13 Garden Tasks You MUST Do In May

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Get your garden in full swing this May with our essential task list. Kevin, ‪@jacquesinthegarden‬ , ‪@meggrowsplants‬ , and Erin from ‪@TheImpatientGardener‬ share expert tips and must-do tasks to ensure your garden thrives this month. From mulching to tree thinning, we've got you covered for an epic summer ahead.
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00:00 - Intro
00:38 - Mulching Before Summer
02:46 - Fertilizing Plants
04:29 - Pruning Boxwood
06:24 - Compost Reset
09:53 - Pruning & Tomato Trellising
12:19 - Weeding
14:02 - Dividing Perennials
15:28 - Clearing & Bed Reset
18:10 - Rooting Suckers
19:29 - Succession Sowing Herbs
20:56 - Planting In Containers
22:07 - Repotting Perennials
26:18 - Tree Thinning
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@chelseaduffy3373 Ай бұрын

The audible gasp I made when I saw you brought a Wisconsin gardener to the team. I love it!

@jlobryan6566 Ай бұрын

I love that you speak on different growing zones!

@Vicfric Ай бұрын

I love Meg and Erin. Thanks for including them

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

@Sandraparson1 Ай бұрын

The guy in the comments saying Meg is “flirty” obviously doesn’t understand what charisma is. Meg has charisma. She’s entertaining to watch & listen to. We love her ❤️

@Sandraparson1 Ай бұрын

And Erin is great as well! She’s so well spoken and you have a great team going on, Kevin!

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

It's quite revealing to see the comments on the women on our channel vs. the men. Shows a lot more about the commenters than our gardeners IMO - Kevin

@britter_critter Ай бұрын

Didn't see any flirting from Meg, Jaques however, clearly being a flirty garden vixen./s

@miseentrope Ай бұрын

@@britter_critter 🤣 It's the hat and gardeners' knees! LOL. Seriously tho, love all the Epic team members. 🥰

@lyonhawaii Ай бұрын

While weeding ...I find it very helpful to listen to an audiobook.

@justtus Ай бұрын

I appreciated the knee cracking noise at the start ;)

@jo-annelavigne3610 Ай бұрын

As a Master Gardener, I love how you have changed and evolved the Epic Gardening platform. Each one of your staff members brings new insight into gardening weather soil maintenance, irrigation, propagation, mulching you name it. Your tips and learning experiences teaches other gardeners how they can better maintain their garden. Thank you for your hard work.

@juliehorney995 Ай бұрын

"Whatever works for you." Cracking me up Meg!

@JustCallMeInsane Ай бұрын

"Or if you have a lot of repressed anger you can use your bare hands and rip them out" 🤣🤣🤣

@monicamartey Ай бұрын

😅😅😅

@meggrowsplants Ай бұрын

I’ve considered buying those claw gloves for this very reason 😂

@jackiek4159 Ай бұрын

I definitely resonate with this one! 😂

@JustCallMeInsane Ай бұрын

@@meggrowsplants yesss do it!!

@monicakapp5778 Ай бұрын

I would love more zone 4 & 5 videos! We have such a short growing season compared to the south and it's very challenging for beginners like me!

@louisamichelleloll Ай бұрын

it's so weird gardening in Florida, everyone else is just now putting their seedlings in the ground.... I'm over here about to pull my tomatoes out lmao.

@pingwin466 Ай бұрын

we are laughing everyday as I pull more tomatoes out of the ground in Ft Pierce lol, slicers are almost done and determinates going well, okra is good and bush beans are going well, kale is bolting/yellowing, we learned we were 6 months of from our schedule after moving from N.C back to Florida

@veryberry39 Ай бұрын

I lived there for 3 years, and my housemate was the gardener. All I know is she had the worst time trying to keep the stinkbugs from decimating her tomatoes, but the okra grew like crazy. 🤣

@juliehorney995 Ай бұрын

Just a function of one's growing zone. Cheers!

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

LOL seriously. Climates are so diff!

@docgrowsfood Ай бұрын

I’m in a North Tampa suburb and attempting the Millennial Gardener’s strategy of growing tomatoes under 40% shade cloth through the summer. Attempting to outsmart mother nature. Wish me luck!

@lisarenee260 Ай бұрын

I really love this format - so much information packed into one video!

@samslens7793 Ай бұрын

I relate to Meg so much 😂 i enjoy her content/input so much

@Vookis1 Ай бұрын

It’s come to my attention that there seems to be a lack of tacky garden decor in San Diego!!! Here in the south every garden has at least one garden gnome shout out to Meg!! If u didn’t know garden gnomes take care of the garden at night!

@SubunitProductions Ай бұрын

Love hearing Erin's advice about more decorative perennial plants. It's an area I've gotten into more but it's so different in a lot of ways to traditional veggie gardening that I feel like it's a whole new set of things to learn.

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

I totally agree!

@leslieeide6721 29 күн бұрын

Meg - dead fish stew is hilarious. That’s about how it smells too, dead fish. 😂😂

@nseaspatetico Ай бұрын

I've been getting a lot of these types of videos on social media where someone that knows what is doing on a particular topic goes out of its way to let you know what he/she is doing and you should too. You probably know (since you are making this video), but I really appreciate this format since it feels like a neighbor that REALLY knows what it's doing and giving you advice on how to improve I'm also from across the border (Tijuana) so all your advice can (in most cases) apply for my zone as well! Thank you and keep on growing!

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

That's our goal with this!!

@tmontero8492 Ай бұрын

Well done, Kevin! Your affiliates have so much knowledge and experience to offer! I learned something useful from each gardener today, including yourself. I rarely view videos longer than 10-15 mins -- short attention span 🥴 I guess -- but I watched this video with rapt interest. I love the way you have created such a well-rounded staff with appealing personalities and approaches from a variety of zones. Your site has always been one of the best on KZfaq, now it is very close to coming in first! 🏆 Congratulations on the creativity, originality, and hard work you have invested. And thank you.

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

So glad to hear th is!

@Thrash230723 Ай бұрын

Multi zone video spread… bro 👏🏻 👏🏻 that’s why you’re Epic Eric!!

@bobobaggins95 Ай бұрын

Google lens has been my best friend in the garden for the last couple years. Aside from fresh seedlings its helped me find so many plants I want and identified so many things, biggest win was a pecan tree that shot out cause my parents cut the tree without digging the trunk and roots out. It snapped off, so I took a pic and then dug further after it said it to find a tree trunk 😂 they were like oh yeh I totally forgot we had a pecan tree there haha

@Livingsamsara Ай бұрын

LOVED that format! It hit all the high notes for me. Thanks to everyone who added their somethin' somethin.' Spectacularly helpful for general maintenance, even for Zone 8 areas. Thanks!

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@leviduve4001 Ай бұрын

4:36 She isn't kidding about the zone 4 thing.. This area of the Midwest definitely gets pretty cold in the winter. Working at a local nursery, they treat everything here like its zone 4 so that everything is hardy even in the occasionally severe cold days. Works very well in my experience. I'd say this microclimate reaches down past Dubuque and stretches over to Galena at least.

@seandoe3768 Ай бұрын

As always, thanks for including the input from other zones.

@Jorduan100 Ай бұрын

For all of us over here in the UK: 1) Prepare to battle a never ending horde of slugs eating our seedlings. 2) Refuse to surrender in the face of certain defeat, deploying beer traps, and hunting hiding places by day, torches and big tweezers by nights. 3) Rejoice in the demise of the slug army and watch everything flourish!

@GrowsGoneWild Ай бұрын

We got them thick over here this year too!

@FrozEnbyWolf150 Ай бұрын

I tried beer traps here in the US and they didn't work. What finally worked was going out with soap spray after a rain, when all the slugs would come out. I never saw a slug infestation again. Also, firefly nymphs are natural predators of slugs. The firefly nymphs look very different from the adults, so it helps to learn to recognize them.

@Neenerella333 Ай бұрын

I've already got caterpillars here in Northern New Mexico. I held back some of my broccoli seedlings indoors, in case my transplants get munched. Good luck with your slugs and snails.

@Chet_Thornbushel Ай бұрын

Step 4, get some pet ducks to patrol your garden for the slimy buggers 😆

@smas3256 Ай бұрын

@@Neenerella333 Slugs and snails avoid crushed eggshells. Membrain of eggshells have to be washed off and air dried or baked in an oven. Nesting birds need the calcium and will help lower pest population.

@northerngirlhobbies Ай бұрын

Excellent collab ladies and gents, wish it was longer.

@wordwalkermomma4 Ай бұрын

And they speak so fast...I’m thinking of watching at 75%, just to enjoy and think longer about gardening.😁

@michelletetreault9428 Ай бұрын

I love this mix of information and advice from the different garden zones! Thank you so much!!!!

@Notable2Nikki Ай бұрын

I must get my seedings in the ground! That is the only goal!

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

You got it

@FluffyTheGryphon Ай бұрын

I just planted a peach tree after watching your orchard video!

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

That is awesome!

@crystalluna01 Ай бұрын

I can definitely relate to the knees cracking 😅 going up and down stairs with me is not pleasant because it's so loud 😅😅😂

@This_is_Ridiculous Ай бұрын

Those rice crispy knees at the beginning I’m 💀💀

@kathrynmettelka7216 Ай бұрын

Meg, we are almost neighbors in zone 8 Greenville, SC. No wonder your advice works for me.

@meggrowsplants Ай бұрын

Well hi, neighbor!!

@PlaneJaneCars Ай бұрын

More Meg, pls? Thx! 🫡

@meggrowsplants Ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@DannyHodge95 Ай бұрын

Jacques bit about repotting the Guava was brilliant, some really helpful tips for figuring out why a plant might be languishing

@cryptelligence Ай бұрын

Scape next to Jacque's head: *please don't see me, please don't see me*

@VashTown Ай бұрын

I love seeing more of the team and their climates, even though I'm 10b myself lol

@tinakarp3996 Ай бұрын

Love the addition of all the other experts/gardeners you have added. 😍

@deshgouri Ай бұрын

You guys! Stop bragging so much about your really warm climate 😣😅

@Fnkdoxnmnnbs Ай бұрын

I haven’t even planted my watermelons yet bc I live in the Bay Area 🥲

@nathansubbiah7564 Ай бұрын

Bro Eric is still in 60°s but here in Tennessee it is already 85°

@deshgouri Ай бұрын

@@Fnkdoxnmnnbs ya right, I'm watching this from the very cold, wet, yucky & grey Pacific Northwest 🙄

@deshgouri Ай бұрын

@@nathansubbiah7564 yes ok. Enjoy! Fyi, I hate you 😂

@anserinfernus5535 Ай бұрын

Watching from Ontario, and even with a greenhouse, time is not on my side. 🥲

@ColeSpolaric Ай бұрын

Who says I MUST do these in May?! I do what i want! 😆

@RealBradMiller Ай бұрын

That's it, I'm calling the gardening police! You can expect Captain Planet to come aknockin', yes you can!! 😂😂😂😂

@jm3517 Ай бұрын

“13 kind of mediocre peaches” new math rock band name I call it.

@TheTardis157 Ай бұрын

One thing people might forget is that animals, mostly pet dogs, really love the smell of organic fertilizers and may decide to help you repot your plants by ripping them out to eat the fertilizer. So if you have dogs, fence in your plants with some wire fencing for a while until the smell fades enough, usually a week or 2.

@lizlucey3812 Ай бұрын

My dog loves bone meal and blood meal! She dug into the bags and the dirt 😅

@doccross Ай бұрын

The new format is great. Keep it up.

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

Glad you like it!

@NicolesGardenNS Ай бұрын

2.99 million!! I’ll be checking daily and rooting for 3M 🎉🙌🙌

@sanstheskeleton3239 Ай бұрын

I LIVE IN SOUTHERN PA AND WE JUST HAD MORE RAIN IN TWO WEEKS THAN WE HAVE SEEN IN OVER A YEAR BASICALLY. AND ITS STILL NOT IN THE 70S

@dorriwaldera3081 Ай бұрын

I just told my husband I need a machete (for the garden).. He looked at my like he was very worried. LOL

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

Tell him we approve of your request! - Kevin

@jakevendrotti1496 Ай бұрын

12:20 This young woman is adorable and hilarious! I burst out laughing twice 😂 But everything she said was true. Heed those weeds people!

@johnszandrocha6429 Ай бұрын

I use egg carton, cardboard and newspaper for free browns in times of over abundance of greens

@jelegget Ай бұрын

So far, we got 2 tips for anger management lol

@PharMamaUSA 27 күн бұрын

The editing, content, and flow of this video is AWESOME!!!!!

@RawwVeggies Ай бұрын

I really need to reset my compost too

@northernerinnc3179 Ай бұрын

I like that you have included the other gardeners from different planting zones, very helpful. Thank you

@reenalthakerar7297 Ай бұрын

Really enjoyed this. Thank you.

@xxpopacap45xx87 27 күн бұрын

Jacq and that pot smack!🤭😂😂😂 I about died ☠️ when it was put in slow motion! Great video yall! Always enjoy watching and learning!

@amyosborn4604 19 күн бұрын

Hi Erin! I’m so excited to see you here, joining Epic Gardening, especially since we’re in the same zone. Your old pal from Stonehouse Nursery in Michigan!

@gazellecarlson6543 Ай бұрын

so glad you confirmed my using suckers to make new plants.....such a time saver

@kathleenmccarthy8418 Ай бұрын

That was awesome and just the way I like to receive my information. Quick and concise. Thank you.

@valeriezendiver263 Ай бұрын

Lots of great ideas in this one, thank you!

@glasgowbeck Ай бұрын

Sooooooo close to 3 million! You are all awesome

@allison_diehl Ай бұрын

I am always so excited to see these videos posted because I know I’m going to learn something interesting for my zone 6a garden. One request: I’d love some more videos with recipes!

@debrabray8855 Ай бұрын

Love this format ❤

@cherylanon5791 Ай бұрын

May is when we keep checking the overnight lows forecasts to see if we can plant peppers!

@Nikki-mx5my 25 күн бұрын

Yep!

@AndiNewtonian Ай бұрын

Thank you, Jacques, for the tips on tomato supports and replanting trees. Getting ready to tackle both of those this week!

@ozzy_fromhell Ай бұрын

Just started growing here in the inland Empire area after reading these comments I feel a lot better

@francestaylor9156 27 күн бұрын

Yep... E TN here. I harvested/pulled all my brassica this past weekend. It's getting too hot and they started getting a lot of pest damage too. Gives me room to grow more summer things - LOTS and LOTS of basil lol. Yep. I do the stem twist and pull method where I try to leave all the little roots in the ground from the prior plant but remove the big stem so that I can plant something new there.

@drewblack749 19 күн бұрын

Loved this!

@DirtyGardenSecrets Ай бұрын

great stuff!! thanks for sharing!!

@strangepetscmty Ай бұрын

Can’t wait to be able to do some outside gardening!

@Learningeveryday27 Ай бұрын

So much good knowledge thanks for sharing with us!

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@GreenthumbFL Ай бұрын

Love all the tips, definitely gonna applied to my garden…. ❤

@sandymurray3997 Ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this....thak you all. Pretoria Soth Africa

@Seraph318 Ай бұрын

I'm using the exact same Florida Weave setup, I learned from your past video about it :D Works great for me, and I live in FL lol. Tomatoes lived through 2 tropical storms and for about 9 months total :D

@davidbillera9296 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips. This really helped

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

No problem!

@CrankierPanda72 Ай бұрын

Whooo new video lets go!!

@ruthmuller8611 Ай бұрын

I would love to see guides for what to plant when to have veg and fruit production (almost) all year round in different hardiness zones. I’m a relatively inexperienced gardener in zone 7a and would love to know what needs to be planted when so there is production most of the year. Thank you for your fantastic videos!!

@idoscreamforicecream 28 күн бұрын

Hey Kevin, have you tried "tree teepee"? The man who invented it has an incredible story and wanted his product to support farmers💕

@rad1calreal15t Ай бұрын

I am experimenting with a cherokee purple tomato seedling I started this year. I put it in directly to the ground which is heavy clay and about 3 inches of home made compost and raised bed organic soil from last year. And it's looking super healthy! I water it about once a week or so. I'm in zone 8b, Texas. I have it in an area where they get morning and late afternoon sun. I'll let you know how that goes.

@UncreditedAudio Ай бұрын

Happy Friday, great work buddy!

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

Thanks! You too!

@andrewhayes2773 Ай бұрын

Jinx, Jacques. I use wood chip mulch for my pathways, straw mulch for my garden, and a mulching compost for my pepper plants, too!

@lobybobybib Ай бұрын

Great, me in Vancouver just starting to plant😂

@jenniferhenderson4674 Ай бұрын

Southern BC, here. I get you🌱🌱🌱

@Muddysmind Ай бұрын

I bought the same straw you are using and get many grass/weeds growing in my grow bags when I'm using it. None in my grow bags with micro bark for mulch.

@ragheadand420roll 28 күн бұрын

I have a pot knife too. Helps trim the flower😂😂😂We avoid grass products because of the roundup widespread use. It lives in manure and lives in straw The hula ho is 1 of the most underrated garden tools. A true warhorse for weeds

@winniejack2492 Ай бұрын

Y’all be doing the most. I have one compost bin and I am def not taking the temp. I throw some worms and they do the job. 🙃. If I were to follow u guys I would be broke trying to garden. I’m moving on too complicated. 🧐

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

No need to do it if it doesn't make sense for you! These things are like $10 and helpful to track heat, but not required - Kevin

@WilsonsWanderings Ай бұрын

Jadam fertilisers are the way forward! 👍🏻🤙🏻

@GoingGreenMom Ай бұрын

Fingers crossed that the garden isnt too bad off once I can get back out there in June. I got a lot of mulching and work done early this year, and the kids are doing the strawberry harvest and planted peppers and tomatoes this week.

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

Hope it's good!

@noodle646 29 күн бұрын

Y'all should grow Hakurei turnips, they are really crunchy, sweet, and all in all very delicious.

@eugenegreen9187 Ай бұрын

Jacques I need to know what is the orange flowering plant behind you during the repotting perennials segment. I'm in love with it..

@veryberry39 Ай бұрын

That's what I was thinking, too!

@presentpossible Ай бұрын

orange clock vine.

@lawrenberghanson4401 Ай бұрын

Great stuff! My garden task is mulching, planting some basils and marigolds, and preparing for the possibility of powdering mildew. I am going to try the baking soda and water solution to see if that works. Can you also get a NYC grower as part of the Epic Squad like YT channel Mari's Garden and Kitchen?

@suepowlesland8541 Ай бұрын

Watching you thin peaches makes me sad over our crop loss this year. The same January cold snap that completely wiped out the grape harvest here in the Okanagan BC ( aka Napa North ) also decimated the tree fruit industry. So no peaches on my tree this year for the first time ever. But being that I only have one tree, I know so many people are much worse off, and at least I can still enjoy his shade😊

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

:( so sorry to hear it

@nildaotero2933 Ай бұрын

Excellent video. Lots of info. Jaque, what's the name of the orange bush behind the guava plant? It's beautiful

@T-Mo_ Ай бұрын

4:45 holding the pruners like that making me anxious.

@PorchGardeningWithPassion 28 күн бұрын

Good video! I think you need representation from Lynden, WA 👊🏻🌻👊🏻🤣😛😎

@angelacalloway8125 Ай бұрын

Hello Kevin! Tfs 😊

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

You are so welcome

@Heartofahomesteader Ай бұрын

@meggrowsplants...Sticky what? I just pulled some out of my flower bed! Would love to know more about it ...NC zone 7B/ might be part 8A...

@meggrowsplants Ай бұрын

Sticky Willy! lol, such a funny name. But they’re also called cleavers. They’re edible, and can even be used as a tea ❤

@Heartofahomesteader Ай бұрын

@@meggrowsplants Thanks, Meg! I'll definitely look into them!

@rachelhayden5837 22 күн бұрын

Jaques, what is that beautiful purple blue spike flower bush behind you when you're chatting with your tomatoes? I need one! Maybe three!

@oregonsnob31 Ай бұрын

Hahahah already laughing with that sound of 40 year old backs while gardening. The struggle is real

@veryberry39 Ай бұрын

Unlike Douche McGee at the bottom of the comments, I'd love to see more of Meg!

@meggrowsplants Ай бұрын

❤

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

We would too!

@Plantandpeoplecarer Ай бұрын

Unless you’re in the southern hemisphere! We are currently freezing here in southern eastern Australia 😮

@fansaaga4033 Ай бұрын

Do you get frost cuz last time I was in nsw in winter. Never got below 5c

@Plantandpeoplecarer Ай бұрын

@@fansaaga4033 we’ve had two frosts so far, but today it’s 4 degrees Celsius with a wind chill factor of minus 4 🥶🥶🥶

@fansaaga4033 Ай бұрын

@@Plantandpeoplecarer which county just curious I didn’t know there’s frost in Australia 😅

@Plantandpeoplecarer Ай бұрын

@@fansaaga4033 we have snow too, but I’m in Canberra we don’t have counties, we have states

@fansaaga4033 Ай бұрын

@@Plantandpeoplecarer I assume you are in zone 9?

@PsychoPixie57 Ай бұрын

What is the lovely trellised plant with orange flowers that is behind Jacque when he's pulling the dead roots off his potted plant? It's lovely!!

@PsychoPixie57 Ай бұрын

Oh no, I said lovely twice lol

@StardewHomestead Ай бұрын

That fish poop fertilizer is the stuff, but does it stink 🤢 great video as always! The growing season is in full swing! 😄

@meggrowsplants Ай бұрын

Thank goodness it only stinks for a few hours! But the plants love it so we sacrifice lol

@veryberry39 Ай бұрын

And the raccoons go nuts for it!

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

Smells SO bad!

@RoyHolder Ай бұрын

You have some leaf curl on your peach tree Kevin, too late now but just as the tree starts budding next year you should spray it with a copper solution to prevent it, also on leaf fall as well. Using copper is organic. 👍👍

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

Yep - noticed! Will be hitting it next year