What to plant in December in Texas!

[@fromthegardenchannel]

Hey everyone! A couple notes from this video as I read through this comment section over the past week: I mention 'our clay soil' because a lot of central TX is alkaline clay soil. But TX is massive and beautifully diverse so east tx can range from Sandy loam to black gumbo and even red clay. Whereas my area has a lot of limestone under the hard clay. So take the info I give on this and apply it to what you know about your own area! Fruit trees and perennials should be looped in together with my tips on here but I don't remember if I specifically mention this. Beneficial Nematodes can be found at naturesgoodguys.com and they have LOADS of info on what pests actually get targeted with the different strains.

[@solley5160]

Thanks for these videos! I moved from Iowa a couple of years ago and I have to say gardening is a lot more challenging here in central Texas! I have learned so much from your channel and trial and error in my own garden. The ants down here are killer!! I’m going to order some nematodes and see if I can put a dent in their population!!!

[@thedirtygardener]

Welcome to TX… have some fire ants! 😂 Orange oil helps for active piles. Can’t wait to try nematodes as a preventative.

[@cekokid1]

I just moved here from Iowa last year too!! These videos have been saving me, I thought it would be easier because of the longer season but there’s so many more challenges lol

[@kaprenawheatman8222]

But the fire ants keep the tick population down to nothing so there is a benefit.

[@fromthegardenchannel]

@@kaprenawheatman8222 yea that's not how it works in suburbia but my family owns land out in the sticks and nothing keeps the ticks down. Not even the fire ants out there. At least from our experience. But I could see how completely removing any species, no matter how much of a nuisance could throw off the ecosystem. Thankfully nematodes won't completely eradicate them but it does make them more manageable.

[@OkTxSheepLady]

As a longtime gardener in the Austin area I found everything you said to be truly good advice. As for collecting leaves, I found areas with heavy live oak growth and made agreement with the homeowners and garbage collectors to pick up the bags of raked leaves by specific times. That saved the home owners having to take the bags to the curb and the collection men from having to make multiple runs to areas with dozens of bags of leaves. Collecting a few hundred bags of leaves every spring built the garden soil over just a few years.

[@fromthegardenchannel]

@@OkTxSheepLady thank you so much for the kind comment and yes I now have a steady list of folks who may not have the funds or physical ability to manage them but they have loads of leaves and I make it a part time job to collect them!

[@elliottdmann]

A young, north Texas gardener here. Thank you for the info!

[@taraemerson2835]

Hi from Northeast Texas

[@childofyahuah9833]

Yass 😊 yasss Texas gardening. Thanks, Big thanks for sharing Listened to the end. Rewind to jot down many great notes to start tomorrow. So grateful

[@brendabadih8855]

Hi. Gardener in Houston. Love nematodes, subscribed for this plug. Yes, great for fleas and fire ants. Let me know if you're ever in town. Have beds of radicchios that reseeded last June. Survived the summer!!! And now have beautiful heads, endive too. Have never had success w garlic here, but you have convinced me to try again. This year l had Cosmos, Pyrethrum daisy pollen attractors. Along w the Blue Stem African basil my gardens were pollinator havens. The Roselle gave 4 harvests! Love me, love my garden. Come for the tour. 🌱

[@thedirtygardener]

My MIL lives in Cedar Park so I know exactly what garden center you’re talking about - they’re wonderful!!! I’m in SE TX but your videos are always spot on for us, too. Thanks for the amazing content. Happy December!

[@afetticini]

Wow! Just found your channel and subscribed! I'm in Texas as well! NE of Dallas by Lake Lavon! I love gardening and am always excited to get hints and tricks from someone. I'm in 8b. I do tub gardening and have lettuce and tomatoes still putting out in my greenhouse! Happy I found you sister! Blessings! 🙏

[@cristinamorales-varga2801]

OMG! Way I didn’t know about you before! So much information in one video! Thank you !

[@firehorsewoman414]

While I am in NETX, I love your channel. Been doing the leaves thing for a couple of years as my neighbor has lots to spare. Just beware they harbor ticks (at least in our area) and it has been a real problem here the last few weeks, so just check yourself after you are done spreading the leaves around. Leaf compost has been a game changer for my tomato beds.

[@cooperbentley7548]

It’s a great time to plant blackberry roots

[@fromthegardenchannel]

Yup that fits into the perennials and fruit trees category for sure

[@inthekitchen8842]

Thank you! Im down here in the Hill Country near Fredericksburg. We have red soil. We have amended with horse manure, because we have horses.lol I'm going to try that Nematode spray!🎉

[@markg454]

I live in Pflugerville so this is perfect. Thanks

[@fromthegardenchannel]

Not far from me at all!

[@akmartinez419]

Thanks for the information! I’m in bell county and struggle to find info pertinent to this area. I grow blueberries, two have stuck around for a number of years but the other two don’t seem to like it down here. Going to try some of the tips, my poor grapes suffer a lot with insects.

[@rosemary6073]

That was great info! I feel more prepared now.

[@kimberlieblairpolhamus4721]

I just found your channel, and I love your content! Thank you!!!

[@deborahmarkland8570]

So glad I found you I live in marble falls area!

[@taraemerson2835]

I want to retire to Marble Falls. I’m a Texan in love with MF

[@gperk929]

Ty!! I live in 9a S Louisiana and I started an LSU fig in a container from cutting last February. I have been afraid to transplant into the yard because I had a satsuma die and it traumatized me 😂 I'm going to try to get it in the ground. I also watched your strawberry video loved it. Have started my bare roots and already have new growth

[@fromthegardenchannel]

@@gperk929 that's great to hear! Yea citrus and figs are wayyyy different on what they tolerate so you should be pretty safe but I understand the trauma!

[@clarabellum]

I put down beneficial nematodes every other year. Game changer!!!

[@fromthegardenchannel]

@@clarabellum yup!

[@candisfirchau3810]

You're so knowledgeable!!

[@GlitzyGeez]

I planted some garlic in November but I might plant some more in December as well.😊

[@dsws97]

I’m in coastal Texas, and planted carrots yesterday. I usually plant them November, but I’m running late this year.

[@fromthegardenchannel]

They may be a tad slow with the shorter days ahead but come late January they should take off for you!

[@jennifermontgomery24]

Thanks Vanessa! Great advise for our area 💚

[@eloradanan1837]

Super helpful info. Thank you

[@ScalpersCorner]

Thanks for the tips. - Dripping Springs, TX

[@user-gv2hd8ck1p]

Hi, great video, thanks for sharing your insights. Will the beneficial nematodes get rid of grasshoppers as well as grubs? My sweet potato crop was destroyed by something this year. I live in Plano. Thanks!

[@fromthegardenchannel]

@@user-gv2hd8ck1p if you're curious about the specific list of what the different strains of beneficial Nematodes can cover go pop over to naturesgoodguys.com because they have lists! It definitely reduced my grubs and can help with wire worms and cut worms etc so most likely yes. But grasshoppers are a totally different story

[@iantalmadge3410]

Great video 👍 long time since I been on your channel, not intentional just got lost in the algorithm I guess. I have no issues at all with your style, I personally go the opposite route with nemotodes and I use my oyster mushroom myscelium be the living network in my psuedo soil, kills everything microbial and my plants are thriviing like crazy indoors now on their second growing season less than 300 days from when they started 😊. Just saying how I do not how all must lol. Love the channel!

[@fromthegardenchannel]

Hey I love to hear all the ways people find success. All of these raised beds have a layer of spent mushroom blocks at the base and I sprinkled mushroom blocks and mycorrhizal inoculant in all of the open in ground beds this season so also trying my hand at dominating the fungal environment.

[@GlitzyGeez]

New subscriber here. Thanks for the information. This will help me plan for my backyard garden in Atlanta

[@emekasearthgems3376]

Thanks for sharing 💜

[@sightline4004]

Blueberries actually just need iron, there was a study that came out about it. Maybe look it up and test to see if it works (tl;dr plant grass next to the blueberries)

[@fromthegardenchannel]

@@sightline4004 I'll check it out but I would never plant blueberries in ground still with my clay soil. They do just fine in pots so I'm happy to have them potted. But maybe a test is in order in the future 🧐

[@fromthegardenchannel]

@@sightline4004 do you grow blueberries successfully in ground with just iron as a supplement here in TX?

[@sightline4004]

@@fromthegardenchannel I was going to try this year but I was out of the country for 6 months (military). I'll try next year for sure. I live out in Weatherford FYI.

[@fromthegardenchannel]

@@sightline4004 please update me if you can I would love to here how it goes! When I own property I may try it. But we rent for now so I'm sticking with containers for the immediate future.

[@sightline4004]

@@fromthegardenchannel I will, I'll create a timelapse of it with one of the cheapo cameras I have laying around.

[@sheilagilleland4312]

I planted my garlic about a month or so again.

[@rcgkreations]

Great information

[@lanaturner-profit7052]

Great info😊

[@shirleyk623]

Thanks for the great advice. I'm hoping that you are feeling better, you sound great. I really like your videos because you don't say 'um' in every sentence. That makes me not want to watch those content makers, infact I have stopped watching them. I'm redoing my garden and converting the 5 gallon buckets to grow bags. The buckets are becoming sundried and breaking. My garlic and carrots are in and doing great. I'm getting everything ready for the spring here in Florida.

[@ITNJ0303]

Hey, I live in Round Rock as well.

[@DanMasters]

Me too.

[@dirtyd1398]

Live in Round Rock, we have clay soil as well. I have been getting the free mulch from the city, covering my yard in about 3 inches of it and letting it be for a year to 2, will amend the soil to make it better. I have a pretty windy yard as well. I have been using the free mulch from the city for my gardens. I would love it if you could come by and give me some tips on how i can grow better :)

[@aunttriciaattic]

Thanks for your video

[@carolmoline6490]

I have beautiful kale right now

[@SP-cz1mw]

Amazing information. The timing for your video was amazing. Have you ever used "Monterey Nematode Control"? I have issues with root knot nematodes. Its claim is organic, but I want to know your opinion. Thanks

[@fromthegardenchannel]

Yes so I'm actually working on a video that is all about what I've done and what I'm doing to deal with the nematode issue as a comprehensive breakdown. My nematodes issue was so bad I couldn't get even 1 tomato to set fruit so I opted to try the Monterrey nematodes control after I scraped out all of my raised beds. Then I solarized for a bit and then rebuilt, added in mustard meal and let things sit for a few weeks. Layered in a lot of mushroom blocks and now I'm rotating in cover crops. I was a bit torn on using the Monterrey but it seems to have not hurt anything in my soil so far.

[@SP-cz1mw]

​@fromthegardenchannel Thank you same here. It's so bad that I couldnt grow anything in TX for full summer or fall zero😢. After having amazing harvest early spring.

[@1RodeoMom]

New Subscriber....Hello neighbor, we are also NW of Austin we started a garden two yrs ago and it has done wonders being able to can, freeze and freeze dry our harvest. We plan on moving further north to the Florence area and 10 acres so are in flux for our garden this fall. I may end of planting in spring if we don't get our home sold and moved yet. I am keeping some herbs over winter and my strawberry plants in grow towers.

[@fromthegardenchannel]

@@1RodeoMom howdy! 🤠

[@lezliesecundaGLP-RD]

I live in southeast Texas and have wild onions growing on all my 5 acres. The one thing I am allergic to Onions! of course. Can I do anything to get rid of them?

[@fromthegardenchannel]

I have not had this specific issue so I'm not entirely sure what would need to happen to get rid of them entirely but maybe someone can see your comment and chime in!

[@Milkhoney23]

With respect, why do you want to get rid of them?

[@fromthegardenchannel]

@Milkhoney23 they say they are allergic to them?

[@Milkhoney23]

​@@fromthegardenchanneli thought that meant allergic if they eat them...

[@lesjaustin]

Manor here. What is your opinion on using live oak leaves in mulch or compost? Love the spin trim in the trash can idea.

[@fromthegardenchannel]

@@lesjaustin I haven't had any issues with oak leaves and tannins from them but they take a lot longer to break down. So I always try to chop them as fine as I can when I'm using them

[@tammiedyer3225]

You can put your seeds in your freezer for stratification before you plant

[@fromthegardenchannel]

@@tammiedyer3225 yup totally. This video was already pushing 20 minutes so it's simply touching points on things to do but I'll have a true seed starting video up here soon with info on manual stratification etc.

[@tammiedyer3225]

@ Starting a new garden this winter for spring (hopefully) in Sandy dead soil that doesn’t even grow weeds or coastal Bermuda well. East Texas, zone 8.

[@GDoan-co3ug]

Will the cover crops hurt the good nematodes?

[@fromthegardenchannel]

@@GDoan-co3ug any strong biofumigant couple slightly disrupt the ecosystem but overall the other benefits of a cover crops like protecting the soil, increasing organic matter etc will foster an environment that good nematodes and microbes will want to live in

[@sheilagilleland4312]

I live in north Texas, Wichita Falls area, I’m moving into a new home that has never had anything done to the soil seriously in the middle of a pasture. Should I go ahead and plant a cover crop everywhere now? I’m not sure where the garden is going to be, but I do know I’ll have raised beds. But I bet the whole area needs help.

[@fromthegardenchannel]

@@sheilagilleland4312 yup that's exactly what I would do. Plant a large cover crop and just start building up the soil now whether you go with raised beds or something else in the near future!

[@thedirtygardener]

Has anyone had luck using magnolia leaves for mulch? They’re really thick so obviously, I would need to break them up. But I’m wondering if it’s worth the effort since they may not break down in time. My neighbor’s tree drops its leaves all over my garden so I’m constantly having to rake them.

[@fromthegardenchannel]

@@thedirtygardener I've wondered this myself!

[@thedirtygardener]

@ guess I need to get out that WORX blower/sucker/mulcher and find out. #impulsebuy 😆

[@fromthegardenchannel]

@thedirtygardener hahaha ok but I have desperately wanted a mulching leaf blower/sucker for years now!

[@Ducttapeanddenim]

Did you share an affiliate link for the rye and mustard? I’d love to try that. Is it too late to plant now?

[@fromthegardenchannel]

I don't have an affiliate link but I appreciate you asking. Grosshoss.com is where you'll find the cover crops. They have winter and summer options and no it's not too late to sow winter ones! I sowed some as late as early Feb last year

[@miasgirls3778]

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[@OG-Ma]

Can you spray nematodes all over your backyard on grass to get rid of those pesky fire ants ? 🐜 I just moved from the state of Colorado to west Texas , and yes I Love it here!!! 🤠

[@fromthegardenchannel]

Yup that's what I've done multiple times and it works great!

[@CheezNrice4u]

I’m in Leander, and I sow crimson clover every year and it never takes, are you sowing it in December?

[@fromthegardenchannel]

Yes the shot in this video was me sowing in December and it took awhile to really pop up. By late January I had shoots and by late Feb I had some early blooms.

[@composthog4332]

New subscriber here. Loving your content, but take umbrage about your comment about if their yard looks like crap... I live in Dallas where few seem to care about water shortages, wildlife, and native plants. In this area, landscapers aren't really interested in plants or perennials. They want to plant as many annuals, limb up as many trees and use as many chemicals as possible. They've even started topping enormous trees that were healthy. It's all about the money. People who practice benign neglect? I think they are wonderful in comparison. Their trees still look like trees instead of some Dr Seuss version of a tree. Anyway, I'm a vegetable Gardener and a perennial Gardener and yes I put in some annuals but my trees still look like trees. Anyway the safest leaves are from the people who do the least in my opinion. Are other cities paying people to ruin their trees? 😭😭😭😭😭 And thank you so much for mentioning the native pollinators and the need for the leaves for overwintering! ❤

[@fromthegardenchannel]

@@composthog4332 I think you misunderstood me when I said ' looks like crap'. To us dirt nerds, dormant native perennials, layers of leaves and dead wildflowers that harbor native insects are a good thing. But to the average suburban lawn obsessed person that looks messy and 'like crap'. Hence me saying those people's yards are usually safer to gather leaves from if they are ok with giving up their leaves. If an elderly person still has someone maintaining a large section of perennials in their yard I'm happy to ask them questions about what they use and in my experience they are very aware and involved in what's going on. The less lawn they have typically the more Involved they are. I appreciate you being here and you will see through my videos that what you care about and what I care about are most likely the same thing!

[@composthog4332]

@@fromthegardenchannel Oh!! Now I understand 😁 I definitely could tell that you are a kindred spirit. Guess it's just a touchy subject for me personally because Dallas area hardly has any dirt nerds! Love the term. Feel like I have to explain myself on a regular basis. Someone was trying to insult me once and said my yard looked like I should move to Austin. Ha I do try to conform a bit in the front but the back is overly lush. Been enjoying your videos all day. Planted some garlic and I know I'm too late but I followed your guidance in the other ways. Thanks SO much and happy gardening! 😍

[@Fulltimer]

Dixondale Farms for onions plants.

[@fromthegardenchannel]

Yup dixondale is the main place I order from every year and our local feed stores also get them from there. But I switched it up this year so that I could review Hoss on their live plants because I have a large audience and that is helpful information for them to know 😊

[@mjk9388]

Does anyone here have experience on when to plant Sorrel here in Texas? I live in San Antonio and I can't seem to get it to grow from seed in the early spring when the seed packet says to plant it.

[@fromthegardenchannel]

I do. Right now you can sow it. It's frost tolerant and does well in cooler temps. But if your seeds are older then germ rate will drop drastically for some leafy greens specifically lettuces. Although sorrel is in the buckwheat family technically.

[@mjk9388]

@@fromthegardenchannel Thank you! I started some seeds about a month ago and they germinated, but just haven't grown very large - staying about 1-2 inches tall.

[@sheilagilleland4312]

I Guess I never heard about the nematodes 😳

[@Zizzyyzz]

*FIRST*

[@mollyh.7694]

I’m fighting cutter ants! Send help lol

[@fromthegardenchannel]

Oh yea I had them bad in a couple beds a few years ago. They loved my potato leaves 😭 I can't say definitively that the beneficial Nematodes stopped them but hey they're gone 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@Billbarker57]

Diatomaceous earth will kill any ant that walks through it and doesn’t get a bath within an hour or five. You can surround the attacked plants, or just cover the ant pile. Ant pile uses less, but this stuff is cheap and harmless, more or less. Don’t inhale it.

[@Cwbyupdfw]

I live in North East Texas north of Tyler and the Leaf Cutters are horrible around me. I use Taurus SC against them. It works GREAT!!! It is actually made to use on termites but also works on the Leaf Cutters. I spray a bit into their mound holes and boom, they are history. First time I used it I did not see them for 2 years. Then a few popped up again, used again and I have not seen any in almost 4 years since. Just beware…. It is not cheap! But it goes a long way. You can also go online if you can’t find it in your local stores.

[@DanMc1980]

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[@fromthegardenchannel]

@@DanMc1980 as much as I can empathize with you, airing your dissatisfaction in the comments section of my video will not change that. I pay for the premium for my family because we don't spend money on other streaming platforms so we don't have to put up the the ads. I know that's not everyone's desire to allocate funds to, nor is everyone able to allocate funds to. But I am simply the human creator of the video who wants nothing more than for you to able to get this info and I sadly don't have control over the other factors. Other than I have a Patreon for paid subscribers to get ad free content which allows me to cover some bills while spending the time to create. I do hope you will stick around!

[@sport07-o2l]

@@fromthegardenchannelPremium is where it’s at. I simply loathe advertisements