Hardest place to summer garden in the USA - fun video and giveaway
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There is no contest that in 2016, Houston is officially the worst and hardest place to gardener in the U.S., according to me. We got the perfect trifecta this year when it comes to horrible gardening: 1. HUGE amounts of rain 2. High heat 3. High, high humidity I am completely jealous of those that live in more summer friendly gardening communities. If you are interested in winning the Greenstalk.com Garden grow tower, leave a comment after the video. Enjoy the video!
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recently got some land in Kerrville tx and starting to understand your pain!! its so difficult to find good material that tackles the intensity down here. thx for sharing!
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Love your videos! I live in Timmins Ontario Canada, I find Zucchini easiest to grow. I got photos I could share! lol If I win the tower, I will give to my cousin, he needs one bad.
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I just transplanted 2 small cherry tomato plants here in Central Texas, so far so good, I do water them with 2 liters of water every day..
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Yeah I folded my garden too Mississippi is to soaked
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Hey Jeff, loved this video. Since I live not very far from you (La Porte), I sooo appreciate what you said about the gardening here. The reason I subscribe to you is you are the only Houston, TX you tuber I have found. I am a transplant from PA and it took me a few years to figure out how to garden here. The rain we have had brought out the stink bugs and decimated my Black cherry tomatoes. They produce very well in the heat, unless you have stink bugs!
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I just checked out the website www.greenstalkgarden.com lots of helpful information on there too. Thanks Jeff.
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Jeff, I'm just a few hours away from you in Mandeville, Louisiana. You are so right, I'm trying every trick that I have learned through your videos and other gardeners. I was just giving some Everberry Strawberry plants runners. They look great when I first got them. Being a disabled veteran and living in a small condo space is limited so a stack garden would be nice to use for the strawberries. Don't you agree with me.
P. S. I like the plastic snake in your garden to keep the birds away. I do the same thing. -
the snake !!!!!!!
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Jeff, great Video. you are correct in your explanation of the difficulties of Zone 10+ gulf Coast gardening. I am in Tampa FL. this year my tomatoes have been ravaged by the heat. I have 12 plants and only harvested 9 tomatoes total. the plants are all foliage with flowers but no fruit. I am sowing my fall seeds in seed starter pods now, maybe I will have better luck in fall.
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Hey, been watching your videos for a while - I also work a demanding job with very limited time to garden. I live in Tampa, FL and this time of year is stressful. My garden looks rough. I just can't bear to shut it down for the summer though so as things die, I cry and replace them with heat lovers like Okra, sweet potatoes, and cowpeas (which are taken over!).
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Hi Jeff,That does sound tough in Houston! I live in Southern California, which I agree is great fot gardening; however, I live in Santa Clarita/Valencia, which is North of LA and it gets hotter in the summers (100's) and colder in the winters (sometimes around 32-40). It is sometimes challenging to grow things I want because of the range in temperature. i am trying to grow some avocado trees, but they are getting sun scalded leaves (I made shade cloth tents over them) and I will have to put (old fashioned) Christmas lights on them to keep them warm in the winter. I know we don't have it bad here, but there are some challenges! Thanks for all your great videos!Steve Bates
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Great video but sorry, but I'm not feeling sorry for you! Try living with 5 months of winter and 8 months of clouds. Again, great work. Please keep sharing.
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I'm a newbie at gardening and a newbie to your videos. I'm in between foster children at the moment and have been relaxing and researching 'what is wrong with my tomato plant?' I'm crossed eyed from all the videos I've tried to learn from........until I came across yours. Very clear, educational and I love....love the video where you actually show your tomato plants with the 5 problems, to include 'root rot'! (Although I am terrified of root rot now, I've subscribed-that's a first for me too). While I type this comment I'm glancing at my 'Warrior Tomato Plant' that at this very moment is inside my flat at the end of my bed, in what I am calling 'The ICU'. It's touch and go for the next few days....cross your fingers. (My first tomato plant).
II believe I have avoided the root rot but, I've pretty much baked my tomato plant to death. It's touch and go.....I live in Phoenix , Arizona! Not the best, the worst summer place to garden with temps of 110!
Look forward to seeing more videos.
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I am in Fort Worth, Tx. and I feel your gardening pain. My garden is barely getting by.
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Here in El Segundo, CA. It's pretty easy for the most part. Most the year it's sunny and above 70. Have had Sweet banana peppers produce all year. I can grow kale/lettuce outside non-stop. Definitely not humid like out there.
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love your Channel live in Rosenberg Texas so I can relate to the horrible growth season starting this month most of all of my plants have died okra still going strong have a few Tomatoes but no new flowers and cantaloupe seem to be going really well
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My brother lives just North of Houston in Spring and the first AND LAST time I visited was like trying to breathe through soup. However, we've been in flood conditions since last year. I can only assume that our humidity is a bit lower being as how FW isn't a coastal town.
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I'm in Fort Worth, brother. Not much better conditions here. I might be interested in buying some of those grape seeds if you would sell.
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Those temps would kill me
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East Texas, I am boiling here! Looking forward to Fall and just trying to keep plants (perennials) alive.
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