TOP 5 Gardening Myths

[@stevetheamerican9919]

Thanks for being an honest dude...

[@kso808]

Recently, I have been digging up some crowded daffodils that have not been blooming that well. A couple of years ago I mulched that garden bed with wood chips from a dead pine tree I had cut down. The mulch gradually disintegrates and introduces helpful things into the soil. When I was digging them up, I saw plenty of earthworms and roly polys. Good soil and watering are really the two most important things in gardening IMHO.

[@zenmotion23]

Time starts in the Ground. That is a great statement!

[@karentachi5689]

my moringa is thirving! Grew from see and successfully transplanted

[@ussgil]

Me too! My last seed from 10 I bought 3 years ago.

[@GrowWhereYouArePlanted]

Thanks for your no-nonsense approach! You have saved my container citrus garden. I have a seed-grown tangerine that has flowered for 4 years, yet never set fruit. I had been following the advice of not overwatering, deep water less frequently, and use a hydrometer to determine when to water. After watching one of your videos a couple of months ago, I decided to water my citrus every day. The result is that my citrus are thriving. My seed grown tree, Owari satsuma, silverhill satsuma, okitsu wase satsuma, miyamoto Satsuma, bearss lemon, and calamondin are all loaded with fruit. They are doing great in our hot and humid NC weather. Thanks again!

[@GrowsGoneWild]

Spot on. Facebook gardening groups especially have all these crazy recommendations and random things to spray on plants 🤣

[@haze9601]

So true, I went over to his Nursery yesterday and I was shocked I spent money on sulfur and chelating agents thinking it was going to break up the caliche. Thankfully we all have this guy at QC Tropicals to set it straight and cut thru all this bullshit 🎉

[@GrowsGoneWild]

@@haze9601 yup, he is one of the few that tells it straight!

[@MichaelD-em6vx]

you are a cool dude. I like your information and honest opinion. Always good to listen to people with practical experience.

[@firstlast-lt6xp]

Great content. This channel should be way more popular than it is.

[@Pamsgarden213]

Great video! I wish I would have met you before I found that (Green) nursery in Phoenix. I could have saved myself a lot of work and money! I am glad I found you when I did though as I no longer follow all of those rules and listened to your advice with my trees. Guess what, everything does fine, better than fine in fact. Thank you.

[@joekunin]

Gary Matsuoka tells an interesting story about the first time his father's nursery encountered the term "over-watering", and based on that I think it had something to do with the nursery industry switching from mineral based soils to ground up arborist wood. The wood rots, creating an anaerobic environment that rots the plants roots. Overwatering with mineral based soils doesn't seem to be a thing (in his anecdote, his dad used primarily sandy soil and watered daily with no issue). This has been my experience as well, as my pants in mineraly soil happily stand in trays of water or get watered daily without issue or that sewer smell that rotting wood based soils make after a while. By the way, I notice some of your more cold sensitive trees are under pine trees. How has that worked for you? I'm thinking of doing the same.

[@vernellevale2226]

Thanks for such great info! I just found your channel and I’m hooked! You are so so knowledgeable! Hope your day is great!

[@AnarchAnjel]

Do you have any videos starting cuttings? I have problems lol :) Im so glad you discussed the soil, In the Mohave I have same clay soil.

[@qctropicals]

i have several propagation videos

[@Chris-op7yt]

clay soil can benefit from calcium, to improve structure. hydrated lime thoroughly dug in, or calcium thiosulfate injected/sprayed. heavy clay soil can indeed kill expensive bought fruit trees etc., making small weak roots and finished off with wind or root rot fungus. i dig in a few handfuls of hydrated lime in planting hole for trees. it's cheap, even in bags.

[@dragonslayer5838]

New subscriber here. I love your content and the straightforward approach that you take. I plan on watching more of your videos so i can learn as i build my food forest. How about making a video on epsom salts. A lot of folks on FB groups always recommend using epsom salts to fix sick and dying plants. I'm looking forward to learning more!

[@anne-ix7fw]

Thank you for being so honest time starts in the ground noted

[@paulcalabrese2034]

The Pakistan Mulberry I planted in April is having its leaves yellow though nothing is falling off. It’s getting 2 gallons of water 3 times a day at 6am, noon and 5pm plus I’m also hand watering in the morning and after the sun sets so it’s getting about 10 gallons a day. It never is coming close to drying out. Any ideas why the yellowing leaves? The guava I planted at the same time is on the same watering schedule and never dries out and is growing like a weed already. Both are full sun. Oh the oldhami bamboo is also happy and throwing shoots. The Mulberry is the only one that seems dissatisfied.

[@deltatango5765]

I have tried to grow moringa trees from seed at least 20 times. I've had them grow as tall as 2 feet, but every one of them died after a watering. I was sure I was over watering, but now I don't know what's happening. I only water about once a week once they reach about 8 inches, because I've heard that they are extremely susceptible to root rot if watered too much. Suddenly, I water again, and leaves start turning yellow and dropping off. Nothing saves them once they reach this point. This has happened to every one of them. Now I get nervous every time I water them. I have 2 growing in pots now, the tallest being about 8 inches. Both are doing fine so far, but I feel like they're going to suddenly die one day after I water them.

[@JTD_RTP]

Thanks man! Keep growing!

[@nimajnebrm]

13:25 Buying small, instead of big, means you don't need to dig a giant hole either!

[@adamfox4765]

Question.. I have a carrie starfruit In a container. I wait to water it until the top inch to inch and a half is dry Which is roughly once a week but but some of the leaves Are still turning yellow around the edges with a brown tip The temperatures here in texas are about ninety five degrees with Ninety percent humidity the container has plenty of holes in the bottom. And the tree is putting on new leaves and branches continuously.Do I just continue doing what I'm doing?Or should I back off on the watering

[@Htxdea2]

Love your videos sir, when you said that special soil and amendments are not necessary does that included citrus in containers? I’m currently using a mixture of coarse perlite, vermiculite, some bark and cactus potting mix to promote drainage in a large terracotta pot but am curious your thoughts on the subject of citrus soil.

[@robkeller3431]

Thanks Alan!

[@parvathitiruviluamala9870]

Great video. You are a philosopher Alan 😅

[@qctropicals]

🤣

[@Moon..Shadow]

Like a poet that don't know it. LOL

[@madelinedelacruz5949]

Thank you...

[@JorgeL721]

Will it be effective to have a 4' PVC pipe from under the rootball to above the surface? I water a few times a week into the PVC and the water goes directly under the rootball. (Dwarf Lime Tree - 1-2 years old)

[@mamallama3841]

i admire your choices u are authentic

[@marykate4048]

Very helpful information. Thank you.

[@samueljaramillo4221]

Great video. What’s wrong with the pine tree behind you? I’m thinking you live In Arizona. I’m in New Mexico. Where the heat is brutal. 100+ everyday for many days at a time. Water,water,water.

[@qctropicals]

i need to prune the lower branches. Lower branches tend to die off as the tree gets taller.

[@mariamakariou2914]

Somehow I thought that you would use your chickens to clean the place from weeds. 😅

[@bosquebear1]

Good info.

[@stevea8590]

Great info. People love having a hot take. Hot takes turn into hearsay. Here say becomes solidified as myths. I tell people this stuff all the time. All plants live in a microclimate. Pay attention to what's going on in that plant's local area on a case by case basis.

[@lorenbush8876]

I have always thought that the tree or plant has all the water it needs if the leaves are puckering up . is that true? Thanks

[@209Control]

THANK YOU

[@xmarksthespot7708]

Is it true that planting in oversize pots will help with the PHX heat? I get that more mass = more gradual fluctuations in temp but does it actually do anything to mitigate heat itself? I mean if the ambient temp is 120 and you plant in full sun, I would imagine the roots end up near that temperature regardless of how gradually they get there even in a 25 gallon pot. Am i thinking about that right?

[@qctropicals]

roots love the heat. I have never had an issue with b lack pots in the sun as long as plants are being watered.

[@KikaWaiAlae]

I'm I n the high desert of Pahrump Nevada. What about root rot by keeping them always wet? I am going to be planting hundreds of moringa and fruit plants etc.

[@qctropicals]

pots?

[@KikaWaiAlae]

@@qctropicals not all pots. Ground, hay bales, direct in horse manure etc. I'm just trying all sorts of methods but the one thing I always hear is to not keep them too wet or sitting in water because of root rot. I think like you when it comes to the desert heat and evaporation. It gets confusing with many schools of thought which is why I'm trying different methods until I find the right one for my area.

[@geriannroth449]

FACTS!!!!

[@parvathitiruviluamala9870]

I really liked that too !

[@pearlintheoyster]

Hi love ur vids My royal poinciana tree hasnt woke up yet Any idea why? The main stem is green This past spring was up n down in temps n i see part of the stem is splitting. Any idea is helpful bcuz im just about to dig it up n replace it Or is still rooting itself in the ground like u said b4 it starts to grow n leaf out? 😊

[@qctropicals]

if they take frost damage during winter they will take forever to start growing again

[@pearlintheoyster]

@@qctropicals Thx Like how 4ever to start growing? Plus when are u having figs avail to mail to vegas?

[@williambryce8527]

Bigger is Better!!!! LOL