Top 10 Easy Gardening Hacks For your Vegetable Garden!

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Trusted Seed Sources: 1. Amazon (Bob's rare seeds is a good vendor amongst others): amzn.to/28X2ZWY 2. Seed Savers: www.seedsavers.org 3. Baker's Creek Seeds: www.rareseeds.com

[@kevinperry4551]

I am happy to see you had Baker Creek on your list of trusted seed sources. That is who we use, although I have been known to shop around.

[@Exoticblooms]

In India, my favorite is Omaxe seeds.

[@karenbartlett1307]

I also use Baker Creek seeds, from right here in Missouri!

[@angelalowe5987]

I took a TUMS tablet and crushed to fine powder and added it to a water bottle and added it to the base of the plant and sprayed it as a foliar spray in the morning before the sun was shining on my pepper plants. It cleared up quickly and the pepper were the best they ever have been for me.

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Good tip, thanks for sharing!

[@LegumesEtFleurs]

angela lowe hi there! I am sorry but I live here in France. What are TUMS.? 🤔

[@augustasister6615]

PinayInFrance when u have indigestion....it has calcium in it...and usually comes in fruit flavored. it's hard to believe u don't have the brand name tums.

[@krismaljr]

PinayInFrance , its an over the counter relief for heartburn and indigestion,. you can get from drug store. its also called calcium carbonate.

[@sarahkirbach5040]

I’ll do that this year! Thanks for sharing 😄

[@glennluteraan4434]

I like how your videos are short and factual (to the point) as many videos are so full of extra fluff or redundant information. Thank you. Very informative.

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Thanks for the feedback! Nice to know you like the videos. Happy Gardening!

[@ladyjatheist2763]

the lack of calcium has destroyed many a tomato plant for me... now I know what caused it! Thank you for giving so many examples of what to look for and how to take care of pests. Your videos are incredibly helpful thank you for your hard work!

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Thanks! Glad you like the videos! Happy Gardening!

[@premaswamy2287]

Thank you v. Much for giving ideas in gardening.

[@StevenDragoo]

epsom salt is tomatoes best friend...

[@VegaChastain]

Steven, a case could be made for Aspirin as well.

[@wonderlucha]

It takes a lot of courage to show that you're not a perfect gardener as some KZbinrs only show their wonderful harvests. Thank you for showing us your errors so that we can learn from them. My respects.

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Thank you! You have been one of my favorite KZbin subscribers, always giving positive feedback, I appreciate that. Yes my aim of running this KZbin channel is to provide information, both the success and challenges of gardening so everyone can benefit from it. Best wishes and Happy Gardening!

[@twd4life158]

California Gardening I almost passed your channel by because I'm from a far different zone than you and I thought a lot of your content might not apply to me. I'm so glad I decided to watch bc I have learned a lot from you. This is my first year container gardening and your videos have been an immense help. Thank you for providing a diverse base of information.

[@janinewalijeski6729]

My favorite gardening technique is to intercrop; planting vegetables with flowers and herbs. I love it!

[@messybunonabudget8773]

Thank you so much for his video! I have been trying to figure out what is wrong with my bell pepper plant and its blossom end rot. Thanks to the video I will be watering a little more regularly and finding a calcium rich fertilizer to add to them.

[@jeep4ron]

Definitely had most of these issues from time to time gardening. Loving the info..THANKS. Have a great day.

[@shmee1961]

Great tips! As an experienced gardener, I knew many of these, but not all, and it's always good to review the years of little facts we've stored. My garden is in Canada, and 1800 feet above sea level, but the needs of plants are similar everywhere. Thank you for your videos.

[@djf8619]

Faced all of the issues you mentioned. Drip irrigation solves lots of problems with watering. I am relatively new to container gardening, and it really is a big learning curve. Many of the remedies you mentioned are spot on.

[@applepiebetty]

I was told you can't grow a tree from a peach pit that you have eaten the peach from, and thought it took all of 5 or 6 years, I got 2 nice peaches this year. I am thrilled and feel like a new mom!

[@jetskijay1955]

Applepiebetty you cannot grow an identical peach to its parent peach from the seed because the peach can be pollinated and crossed with other varieties. That's amazing that it produced edible tasty fruits, Congratulations!

[@LOADUP01]

Applepiebetty I'm pretty sure that you can grow anything if you have a swed for it and the right enviroment

[@VegaChastain]

Did you get to name it??

[@SouthernCaliforniaGardening]

How Awesome!!! I just had watermelon seeds spout from my compost material that I added to my raised pepper beds :) I left some to grow through the pepper bed and transplanted some to different areas in the garden, one of my favorite things to do, spread the love!

[@kuriouskat1490]

Yes, I have made one of the mistakes you mentioned. My husband built me a new garden with multiple raised beds and a fence around it last year (thank you Hubby). We bought premium soil which included mushroom compost and manure. As we were shoveling the soil into the new beds, you could still see (and smell) the manure. Well, I was so excited about the new garden that I immediately planted. Hmmm, did I wait for the soil to cure? Of course not! My radishes were just leaves, with no radishes. My beets had the same problem, all leaves, no beets. So, I pulled them out and just kept re-seeding. Eventually I got results. But it did take about 4 -5 months. I wish I saw your video back then. Oh, and the soil is great...now

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Thanks for sharing your experiences!

[@hookedaboutnature1]

Thank you for this detailed video. This is my first year as a gardener and I these tips will help me greatly.

[@antoinettewood804]

One of the most helpful videos I've watched (and I've watched many). Thank you. It's practical and based on experience. Really loved it

[@pentuprager6225]

Thank you. One point one the roots, I have learned from KZbin about airpruning the plants which prevents root bound plants.

[@CaliforniaGardening]

You are right, you can air prune roots this way: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6iUhIKea5qVqqc

[@executivegardener]

Another great video. Well done!

[@sarahkirbach5040]

I’m glad I’m not the only imperfect one that has made all of these mistakes 😀 This is helpful, thank you for sharing

[@truejoy3821]

Gardening beginner here and all my bell peppers suffered from bottom end rot last season..But my tomatoes and habaneros did so well.

[@LauraBeeDannon]

Thank you. Now I know how to fix my pepper problem.

[@mickeymarimuthu5808]

Thanks you for sharing your experience. I am new to gardening and it is a joy to learn from your videos. Keep the camera rolling.

[@wwsuwannee7993]

I made the mistake of planting collard greens in Florida during the spring hoping to nurse them through summer. They grew just fine...very well in fact and I got several harvests from them, however...it was a daily battle with cabbage moths. I literally had to use BT on my plants daily just to get leaves with only a "few" holes in them. By mid June I gave up and pulled them out. It just wasn't worth the trouble. Now I grow Malabar spinach and amaranth for summer greens. I'll save the brassicas for fall and winter. I hope this might help someone out there. This was a good video.....Thanks :)

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Thanks for sharing your experience!

[@ShalomBeautiful]

So happy to find this channel!!!

[@themediaconnectiontv]

great tips! I think my mistake was planting vegetables out of season, growing cauliflower and broccoli in the middle of July when it was too hot. Also, I didn't prepare the soil ahead of time, I just dug up some rows of grass in my backyard lawn and planted vegetables. A lot of weeds grew around my vegetables. I didn't know i needed to clear the whole yard of grass and weeds first, and fertilize the soil. I grew bell peppers, cauliflower, broccoli, romain lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers. I think I also waited too long to harvest, the squirrels ate a lot of my tomatoes and peppers. Thanks for the tips!

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Thanks for sharing your experience!

[@andreaskye]

In the last 3 year since I moved in next door to my parents to help them with their small farm either myself or my Dad have committed most of these mistakes. I was not of aware of the too much nitrogen issue with root crops until now. But he makes a very rich soil mix for all the raised beds and this very well may be the issue. Our green beans are not producing and I had read that could be their issue as well. Thanks for this informative video. Back to the old drawing board.

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Thanks for sharing your experiences!

[@luanneluongo700]

I have been gardening for many years and I have run into those issues in past but now for the fist time I am having an issue with wilting. No matter how much I water some of my plants are wilting. The other problem I am having this year is the size of my peppers they are very small this year. I am in Massachusetts and we are in a medium drought so my usual watering habits are out the window. If you can attack thee two issues Id be grateful. I like your videos. You do a good job getting to the point and showing the problem thank you

[@veryredknit3470]

Very entertaining to watch, thanks for sharing

[@NabilEsk]

Thank you...good tips!

[@libbycosner930]

I buy most of my seed from Park Seed, Gurneys, and Seed Savers. I have some seed from the dollar tree too (was only 25 cents for one pack of organic). All have sprouted well. It's a little out of season for some, but we have a longer growing season here in Texas. I did stay away from planting the cool weather veggies though, and stuck to those that needed warm soil and temps to germinate.

[@nereidapr1]

A way that I get seeds at times is through what I buy. From a avocado given to me, now it has lot of baby avocado. Soon it will be harvest soon. I have 36 Strawberries from strawberries that I bought. I had to bring back into my balcony because By mistake I planted it in an area that had hard dirt. I love your videos because I have learn so much from watching your videos. Thanks

[@sunshinegreens1076]

I have just started gardening and have some leggy seedlings, have started some cold weather plants when it's supposed to be a hot summer & also find myself overwatering:/ in the beginning it was so fun, but now I can tell it's going to be a challenge! I'm going to stick with it though, and just keep researching...

[@teresaa.4118]

My plants and roses had a lot of Aphids. I purchased a container of ladybugs and they ate all of the Aphids in 2 days! I was amazed. Btw I love your videos. I purchased seaweed extract and fish fertilizer today!

[@kayquiddity9346]

Thank you! Very instructional. Absolutely vital info. Video well done.

[@CarlasCorner62]

my tomatoes and peppers do that blossom rot every year!!! I always thought it was over watering lol now I can fix the problem! Thank u so much for the video and I'm sure it is going to help a lot of people like myself to have a better garden. ps. I am subscribing 😃

[@olgapurrylenko6827]

Very good and informative. Thank you.

[@capricecannon8547]

I absolutely love your educational garden videos. You have been immensely helpful for my general gardening and troubleshooting problems. Thank you so much for sharing your vast knowledge!💙

[@sumitakundu8052]

very informative. I faced the problms with cauliflowers .

[@RitaM92392]

Your video was very informative for those just beginning to garden, like myself. I will be able to continue to refer back to it in my journey. Thank you very much for making this and the thorough explanations.

[@sideeyes7480]

Excellent information !

[@rowserm]

Thank you so very much!!!!!!!!!!! God bless you farmer God. I now know what I need to do. Nathan's you.

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Thank you very much for your feedback. Glad you like the videos. God bless!

[@Acadian.FrenchFry]

For pests I have dealt with... mostly earwigs and slugs. I use food grade Diatomaceous Earth for the earwigs and for slugs I have used a combo of egg shells, coffee grounds and Sluggo. Also I have a large supply of Rosemary and I will place clippings of Rosemary around my edible plants. It works, but you have to remove the clippings in a day or so to avoid fungal issues. I have Neem Oil for most other creatures that want to eat my plants.

[@1948tedebear]

when I plant my tomatoes I make the hole deeper and add 2 cups of Azomite (rock dust has 76-78 elements), 2 cups peat moss, 1/2-1 cup oyster shell for chickens ( it is crushed/sterilized/and pelleted, breaks down easly), 3-4 rounded tablespoons of Epsom Salts, dried kelp, and 1/4 cup bone meal, and 2 TBS of Miracle Grow, mix well and cover with 1" soil (so tomato grows into nutrients) plant tomatoes and water well with a weak solution of Miracle Grow 2 TBS to 5 gal of water. You know when the plant has grown into the mix you covered with dirt, they grow fast and get dark green, and start producing fruit. You can see the plant change reaching the burried treasure trove of nutrients everything they need to thrive well.

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Great tips, thanks for sharing!

[@mrskyers484]

Great video. I appreciate the clear and thorough info. Many channels assume beginner know some of this information and just glance over it.

[@seversonproductions]

Great Video !! Very informative !!

[@colbys1257]

I really love your videos. They are always really informative and interesting. I have had every problem you've mentioned here and then some...but al in all have a happy garden. We have extremely heavy rainfall here and very variable temperatures, so slugs, aphids, earwigs, white fly and cabbage butterfly are everywhere, often in huge numbers. And the soil leaches out quickly and has to be replenished with compost and manures regularly. It can be a big challenge, but a really rewarding one. :)

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Thanks! Glad you like my videos. Happy Gardening! Yes gardening is one of the most rewarding things to do. Good luck and Best wishes!

[@Divyavideoschannel]

I plucked my carrot early and it was just the size my finger! 😖 Also after seeing your video I realized I might have over watered my garlic. It was growing very nice and I shifted it to ground and then it just died within 2-3 weeks. Thanks for letting me know! I have got some potato flowers today, so excited and this is my first time growing them!

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Nice to know your gardening experiences. Keep growing!!

[@brett1354]

Good advice. Mine is (which I learned the hard way) is ALWAYS READ AND FOLLOW THE PRODUCT INSTRUCTIONS. If you're using any product whose name ends in "-cide" this should go without saying, but this also applies to feeding your plants as well. Too much fertilizer can do more harm than not feeding your plants at all.

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Thanks for sharing your experience. Happy Gardening!

[@shachar2]

always feed carnivorous plants with fresh human blood

[@memberson]

this video I really like out of all the videos of singing on KZbin. You admitted that you sometimes make mistakes. that implies that you're human period that in fact even though you have a vast amount of knowledge you still make mistakes sometimes. That is honesty. Keep up the good work

[@Reziac]

When I lived in the SoCal desert, I once grew a cauliflower from seed. Planted in early spring and grew into a big healthy plant. I did have to spray it for caterpillars but otherwise it did amazingly well in the summer heat that averaged 120 degrees every day. It even headed well, but the mice got to the heads before I did. :( Even stranger, it survived the winter (and we got below zero there) and greened up in the spring. However it attracted mice so eventually I pulled it up. And that's when I discovered it had big thick roots like cables, some were over 15 feet long. The entire plant is edible and all tastes the same, and the roots have nodules that look and taste just like the part you normally eat!

[@nandiwaidyatilleka3569]

Very good..! Thank you!

[@benjamincarrier9976]

It's been two years since i've started growing radishes and they were like the ones in the video... very dissapointed since i was hoping for a great harvest of tasty and crunchy radishes that i can eat all summer long but it didnt happen ! This year i am going to try growing them in a different place in my garden to see if they will be any better !!! But for now thanks for the advice and keep your good work 😄

[@ashugandhi5535]

my tomatoes are affected by whiteflies ,i spray neem water on them still they are very weak what should i do to add nutrients to them...i dont know how will it produce insect free tomatoes??pls help??

[@mytreasuredcreations]

planting in the wrong season is typical for a beginner gardener. :) once I bought seeds for seedless English cucumber and I ended up with canteloupes. :D

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Thanks for sharing :)

[@umarishaque3936]

Very good & helpful advice here, all of which I hope to take on board & which I'm sure will be of great use to us al👍 A piece of advice I'd add is simple, but critical & it's that before growing any plant, its a really good idea to research & find out how to grow that plant first. Simple, but incredibly important for new growers 👍👍🌱🌱

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Thanks for sharing your tip. Happy Gardening!

[@rebecaluisacevedo1135]

Thank you. It explains why my peppers look like that. I thought a bug was eating it. But is calcium deficiency. Once again thank you!

[@mukunda3001]

Only by doing practically you will learn. Yes I faced same problems as rookie gardener. Manure has high nitrogen, we cannot avoid it, as it has other micro nutrients we desire manure. Calcium and Boron deficiency is not a problem in a manure.

[@umaseshadri1065]

that was a very useful video. i have just begun gardening. a long way to go!

[@erikad4468]

Thank you so much for this video :)

[@jackieyyy]

OMMMGGGG THANK UUUU my 2 sunflowers are dying cause of nutrition deficiency my other one is doing great Ik what I must do now I prepared my worm poop :)

[@TaylorOwen]

Thank you for sharing!

[@chetandave8609]

very nice video. many thanks for useful tips and sharing your knowledge

[@zakenayo666teme]

Compost and organic material is very good for the efficiency of nutrients being available for the plants,it makes soil better, by increasing its cation exchange capacity, and mechanic composition , but on longs terms of using the soil year after year it will wither of the basic nutrients, so synthetic fertilizer become a necessity either way..

[@gillenzfluff8380]

Urine is good fertilizer.

[@rapidgardening976]

Great Video and Tips! Thumbs up!

[@kavitaiyer9180]

Fantastic video, so much to learn, keep up the good work!

[@OmgKittys78]

Omg it was like this video was made for me!! Thank you so much! Great information.

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Glad you liked it :) Happy Gardening!

[@RED-light_]

I'm 14 and I started gardening after the summer but I think that my peppers need fertilizer because it is still small

[@RED-light_]

Is it true or do something else

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Yes peppers do need fertilizers. Nice to know you started gardening, its a very nice activity. Best wishes!!

[@izabeau1953]

Thank you so much for your information, it really helps one to see the mistakes we do make. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@zacharylee5575]

I live in America in indiana in a town called farmland and I have not had any of these problems always grown tomatoes with out deficiency problems but a very helpful video

[@jacquelinebiggs4191]

Thanks for the tips , I have learned

[@tourans2472]

Thank you! Very helpful!

[@ThePepperspraydepot]

as always, thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@arielm222]

Started a lot of tomatoes by seed this year (wanted a lot of color varieties and especially wanted to try the lemon drop heirloom that won many awards. Thing is, I got a late start. So, to prevent further delay, I made sure to fill a kiddie pool with water overnight so I didn't have to use the cold chlorinated water out of the tap. Our tap water is very cold (around 50 degrees, deep well water from municipality) and I am sure it would have shocked and slowed the growth of starter seeds if I had used the cold water. By using the pool, the water warmed in the sun and was non-shock and no longer contained chlorine when I watered. I used this for much of my watering. I then stuck my 2 gallon watering jug in the pool (which it filled quickly) and watered all my plants this way for most of the first 2 months. As the garden got big and demanded more water, I balanced using the pool and use of tap water from the hose on those plants less impacted by temperatures. I think this non-shock water made a big difference for catching up with my tomatoes over the first 6 weeks and I would highly recommend it.

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Good work!

[@bobbyorganicsthetattooedga3681]

Pretty good video . I enjoy watching all your videos thanks for sharing my friend .

[@LoveforVeena]

Great tips ☺ thank you...

[@suemel1716]

It was really nice watching your video and seeing that your tips come from your real life experience. Many KZbin videos are full of "passed on" information, as opposed to actual personal experience. I enjoy your videos. I just wish we were in similar zones... (zone 5)

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Thanks! Yes my aim is to share with everyone the little things I come across and learn. Each day is a new experience and I hope to share every bit of it with my fellow KZbinrs! Thanks for taking the time to leave your feedback!

[@jerimcgee]

You make very good videos. I've seen most of them

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Thank you, glad you like the videos!

[@josephinele3364]

Thank you for the tips:

[@pennygiller2377]

I didn't feed my plants after 3 months so they just sort of become week and leaves burn or the plants starts to shut down and stops producing fruit....its important to prepare the soil as well but if the plants take all the nutrients from the soil to get halfway to growing point and you still have the rest of the growing phase to go to fruit or produce vegetables then you need to feed you plants some sort of fertilizer or add more fertilizer slurry so they can complete their growing cycle....I saw one cool method of placing a plastic coke bottle with a large opening cut and holes throughout the bottle into the center of the plants and putting compost in the center so when you watered the plant you watered the nutrients breaking down along with some nutrient rich dirt and fed your plants to its complete growing cycle...you lose some space but you gain rich healthy plants that way....there is a woman on u tube from India who showed this method along with adding worms for worm castings in the rich moist soil she was producing for her plants....thanks for sharing.....i ve made all of these mistakes...hoping to avoid them this year....I ve been trying to grow plants successfully ever since a bean died in kindergarten and I was devastated I killed my plant....think the bean was a dud one of my mean brothers played a mean trick on me...or my witch guardian but either way...I have successfully grown green beans and tomatoes and peas so I know I can do it if I pay attention and put in some effort.....thanks again for sharing ..its a reminder of what I have to do before summer...prepare my beds....prepare some sort of phosphate oil mixture for aphids...and put beer in the garden for the slugs....ty

[@ManishaT]

I am an absolute beginner. Can you please guide me where to start? It would be great if you could start a beginners course in vegetable gardening. Your videos are really helpful.

[@mukunda3001]

Jump in start doing something, you will learn by making mistakes. If you are afraid of mistakes you will never start. Start by sowing corn and mung beans, tomatoes. Next year you will learn from insects and low fertilizer content.

[@laurieclarkson9180]

This is my first time and here's what I'd say..Start planting seeds indoors at the end of your winter months. Pick a pack of seeds. Start with one kind of vegetable and do as much research on that one as possible. Get a peat pellet mini greenhouse made by Jiffy and follow instructions on the package (especially watering directions) you can get one from a local Walmart for $5-10 depending on size. There's a guy on youtube named Gary Pilarchik ? that will show you how to build an inexpensive grow light out of pvc pipes. So that's how you start seedlings. After about 1-2 months, the seedlings will need to be transplanted into larger containers. Buy a bag of potting soil, a stack of plastic cups from a dollar store, and I also get some disposable baking pans from the dollar store (like lasagna pans made of silver foil looking material). I use an electric drill to put holes in the bottoms of my cups for drainage, but you could use a nail or scissors or even a cigarette..whatever works..to put drainage holes. Put a little soil in the bottom of the cup and up the sides. Remove the mesh from the peat pellet and put the plant in the cup and add soil until it's covered. After you have several plants in cups, put the cups in the disposable baking pan. Put water in the baking pan--enough to cover bottom--that way the cups are sitting in there and you're watering from the bottom. Keep using your grow light until you have 70 degree days and 50 degree nights. If you're having warm days, but cold nights, bring your plants inside at night. After you have a little plot of land tilled or a raised bed ready, and your plants are getting bigger with sturdy stems and the roots are getting tight in the cups, and it's warm enough outside...plant them in your garden. (You'll have to do research on soil nutrients to add for your particular plant, maintenance tips, insect and disease remedies etc..but generally that's all you need to do) May look complicated by how much I've written, but it's very easy and rather inexpensive. Happy growing!

[@8bitheroes86]

I have a hard time with pests, caterpillars were chewing through my young runner bean leaves so i had to re-plant . I have started using neem oil thanks to your video so i am hoping that will help out. I think i made the mistake of putting the raised bed next to a hedge which is probably where the pests are coming from.

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Thanks for sharing your tip!

[@bigpapi3636]

I've had just about every situation except for seed sources. I get most of my seeds from Johnnys Selected Seeds in Maine via mail. I especially like their pelleted seeds for things like carrots and parsnips or other very small seeds. Two serious problems I have in particular are gophers and powdery mildew. I have to grow just about everything in wire baskets or with underground wire sheets to prevent damage. I do use a chemical for powdery mildew control on peas, beans and cucubits. Aphids, as mentioned are a serious issue and as suggested spray with insecticidal soap as soon as they appear. If you see ants in the leaves there are definitely aphids there as well. The items selected are pretty common and I've been guilty of just about every one.

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Thanks for sharing your experience!

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Thanks for sharing!

[@9i46jake]

Great info

[@thyagadimithri9957]

very informative thanks!

[@ftr911drvr]

great video

[@premaswamy2287]

Please give me ideas about growing tomatoes and about rose(pot gardening)

[@basdaimohan3849]

Very nice video

[@triptasharma4698]

Thanx v good information

[@zachwheaton6525]

Learned a few good things from this video. I am probably using to much nitrogen and wasn't thinking too much about trusted seed sources. Had good luck with a non gmo seed pack on eBay and have recently started trying to track down some more unusual fruit and plant varieties. Well, I'll keep my fingers crossed. I would hate to waste that time growing something slow only to have it turn out bad.

[@drjeniusqwaq6502]

that was a good video. thank you.

[@memberson]

I guess my error would be I will get them off to a good start. Fertilize watered everything and then neglect to fertilize later

[@citytocountry4338]

MORNING GARDENER'S SHOW. try a slow release 6 month fertilizer. I use osmocote each year. or use blood and bone meal when planting it is not water soluble it needs the bacteria to break it down.

[@rferfgerer]

great video. hey i was wondering if you could do a video about gardening for beginners. i would really like to start gardening but i have no idea what to do. btw i am from singapore

[@charismabambina5747]

Wow thanks for the tip! I jst ordered purple tomato seeds frm ebay

[@shawnakayhasphall8722]

Hi i just started gardening. And am from Jamaica. So am planning garlic they started off lovely and then maybe after 3 weeks the bottom leafs stared to turn brown and it seems to me that they stoped growing. Can you give me some advice

[@juliedavis335]

Shawnakay Hasphall if you have the fast food taco bell and buy a cup with the domed lid it is just right to start garlic

[@sbuzz5889]

root knot nematodes in south fl also found their way into purchased soil, in pots. $250.00 in dirt- makes me want to quit. and cannot make my own hot compost without them.

[@tallulahbell2844]

Great video!! "liked" all your videos!! I'm in California as well and would like to make a request if you do a video of what plants are rodents "resistant". There are a lot of rodents in this warm weather and most of us have small gardens, planting food so near the house attract all the rodents in the area and would love to know if you can share any variety of plants that "they" do not like as much....

[@donnachesser21]

perfect guy for advice. I ordered lettuce...but some spicy leaf came up. from China on ebay

[@CaliforniaGardening]

:) Happy Gardening!

[@lockwoan01]

I know I overcrowded my kale seeds last year - tried to put 100+ seeds in a 6 foot section, plus the seeds from several other packets in their own sections. Also, do not mulch seeds right away - that killed 2 of the sections, although, the fact that I kept lifting the mulch up to check underneath probably didn't help.

[@annbrank736]

Thank you

[@asadnadeem5294]

thank u sir and it's nice informations.

[@backyardgarden566]

My pepper plants were yellow and started dropping leaves. I stopped watering and applied a foliar spray of Epsom salt. They are looking a lot better now.

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Nice to know that! Happy Gardening!

[@peppermadness4159]

Overwatering is also a common mistake most people do.

[@ladyjavandab7181]

Here in Georgia, zone 8...Temps got so hot so fast I could not keep garden watered sufficiently. Did you do a video while back on irrigating raised garden beds? Also early Spring rains ruined my bush lima beans that got some kind of rust on leaves and plant did not produce at all. Just some problems in zone 8

[@1new-man]

I agree. Here in North Mississippi the extended early rains followed by our sudden high humidity has really made even our raised beds quiet challenging. hang in there "Georgia"! Have a great day. Lord bless!

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Yes this is a video for drip irrigation using micro sprinklers for raised beds: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJ_OnJ6pgs2hfLc

[@ladyjavandab7181]

Thanks! Happy gardening.