Drop links to the next video I should react to!

The man literally crawled out of the nutrient rich soil to educate us.

"That's not even a hack. Plants have seeds in them and then you plant them." Kevin I'm dying hahaha!

The pine cone "seedlings" were just cut branch ends. A pine seedling doesn't look anything like that.

I love growing chamomile and that hack absolutely sent me. Not only do those bags not contain anything that can strike, the bags themselves don't degrade, so I knew it was gonna be bogus from the start but when the cucumber sprout popped out I nearly cried. It couldn't look less like a chamomile if they tried 😂😂

Not even a minute in i alerady thoroughly enjoyed the intro LOL

Looks like they heated the spade in the green onion hack with some kind of flame. It doesn't take much heat to carve into plastic bottles with hot metal.

“Well it’s messy because it’s in a cabinet, so you just don’t need to do that” I love Kevin 😂😂😂

They heated that mini-trowel to make the holes in the plastic bottle (I do that sometimes myself). As for the buttermilk/moss thing - it was done for an episode on Mythbusters to get moss to grow on stones. With the oyster mushrooms, it's useful to do this if you've left them in the fridge too long (when the spores produce mycelium in the gills). However, you really have to watch that fungus gnats don't get through the holes on the sides of a container like that, so I would wrap it in something fine pored but breathable - like horticultural fleece. I grow a lot of pine trees from seed, which means hunting through plantations for cones; but I have never seen seeds geminate in a pine cone. I wouldn't think it's a good idea to encourage them to do that either as the roots are quite hard and liable to be badly damaged when it comes to separating them. I have to keep my succulent collection indoors in the winter, but they do take on vivid colours when I put them outside in the summer. I find that Aloe vera is quite difficult to get just right - it's either pink or sappy yellow. ***Important point about the Sweet Potato*** These are often irradiated if they are shipped abroad (say like from the USA to the UK). So they won't grow if they come from another country (I had to buy some slips, ready grown here in Scotland). I'm hoping they grow well enough this year (my first time growing Sweet Potato), so that I can keep raising a small crop of these every summer.

Many years ago, I planted a couple of old sweet potatoes in one of my raised gardens. I never really harvested it and allowed them to come back perennially since I liked the bush and beautiful flowers which looked like Morning Glories (since they're related). When I finally dug them up (they were taking over) a few years later, I had over fifteen oddly-shaped sweet potatoes with one that looked like an overgrown heart!

Kevin isn't angry, Blossom. He's just disappointed.

3:13 As a forestry student I can say, that this isn't what actual pine seedlings look like. Here they just took some twigs and let only needles on the ends. Same thing is about the earlier phase of seedling, when it really doesn't look like grass or pine needles. Anyway, germing from cone is somewhat possible to some extend, I've even seen tiny seedling on a cone few times, but it's alot about coincidence, because the seed has to have dormance long enough to germ at the point, when the cone slowly starts decomposing.

For the oyster mushrooms, they actually laid out two different kinds of oyster mushroom. The very first one they put down was a King Oyster, but of all the oyster they laid down, only two were King oyster, the rest were just regular oyster which is what they showed cutting off after growing.

I grew up surrounded by pine trees, and those 'seedlings' growing out of the pine tree look more like new branch growth from a mature tree that was taken and shoved into the cone. Also, the 'sprouts' looked more like just regular pine needles. And even if they are real, they would have been much larger to be that thick. While it may very well be possible to sprout pine seedlings that way (why would you though?), the video itself was still fake.

“That’s not even a hack! Plants have seeds in them and then you plant them!” I adore these videos & feel your pain thanks for the giggles ✌🏻

Two things: 1) I typically really enjoy anticipating where Kevin will pop out at the start of a video, so turning it into a game made the start of this video infinitely more entertaining. 2) It would be amazing to have a "roast series"

"Those roots are kinda hot, those are hot roots" -- the sound that I just made 😂😂 much needed laughs today, thank you 🌱

*"Those are some hot roots"* 🤣🤣😊 gotta love ya Kevin 👌

I grew my slips by placing the sweet potato in a bowl of moist soil. I had slips to cut out in 3 weeks and it took another week to grow roots. They should be ready for harvesting by the end of this month (so excited!).

I had broken a piece of my snake plant off and I'm happy to say that it finally sprouted a new plant. It seemed like it took forever though, but its exciting nonetheless

Had a Japanese sweet potato sprout on one end before I was ready to cook it, so I cut that end off, split it up between the slips, and stuck them in a pot of soil. I'm looking forward to seeing how they do in my garden this year!

So the onions thing - you heat up the end of any metal to create the whole in any plastic container. I use a soldering iron or hand torch.

1:30 That's an _eryngi_ mushroom, and TIL it's one of the oyster mushrooms (the ones I usually buy are _ostreatus_ mushrooms from the same _Pleurotus_ genus). I've seen it a number of times in Japanese recipe shows, and I have no idea what it's like because my mom isn't a fan. "Hacked" genetics... Yeah I think they used an inoculant.

I propagated some snake plant leaves that had root rot by cutting them near the soil and put them in water for 5 months or so, even accidentally letting the roots dry out completely for a week or 2 because I forgot about them. I put it in soil and now it’s 2.5 feet tall. It’s probably one of the most forgiving plants I’ve ever grown

Regarding the pine cone - it's not uncommon for bonsai enthusiasts to use an oven to warm up the resins that hold pine cones closed. But you're right - we don't tend keep the seeds in the cones. Plus the greenery as shown in the Blossom video is way waaaaaaay too mature to be coming from seeds from a pine cone. They also look like they were just glued on.

Omg the editor’s reaction to you saying you should hire the Blossom editor sent me 🤣

I feel like the bottom watering one isn't a real hack. Most experienced gardeners do it that way anyway. And that luffa one! 🤣 Apparently now it's a hack to plant seeds from the fruit of a plant.

You're giving blossom way to much credit. Even in the clips that are correct, you explain why they work and give more information which is infinitely more useful and educational than what blossom does. These hack channels are absolute poison actively discouraging people from actually learning how to do things. "Life is simple and if you can't hack it then I guess you're the problem" is the message they tout.

Seeing your loufa made me happy. My dad grew loufas. He died this year (covid) and now I have one of his loufas and I have no clue what to do with it. I'll plant the seeds in spring and see what happens.

I have people tag me in plant hacks all the time and I'm usually like " uhhhhhhh, that doesn't actually work!" Or "That's kinda overkill and not necessary ". But I have to say I'm surprised by some of these! Also, I love the hide and seek games!

The other thing with when a Life Hack From Blossom Does Actually Work/is somewhat accurate, there is still context missing of as to *why* a thing works that way. Of course explaining things in details takes time and research and makes the videos longer than blossom wants them to be, they are more about showing a spectacle and entertain people rather than teaching them. Great video, always love to learn how plants behave and grow!

Great channel. Been sitting here very sick and depressed and this is the only think that's been able to distract me and make me feel better. Thank you so much for helping me without even knowing it.

6:45 "Wilted plant? Try watering it!" wow thanks blossom, incredible.

Omg you’re funny af. The amount of memes in just the first minute and a half 😂 keep it up bro these videos are always so good

If a plant changes colour, it changes it's chloroplasts to chromoplasts. For the succulents in to much sun, it is probably because they don't need the chloroplasts that much :)

Thank you so much! You are, pretty much, the only gardener I go to when I need information. You are clear, concise and easy for me to follow. I, somehow, wound up planting, and caring for, our little community garden. I'm loving it; and, with your help, it may actually be a success--and I now know all kinds of things to correct for next year. I have learned so much from you! Thank you, again, and have a lovely day.

The Loofah reaction got me laughing. "That's not even a hack"

2:29 >>Me wanting to defend EG editors' honor when I thoroughly enjoyed that intro P.S. I totally guessed where kevin would pop up correctly!!! Can I get a +40 defense against the Root Rot Gods?!

Yeah, I'm growing oyster mushrooms right now, and I followed FreshCap's oyster bucket video. Bought some Oyster mushroom liquid culture, made sterile grain jars, inoculated them, and when they were fully colonized, I spawned them to some aspen wood chips that had been soaking in hot water overnight. My pearl oyster bucket has already yielded me some really lovely clusters, and my pink oyster bucket should be fruiting within a week or two. Honestly, growing mushrooms can be easier than gardening. Oysters are especially forgiving. I think it's worth noting that while coir and peat have similar uses in gardening, they have very different usages in mycology. The lack of nutrition in coir makes it an ideal fruiting substrate for many mushrooms, but peat is best as a casing layer for mushrooms that have more specific fruiting conditions. I've heard the very best additive for moss slurry is actually dog shit. And I've switched to sub-irrigation planter boxes for some of my crops, and EM-1 is my gardening hack. SIP + living soil = easy, hands-off growing. Just top-dress every so often with compost and bokashi. Less ferts, less water, more yields. Highly recommend looking into the Earthbox method if you haven't already.

I have never enjoyed a gardening video this much in my life. Intro was top notch, and I actually have tears from laughing at the Idubbbz greenscreen at the end. 😂 thank you for that

This is actually great that you point out the flaws, and it's worth continuing these videos for sure. I tried a few "hacks" back in the day, and it's sad to figure out a lot are a waste or time or just don't work!

Anytime Kevin pops out from somewhere, it just lightens my mood lol

That was fun, Kevin! These hacks are a lot more fun to watch with you 😂 Loved your special effects! Bless you and have a great day ...this started mine off right 👍

Epic gardening - to cut the hole in the plastic jug, the tip of the shovel was hot, so it melted the plastic. Leaves a stronger hole also, since the rim is thicker due to the melting.

I come here for the fantastic information delivered in the most chill way possible. The hilarious intro made this extra special, great job.

On the onion in a plastic bottle - Kevin they probably heated the little shovel before they used it to melt the plastic to cut the hole. I’ve done that with a heated nail to add more drainage/air holes to a plastic orchid pot.

They cut the bottle by heating the spade. You can see the edges were melted. They melted through and sped the footage up a little bit to make it look smoother and faster, more editing magic! =====THE MORE YOU KNOW!===☆

I love it when you do these types of videos, so yes - please make this a regular thing.

i love when you roast these and i can never look at Pinterest the same again

Lmao the editing is killing me. Hats off to whoever did that.

I was expecting him to be behind the plant he crawled out in front of. I laughed my ass off, thank you so much for the video?

I love the editing, keeps it engaging right from the beginning 🙌🏼

I was wondering what luffa was until they did the cross section and I recognized it as environmentally friendly sponges I use. They work great. Not sure what else the plant is used for though.

Best intro ever - definitely giving James Prigioni a run for his money :D

it's a crime that this guy has just 1.5 M subs, can we give a bit more appreciation to this guy for literally terraforming into soil for his intro?

This is quite possibly the best intro I've witness on KZfaq to this date. Appreciate the uses of memes too, keep it up!

I love you're videos!!! They always lift my mood especially this one, I actually laughed out loud

OMG, that BIG iDubbs cameo😂😂😂 the crossover I didn't know I needed!

You're editing is amazing. I randomly found you while looking up tips for my plants. I'm currently growing multiple tomato plants, green onion, Lettuce, Celery, Cilantro, oregano, parsley, and way to many vine and succulent variants. This might be my new morning show while I have my coffee!

That was the best intro to a video I've ever seen. Lmaoo The Eric Andre refference was the cherry on top. 😂 This is by far my favorite plant channel on any platform. ❤ There's literally a video for every question/plant I have. It's become my go-to for anything I need regarding my plant babies. Kevin is so knowledgeable and explains things extremely well. I love how he doesn't "dumb things down" especially when it comes to names. I appreciate the existence of this channel. 💚

Love the editing, and love this series!! I've always said the best things are hidden gems; it doesn't appeal to the general public. Like the TV show Community :)

What do you do with the loofah after you harvest them, since you have so many? Would you do a video about this? 🙏

I never leave comments but I have to say, that intro was hilarious. I love the editing on this channel.

Big fan of the opening on this video.. also I believe they heated up that little metal shovel so it melted through the plastic bottle not cutting it at all. Keep up the great videos. My Girlfriend and I enjoy and appreciate them. 😎🤙

The memes are strong in this one

“Cultivate that like button!” never gets old.

My new favorite channel!😊 thanks for sharing so much vital information with us sure appreciate it!

Good to see you popping out of the garden again. That hasn't been happening as consistently lately. Never don't appear in some quirky way.

Kevin, thanks again for another great one 👍

That intro! Loved it!

Hi Kevin! This was fun. I really enjoy your plant hacks videos. Very entertaining! Thanks for sharing!

So glad YT qued you up after I had just watched the Blossom video. I got to the little smiling orange and thought that was the end, too. But I could see there was more content and let it run. They go through a bunch of DIY things with concrete, and then they get back into plants. Hopefully, you can give your thoughts on those things, too. Thanks for checking into these. I especially liked the tomato plant one.

Chaotic gardener energy in the intro

The editing is on point 🔥🔥🔥 I also loved seeing someone to tall trying to hide in small place 😂😂😂

Best intro yet!! You know I love a good pop up and the Eric Andre we'll be right back had me rolling!! Excellent work sir!

8:55 what I like about this hack is that it’s a good way to reuse gallon water jugs, keeping them out of the ocean

That intro is amazing 😂

So far I have 5 or 6 luffa growing and the plant is starting to get longer thank goodness, my 1st year growing luffa, so far so good

the clip in which the plant the onions in a plastic bottle (8:15), they actually used a heated garden tool to make a hole easily

I am not a professional, I'm not even an amateur... I'm a person who likes plants. That said, I saw the original "hack" video and had the exact same thoughts regarding "chamomile" sprouts, the soil in the cupboard, and the mushrooms not being the same as the ones planted, as well as the pine cone thing. I appreciated the information on the coir pucks, didn't realize about the lack of nutrition in them. My other problem with that "hack" is that a bag of soil is... dirt cheap... but those pucks can get quite pricey... when originally viewing I was hoping they were going to show us a hack on how to make those pucks with soil. That would have been cool. I really appreciate the algorithm putting me on to your videos; great information, insight, and clarifications. Looking forward to seeing more. Side note...now I want to grow luffa!

The magic hole cutter is on account of the heating trick. I use it a lot, haha.

Your plant knowledge is endless! Loved the video.

Hi Kevin! I've just discovered you and subscribed to your channel I'm not an expert, especially in outdoor gardening, but I'm in love with indoor plants and I'm constantly looking for videos/articles about this topic. Good job! I enjoyed watching you 🌱🤓

What they used to cut holes into the bottle in the onion hack was a heated up tiny garden shovel. As long as it's metal, it transfers heat well and melts the thin plastic of the bottle. Good breakdown on the hacks though, thank you! Some of them belong into the "why" category but still. :D

Yes! I’ve been waiting so long for one of these!

please have more of these really look forward to them

Just moved into a place here with a large yard and can't wait to use your videos to grow things!

Very good information friend and those mushrooms I have taken time to plant in my house although I still do not dare I stay on your channel for more videos, thank you very much

#1 I live the editing on this video! Especially the beginning. Totally took me back #2 In the video where they used to trowel to make holes in the plastic. I believe they heated the trowel to melt / cut the plastic my husband has done this before with a nail to make holes in plastic that aren’t sharp.

Love this. I always wondered who actually carried out some of the 'hacks' and why they didn't just stop when they realised most don't work. But perhaps hack videos are just entertainment, watched as a substitute for planting rather than as a prelude to it.

* @8:17 they probably super heated that trowel with a blow torch so that it was hot enough to met the plastic.* *I have seen other plant shows who use a soldering iron to make holes in plastic bottles that way.* *Your show is fantastic!* *I've gotten my adult son, who now has his own home garden, to watch your channel and he has learned so much from you as well.

The snake plant hack is correct, but you’re right they shouldn’t be completely submerged, but they do take long. I took a leaf cutting and it took about 5-6 months to grow roots.

I'm so glad I went back and watched this because this is the best intro of all time. Pokémon nostalgia + garden tomfoolery = PERFECTION

Sweet potato (NOT any other type!) has edible leaves. They are high in vitamin A and make an excellent standby green for summer when lettuce has gone bitter and bolted. They don’t have the snap of iceberg lettuce, but are more like a leaf lettuce, and not much flavor. They are tender and not bitter and I used them quite a lot.they are SO easy to grow, and at the end you get the sweet potatoes, too ☀️

I loved you doing a video on those crazy plant hacks. They annoy me too. But they were correct about the moss & buttermilk. I've tried it & it does work. Keep making your videos please. Great information. 👍

8:15 they cut the plastic by heating up that trowl! XD Melty goodness.

the meme usage in this video is unparalleled! thank you for continuing to share your blossom roasts, luffa master.

Great video Kevin, looking forward to the series!

I guessed right! That big leaf in the corner seems the perfect spot!

I am in love with the new editing on these