10 Most Common Gardening Questions (& Answers)
10 Most Common Gardening Questions (& Answers)
Some gardening questions are asked more than others. Gardener Scott reviews some of the most common gardening questions he has been asked in the last year. (Video #246)
00:00 Intro
00:50 Can I save seeds from store-bought produce and plant them?
2:37 When and how much should I water plants?
4:33 When is the best time to prune bushes and trees?
6:16 Can I add organic materials directly to soil?
8:34 When is the best time to fertilize my plants?
10:17 What do I do with my compost pile in winter?
12:21 What are the best grow lights?
14:03 What is the best way to heat a greenhouse?
16:34 When should I start seeds indoors?
17:43 How to I keep moles, voles, gophers, and deer out of the garden?
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How do you feel about worm towers in the garden beds and worm tea?
Thanks for adding the index to the video and description. Much appreciated.
Also, you have a good knack for taking a vanilla question, answering it, and also rephrasing it as the question many actually mean to ask. And answering that as well.
So, is it that the tomato seeds the farmer (for the grocery) has is a first generation seed, and those are sure to be good, but the second generation seed (what I get from the grocery) may not replicate the tomato? Why can the farmer be assured a good fruit from the hybrid but I can’t be? Thanks.
So informative, thank you so much for this.π€π
You are a great Teacher. I really enjoy your informative lessons. Best wishes from a german guy.
I have 4 greenhouses, and have some form of heat in 3 of them. I have found that heating them in the cold season is impractical, but I do heat at the beginning and the end of the growing season to extend the season to allow more things to mature/ripen. I keep the attached greenhouse above freezing all year, but that is just to preserve plants such as herbs. In my largest greenhouse, I have thermal mass such as you mentioned in the form of large black plastic 55-gallon drums containing water and enough antifreeze to keep the drums from freezing solid and cracking in winter.
I buy organic foods and plant those seeds the next year. I had very good luck.
Very informative! My favorite video of yours, tysm!
I’m expanding my little garden. I have 3′ galvanized fire rings which serve as my raised beds, but I need more space and I want to use your cattle panel arch idea. I would like to have two 4’x20′ raised beds with drip irrigation, six feet apart, creating a cattle panel tunnel. I have corrugated steel to build the beds. I’d love to (have someone) build some like yours if you will provide direction. My garden area is compacted fill, so I will be purchasing soil to fill the beds. I do have access to excellent compost and will buy it by the yard along with soil. I want my raised beds to be extra tall because I am handicapped. I will use your suggestion of filling the bottom 1/3 or 1/2 of the raised beds with scrap organic material. Then what? Should I do a middle layer of top soil followed by a thick layer of compost? Should I use all compost in lieu of soil? Any other suggestions?
A good video i think would be for managing hard water an the ph it has when the ppm is above 120. what would you do if you didn’t have RO or rain water & had to use the hard water is it manageable.
Gardener Scott, you’re going to catch fire! Get that flannel away from the fireplace!
Can you mix bone meal and blood meal together for container gardens??
Thanks to Gardener Scott for another informative and useful video.
I would recommend that gardeners try the Monday Livestream as we try to answer your specific questions, if possible.
What is domain period?:))
Great info for beginners. My biggest thing as a beginner years ago was I was sowing directly and had no idea if things popping up were weeds or my vegetables. I googled a ton that year, and learned also that a lot of my weeds were actually at times beneficial/medicinal/edible (if kept in check). It was quite a year of learning. The only other point Iβd add for those unaware is the aminopyralid/clopyralid contamination possibilities brought in with manure/mulch from hay or straw.
Thanks Gardener Scott!
While you cant tell what traits you are going to get from seeds saved from store bought produce. You can tell what kind of plant you will get. Seeds saved from a store bought cantaloupe will produce a cantaloupe plant that produces cantaloupes. You wont get a watermelon from seeds saved from a store bought cantaloupe. Granted, if you want specific traits like size and color buy open pollinated seeds and plant them. But if your just starting out and or on a budget and you want more variety in your garden planting the seeds from store bought produce you are going to eat isnt all that bad of an idea. You didnt spend any money for the seeds if you want to eat the produce. You could used the savings to buy other seeds, and if you end up with something you like from the produce seeds its a win win. The worst that happens is that plant takes up a little time, water, and space.
On the seed starting don’t forget to add germination days, sometimes that can be another 2 weeks…
Yes I’m basically stalking your channel π€£π€£…. But in a good way. Gardener Scott Thank You so much for All you do to teach us You are Amazing
During the winter months, I collect my egg shells, bake them 400degrees for 10 minutes, let them cool, then grind them in my coffee grinder.I use that for my tomato plants.I dig a hole, throw a big handful down, stir it, then add my plant.I never have problems with fruit rot during the summer.Gives me something to do during the cold winter months and dream of my big tasty tomatoes tooπ
I think saving and planting seeds or cutting from bought food is great for beginners to just get in the exsperience of growing a plant.
Great video, filled with thoughtful information. Thank you!
Not only are a lot of seeds hybrids from the grocery store but even if you get a seed from a tree from a friend it will not grow true because it is grafted. I feel a lot of people don’t understand how grafting can impact a future seed or plant. I have the mandarin trees so I have trees growing year around so a grow light is a must for me.
I learn sooo much from you Gardener Scott π§βπΎ
You said 20 degrees (7C)… Did you mean -7C?
Thank You so much for your knowledge Mr Scott
Great video and thank you for sharing π π₯° π π π π
If I live somewhere that never has frost, can I plant outdoors almost all year?
I just started my first raised bed. Thanks for all the helpful information!
Do you have any kind of chart that shows how many plants to put in each square if we are using your vertical method? For example in square foot gardening it says you need 2 squares for one zucchini and 1 square per tomato plant but in your videos it seems like the plants are closer together. Also curious about spacing for summer squash, melons, watermelons. Any information or suggestions for where to find the information would be greatly appreciated. Blessings, Sister Trish
What goober gives this a thumbs-down? Great video, Scott.
Deer fencing needs to be over 12 feet high – deer can jump VERY high! Another great video, thanks Gardener Scott!
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I have been using horse manure as a mulch for 40 years. The worms love it and my garden soil is just wonderful.
Thank you, GS, for your patience with beginner gardeners and for putting out informative content regularly. π±
a lot off graet information Scott thank you ones again
This is a great channel; tank you for your efforts!
Great answers to all the questions we do ask. Thank You for the clarification.Also Thank You for explaining it in a way thats easy to understand.
Seeds from hybrid plants will be F2’s and it’s very important to protect the best F2 plants and to save seeds from only the best ones, above even harvesting food from them. If you want those traits in future generations, the F2 generation is the best time~ Also, grow lots of F2’s at once, even trees, pick the best ones, and graft onto the ones in a good spot. If the goal of pruning is to remove the tree, then clipping in summer and fall is the perfect time to diminish the plant’s growth, cut it at a couple feet and put a barrel over it~
Hey Scott I want to plant pepper this year in round tubs that have a diameter of 24β. How many plants do you recommend. My package says to space the 24β-30β which I am thinking I can only do one plant per tub which to me doesnβt seem right.
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Glad to see the improvement in that dracaena, lol!
Thank you!
Thank MG Scott. As I watched the video, I took a glance at all of the questions and thought to myself, βI probably wonβt learn anything newβ. I was wrong. Look forward to school time on Monday @ 11:00 am – Live with MG Scott
Good advice..Much thanks
You said if I’m growing plants indoors long term I will need blue and red and purple lights. As usual I’m confused. I thought you said in a previous video that because white light is made up of all the colors in the spectrum, we would not need the colored lights. Sounds like you are saying here that I only need white light if I’m growing seedlings short term. But, if I’m growing plants indoor long term, I will need different colored lights. Please help. Thanks.
As always, nice content and presentation. I am in zone 9B and I have a cool compost pile in an urban neighborhood all year long .. yes it heats up during the summer, but, I don’t always have the volume required to keep it hot.
Also, I have seeds under my grow lights already since my last frost date is 3/15.
Happy gardening to everyone. I wish you could plant as early as I can.
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I grew delicata squash from market seed last year and it was fine. I also grow garlic from organic store bought, same with potatoes, I would never plant other types of market seed, tomatoes, peppers, etc for the reasons that you mention.
Thanks. Perfect questions to answer. Much appreciated π
Here in Minnesota I get a couple of gallons of coffee grounds for the coffee shot each week and add them to different places in the pile. I have been able to keep up to 140F in the middle of the pile. Yes the outside freezes but the middle keeps working all winter. Adding some brown paper bags shredded is also a good thing at the same time. As soon as spring comes I turn the pile and it is ready for use a couple of months later.