After many requests from my video “How To Make Your Own Grow Bags”
I decided to lay out the gallon sizes and dimensions for the fabric needed to make them.
You can make these in any size you desire.
In the first video, I explain the process of making them.
In the second video, I show how to layout the fabric and calculate the dimensions.
First Video “How To Make Your Own Grow Bags”
Second Video “How To Calculate Fabric For Making Grow Bags”
In this video, I stress the importance of installing a Vacuum Breaker on each of your outside hose bibs (spigots).
The Vacuum Breaker I Use: http://amzn.to/2vBbHG5
I typically like to start my seeds in a soil-less mix. Especially if I’m germinating seeds that take a long time to sprout. Even so, it’s a good practice to start everything in this mix.
The mix I use is 1 Part Perlite and 1 Part Coconut Coir.
There are many reasons for using this mix, but let me give me my top 5
I bought my first goji plant 5 years ago as a small 10″ seedling. The bush is now 5′ tall and taking over the grow box I built to contain it. They grow fast, produce prolifically and provide some of the most nutrient dense berries on the planet.
The health benefits of Goji Berries:
Goji are members of the nightshade family and native to the Himalayan mountains of Tibet and Mongolia. Goji berries have been used medicinally in Chinese medicine for thousands of years.
They have the highest concentration of protein of any other fruit and more carotenoids of any food.
Loaded with vitamin C, high in fiber and 21 trace minerals, Goji berries have 10-15 times the iron found in spinach. They also contain zinc, calcium and selenium.
People are starting to realize the benefits of eating this super fruit and are scrambling to buy the berries fresh, dried or frozen.
If you hate digging and turning your compost, then lasagna gardening just might be the ticket for you. I’ve done it a little on a small bed, but this is the first year I’ve tried it on a larger bed (3’x10′).
The system wor
ks by layering (hence the term lasagna) your browns and green, alternating each layer until you have a stack that’s way above the top of the bed.
We’ve all heard about the health benefits of blueberries, acai berries,, strawberries and other fruits. But few people have heard about the Maqui Berry. In fact, I hadn’t heard of it until recently.
I was given a few seeds from a friend through our local gardening club. I planted them, not expecting much. However they are now about 3 inches tall and ready to repot. I plan to keep them in the greenhouse as they are hardy down to zone 8.
The health benefits of the Maqui Bery are just now starting to be discovered.
Lots of questions I get are in regards to my indoor grow room. One question in particular is How do I light my grow room. Contrary to what people think, lighting it is not expensive at all. In this video I explain how I personally light my grow room and what equipment I use.
If you’re thinking it is way too expensive to grow vegetables in a greenhouse during winter, think again. I live in zone 7b and grow all year long. In this video I will explain how I figure the cost. If you live in a colder climate of course your cost may be higher. But I believe, in my opinion, it’s well worth it.
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Plant |
Problem |
Possible Cause |
| All Plants | Seedling Dying | soil disease, temperature, bug damage, no air circulation, irregular watering |
| All Plants | Slow Seedling Growth | compacted soil, no aeration, root bound, too low temps, soil disease, bad nutrients in soil |
| Broccoli | Bolting | temps too hot, temps too extreme in either direction varying days (hot then cold, etc), root bound, too much nitrogen, any kind of stress, end of life cycle |
| Broccoli | Holes in Leaves | bug damage (possibly cabbage butterfly larva or slugs) |
| Cabbage | Holes in Leaves | bug damage (possibly cabbage butterfly larva or slugs), |
| Carrot | Tops Disappear | slugs, birds, or bugs bunny (rabbit) |
| Carrot | Tops Falling Over | stepped on by humans or animals, storm damage, voles, weevils. heat, insufficient water |
| Kale | Holes in Leaves | bug damage (possibly cabbage butterfly larva or slugs), |
| Pepper | Blossom (flower) Drop | too cool temp (especially with hot peppers), too much nitrogen, low moisture, lack of pollination, uneven watering |
| Not flowering | Lack of pollination, Temps below 50 or over 80 at night. Daytime temps below 60 deg f. | |
| Curled or wrinkled Leaves | Pests (aphids, thrips, whiteflies, mites), Environmental stress, Virus, Root bound | |
| Tomato | Blossom (flower) Drop | too much nitrogen, too warm or too cold nights, high temps during day, lack of pollination, high humidity (pollen too sticky to fall), low humidity (pollen to dry to stick to female part of plant) |
| White Spots (not on fruit) | Powdery mildew, leaf miners, septoria leaf spots | |
| White Spots On Fruit | white flies, grubs, stinkbug damage (fruit damage has starburst pattern), sun scald, bacterial canker | |
| Yellowing Leaves | early blight, late blight, bug damage, nutrient deficiency, end of season, fungus or bacteria, irregular watering | |
| Lower leaves dying | fungal infection like Fusarium wilt, early blight, late blight or Septoria leaf spot | |
How to make compost in my Lifetime 80 gallon compost tumbler. The biggest challenge is finding the right combo with greens (nitrogen) and browns (carbon).