You should try layering with organic material and just do chop and drop. it works I do that with my garden beds. Peace&Love:'u
@tonythegardener9625 күн бұрын
@@rauarumi9877 yeah I have more ideas I want to do in future videos but I thought this was a good base to make sure my soil carries water better
@marilozano2029Ай бұрын
Good job
@MiggySalamiАй бұрын
It’s all good! You got this! Progress is progress. You’re doing way better than when your channel first started out.
@MrNinja21992 ай бұрын
Also try using Espomas organic citrus~tone fertilizer. Instructions for use is on the bag. This stuff works really god. Recently got some from my grandma and I have had huge success on my new lemon tree. I also have a lime tree but it’s small and growing.
@MrNinja21992 ай бұрын
Just let it grow. Less is better for now. Let it grow until there’s good growth on the tree and then prune to your desired vision
@jennyjose84402 ай бұрын
Tell us about the soil mix for Texas sage 🌿
@eulogossusan3 ай бұрын
Newspapers- if using choose those without color pictures.
@tonythegardener963 ай бұрын
If it’s newspaper you shouldn’t worry about color since the ink now a days are made with soy
@TheFitGarden3 ай бұрын
Good work, Tony!
@tonythegardener963 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@rauarumi98773 ай бұрын
where are you from.?
@tonythegardener963 ай бұрын
I live in California
@rauarumi98773 ай бұрын
@@tonythegardener96 The weather must be nice out there, I've started Getting my garden ready for planting. I live in Canada. I was Wondering how long you've been gardening for.?
@tonythegardener963 ай бұрын
@@rauarumi9877 I started back in 2020 a little bit but got really into it last year
@rauarumi98773 ай бұрын
@@tonythegardener96 I just found your videos and I enjoy watching you experiment With gardening.I do the same. I might have to start a youtube channel too!
@tonythegardener963 ай бұрын
@@rauarumi9877 lol I think you should and if you do let me know so I can check out what you got going on
@gracieshomeandgardens50893 ай бұрын
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@tonythegardener963 ай бұрын
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
@RangoTheBubble4 ай бұрын
Oh my god thats alot of paper
@tonythegardener963 ай бұрын
Lol I know it’s actually not to bad since paper breaks down a lot easier
@bigboy95444 ай бұрын
How did you learn so much about soils, plants and natural fertilizers?
@tonythegardener964 ай бұрын
I just learned little by little by gardening itself or watching videos
@mel411384 ай бұрын
Good job .. keep up the good work 👍 soon you'll see the results of all your labor.. thanks for sharing 😊
@tonythegardener964 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching 😁
@joeyoliver5794 ай бұрын
Apples need a pollinator. There is a chart that shows what pollinates what. acnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Apple-Pollination-Chart.pdf
@gcc23135 ай бұрын
This year for my potted tropicals, im going to try a well draining mix. 30% builders sand, 40 % peat and some loam and a dash of pumice(not to much pumice/lavarock because it holds alot of water, just a handful) We have fairly wet seasons and cold with a few deep freeze. Ive notice potting soil/peat or compost is just too much a risk for rootrot. I'll use compost and bark as mulch.
@tonythegardener965 ай бұрын
I think that’ll make a good growing medium, I do believe the compost and mulch should be on top of the soil instead of being in the soil, with my mix I only added 10 percent just to help with organic matter but I don’t think it’s necessary just as long it’s on top slowly feeding your plants. I hope everything goes well for you
@urbanharvestdfw5 ай бұрын
Everything is looking promising
@tonythegardener965 ай бұрын
Thank you 😊 I can’t wait for spring to start I’m getting excited just thinking about it.
@flatsville93435 ай бұрын
I mix my biochar from a woodstove retort with a vermicompost slurry and also just dumped it on the ground & piled nearly finished compost on top before applying. I am looking to eliminate steps in successful gardening. I think a lot of what gardeners do produces miniscule results, but makes them feel better because they believe they are actively affecting the process. Charging biochar makes perfect sense. How elaborate the process needs to be is questionalbe. Ex.- Mixing rock dust into the soil when you put the beds to sleep in the fall v putting it into biochar? Rock dust is not living & doesn't appear to need crevices to go dornant & protected over winter like some micro-organisms & fungi might utilize.
@tonythegardener965 ай бұрын
I think however people charge the biochar it would be fine as long it’s not just the carbon, and the whole putting beds to sleep thing is a whole other argument maybe a video idea I can do in the future because I believe if you could you should grow year round even if it’s not a crop you expect a crop from.
@flatsville93435 ай бұрын
@tonythegardener96 Agreed. Most of my beds get some amendments in the fall & a winter kill covercrop (unless they are largely perennial or already have deeply rooted terminated stalks from the previous season.) Peaceful Valley makes a good winter kill CC blend which reliably terminates unless you have an unusually warm winter. If that happens, I just weed wack it down & cover with black ag tarp or heap leaf mould on it to block photosynthesis.
@jeil56765 ай бұрын
Your system seems anaerobic. Its not a fail cuz what you have can still be aerobically composted but its difficult to do that in a garbage can. Are the plastic cans needed? A year is quite a long time. Also, a garbage can is too small to heat up effectively. A pile 3'x3'x3' is recommended minimum. If you consolidated all those cans into 1 pile on the ground it would be more effective.
@tonythegardener965 ай бұрын
I’m sure it would be but I do have dogs that would like to get into it and you might say put a 3x3 circular wire around it and that’s something I just haven’t done yet, but maybe would do one day but for rn this is all I got. I know I can save it just learning how to use it still. Thanks for the suggestion though
@ebradley23065 ай бұрын
It is too bad it didn't work out for you. I have been garbage can composting for over 5 years and it has worked out really well. Use a compost crank to turn the compost. I have 1 active composter that heats up and 1 resting composter where the worms move in to finish it off.
@tonythegardener965 ай бұрын
Awesome. Yeah I think it’s because before I didn’t add enough water and this time it’s because I didn’t turn it enough and kept adding scraps so it couldn’t fully break down.
@youngmauro125 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing your experience. My compost pile is just on ground on the side of my house. I did water it pretty religiously this past summer but I really didn’t flip it at all. It has provided me super premium compost. We will see how it looks after the winter. I haven’t been watering much but we have had a lot of rain. I’m going to get in there and see how it looks in the next few days. I’ll try to remember to come back here and update.
@tonythegardener965 ай бұрын
I would like to read the update I know people can get away with not putting to much water in there compost pile, kinda like a Johnson su bio reactor, well it’s more of a no flip pile that I want to do one day.
@youngmauro125 ай бұрын
@@tonythegardener96 hey I was able to get in the the compost pile and use some yesterday. It still has quite a bit of roots in there but once sifted out it is still great compost. I’m not knocking any other method, as I’m sure other methods can produce better compost faster, but I can attest to just a pile with covered plant matter. Well I cook A LOT so I have lots of vegetable scraps that is more than maybe most gardeners even. And again, I watered it almost daily all summer.
@tonythegardener965 ай бұрын
@@youngmauro12 as long get compost that’s all that matters sure there might be faster methods but there’s pros and cons to all different types of composting a static method will probably give you a more fungal compost since you aren’t destroying the fungal strands from turning all the time. Since sifting is all you needed to do I think you’d made some great compost let me know how well it works on your plants and or soil
@youngmauro125 ай бұрын
@@tonythegardener96 cool will do! Also worms can get in as they please!
@abrahameagle79295 ай бұрын
Place them in a cooler place, too much sun kills most microorganisms, worms, gongs, etc.
@tonythegardener965 ай бұрын
Yes but it’s not hot rn also the black trash can keeps them out of the sun. So they’ll be fine
@LisaGray10005 ай бұрын
Cant see your head?
@tonythegardener965 ай бұрын
Yeah, I didn’t realize until after I started editing the video
@urbanharvestdfw5 ай бұрын
Could you use ashes and charcoal from fireplace
@tonythegardener965 ай бұрын
I’m sure you could the only thing is you’ll be getting a lot of ashes witch could be good for the garden if needed but I’d rather charge it with more nitrogen because it is a high carbon source.
@KB-22226 ай бұрын
Might need more support for the weight of the soil. Could break easily over time.
@KB-22226 ай бұрын
Not digging electro culture?
@tonythegardener966 ай бұрын
No, just because I don’t know to much about it. I literally just watch a 15 minute video about, I would need to do some more research on it before deciding whether or not I want to do it.
@FloraForever6 ай бұрын
Turned out pretty well overall!
@shawnsloss6 ай бұрын
Cool
@zeez41786 ай бұрын
Great that you have explained what advatages it offers and what it does ?
@tonythegardener966 ай бұрын
Oh right, biochar adds tons of carbon to your soil making it hold more nutrients and water also makes a great housing space for all the microbes that live in your soil making plants healthier and more robust and if you have healthier plants the plant can sequester even more carbon just making a great cycle for the soil to plants and thus helping the soil environment. All things I should have mentioned but forgot to.
@FloraForever6 ай бұрын
Nice one! Seems like you're off to a good start already😁
@tonythegardener966 ай бұрын
Thank you 😁
@gonzo1916 ай бұрын
I used to cold compost now I just trench compost instead as it's much easier. Just dig a trench in an empty bed or alongside one, add food scraps, leaves (if possible), cover trench back with soil and done. The soil life will be attracted to it and take care of the rest. I don't have to worry about the nonsensical greens to browns ratio. If you have vermin, you'd most likely need to guard against it. And in a 1-3 month's time, it should be fairly to completely broken where you can plant.
@tonythegardener966 ай бұрын
That sounds like a good idea, I just might do something like that since I just built a new raised bed. Thank you for the suggestion and comment. I hope you stick around for more content
@michaelwilkins94167 ай бұрын
Should've filled with water til it was coming out of the holes, then water every week.
@chriseverest43807 ай бұрын
Every single bin needs much more air and much more water and put composting worms in every bin too❤
@gracieshomeandgardens50898 ай бұрын
Thats an easy way to clean your beds.good job tony😊
@tonythegardener968 ай бұрын
Thank you 😊 hopefully the kale I planted will do well
@gracieshomeandgardens50898 ай бұрын
@@tonythegardener96 im sure it will
@christasmicroflowerfarm26958 ай бұрын
I have 3 of those large bags that were never used so soon as we order the soil for the new very large raised cut flower beds, I'll fill one and plant it up with raspberry plants. Your garden will get there given time. 🙃😉😊
@urbanharvestdfw8 ай бұрын
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@FloraForever8 ай бұрын
Very exciting! I'm planning on doing some kale next year😁
@tonythegardener968 ай бұрын
Hopefully it goes well for you 😊
@cody274919 ай бұрын
Takeoff the tape and the stickers that stuff isn’t biodegradable
@samidaher64589 ай бұрын
thanks for sharing.
@daltonbreaux9 ай бұрын
Wet each layer as you add it. It’s much too dry. Also rip your cardboard into smaller pieces.
@GreenGranny9 ай бұрын
I don't know what zone you're in but I'm in 9a with super hot dry summers. Last year I put peas seeds in the ground at this time in the fall. They barely sprouted and stayed a few inches tall all winter. They survived 6 snowfalls and temps down to 24°. The produced peas in early spring. Good luck in your gardening adventures!
@tonythegardener969 ай бұрын
Thank you! Yeah I always seem to forget to mention that, I’m a zone 8b and we get down to the 20 so I might have to wait until spring also then.
@gracieshomeandgardens50899 ай бұрын
Ya faĺl is the best time to plant.❤
@yvonneadams767210 ай бұрын
Why the cardboard & then the compost?
@tonythegardener9610 ай бұрын
Just because I want to really you don’t need the cardboard, I’m mostly using it to see how well my biological life is doing but letting the biology break it down, if it’s still there next season then I would have to something about it, but at the end of the day you can use just compost.
@yvonneadams767210 ай бұрын
Thx Tony
@keepitsimple385610 ай бұрын
I just started gardening in fabric containers. I really like it. I just have my patio to use, so I’m limited in options.
@tonythegardener9610 ай бұрын
This is my first time using them also and I really like them so far also.
@fionafresh843511 ай бұрын
The most refreshingly, honest video I’ve seen on KZfaq in ages.
@gregm31211 ай бұрын
they all need more water
@tonythegardener9611 ай бұрын
I’m giving it more water.
@gregm31211 ай бұрын
add some charcoal too@@tonythegardener96
@fillfinish730211 ай бұрын
Where is this desert located ?
@tonythegardener9611 ай бұрын
I live in California
@bigboy954411 ай бұрын
Looks good Tony! My peppers are small and only give a few fruit.
@tonythegardener9611 ай бұрын
Nice, I hope you get tons of little fruit I can’t wait until mine start coming in.