|
Post by tom ๐ on Feb 11, 2019 12:32:07 GMT -5
Here are two I have enjoyed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q8cUPufCVAHow to Grow a Vegetable Garden without Fertilizer & Soil Amendments Tino's innovative gardening strategy. He makes compost using critters to digest plant material. Buys no soil amendments. He sells plants and salad greens at farmers markets in the Houston area. Can transplant 2000 plants from flats to 6-packs in a day by his special transplanting method. Communes with plants to determine their needs. Thinks plant roots grow in the tunnels made by earthworms. Babying plants makes them weak and unhealthy. This is an hour-long video. The interview with Tino is in the second half. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMlxoBuqObARoots and Refuge Farm's tips on growing more flavorful tomatoes. Recommends spraying with aspirin to improve flavor. What interesting gardening videos have you watched?
|
|
|
Post by pepperhead212 on Feb 11, 2019 21:18:45 GMT -5
Interesting...I never heard of the aspirin being used for helping the flavor in the tomatoes. I have seen it being used as a fungicide, however.
|
|
|
Post by tom ๐ on Feb 11, 2019 21:32:46 GMT -5
I never heard of the aspirin being used for helping the flavor in the tomatoes. The tattooed and very personable lady in the video says that aspirin is a plant hormone that triggers a stress response in the tomato plant and that that response improves the umami of the tomato.
|
|
|
Post by pepperhead212 on Feb 11, 2019 21:56:55 GMT -5
I got a 1 lb bag of aspirin on ebay last season. I'll have to try some when the tomatoes start coming in.
|
|
|
Post by tom ๐ on Feb 11, 2019 22:06:20 GMT -5
I got a 1 lb bag of aspirin on ebay last season. I'll have to try some when the tomatoes start coming in. If I understood correctly, the video recommends 1 aspirin in 8 ounces of water, which would be 16 aspirin per gallon of spray.
|
|
|
Post by pepperhead212 on Feb 11, 2019 23:00:22 GMT -5
Most of the articles I have seen said 2 tablets to 1 qt, but I've seen other amounts, as well.
|
|
|
Post by tom ๐ on Feb 12, 2019 9:57:58 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by tom ๐ on Mar 6, 2019 13:19:20 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by SpringRain๐๏ธ on Mar 6, 2019 18:20:09 GMT -5
Communes with plants to determine their needs. Thinks I recall reading something to the effect that talking to plants does improve their growth. Somewhere in piles of articles I've saved is that article. It's interesting to consider that we might be able to establish bonds with plants, on a level much different from that of human and animal communication. But none of my plants have yet said "good morning" to me!
|
|
|
Post by tom ๐ on Mar 6, 2019 19:28:35 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by tom ๐ on Jun 13, 2019 17:46:48 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by pepperhead212 on Jun 13, 2019 18:54:38 GMT -5
You got me curious about the SVB, but, when I checked it, it was one of the many myths debunked in my garden - covering the stem with a layer of foil. It was one of the things that gave me a few squash, but eventually the SVB would appear.
|
|
|
Post by tom ๐ on Jun 13, 2019 19:12:29 GMT -5
it was one of the many myths debunked in my garden - covering the stem with a layer of foil Didn't work for me either, but I didn't do it his way. Squash are started in large pots. The stem is pruned of all side growth for about 15", wrapped in foil, and then transplanted into the garden.
|
|
|
Post by SpringRain๐๏ธ on Jun 13, 2019 20:55:30 GMT -5
tom ๐, is the stem wrapped in foil for that approximately 15" length? How does that affect breathing and getting air to the stem? Does it actually deter the SVB?
|
|
|
Post by tom ๐ on Jun 13, 2019 21:18:11 GMT -5
is the stem wrapped in foil for that approximately 15" length? How does that affect breathing and getting air to the stem? Does it actually deter the SVB? Fifteen inches is my guess from watching the video. What he is doing is labor intensive. The squash is grown in large pots on his patio, and then pruned and wrapped in the pot. (It's hard to get down on the ground and wrap squash stems.) He has a tractor and trailer to transport the pots of squash to a distant planting area. The video shows him harvesting squash, so his method produces.
|
|