THINNING BEETS -- Is It Really Necessary?!

[@roxannern9393]

I come from a Pennsylvania Dutch dairy farm family. New Year's Day meal is fresh pork roast, sauerkraut, cooked apple slices, mashed potatoes and black eyed peas.

[@amyk6028]

Collards 😋 Add chicken stock instead of water when you cook ‘em. Great video Travis!

[@sydneydbrooks]

Well Travis as every good southerner knows, the more greens you eat on New Years the more money you’ll make and the more Black eyed peas you eat the more luck you’ll have in the coming year!👍👍👍 Also, I had never done it before, but I actually transplanted some of your Sun Angel Spinach this year and had great results so far! Those little starts have done amazing!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Good to hear about the spinach!

[@mrmpounder]

Arkansas native here: we've always eaten black eyed peas, collard greens and cabbage. Cabbage this time of year normally means sauerkraut. Happy New Year!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Happy New Year Mark!

[@mimicolvin3200]

We always eat black eyed peas with hog jowl and collard greens with ham hocks and cornbread. Last and foremost HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎈🎊

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Happy New Year Mimi!

[@TexomaPrepper]

Happy New Year Travis and Greg and your families from me and mine in Whitesboro, Texas! Thanks for the great videos and your superior seeds and other products, you’ve been a great help in developing my backyard subsistence garden. Alright, alright, alright!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Happy New Year Mark!

[@donellaware6858]

We say fish and some kind of bean or peas and you got the best of luck all year. That's from the Bahama Islands. 😊

[@carolavant3778]

Great video! New Years is definitely a blackeyed peas and collards night...with cornbread. "Can't forget the cornbread! I cook my collards pretty much the way you do, but I like the stems in there, too. While the side meat is rendering, I wash them, and then soak them for about 1/2 hr in cold water and baking soda. Then I rinse and drain them, gather them up in a bunch and roll the leaves like a cigar and cut them into strips, stems and all. Then into the rendering meat they go to wilt down with salt, pepper and red pepper flakes (or some Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning), and yes, I'll add a little water as it's needed. It's a little more prep, but the collards cook up nice and sweet every time. Another thing I can't wait for is being able to grow things like beets and spinach. The camphor trees that now shade out my back yard made growing beets next to impossible, and spinach is really tough to grow here - just too danged hot. I got some to grow last year but it just didn't make much. I am SO looking forward to growing in Zone 8b!!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

I actually left the stems in this time and it was a much quicker prep process. Think I'll leave them from now on.

[@maryjane-vx4dd]

Where I live most people don't know what collards are. In my house we have collards, black eyed peas,corn bread and ham for new year. I spent 20 yrs in the south.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Sounds like they need some collard green knowledge dropped on them!

[@iterrilee]

We do corned beef and cabbage on New Years -Central Indiana

[@Ckeese75]

👍🏻we do corned beef and cabbage in the spring/March 🍀 for Saint P’s and we add in mini potatoes and eat the beef with yellow mustard and the cabbage with “yellow hot pepper”marinated in vinegar bottled juice. Yummy!!!

[@wandamoses]

Collards greens and hop n' johns. Hop 'n Johns are made with field peas. 🥳

[@neededtobesaid4275]

We have a seafood boil (king crab legs, shrimp, crab cakes, red potatoes, & corn) for New Year's Eve. Collards (freshly picked from the garden) and blackeye peas with our New Year's Day meal. Happy New Year.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Happy New Year!

[@Chris-op7yt]

Never liked kale until i tried the more supple dinosaur kale. Tuscan kale is the most popular and available but, it's like chewing on old boots. it's growing just fine so far in our mixed hot then cool summer weather. Beetroot transplants are always very delicate and some bent stems for me, so i also did a row of direct seeding. You churn out videos so quick that i'm glued to watching between gardening. Always good content.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thanks for watching Chris!

[@Farmd427]

Cabbage and black eyed peas

[@ritastutler1470]

Con beef and cabbage….we can not grow til Spring in WV …new sub

[@keranhumble1282]

We have an unusual mix of food for New Years. We eat the traditional ham, greens and black eyed peas but since I'm of Japanese descent we have Egg Rolls, rice and Mochi ( which are a starchy dough filled with sweet bean paste or plain) along with Soy Sauce and Wasabi. I didn't have enough collards and kale to fill my pot but I did use as much as I could harvest from my raised beds. My Kale is suffering from the cold snap that hurt your crops as well. I'm in southeast Alabama! I know I know I'm from Alabama but I am a little smarter than the average Alabamian! Ha! Ha! Love your show and have gleaned a lot from watching. I am a regular Hoss customer and for Christmas I got one of the last harvesting baskets! Yeah! Keep up the good work and have a Blessed New Year!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Happy New Year Keran!

[@BloomWithGracie]

hehehe...Couldn't have that good of a garden this time of year in NW Pa....lol Happy New Year and I can't wait for my order of seeds to arrive!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Happy New Year!

[@TalkingThreadsMedia]

1) Your 30x35 plot with carrots, kale, collards, Brussels sprouts, cilantro, and turnips looks terrific - sorry that the hoarfrost killed off your Basil and rutabagas. 2) The PNW was projected to have a La Niña winter. So far, so good. It is happening! - upper 30’s at night and upper 40’s to low 50’s during the day. 3) The seed catalogs are beginning to arrive and I’m getting “planting fever” something fierce! 4) Watching you work in the garden makes me feel like Pavlov’s dog - AFTER the bell has been rung! (Good ol’ “slobber chops”).🤣 5) I’m in your same situation with no greenhouse, but I do have a couple windows in a south-facing storage/potting shed. I start my seeds in there, haul the trays (HOSS 162’s with catchment trays) outside every day when it is warm, and bring them in every night when it gets cold - not great, but the potting shed is better than nothing! 6) You’ll be glad you planted spinach and pickling-sized beets - so good! Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA - 1/2/2021.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Happy New Year Kate!

[@TalkingThreadsMedia]

Thanks, Travis. Happy New Year to you, too!

[@gregwakefield1306]

hope everyone has a happy and safe new year

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Happy New Year Greg!

[@jackgraham3393]

Go beets to sell, so do some thinning. If it is only two coming up together, they are left to grow. When there is three or more, they get thinned. Do understand there is a variety of beets available that only grow one plant. I use only pelleted seed for beets, and use the Hoss planter to get them in the ground. Usually plant six double rows, staggering planting about a week or so. (70 ft. rows) This year had to plant another couple double rows to cover late sales. Keep the fantastic information coming. Happy New Year to all at Hoss.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Happy New Year Jack!

[@valoriegriego5212]

Happy New Year Travis.🙂 Here's what you can do with a good bit of that cilantro...make chimichurri sauce. I use a recipe that uses parsley and cilantro. Just search for a recipe online. I guarantee if you aren't already making this sauce you will do so regularly from your first taste.🙂

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Gonna have to try that!

[@LidiasWorld007]

Hello from Washington State!!😁🎄 Happy New Year!!😁🎄🎄🎄

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Happy New Year Lidia!

[@opalezell319]

You know in Ms.we eat greens and peas for New Year Day. Greens for wealth and peas for health in the coming year.Happy New Year ya'll !!!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Happy New Year Opal!

[@mikestein379]

Pork Chops, Cabbage, Black eyes, Corn Sticks or Fried Oysters

[@jam_is_jammin]

My winter garden is still truckin along. No serious frost yet in zone 9b. I’m growing mostly greens, a few rutabagas and some bunching onions. Snow peas, rattail radishes & favas looking a little sad. I think I put them out too late. My mother’s family does pasteles for New Year. My father’s family does collards and bbq. Either way, I’m happy. But we didn’t gather this year, so I didn’t do anything special. Just a piping hot noodle bowl with garlic and greens. I’m really not that picky. Happy New Year.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Happy New Year!

[@garynorcal4269]

Hello from another 9-b gardener. I am currently harvesting broccoli and cauliflower and just planted Peas, spinach and radishes. This is my 1st real winter garden.

[@jam_is_jammin]

@@garynorcal4269 sounds yummy!

[@lawrencebeeles6338]

U need a small greenhouse to get your seedlings started and. be able to keep some warm weather crops going

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We are about to add some indoor growing kits that will be quite handy for me!

[@trevholland6754]

Not really a New Years meal but definitely goes good the next day with the pulled pork samwitchs and that’s my cabbage and carrots made into coleslaw!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

That's a winner for sure!

[@billhiggins3845]

I grew up eating cabbage

[@zwtrussell4517]

Good morning Travis. I think you will get plenty of rain today. A frog strangler. WALB says 2 to 3 inches for us. The radar shows it’s coming. I need to send you a pic of my filter screen after I fertilize using 20/20/20 and Micro-Boost. I don’t know what’s going on. Will sent it my email Monday. Thanks. Have a great day.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

It is very wet!

[@UrbanHillbillyHomestead]

Every year we like to challenge ourselves and try something new and this year it's beets bc we love pickled beets. I've been on the fence whether to do transplant or direct seed bc I've been getting conflicting advice. I'm leaning towards transplanting so I can thin to 1 per cell prior to transplant for more uniform size since we're canning them. What's your advice to someone who is fairly familiar with gardening but new to beets? (Oh and we're ordering a drip tape system like that in the next month.)

[@gardeningwithhoss]

You are headed in the right direction. While we do both at times, the best way to get the more uniform size is to transplant.

[@BosnWayne]

Happy New Year y'all

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Happy New Year Wayne!

[@REG3305]

The dwarf kale curly looks like you could double your Harvest by planting twice as many. I'm not one to critique anyting as you grow a lot more things than I do.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We always planted double rows of it until this year, when we stopped selling produce. So we just didn't need as much. But it does do great when planted on a double row.

[@navarra4]

Are you able to make a video talking about spacing your plantings of vegetables out so you can have continuous crops for harvest and not having everything ready all at once. I know some vegetables don’t have to be worried about like kale.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Sure. We can talk about that in a future video.

[@navarra4]

@@gardeningwithhoss thanks. It’s helpful for some of us new people that don’t understand it too much. Also I am only a family of 5.

[@navarra4]

Not looking to sell stuff just family consumption

[@amyconnick6588]

Long noodles.. but don't break any as that is bad luck! The length of the noodle Signifies longevity in life.

[@Ckeese75]

I would say black eyed peas and collard greens are definitely a southern thang!! But, it also depends on where your family is originally from. If they are from the south and that’s what you know, regardless of where you end up in the world you always seem to carry it with you. I’m from a town in the Central Valley of California 👍🏻 I have a question though, is hot pepper vinegar juice on your greens a universal thing or does it vary family to family tradition?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

It is down here. Everyone puts it on any kind of greens.

[@Ckeese75]

@@gardeningwithhoss yep, I thought so. My family is from AK and OK, gotta love that hot pepper juice. My kids put it on everything

[@philhodgkinson1460]

Well I am in UK....my allotment plot is smaller than yours there......

[@philhodgkinson1460]

Do you grow Swiss chard (rainbow colours) Kinda like spinach......!!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

yes you do

[@robertbennett6697]

Are collards and black eyed peas a southern hangover remedy?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Never heard them used for that. New one for me.

[@klauskarbaumer6302]

Happy New Year. Don't you have to expose spinach to some cold for it to germinate? Here in Missouri I do not sow spinach later than March unless I have the seeds in the fridge for 24 hours. And of course not, if the soil is too warm , that's why we have problems even in fall with sowing spinach, because oftentimes the soil stays warm till late in the season.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

It definitely doesn't like warm soil temps for germination. Just plant it the right time of year and you should be fine.

[@garynorcal4269]

I just planted a row of spinach in NorCal, 45 degree soil temp. Zone 9-b. 1st winter garden I've ever started. Also planted Peas and radishes. Currently harvesting fall broccoli and cauliflower. 🙂🙃😉

[@iceagegardener9659]

Great video as usual. I'm always a month behind. Will try the tubular beets this year. Hey Hoss whats the name of the music track at 8:00. Nice touch. B Safe.

[@Kk_ventures]

Helloo...I'm a Kenyan Farmer can I get good market for beetroots?

[@DonnaRatliff1]

I fix my cabbage & Collards the same as your collard greens. :) My winter garden is hanging in. Every time plant Brocolli, it seems to never be ready to harvest until January. Some things take longer to mature than stated on seed packages for me. Idk.. is that normal?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

When growing through the winter, the maturity date will always be longer than what it says on the packet. Our broccoli is just starting to make heads.

[@frasersgirl4383]

How many pups do you have? What are their names? ❤️🐶❤️

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Just have one -- our Boykin Spaniel named Bella.

[@colleenbaker4208]

I had kale for New Year's dinner. Does that mean I have to turn in my Southern card?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Not at all. Kale is another great one!

[@donnastormer9652]

Well, did you get as much rain as we did? 8 inches in 24 hours! I was wondering if your direct seeds made it.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We got at least 6". Don't know how much more because the rain gauge was full. We'll see if those seeds make it. Wasn't expecting that much rain.

[@donnastormer9652]

I have a smaller garden, about 3000 square feet now so when I direct send I cover the row with 6 inch wide burlap. It holds those seeds in place till they germinate and has saved many from a wash out. But I’m old, retired and have all the time in the world to mess with stuff like that. Thanks for always replying!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Good idea!

[@KajunHomestead]

whats the best way to store seeds and how long can they last

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Put them in a ziplog bag in the fridge. Longevity can vary per crop, but most things are good for at least a few years. Pea seed and onion seed doesn't keep their germination rates as well from year to year.

[@nasteexodahir133]

What kind of climate does this tree live in?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

zone 8b

[@Sundrop2204]

So I’ve watched a no of videos now about thinning beets, can I just check that I CAN thin out a ‘cluster’ of beets and transplant the thinned out beet seedlings to another row/garden bed to grow separately? I don’t have to chuck them or use them up in salads right? I’m asking coz all I want are the beetroots, not the leaves anyway which I’m not interested in eating! 😜 Thanks!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

sure

[@Sundrop2204]

@@gardeningwithhoss thanks! So excited to start growing beets this winter! 🙏☺️

[@edwinf4393]

We have to have “Pork and Sauerkraut, with mashed potatoes “ German tradition!

[@stevemitchell1265]

i would like to hear the reasons you switched away from selling produce to selling seeds and tools. Were you not being sduccessful" was it mkarket changes due to covid? why do you not hae access to your fathers greenhouse now? yo0u have an interesting story and I want toi hear it!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We didn't "switch" from selling produce to seeds and tools. I've been with Hoss Tools since 2013. It was founded in 2009. We started selling produce in 2016 as a way to get rid of all the extra stuff we grew. We had a hard time giving it away and found it was easier to unload if we sold it. We grow such a large garden to provide content for the YT channel. We wanted our weekends back, so we stopped selling the produce. I work from home (where the gardens in these videos are) mostly now, which is about 20 miles from Hoss HQ. So since I'm not at the warehouse every day, I don't have regular access to the greenhouse there like I used to have.

[@leeedwards7859]

Bo...The way you harvested those collards suggest to me you have primed tobacco a time or two. We eat collards and black eye peas in Southern Virginia. Along with a very slow, wood smoke cooked shoulder.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

I have never picked tobacco. I can vaguely remember a bunch of it being grown around here, until all the farmers got paid a boatload not to grow it. I have harvested quite a few collards in my years of gardening.

[@lanesteele240]

Is it too late to plant some elephant garlic? I have a greenhouse in North Carolina zone 8

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Not too late. You won't make quite as big a harvest as you would if you planted in the fall, but still worth doing.

[@lanesteele240]

@@gardeningwithhoss order incoming.

[@nelsonkobs3363]

Do you fertilize your beets, turnips, carrots and rutabagas? If so what type of schedule...all the way up to harvest or stopping before harvest? Great video!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We usually feed them 20-20-20 plus our MicroBoost every 3 weeks or so. But it's been so wet lately that we haven't been able to fertilize them like we want. As soon as it dries, we'll give them another shot through the drip system.

[@johnny0253]

why your carrot tops are so nice and stand straight up??? ,,,,,my tops always grow so big that they top over and sprawl on the ground !!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Ours will do some of that when they get closer to being ready. Still probably have another month or so on these.

[@lawrencebeeles6338]

Is thinning beets necessary?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

If you don't care about having them all the same size, no.

[@you1jay]

If you landed on this video seraching for how to thin beets, you can jump to @9:24 and ignore the rest of the video which covers entirely something unrelated.

[@lbarnes8207]

As I understand it the new year feast of black eye peas, collards/cabbage, cornbread goes back to the civil war. Yankees took the livestock but did not destroy all of the storage bins of the peas and corn because that was considered animal feed by the yankees, no animals so no nothing to feed. Southerners survived on the so called "animal feed" so we celebrate survival by eating those on new years. Not sure how the cabbage or collards come into it though.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thanks for sharing!

[@susandew4874]

How do you go about getting a discount on your order? Already signed up for emails

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We don't really do discount codes. We have a hard enough time keeping things in stock as it is.

[@susandew4874]

@@gardeningwithhoss ok thanks, thought I'd check lol

[@nicholesmith3983]

Kratos and pork

[@riddick3943]

Bro this vid is way too long, you could make a 2 min vid about the question

[@gardengirl50t30]

Never saw you thin a single beet.....

[@gardeningwithhoss]

That's the point. We're not planning on thinning them anymore.