Gardening Myths: Watering Stakes

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10 ай бұрын

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@matthewmusselwhite591 Күн бұрын

I only wish I watched this 2 weeks ago…. BEFORE I bought to stupid spikes. Makes complete sense. Thank you!!

@BigHue37 10 ай бұрын

You are the Oliver Anthony to these local nurseries pointing out all their BS gimmicks. Thanks for the awesome content and being a voice for new and all serious gardeners alike. 🇺🇸

@ZE308AC 10 ай бұрын

You are correct about water stakes because I never used one to water my plants 🪴 and most of my plants are still alive. Thank you for exposing these gardening hacks. 👍

@ROlson-dx2jc 10 ай бұрын

Right on. It's important to understand how water moves through soil. I always respect your guidelines.

@kso808 10 ай бұрын

Such an interesting discussion of roots and water! I don’t think I’ve ever used watering stakes.

@growyourownavocados 9 ай бұрын

One of my favorite videos ever! I see a lot of videos with lots of products being used and I don't understand why people buying all those things.

@SCPorchGardner 10 ай бұрын

Thanks man, ive been looking at all your vids and i automatically hit like without wven watching the video first. Youre great.

@qctropicals 10 ай бұрын

Great beards think alike :)

@SCPorchGardner 10 ай бұрын

@@qctropicals yes sir!

@wesp2537 Ай бұрын

He has a point when it comes to this specific watering stake. However the ideology behind it isn't wrong. 1- it's more beneficial with young trees with bigger root balls and not small plants. 2- you would need a way longer pipe which you don't need to stake. 3- the hole needs to be even deeper than the usual 2x than the root ball. 4- You're supposed to bury the pipe with the tree then backfill with well amended soil not stake it in after planting the tree. There's more to this method but this was more or less how it is. I'm all for calling out misinformation but do it thoroughly and either direct people to the right info or give them the right info. Good video though. 7:05

@qctropicals Ай бұрын

nothing beats a hose... i don't understand why people over complicate things.

@orangetuono38 10 ай бұрын

Your points are valid. You MUST water the shallow roots, the stakes are not a replacement. Personally I put a couple watering stakes at the drip line w/ 6 g/hr drippers, AND also drippers under the drip line. The whack mantra of "deep water once/week" being applied in every situation is completely whack. I did make my own from 1" PVC and slotted with an angle grinder for about a $1 each. Great channel, keep'em coming!!

@OfftoShambala 10 ай бұрын

You are a great resource… yes, a lot of nurseries aren’t very helpful, I won’t name names… but, a lot of newbies seem to blank out at first… in their defense… I can totally vouch for berridge nursery and their prices are in line with other nurseries… it’s best to shop around, each nursery has it’s good deals

@imcringe9122 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for saving me some money!

@danielfisch655 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for saving me money so I can buy more trees.

@unionse7en 10 ай бұрын

just scratch a shallow circular trench at about the root ball diameter, cover /fill with coarse mulch of any kind (can be rocks) then water in that ring, mulch makes any evaporation negligible.

@hunam3876 10 ай бұрын

LMFAO @ that stick.

@xnetc9 17 күн бұрын

Mulch/Woodchip then deep water every few days.

@lorenbush8876 10 ай бұрын

Will mangos, and apples like Fuji Pink Lady Red deslicious grow well there where you live? Thanks

@qctropicals 10 ай бұрын

yes they do. For apple, low chill varieties since we don't get cold that long here. I have review videos of my mangos in the channel.

@ZE308AC 10 ай бұрын

Can you expose those diaper rings that are placed over the tree roots or soil?

@qctropicals 10 ай бұрын

diaper rings lol, what's the actual name?

@riveryzen 10 ай бұрын

@@qctropicals, the individual might be referring to the tree watering rings or a variation called tree watering bags.

@qctropicals 10 ай бұрын

@@riveryzen Interesting, I just checked them out. To be honest at least those do hold a good amount of water and do saturate the soil. May not hold enough water for older trees but would work on younger trees. Only problem I see with those is; those bags will not last in direct sun light and for the price, cheaper to install drip irrigation. Maybe I'll do a review to show pros and cons.

@ZE308AC 10 ай бұрын

@@qctropicals thank you I really appreciate it

@ZE308AC 10 ай бұрын

@@qctropicals Vego garden Raised Garden Bed 8” Tall Tree Surround with Watering Ring, Olive Green

@samuelsandoval 5 күн бұрын

If you water long enough, will this work efficiently?

@qctropicals 5 күн бұрын

nay as well water from the top

@samuelsandoval 5 күн бұрын

@@qctropicals gotcha. Thanks for the reply. I was thinking of putting a small 8 inch stake next to my vegetable plants to do a double method. A drip line going into the stake and a small 1/4”soaker hose coiling twice around the plant. Do you think it’s a bad idea? I live in Colorado. It’s not as hot as you describe where you’re at. I would like to set up a schedule to water every other day or possibly only three times per week. I don’t want to overwater my plants but want to do as much as possible to give a close to perfect watering.

@colincook2910 10 ай бұрын

Most tree roots are in the top 12 inches of soil. After that depth you run into issues with lack of oxygen in the soil, and so you get veryyyyy few roots going deeper (depends on the soil type of course). Not saying I like these stakes, but most soils in everyday life are not gonna encourage root depth past 2 feet

@qctropicals 10 ай бұрын

that would be another gardening myth, My 5 gallon pots are 12 inches deep. 25 gallons about 2ft?. I have several videos showing roots longer than that.

@colincook2910 10 ай бұрын

@@qctropicals those are well draining, well aerated “soils”. In urban forestry you typically are dealing with compacted soils and true mineral soils, which depending on the amount of clay and compaction get anerobic very quickly. Of course if you live in a well drained, loose, non urban soil you can get roots going much deeper, but in everyday gardening life almost no one has that

@qctropicals 10 ай бұрын

@@colincook2910 my soil is clay. All I do is what you call "everyday gardening". Roots do grow deeper than 2 ft especially tap rooted plants.

@johnvandelft6813 Ай бұрын

Most roots are in the top 18" and need Oxygen. Watering stakes don't work and if they did, would just suffocate your roots from the bottom up. Roots need O2 as well, thank you for making this video to debunk the ridiculous videos floating around KZfaq.

@slowpoke4557 10 ай бұрын

Agreed, but did you have to be so dramatic and loud at the beginning?

@martinmurphy9679 10 ай бұрын

Being screwed by greedsters that couldn't care less whether your plant lives or dies makes people angry. That was the whole point of this video. Alan is trying to help us from being taken for a ride.

@slowpoke4557 10 ай бұрын

@@martinmurphy9679 I know this and also appreciate it very much. I was merely asking if he had to be so loud and dramatic about it at the beginning..... like I initially asked.