5b. What do you eat during months when the garden rests? I’m over weight high bp joint pain looking to move away from meat and dairy lifestyle.

[@PlantSmartLivingNOW]

Hi don, I eat the same foods all year long, here's some information that would get you on the right track to reclaiming your health, I hope you have a great day. www.drmcdougall.com/health/education/free-mcdougall-program/

[@PlantSmartLivingNOW]

Also, I share my weight loss story in this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4OyqX56gMyjn6s

[@Tyrashabrooks]

Hey farmer Fred what do you feed your broccoli plants!!!

[@PlantSmartLivingNOW]

Hi Carolina Gardner, I use alfalfa pellets or alfalfa tea throughout the garden season as a slow release fertilizer!

[@SimplyGarden]

I never heard of alfalfa pellets. Can you please explain? Thanks

[@PlantSmartLivingNOW]

Here's a video that I did recently that would help answer your question... kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6a4eKiwmsllobc&index=9&list=UUQXpOXY84C3IEh5vh_u7wDQ

[@yellowgroove]

Great video as always....hey, do you have any advice on " volunteer " tomatoes? It might be a good topic for a future video, i am going all in on my volunteers since i couldnt fig them up and they were growing right in my prime spot ftom last years tomators so i kmow they are seeet millions mostly

[@yellowgroove]

Sweet millions

[@thepatriotfarmer3580]

Hello yellowgroove, Sweet Millions are a hybrid seed, they will not grow true to the variety from last years seed. You will get tomatoes of one of the parent varieties the hybrid was made from...

[@yellowgroove]

TheMusicWell thanks, i appreciate the info and fast comment

[@thepatriotfarmer3580]

Quite welcome!

[@PlantSmartLivingNOW]

Thanks TheMusicWell for replying to yellowgroove with that informative answer…sometimes between work, family, and filming KZbin videos it might take a while for me to reply to questions!

[@texaschicfarmer7756]

What variety broccoli did you plant?

[@PlantSmartLivingNOW]

The variety is… Gypsy broccoli.