Planting Tomatoes & Peppers in a Raised Container - Raised Bed Garden - TRG 2015
Tips, Tricks
A raised container garden will save you money by concentrating resources to the growing area. Use 50% organic matter (to hold moisture) + 50% topsoil or something similar for planting. Fertilize as you chose and don't forget to add some lime for calcium.
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Is pete moss considered as organic matter? referring to 50% top soil and 50% organic.what fertilizer do you recommend?5-5-5-?
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Will do. Thanks
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I just finished my three 4x4x1 raised beds and will be filling them with a mix recommended by a friend (60% compost/steer manure, 20% peet moss and 20% sand). Will be planting some heirloom tomatoes (big box 6-pak) and want to know if I need to still need to add any fertilizer (5-5-5) when transplanting. Also can I plant right away, or wait a couple days for the Ph to stabilize? I am in So CA and still have a lot of warm weather ahead. Look forward to your words of wisdom.
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Is a handful of ground egg shells enough for the calcium?? Do I look for LIME in the garden section? Or does it have another name?
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Hi Gary, we have tried this idea in the past and found it to require a lot of water on our very hot sloped growing area in W. MD. We need to revisit the idea since we have a cogon grass invasion around here and were wondering what you would think about making a bed around those pots or surrounding them with the windshield reflectors from dollar tree...saw you used mulch but the black pots seem to absorb so much heat and then lose water. Would be interested in what you think of the idea.
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add 1 tsp at the bottom
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You're the man Gary! Thanks for sharing your knowledge brother!
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Love your videos learning a lot
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Do the containers have holes in them? How large and how many holes?
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Your videos are all fantastic. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I'm running out of room in my sunny established beds this year, so I'm planning on doing tomatoes in containers. how would you recommend supporting container tomatoes like this? -
what zone was this or what state or province
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Another Praxxus watcher! Hell yeah.
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I live in the UK and to stop blossom end rot I get a 2 litre bottle and fill it with water and 2 tablespoons of dolomite lime. I put a few drops of this mix in my watering can once a week and I never get blossom end rot.( well not so far. )One 2 litre bottle can last the whole season.
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pretty interesting about the pepper growth - Ruthie
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Hi Gary, I have my pepper plants outdoors now, I have topped them, I am starting to see little buds forming, should I remove them now and let the pepper plant grow more, say another few week or leave the little buds alone, thanks for all your tips, great stuff.
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I'm developing some gnarly looking stuff on the bottom of my tomatoes. I thought of blossom end rot but it doesn't look quite like the pictures I've seen of the condition. These are two of my tomatoes (steakhouse hybrid) http://prntscr.com/7a5n19 and http://prntscr.com/7a5om7 I'm using a self watering container that comes with a nutrient patch that is supposed to provide all the fertilizer for the season. (garden patch grow box)
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Hi Gary. What do you think of the Shake and Feed version of Miracle Grow? It contains calcium for tomatoes and is apparently designed to feed the plant for up to three months. Do you find this accurate? Do you need any supplemental feeding if you use this product? I got it this year for convenience's sake but intend to do more organic gardening into the future. Thanks.
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Hello. When do you start your seedlings?
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Hi Gary, I enjoy all your videos!! What is the best way to add calcium? Lime or Epson salt? I live in Troy, Tn and have heard many things, and I am confused.
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Doesn't the lime make the PH too high? Tomatoes like 6-6.8 PH they say. Thank You! Great channel!
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