Watch This Before Planting Broccoli or Cauliflower! World Record Gardener's Secrets To Success!

Watch a World Record Gardener demonstrate how to plant Brassicas - Broccoli & Cauliflower - for abundant yields! Included are valuable tips of organic gardening wisdom on planting brassicas, soil amendments, planting methods, watering and drip system tips as well! Watch a World Record Tomato and eggplant grower share some of his organic gardening wisdom about planting and growing broccoli and cauliflower! An organic broccoli and cauliflower planting tutorial!
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00:00 - Intro
01:06 - Soil Amendments
01:09 - Dairy Compost
01:33 - Gypsum - 4 Cups
01:45 - Fish Bone Meal
02:00 - Remember, You Want A Big Flower!
02:14 - Don't Use Too Much High Nitrogen Amendments!
02:27 - Cabbage Is Different
02:49 - How To Apply The Soil Amendments
03:04 - Use A Tilther For Amending Soil?
03:23 - Cilantro That Made It Through Winter
03:34 - Sprinkling On The Soil Amendments
04:11 - Watchout For "Forever Chemicals" In Compost!
04:44 - Hoeing In The Amendments
07:33 - Putting Drip Tapes Back In Place
09:39 - Planting The Brassicas - Broccoli & Cauliflower
10:16 - Mycorrhiae - BioAg VAM Endo-Mix
11:23 - Seed Starting Secret
12:38 - Blind Markers :-)
13:10 - Green Magic Broccoli
13:23 - What Growing Zone We Are In
14:00 - How Deep To Plant
14:40 - Evidence Mycorrhizae Works
15:20 - Garden Inurance Policy!! !-D
15:52 - Mycorrhizae Application Tip
16:56 - Interplanting Cauliflower Into Cilantro
17:13 - Watering In Because Dry Cells
17:36 - Gopher Hole
18:08 - Explosive Gopher Eradication Method
19:37 - Plant Them Offset!
21:16 - Easy To Tell Purple Cauliflower Apart
21:45 - Black Stew
22:22 - Faster Way To Apply Mycorrhizae (not quite as good)
23:45 - Install Row Cover (In A Different Video)
23:55 - Don't Leave VAM In The Sun
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[@alveygardens]

You know, I have watched hundreds of gardening videos over the years. And all I can say is you are making the most helpful videos available.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Wow, thank you! Blessings!

[@pete4753]

Agree 100%

[@loriboles8382]

I saw the first white cabbage butterfly today. I think I got my brassicas covered just in time! I’m in 7b also, so I listen to every word you say. Thank you for all your tips.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Wonderful! You're welcome! God bless!

[@whitestone4401]

I’m in SE Michigan and I saw my first one in March!

[@Pizzastevesgardenandmore]

Yo I gotta say that father is awesome!! He's the only reason I watch this channel 💯 very smart and very cool congrats on the world record 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I hope one day I can grow as well as him on day 💯

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

I'm so thankful for my dad! Truly blessed! May God bless you!

[@carm787]

Love watching you and your father! Such a blessing for us the students! Thank you so much and a special thank you for sharing your love of Christ most of all! Continued blessing to you all!❤

[@carm787]

P.s. i grew a purple cauliflower last year and it was so beautiful i almost didn't want to eat it

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

You're welcome! God bless!

[@dianaj3139]

So excited to see this topic! I really want to make a row cover for my Brassicas this year... my last attempt with Broccoli was great I had huge flower-heads and was excited to harvest them, only to get in the kitchen to process them and discover huge green caterpillars underneath nearly all of the florets! ~

[@adamschaafsma5839]

Thank you for mentioning your location, the environmental context is so important.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

You're welcome!

[@cathymccall9846]

Loved watching...so satisfying to see one digging in the earth and baby plants so happy! Be blessed you guys! TY!

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Thanks! God bless you as well!

[@keithschneider6348]

The goffer story was fantastic.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

😊

[@joebickings2401]

Love the videos! Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Must feel great saying the words World record ❤.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Thanks for watching! Blessings! 😊

[@sharicampbell9068]

Thank you both for sharing your methods! Trying so hard to get my Michigan garden producing! Maybe this year I can finally grow large heads of broccoli! Waiting for my local greenhouse to open for plants.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

You can do it!

[@claudettehernandez3402]

Wonderful information. I already incorporate the drip lines to my grow bags and had tremendous results last year with the tomatoes.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Excellent! 👍

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He is exalted!!

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

He is and every living thing will know it soon! Blessings!

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Love your gardening tip ❤

[@glockwidstik]

Your channel is growing like your plants. This quickly became my favorite channel. Reminds me how my family would teach me.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Happy to hear that!

[@tassiegirl1991]

Your soil looks so good and easy to work with. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

You are so welcome! May you be blessed!

[@joycesmith1270]

Thank you for the information.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Our pleasure!

[@normarosado5697]

❤ the video. A treasure of wisdom. Thanks

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

You are so welcome! God bless!

[@GreenThumbGardener65]

Very helpful info. Thank you!

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Glad it was helpful! Blessings!

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Thanks

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

You're welcome!

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[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

You're so welcome! Happy to have you here on the channel! 😊

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[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Great to hear! Blessings!

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I would love to see how to set up an irrigation system

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Ok. Thanks for the suggestion!

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We’ve used Juicy Fruit gum for moles and it actually works. You flip up the newly dug run and insert it, recover it they eat it and no more runs. We had them living under our concrete porch and decimating the yard. Mounds over 6” in the grass, into the flower and vegetable gardens. Jabberwonking 20# stones for the borders, killing 2 blueberries and 6 green bean plants overnight. Bad moles! Grrrr

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Yes it works for moles but not for gophers 🤨

[@sn232]

Never thought about the fact that overhead watering causes a lot more weeding, and that is why you like drip tape! Ok, now that sells it for me :)

[@farmgirl7881]

Hi. Could I use the same mix for Brussel sprouts? Thanks for your time.

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[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Thank you for the encouraging words! May God's blessing be upon you as well!

[@sn232]

What fertilizer combo do you use for cabbages since you eat the leaves and not the flowers as broccoli and cauliflower? Thank you for addressing how to hoe fertilizers in if the soil is wet!

[@sharicampbell9068]

Curious about the care you give these plants as they mature. I have struggled to grow a decent head of cauliflower & I seem to harvest more broccoli florets than a good sized head of broccoli.

[@sn232]

My brassicas are leggy because I did not deep plant my seed (which I will do in the future, thank you for that tip!), when I plant these leggy plants outside, should I just plant them up to the bottom of the lower leaves as you have? Thank you very much.

[@patrickmoore2185]

Could you provide soil amendments for zucchini and other squash?

[@farmgirl7881]

Another great video. Would you share the mix I would use for cabbage? Thanks.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

You can just add some feathermeal for the nitrogen content and that'll help with making more leaves which that's what cabbage is.

[@farmgirl7881]

Thank you.

[@dantitsworth5204]

For probably a lack of understanding I have never bothered to plant by the moon phase. It sounds as if you place credence to it. Would this possibly be a topic for a video?

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

That's a good idea! We'll add that to the list of possible video topics.

[@kna60]

Hello, thanks for your videos. I think VAM is not required in this case because plants like Crucifers, Alliaceae, Chard, Spinach, Amaranth do not use micorhyzation.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Read this: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36976365/#:~:text=We%20conclude%20that%20in%20our,sands%20prone%20to%20quick%20desiccation. Quote: "As a consequence of the altered water potentials in soils with the mycorrhizal fungus, soil hydraulic conductivity increased in loam but decreased in sand after fungus ingrowth. We conclude that in our study, the mycorrhizal fungus acted as a soil conditioner even distant from roots, which encouraged drainage in loams prone to sogginess but enhanced water storage in sands prone to quick desiccation."

[@Soilfoodwebwarrior]

Ya brassicas don't have an endo mycorrhizal association. I have read similar information that their presence can have other benefits but have read information to the contrary as well. I use lots of mycorrhizae and like VAM but don't apply to brassicas and a few other plants. But I am cheap and busy

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Looking for your way of planting walla walla sweets. I trust you will be able to get a video done soon.

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[@Andy-zj3dc]

brassica dont have a relationship with fungi microbes. i think i learned that from jeff lowel or someone. idk cant remember.

[@bonniecarlstrom6014]

👍👍🇺🇸🙏

[@guesswho4944]

Do you have issues with aphids and your brassicas?

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Yes that's why we put a row cover over them, if you watch our other video on making the row cover hoops you'll see what we do. We have bug free brassicas! 😁

[@claudettehernandez3402]

What kind of language so I can Really know the cost. It wasn’t that recognizable from memory. It was an oh my goodness moment when I seen the language

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

What do you mean? Kind of language?

[@jarnevanbec2886]

I think you don't need to add the endo-mix. Your soil looks very healthy, all the necessary soil life is present for sure. For me organic gardening is about feeding the soil biology and creating ideal conditions for the microbiome, not about introducing the biology.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Most people's soil is not like ours, so we give suggestions taking that into account. If we did not, our subscribers would have little success. As they develop the biology in their soil, they will not need as much additional amendments. 😊 Blessings!

[@marianneherle5700]

Love watching your videos but I read in a few places that Brassicas are not helped by mycorrhizae

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

😊Read this: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36976365/#:~:text=We%20conclude%20that%20in%20our,sands%20prone%20to%20quick%20desiccation. Quote: "As a consequence of the altered water potentials in soils with the mycorrhizal fungus, soil hydraulic conductivity increased in loam but decreased in sand after fungus ingrowth. We conclude that in our study, the mycorrhizal fungus acted as a soil conditioner even distant from roots, which encouraged drainage in loams prone to sogginess but enhanced water storage in sands prone to quick desiccation."

[@meredithsnieder3186]

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[@roverinosnarkman7240]

Brassicas are one of the few plant families that don’t form mycorrhizal associations, in fact, some make anti fungal compounds.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

Having mycorrhizae in the soil helps with drought/heat tolerance and conditions the soil. Besides, if you rotate crops, it will be very beneficial to have established mycorrhizae colonies in the soil. Read this: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36976365/#:~:text=We%20conclude%20that%20in%20our,sands%20prone%20to%20quick%20desiccation. Quote: "As a consequence of the altered water potentials in soils with the mycorrhizal fungus, soil hydraulic conductivity increased in loam but decreased in sand after fungus ingrowth. We conclude that in our study, the mycorrhizal fungus acted as a soil conditioner even distant from roots, which encouraged drainage in loams prone to sogginess but enhanced water storage in sands prone to quick desiccation."

[@roverinosnarkman7240]

@@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork Yes, but all MF require a living root association. They cannot associate with brassicas, so those spores will die. MF are not universal, they rely on specific hosts and do not survive in the soil separate from their hosts (as discussed the study you referenced). They need to find a living root within a short period of time, or they simply die.

[@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork]

The living mycorrhizal fungi may die, but the spores they produce (spores are what is in VAM Endo-Mix) will lay dormant in the soil, sometimes for extended periods of time until a host relationship is formed. The other thing to remember is that there is a very high possibility of mycorrhizal networks forming between typical host plants and non-host plants, especially brassicas. Please read this article to the end. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9043302/#bib12 Communication and triggers to pests and diseases between hosts and non-hosts through mycelial networks have seems to have been observed. In conclusion, there is much that is unknown in this area of research, and new discoveries have negated or cast doubt on prior assumptions. To date, we have not observed any negative impacts to brassicas from applying mycorrhizae to the roots. There's much to learn, and that is what makes it interesting! Blessings!

[@Soilfoodwebwarrior]

​@@roverinosnarkman7240 they don't usually die, they can sporelate and wait for future roots to colonize.

[@theworkingmansgarden7638]

I promise he can't grow like that in Texas. 😂

[@nategrossman2539]

Those poor gophers...

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