Planting ROMAINE Lettuce Undercover in HOT SUMMER WEATHER, Gardening for beginners 101

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See Planting ROMAINE Lettuce Undercover in HOT SUMMER WEATHER, Using organic paper. And two different ways of holding organic paper in place. Gardening for beginners 101. Certified organic paper source link... http://www.weedguardplus.com/

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Where do you get that paper

Ouch...and I thought Zipgrow Towers were a pain...

Hi all of your videos are very informative you also have a great personality. My wife and I really enjoyed how excited you got doing the fungi videos, the props really got us to laughing. I have been farming gardening for 30+ years and can't get over how much I have learned watching your videos. I wish I would have had this learning tool growing up. Anyway some great ideas in this video. I will be utilizing your idea using the conduit to build small hoop houses this winter.Thanks hope you keep making these wonderful videos, Rick

I use this drip tape...its buried under the leaf material and the plants sure doing reallY well...I irrigate once a week only...and it hasn't rained much of any consequence in over a month here in Baltimore

Two summers ago, we put down an 8" layer of wood chips in a part of our (Colorado zone 5a) garden that we had given up on due to hard-packed clay. Got tired of amending. (We stopped tilling years ago.) My husband started building me raised beds several years back. But after learning about Back to Eden,, I finally talked him into trying the wood chips.

Didn't plant anything in those chips until this year when in April I sprinkled romaine lettuce seeds onto of the wood chips and watered them gently so the seeds would not get washed down deep into the chips. Another gardner had told me he just sprinkled seeds on top of the chips and they grew!!! Not sure what he planted, but I HAD to try it.

I know Paul shows to rake back the chips and plant seeds into that first layer of compost/soil and as the plants grow, push the chips back up around the plants. WELL!! Nothing grew :( So, I gave up on those romaine seeds, but TWO MONTHS LATER some of those seeds did sprout and I ended up with a romaine harvest after all. And yesterday, more than 3 months after planting, here it is end of July in full summer heat and I see another young, robust romaine out there! What a surprise!

Thanks for sharing the trick of the elastic tensioner to keep the irrigation tape straight. I'll try that next season.

The manufacturers specify that the emitters should be faced upwards and not downwards as you showed. When you face it down you can get siphoning of muddy water back into the line and it settles on the emitter inlets. Same with any contaminants in the irrigation water, they would settle on the emitter inlets. By facing emitters up, there's no muddy water siphoning and any source water contaminants settle on the other side of the tape. Adding a siphon break for when the watering system is turned off is also a good idea. Just some tips to get the most life out of your irrigation tape.

To save you time, Use Copper CRUSH rings for doing grounding on electrical instead of tape. Just slide it on, and crimp it! With a little fuss you could remove them too, maybe easier than the tap once the glue sets for a couple years.

Looks great! I need to get some drip tape.

Very nice. I'm originally from NJ too... ;) NNJ.

Good video. Can really tell your from Jersey. "wooder", water.

The netting let in quit a bit of water, couldn't tell if any rolled off the sides but if it did the amount of water let in makes little difference.

Do you use the paper mulch for most of your crops? I'm using it the first time this year and laid it all by hand. I'm thinking you could use a tractor mounted mulch layer to lay it like they use for plastic mulch but I'm not sure. What do you suggest?

Excellent videos.

Lots of excellent advice. Thank you!

What kind of paper Is that?

Nice setup Mark. I'd like to see how you do your vermicompost one day as well.

Thanks mark...lots of great ideas; $200 fo the 100 ft. run in materials? Cattlepannels, irrigation drip lines, netting, paper, hoops and PVC. Did I miss something? :-)
An OT question: A while back I asked you, if you thought it was possible for a sunflower seed to germinate directly in wood chips like acorns I have seen germinate "planted" by squirrels. You mentioned, that the larger the seed the better the chance. Please explain why. Thanks

Excellent channel - we really appreciate your videos. What is a good source for the hoops and fabric?