Vine Borer & Pest Management, Garden Sizes with Plants, Tips & Tour: My FM Garden Ramblings E-31

I show off 'garden sizes' with maturing plants as a way for you to pick or expand your garden. I discuss my trick for managing the vine borer and how I treat for pest management. I cover spraying tips, fertilizers and harvest turnips for dinner.
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[@LillyR539]

I would be in garden heaven at your place . .. so many vegetables and so healthy , great information again Thank you 🦋🦋🦋

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Glad to share and thanks Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@morganhullinger400]

Another excellent video! Thanks for the positive comments. I really like the suggestion for burying the squash vine prior to trellising. I am going to definitely try that one!

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Thanks. Burying the vine does really help Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com. I have over 1250 videos on my YT Channel and checkout my quick and to point 2 minute (or sow) TRG Gardening Tips playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLMsTQWKi63STRub6SgaV6PlB9-O1ooM5l

[@myjewelry4u]

Enjoying your videos. I’m all containers for the first time and a little later start, but everything is thriving. I’m excited!

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

So great it is thriving! Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Checkout my quick and to point 2 minute (or sow) TRG Gardening Tips playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLMsTQWKi63STRub6SgaV6PlB9-O1ooM5l

[@jenniferw8963]

hey that's how I do my compst bin :) A cylinder , 3 feet tall, 3 feet diameter.. I pull it up over the compost and move it to side and shovel / turn old compost into it.. so easy

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

I agree Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@kele1264]

I'm looking forward to seeing the difference between mature vining cucumber plants and the bush variety. Also looking forward to hearing about the results of your experiments with plants and soils. That red cone flower is stunning!

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Cheyenne Cone Flower is a great plant. Will have 4 or 5 different colors

[@gardencookeat22]

Thanks for the squash/root tip!

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Glad to share. Going to do a 2 minute video on it but you already go the main info. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@joeywarren4745]

I'm also curious about the dwarf apple tree. However I'm in zone 6. I'd really like to know how you trained it also. Did you train it to stay low, like a SCROG of sorts, or do they all grow like that? Thanks so much for all your videos. I learn so much.

[@mikedavis2969]

Looks Great !

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Thanks Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@Aria-ln6cc]

Hi Gary, have you ever tried injecting BT into the squash main stem as a preventative method for vine borers and wrapping aluminum foil as well?

[@OSGCourtWatch]

Is there a reason u don’t fill your raised beds fully? I would think sides that high would dprevent some airflow possibly causing fungal issues on top of soil/mulch...

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

I just fill them at different times. Ive been making a lot of composts and saved room for that. A little filling at at time for the months and years. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@larrylehmkuhler259]

I’m only planting tomatoes now and I hope they do great cause my wife said after 50 years and since I’m in a wheelchair I won’t do any good and I will need to keep them on concrete because I can’t get around in grass and also in containers my question is there anything that I need to do since I’m around Norfolk, Virginia

[@aussiebigbudz1254]

What is the white powders ur using on the plants and what all different plants do u use it on

[@wheretheseedlingsare9646]

Celery[. Eggplant ? Cilantro? Carrots? In the smaller garden any draw backs for growing?

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

I can think of any drawbacks. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@bonnieclagg8136]

How do you keep all that watered?

[@williamcorbitt7060]

Gary, great video. What are you spraying on your apples?

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

So I want through a whole array of organic and they were lame over the last 2 years. This one got Daconil. A synthetic chemical but I decided I can wash apples well. At this point... I will spray again with organic copper fungicide sometime soon. Giving many many weeks between the daconil and harvest. I am still looking for great fruit tree products and taking notes Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@williamcorbitt7060]

Thank you for taking the time to respond. If you find a good product, I'd love to see a video on how you take care of your fruit trees. I'm about an hour north of you and we just planted fig trees, apple trees and russian pomegranates two years ago. Doing well, but I'm sure they could be doing better. Thanks again!

[@amandaelgin1304]

I went to purchase fencing/hog wire for a trellis, but the label had a cancer warning. What's the best material to use for vine plants?

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

I don't know about that warming. Everything seems to say something that it makes thing useless now a days to actually have lables. I would find out what it is exactly and the real risk. I use cattle panel. IF you don't want that wood stakes and make string trellises. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@cynthiafisher9907]

You must live in California!

[@olexiykernytsky4424]

Gary, would you please tell what are you sowing now for autumn or for crop succession planting. Thank you.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Well radishes, peas, spinach, broccoli, and more. Anything that is cool weather really. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@keyphabenyisrael3219]

9:30 Such a good tip here about allowing the squash vines to run along the ground to root out as a defense against vine borer damage. We had a zucchini last year that survived long enough to give us a nice fruit only because it had support roots along the vine. Vine borers are relentless here in Michigan.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

It really does help. I do that and replant a lot. This way the harvesting keeps going. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@IsabelleIsabelle01]

Hello do you know if the dwarf apple tree good in zone 4 ? and I would have to leave them outside in winter

[@teriwilliams4212]

Thanks for the tip about not spraying oils during hot weather. It’s hot in SoCal but I have whiteflies so I was going to spray. I’ll try to wait.

[@pablomanz1138]

Can I use neem oil to combat japanese Beatles? Thanks.

[@joanies6778]

Same question here. I have something eating my hollyhock leaves and sprayed them last night with neem oil/castile soap.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

I doesnt work that well for them. I use dust Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@historyhunter5215]

All my tomatoe plants are pointing straight up... Like they are praising the sun lol

[@DevjKaiser]

You have Solaire tomatoes I see! Praise the Sun!!! 😂 I couldn’t help myself, it’s a Dark Souls reference in case you are wondering.

[@historyhunter5215]

@@DevjKaiser lol, idk what's going on with them. It's a different soil. The ones in the other box are huge and bushy. Same amendments added.. but it is first year soil, next spring I'll have a grow/sprout room as well as prepared in the garden instead of doing a box a week. Dirt is expensive!!!

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

I wonder what is going on' Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@historyhunter5215]

@@THERUSTEDGARDEN I'm certain it's the cheap fill dirt. But I added compost and worm castings...

[@ClymKix]

How much soil will I need for the 20 gallon vs 10? Just got a variety of sizes of smart pots. I plan on making my own soil mix as an experiment.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Pretty much 2x as much. They pots aren't exactly 10 and 20 but that is how they sell them. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@Bluecorner841222]

Haahaa that dang psychotic butterfly

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Yes! Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@duathor8673]

Hi Gary. Love your videos. My eggplant leaves are having rust-like colors and spots around some of the leaves. They spread on to other leaves also. I clip them off and discard them. Is this rust? I've treated it with Neem oil that I ordered from you and hope that solves the problem. Do I need to put dust also?

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

I don't know what the rust is but it could be fungal. I would try and find that out. But I would lean more to an anti fungal. Neem can help slow it as the oil messes up fungal growth... but it depends on what it is. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@tomst9417]

I have a 10' x 4' raised bed that I planted with strawberries in early May (zone 5b). They are producing a nice crop but the ants have discovered them. Yesterday I tried your sugar+borax mix in a 6:1 ratio (sugar to borax) and in 12 hours the ants have been gorging on the mix so I anticipate a reduced ant population in the near future. Thanks for the information you provide it is very helpful!

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Great that should work Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@suemerritt1679]

I am growing my yellow squash vertically this year. So far they are doing great💖

[@melissakingery4393]

I don't have much Experience but I grew several plants zucchini and yellow vertically they looked beautiful then they got vine borers, and being vertical it was harder to deal with digging the vine borers out and filling the holes in the stalk with dirt if they are vertical!

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

It works. The do get heavy so keep that in mind for reinforcing the trellis Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@melodeekielich]

Great videos🌸 what do you use for carpenter ants?

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

I have used borax mix. Or you can use ant traps or baits Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@kwynvandyke4389]

I love the “ramblings” ! I always learn so much! Thank you for taking the time to share with us all!

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Glad to ramble. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@cecilbrown4804]

I start more and more varieties of seeds every year therefore my garden gets bigger every year...

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Yep for sure. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@joanies6778]

Same here.

[@angelaraum1545]

Would Rhubarb work in a container?? I love it but don't know how it grows.

[@elinow5257]

Can you use a peppermint spray and bug dust the same day? Or any other combination of pest controls in the same day? I just sprayed my plants with peppermint oil but this evening want to put dust on the squashes and cucumbers. Thanks so much! Been loving the videos!

[@CantStandYa9007]

I’ve done it - just make sure you use small amounts to start if you’re not sure how certain plants will react

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

You can. Dust should go on though when the leaves are dry. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@carlbreeden9074]

I applied morbloom today to my tomatoes and peppers...still smells fishy so be on critter watch...

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Thanks Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@MichaelJosephJr934]

Incredible. It's my 1st year gardening. I have 5 tomato plants, 2 raised beds with lettuce and chard, then string beans, cucumbers, butternut squash and 5 fruit trees and a ton of flowers and shrubs. I don't know how you do it all. I spend about 3 hours a day weeding, treating, composting, pruning etc. May I ask how many hours you put in a day on average?

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

20 minutes a day. JK. Probably 4-5 hours a day for the whole property. But some days an hour. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Checkout my quick and to point 2 minute (or sow) TRG Gardening Tips playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLMsTQWKi63STRub6SgaV6PlB9-O1ooM5l

[@tamigilbert2277]

Hi Gary, I'm on my 2nd year gardening and of course I went a little bigger this year. I have a raised birdie's bed and smartpot containers. Growing tomatoes and peppers in both. My bed plants are not doing nearly as well as my container plants. Same brand new potting mix in both. Can you tell me what would cause this? My son is having the exact same issue. Thanks!

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Congrats on year 2. It is hard to say. I would have to know more but I would fertilizer the struggling plants with fish emulsion or a water soluble. Sometimes soil differences happen with native earth. Just not sure. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Checkout my quick and to point 2 minute (or sow) TRG Gardening Tips playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLMsTQWKi63STRub6SgaV6PlB9-O1ooM5l

[@user-kh8zq]

Gary, new backyard Gardener here. I just wanted to say thank you for all of the really great information, I'll be picking your book up today! Is the rust on the apples from nearby Cypress related trees?

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Congrats on getting started. And thanks for the book support! Yep the rust is from that. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Checkout my quick and to point 2 minute (or sow) TRG Gardening Tips playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLMsTQWKi63STRub6SgaV6PlB9-O1ooM5l

[@mplslawnguy3389]

I successfully grew indeterminate tomatoes in 5 gallon buckets last season, however, supporting them became a nightmare. I would now only grow indeterminates in ground or in a raised bed. I should have listened to your advice lol. Try supporting 8 foot tall plants in a 5 gallon bucket on a deck. Needless to say I came home to my plants laying all over the place on more than one occasion. Tomatoes are really tough plants because despite completely falling over multiple times, they never died and produced all the way until frost.

[@angelaraum1545]

I agree Tomatoes need at least 15/20 gal or 15" at least across. Small Peppers like jalapenos or banana peppers can be done 5/10 gallon. I would reserve 5 for herbs or carrots

[@love2haunt]

What are you spraying on the apple trees? I have something similar going on mine, and last year it lost most of its leaves. I have no idea how to treat it, but my tree is 15ft tall, I am not sure I can spray the whole thing. Thanks so much, been enjoying your videos for years. :)

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

SO I tried a ton of stuff last 2 years. Early on this season was Daconil. Its synthetic but water roof and effective. Best so far actually. Dont mind using it early as the fruit is still forming. Ill be switching to a copper spray organic n0w as the fruits are larger. But... I am still trying to figure it out. Lots of stuff just didn't work. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@jamesdahl6949]

I planted cucumbers and I planted three seeds And they all came up how many do I want in one particular area. I am growing them vertically but I wasn't sure if I need to just cut it down to one plant or not. Same thing with the watermelon. If you could let me know I would surely appreciate it. Thank you.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Well 2 or 3 to a space. If you have them planted like every 2 feet, 2 plants. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@rachelstark2391]

Mound up your corn, like potatoes.

[@reggierisk]

The apple tree look wonderful 😍 I assume it's ab espalier.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

It is Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@tpen891]

May I ask what zone do you live in?

[@lovealwaysjasmine]

How are your cabbages so perfect? Mine have so many holes I don’t spray in my garden

[@cynthiafisher9907]

When you plant, you can cover with garden mesh or tulle so the bugs can’t get to the plants.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Well I use neem oil on them. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@cynthiafisher9907]

And maybe spray with Bt, it’s organic.

[@jasonbruno1779]

I found from living in Kansas during my first two years of gardening that because of the bad storm we would get that I had to stake up my corn, it’s easier if you put up the wood stakes first and plant corn at the base of each one, a little time consuming but it worked better than using string

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Thanks. The wind does rip through here Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Checkout my quick and to point 2 minute (or sow) TRG Gardening Tips playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLMsTQWKi63STRub6SgaV6PlB9-O1ooM5l

[@seancschiverea840]

Gary, Can you address the tomato fruit worm. Zone 7A. Decimated my tomato crop last year.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

I have not had them. I would have to spend some time learning about them. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Checkout my quick and to point 2 minute (or sow) TRG Gardening Tips playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLMsTQWKi63STRub6SgaV6PlB9-O1ooM5l

[@mayanrobinson]

Sounds like the hum of cicadas in your background. Does your area have them?

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Oh boy do we! Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Checkout my quick and to point 2 minute (or sow) TRG Gardening Tips playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLMsTQWKi63STRub6SgaV6PlB9-O1ooM5l

[@saramiller3924]

Thanks for so much great info Gary! What is the “dust” you use? I have watched your videos about it but still nothing sure what you mean by “insect dust”. DE or is it something else? Also, do you dust only when there is a pest problem or is it preventive? Thanks so much!!!

[@yongbrown1010]

My kale and cabbage got hit with pests pretty bad. I tried to cover but it was too late and wasn’t tight enough also neem oil didn’t work. I do hand pick them as well. I just ordered bt hopefully it will work this time. Any advice will be great, thanks. Love your garden😊

[@marycook9607]

My tomato and peppers look anemic, they are light green not a healthy green. They get rabbit manure. What can do for them.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Any water soluble fertilizer will help. I use fish emulsion Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Checkout my quick and to point 2 minute (or sow) TRG Gardening Tips playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLMsTQWKi63STRub6SgaV6PlB9-O1ooM5l

[@sinisterfoxy]

Great video - your garden is absolutely gorgeous! I love the trellising you did for your sweet potatoes. I see you planted eight tomato plants in a 4x8 bed - this is my first time trying to grow tomatoes and I planted ten in my 4x8. Maybe a little too close so we’ll see! Keep up the great work - your interaction with the cicadas made me laugh 🤣

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Good luck. With 10 I would make sure you mulch, and bottom prune. You will just have to keep an eye on diseases and issues. But 10 is possible. Good luck. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@sinisterfoxy]

Gary Pilarchik (The Rusted Garden) Thank you, I will do that!

[@shirleybaker6780]

I had a lot of volunteer tomatoes com up this year from last year's plantings.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

It happens for sure You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)

[@joanies6778]

Has anyone else been getting the dog vomit mushroom in their yards? It's a real thing... I kept getting these weird looking growths pop up suddenly, researched them on Google, and that's what people call them. Mushrooms mean you have a good soil health, and I have seen multiple types in my yard. I was knocking them down until I saw squirrels eating them. All my perennials are flourishing, growing gigantic, and flowers I had not seen bloom since I moved here. I am digging it... except the looks of that one mushroom... it's gross. Not seeing many pollinators, though... very concerned.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

I get it all the time. Now is the season. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@joanies6778]

@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Wow. It was new to me and quite startling with the puss looking seepage. When you hose it down, it disentigrates into dusty particles that fly everywhere. Very odd. Saw a half dozen bees today on my milkweed... hollyhocks will be open soon. Feeling better!

[@johnjude2685]

Thanks I might have gotten great advice about the temperature effect on my canolope Thanks for the teaching Sir 🙂

[@lashallgoggins9822]

Hi rusted garden, I just have a few question for you. I first want to thank you for such detailed teaching on your channel. I am new to gardening this is officially my first year, I started last year but I didn't plant very much. This year I have a much bigger garden. My question is I planted some cabbage and collards and it looks like the worms really tore into it. There's lots of holes on just about every leaf. I did treat it with the neem oil, over two weeks ago, and again three days ago. I see worms that are still moving and eating. I have followed your teaching on the different organic pesticides. I also just received my kit from you that has the neem oil, the peppermint, and the Rosemary. At this point I really need to know do I scrap this plant or is it any good for eating. I do have some new collards coming up. I don't have any cabbage coming up and wanted to know is it too late in the season for cabbage spinach or watermelon. any help you can give will be most appreciated for a beginner. Thank you so much for all that you do it is definitely paying off in my garden. 👍🏽🙂

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Congrats on your first year! New leaves do form. If you see that white butterfly around, they are the issue. They can keep laying eggs. The neem should work but it might not be enough. If it is a crazy infestation. Buy any insect dust from a store and dust the leaves. Between neem and that you should get them under control. It is to warm now for cabbage and spinach but you can plant them again in August for a fall crop. You have time for watermelon for sure. They love the heat. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@lashallgoggins9822]

@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Thank you Gary for replying, this information was most helpful. And yes, I remember in your videos about the white butterflies, and yes I have them. I will get some insect dust and try that in between neem oil. You didn't mention what I should do with the already damaged leaves. And one last question, I'm in zone 8a, what should I be planting in this month and July. Thank you so much for your time. I absolutely appreciate the time you put into giving out great information. :)

[@Zorrosnowy]

How close can a plant that you dusted be to a plant with blossoms as to not disrupt pollinators?

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

In theory they just can get dust on them but wind could play a factor. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Checkout my quick and to point 2 minute (or sow) TRG Gardening Tips playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLMsTQWKi63STRub6SgaV6PlB9-O1ooM5l

[@drewsenthused6079]

Great info, thanks for your hard work, I'll be sure to visit your seed shop, there are a few things i need.

[@samanthal1917]

Does dust also work with spider mites? Any other tips on those?

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

I found dust doesnt help with mights. The peppermint oil spray I just did is all about mites Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@jacquelineanthony1080]

I have a question my new okra leaves a curly

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Hard to say. Temps can do it or insect damage but just watch and observe Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@davidrn5600]

Do a video on what you're seed starting now for fall crops. Is it to early to seed start the fall? Succession planting video to maximize the harvest would be great as well

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

I am working on that video. A little early for fall but I am doing the back up crops. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@angelaraum1545]

Maybe jalapenos. Those take awhile to germinate. Some 2-3 weeks

[@elainemartin1801]

What zone is your garden in?

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Maryland Zone 7 Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@clintonstonewall475]

Gary, Your potatoes look awesome! I'm in the same zone as you in Southern Maryland. My potato leaves are starting to turn a little yellow and they look a little limp. Is this to be expected? (in a container garden)

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Yes. Depending on the variety some will start fading now. When they turn yellow and brown, its harvest time. Assuming you are feeding and watering, they are just ending their cycle. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@jacquiesuper2200]

I did some square ft gardening in one of my raised beds. I planted 3 squash plants that r doing great but I planted side by side. I Didn’t realize they would get so big. Should I take 1 out and transplant? I’m afraid I would kill it. Any thoughts?

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Well if you remove it it would most likely die. You can just see what happens. Good to learn by watching. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@amyk6028]

Your garden looks beautiful! I love watching your common sense videos. So informative 👍

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Very appreciated. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@Mikhail-Caveman]

Love your Channel! your last garden at your old place was very cool, I look forward to seeing this one evolve.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Thanks. I am having fun with this one Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@reginawilson4596]

Gary, you have your potatoes and tomatoes planted relatively close. I was taught not to do this because of blight. Will the hydrogen peroxide make this a doable plan? If so can you plant brassicas next to tomatoes?

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

So if you don't have huge issue with disease and can manage it, closer is fine. H202 takes care of any early blight issues I get. I do bottom prune tomatoes and manage size to keep the air flow. Potatoes are new to me, so far so good. You can plant your brassica by tomatoes. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@wilbertgarcia103175]

I put out squash in a Big pot, and it don't look promising at all, squash got to a point that it won't grow anymore, plant looks good. I think squash have a deep big root system that in pots won't work, I always do great every year, on squash but in direct soil ground.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

The do need a really large pot. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@BronxBabyRamos]

Gary, cook those turnip leaves! I cook them with collard and theiw a chopped turnip in them.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Thanks. I do cook them but have to get in the habit of using them more. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@lucyb.1975]

Gary, what do I do when the fruit from my squash plants turn yellow and fall off before the blossom opens to be fertilized? Is that blossom end rot?

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Nothing. If you fed and water, just wait it out. Blossom end rot typically comes later in the fruits life. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@leticiagr2222]

Very nice 👍🏻

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Thanks Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@GailM11]

I must watch your channel more often! Thank you for the tour. Fabulous garden!

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Glad to share and please do. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@mamasolilytarotbeyond8248]

Greetings, Question: what could be causing my Roma Tomato leaves to curl up??? Thanks in Advance

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Leaf curl is usually a response to temperature and Nature. Bottom line, you didn't cause and you can't fix it. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@nygardenguru]

If it's persistent could also be aminopyrolid herbicide. Present in contaminated straw hay manure compost nowadays

[@vickieginn7503]

Your videos are always such a help and inspiration. Thank you!

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Thanks for watching Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@PatC.]

Gary could you show us some time how you prune your apple tree? Thanks

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

I wish. I am the worst pruning. I would be making up stuff. I follow some general guidelines but I am still learning Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@furkids4ever]

Gary! Where did you get your garden tower!??? I have one with 75 shallower pockets. This year due to heat I used the composting center to put up a center support for shade cloth . Jury is still out on it - 3rd trial. Broccoli & kohlrobu are good so far ... Oh just found your vetiver series ... ATM think I like your tower design better ...

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

My towers are from GreenStalk garden. The link is in all my video descriptions. There is a coupon code as I am affiliated with them. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@furkids4ever]

@@THERUSTEDGARDEN yes I saw that a bit later. Mine seems shallower, has 8 inch ventilated tube for compost & worms in center. While it has a pan at the bottom there's nothing btwn the layers to stop it from running straight through. You'd appears to have 8-10" deep layers? Saw one while on delivery ... wondered where they got it. Never saw any of these towers before. Going to follow your link & look into them!

[@santhoshpulluru2632]

Thanks Gary for the video. My cilantro start bolting at 5-6 inch length!! Can you please recommend what seeds to use and how to grow cilantro?

[@cynthiafisher9907]

Look up a recent video from Epic Gardening on KZbin about growing cilantro. Some good tips.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

It happens in the heat. You can buy slow bolting but I would just replant Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@657449]

I’m in NJ. My soil mix is equal parts vermiculite, compost and peat moss. Large bails of peat moss and coconut coir has disappeared from the stores. What can I use as a substitute?

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Dont know same thing is happening here Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@cynthiafisher9907]

You might need to add lime to balance the ph. Also add fertilizer.

[@LowcountryGardener]

Did you change your mind on using the ladder as a trellis?

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Still deciding where and what to grow on it. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@musashinagatsubo9574]

Hi Gary. Any luck with the beans yet?

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Just planted some more. They should be up soon. Ill be highlighting them. Some are up now. Thanks again!

[@fionag8869]

I love ur channel, i always learn so much!!!

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Glad to share. Thanks for commenting Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@kathsflowerpatch5220]

Do you have any videos on blossom end rot?

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Quite a few. Search blossom end rot. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@areathasmith2198]

What kind of ground cover do you use for your garden area

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

I mulch with leaves at the end of the year. Compost too. No growing cover crops. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks

[@areathasmith2198]

@@THERUSTEDGARDEN thank you I love you videos

[@clarkansas6590]

Good job!

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Thanks Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications of new videos. I have over 1250 garden videos you can search and find the answer you need. Thanks