New to the chanel, thank you for your teachings.

Thank you brother. I enjoyed the beautiful, clear and useful explanation. It is clear that you have good experience in this field. Thank you again.

I was told you must water until it drains out. Seems too much.

I use soil by Ocean Forest, it retains moisture. Is this bad?

What about using Spring Water, bottles?

Am I understanding this right? You plant them in 5 gallon pots with the bottom removed, let the roots grow through into the ground then root prune? If not, how did they root through the bottom of the container?

Would this also work with Peach trees?

I would appreciate if you can make a video on a 12 V system thank you very much.

Yes, do a 12 volt system video. Thanks for your knowledge. Your watering videos made me realize I was under watering.

I have an ice cream bean tree, grown from seed, that is in a 3 gallon pot, and this is the third year I got flowers, and 2nd year I’ve gotten fruit, in the Bay Area CA. I don’t own my property, and don’t want to put it in the ground until I do, but mine fruits in a pot. Not even a big one either, so it’s possible.

All the "landscapers" I've observed from mexico here in Phoenix butcher trees by topping them. I always wonder if it's common practice there. There were beautiful 50yo Aleppo pines across the street. They hacked off the natural shape til they looked like little lollipops on long sticks. Weeks later the ownee had them all removed 😢

This is a HOW TO video. What was the actual success rate? Let's see your follow-up! Thanks!

Very informative. Thank you!

Great video

Thanks so much for the great information! Are these self fertile, and if so, is it still beneficial to have more than one individual, or even individuals of other varieties for better yields? Not sure if Cross pollenization factors in here.. Thanks for any insight you can share!

I tried to water my fruit trees by hand was taking a couple of hours of my day. I have about 70 trees. I setup an independent system just for the fruit trees with a wifi timer. It makes gardening so much more enjoyable.

This is how I water my plant from the information I have gathered on the Internet. Fully organic. I would say that I am not totally clear because some of the rules to me seem to contradict the other. Maybe because I don't fully understand them. There is one rule I follow strictly, and it has prevented me from over watering the plant. This rule is wait for the leaves to droop before watering again. I like this rule because it works for any pot size, even the ones that are too large/heavy to carry. For smaller 1-2g pots that I have worked with, I can also lift them or put them on a weighing scale to know if they are light and need water. I used to do this before, not anymore. Now I just wait for the leaves to droop. For example: I will water my plant in the 2g pot 500ml of water every time the leaves start to droop. It will droop again 2 days after watering as it was drinking 250ml of water per day. If I watered 750ml, it would droop again after 3 days. If I watered 1liter, it would droop again after 4 days. But 1liter will cause a little run off, 500 & 750ml will not if poured a little at a time in intervals. I guess 500ml cannot wet the entire potting mix even if poured a little at a time in intervals. How do I improve? Should I have poured 750-900ml so that a larger part of the potting mix is made wet? or I am supposed to wet the entire potting mix, using more than 900ml poured a little at a time in intervals until a little run off can be seen indicating the potting mix is fully saturated with water?

If you water long enough, will this work efficiently?

My blood orange tree has lots of healthy leaves but no fruit. We keep it in a pot because we live in Michigan.Our lemon tree has tons of flowers but we see fruit but they turn dark and then fall off. Help!!

You’ll never see a single fruit. You need about 6-10 diffferent vines if you even want a single fruit

I've got a bunch of peach trees and fig trees. It has been 92+F here for weeks, even as high as 100F. So I water daily and just keep the soil moist. It's a pain to bring back plants that are severely dehydrated and sunburnt, and so this works for my plants. I water daily for 30 seconds to 3 minutes depending on how dry the soil is. Each plant is indeed different.

I may have to link this video to my YT channel. Drip or micro sprinklers are a game changer. I don’t comment often, thank you for the good vids

Not all ground soil is the same, you have good enough, mine is very hard , so I went a nice soil mix in pots

Thank you man 🎉 saved me a headache, only video I found on this issue and the 24 hour test is amazing advise 👏 thanks again I'm from Arizona too

New subscriber here. I love your content and the straightforward approach that you take. I plan on watching more of your videos so i can learn as i build my food forest. How about making a video on epsom salts. A lot of folks on FB groups always recommend using epsom salts to fix sick and dying plants. I'm looking forward to learning more!

TY! Summary: Lack of Water causes permanent leaf curl (have to wait for new leaves). Pests lay eggs on new leaves can also cause leaf curl (open leaf and look for leaf miners). Hardened leaves don't have this problem. Avoid pesticides. Neem oil or soapy water to treat.

Amigo put your hat on is to hot

Thank you for the straight forward, straight-to-the- point explanation for fertilizing. Typically, I get dizzy from all the hype and that is why I liked when you advised not to buy into it. Also, thank you for sharing the type of slow release fertilizer you are using. Your demonstration fed my thirst for visualization and will hopefully help my little lemon trees😊🍋

Can you tell us the p/n of the flag drippers?

Have you messed with motorized ball valves? Would like to know which ones are the best. Im about 70% complete in converting my systems to Opensprinkler running on Raspberry Pi's controlling motorized ball valve's. Im on a well and solenoid valves cause too much drag. They decrease my flow rate too much (38%). I went with US Solid motorized ball valves, but I doubt they'll last more than 2 or 3 years. Would like to know which ones are the most reliable.

My Chicago fig has been in the ground 4 or 5 years and won’t grow taller than 31/2 feet. Gets figs but won’t get taller

I have a question for you. In my experience, the water runs out super hot during the day in the AZsummers. I’m worried that it kills the shallow roots of my plant, so I usually just run it in the early morning. Any thoughts?

Thank you for the video. I recognized your voice, but not your face without your hat! You mentioned that you use a 25 psi pressure reducer. Is that the largest you would recommend? I think I read a few years ago that 35 PSI was a good size to get, but you are an actual expert user and installer, so I would be interested as to why you chose the 25 over the 35, even on a 3/4 main line.

Do you use 4-gallon flag drippers for your trees? Along the drip line, how far apart do you space your drippers?

I'd be interested in learning more about battery or solar timer setup. I don't want to plug in anything or hardwire anything. Currently use hose timers for everything

Grabbed one of these today on clearance at my local Lowe’s. Your video was very helpful - thank you!

Thank you for sharing your experience so freely!!!!!!!!

Thank you for being vulnerable about your experiences in growing your business. Especially when the business is majority sweat equity and relying on the sun. 😅 I want to start a small nursery of stone fruit trees. I’d love to watch a video and learn more about where to begin or how to begin a small nursery. Thanks 😊

Can you make a video on the solar system 12 volt irrigation systems?

Great video. I love those spot spitters! While not adjustable, they are cheap, perform well, and don't seem to clog much. Are you now using a 1/8" Barbed Connector to connect them to the main tube or still sometimes punching the spaghetti line directly into the main line? I think I've seen you do both but wonder if maybe the barbs are better to avoid potential leaks. Thanks!

How.far.should my pakistan mullbery br from a ungrounded pool

That other nursery guy makes fun of people for using drip

I just DIY'd my five drip irrigation zones. The material costs alone was $500+ because I bought stuff I didn't need, some pressure regulators and couplers leaked. One one of my zones is automated since it's connected to my irrigation system. Another one has a digital Galcon timer I've programmed and the rest I manually run. But it saves so much time watering my 60+ plants. No worry about water run off and waste. Still making tweaks and adjustments with the emitters.

You messed me up without your hat! 😂

I started watching your videos mainly for loquat tree since I was planing on getting one and now I have one, however I struggle to find videos on how to best prune loquat trees. Is it better to leave it as a bush style tree, open center, central leader, etc…?

Excellent educational video, thank you so much!

I have seen people grow amazing things watering by hand, but 90%+ of people are not that disciplined and determined. Myself included. When you garden in the desert, automated water makes your life so much easier. You have to still keep an eye on it, leaks happen, or sometimes things get clogged. But keeping an eye on it is a lot less effort than hauling out a hose every morning/evening for hours.

I am just finishing my drip line install today. Good timing senor.

As someone that has done both and still hand water he's absolutely right the easiest and best looking plants are drip. When I hand water though I make sure to use a flow meter to know exactly how many gallons per 10 seconds my hose gives

Are there drip irrigation systems that are solar-powered? Does drip irrigation run your water bill up? These are just a couple questions about a great concept IMHO.