60 days later growing these 80 Organic Big Beef Tomatoes were grown in just 1 year only leaf mold Nothing else added. Super strong and healthy. You can do it to.
VIDEO: Composting Leaves showing Organic Tomatoes growing In. Part 2
60 days later growing these 80 Organic Big Beef Tomatoes were grown in just 1 year only leaf mold Nothing else added. Super strong and healthy. You can do it to.
Very interesting that the Japanese beetles aren't attacking your crops. Great video!
I might have missed this part … it looks like you did not till the leaf compost in, and that you may have just 'moved it aside' in order to plant, and then moved it back around the stalk (or over the top of the seed)?
Fantastic results, by the way! Do you have to water the crops, or do you rely on natural rainfall?
i know you say you "added nothing" but you did grow clover which was your necessary nitrogen….for compost completion…..during it's growth (fixed nitrogen) and after it was rototilled in (decomposing nitrogen). if you hadn't grown clover there may not have been enough nitrogen saturation available and the leaves /compost may not have had the nitrogen to give to the tomatoes…..yes?…still learning thanks for vid….also edit…you added mycorhizal fungus also…supposedly a big benefit….a small patch in the center without the micorhizal fungus would have been good for a test spot to see the benefit for comparison…i wonder if the beatles or other bugs would have helped themselves to the non mycorhizal fungus tomatoes…
It would be interesting to release some hornworms on those tomato plants to see if they wouldn't eat them. Japanese beetles never have seemed interested in my tomato plants, but hornworms will eat them to the ground. Have you ever done a control group with soil and NPK?
Thank you for the video Mark. I have two questions, one do you prune your tomatoes at all? If not, why not? And two, does your local township deliver the leafs for free or do you have to pay for them? Thanks again, I'm so happy I found your youtube channel!
Just what i wanted to know about. Leaves is just about the only thing i have in abundance to put in the garden..that I don't want to pay for.
What direction do your rows run? Thanks
I have access to rabbit poo. Will the leaves break down faster using this 'green' ?
Just ran across this video. I also use leaf mold in my raised garden beds. I was wondering what methods you use to deter birds and squirrels from stealing the tomatoes.
At the end of the season do you compost your plants in place?
We use chickens to shred the leaves!
I am planning to use vaccum+mulcher machine and put all crushed leaf in soil.
I wish I could do that, but from really bad blight problems and yearly aphid infestation, I need well managed, single stemmed tomatoes to produce anything…
You, Sir, are a wealth of knowledge!! I'm so glad I came across your channel! Thank you for sharing. I am shopping around for a leaf mulcher at this very moment!
Any concerns about lawn weed killers leaching into people's yard and being absorbed by the trees? Always figured leaves would be the perfect organic mulch, and then thought of this the other day. Our city has everyone rake their leaves into the street and then vacuums them up and takes them to the county compost. But while they are at the curb, it's a free for all! Always been tempted to go steal some leaves.
Wanted your opinion Mark….I live in Las Vegas and most people have desert landscape so trying to get leaves is almost impossible. I’m thinking about converting my desert landscape in the front yard to grass. Water is fairly inexpensive here so the cost to keep it watered in the summer isn’t a problem. Can I achieve good results with grass clippings? Thanks
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Sir, how do you dispose of the plants at end of season and do you then do any tillage or add a winter cover crop? Thank you.
I have speedwell and dead nettle growing in my garden. They are medicinal but are they good for growing soil and attracting insects?
Will you plant a cover crop in the leaf mold over the winter?
Can you do a harvest video
This is some great results. Our city have leaf mold available for very cheap. I think im going to get a truck load and fill the beds with it. as well as cardboard and free goat manure to fill the beds for cheap.
Where do you sell your vegetables? I live in NJ and would love to go for a country ride to get some Jersey tomatoes. One more question, on average, your planting date would be when?
what was the general kind of leaves in your leaf mold?
Amazing results. I am in the South, many problems w tomato hornworms, have never seen those parasitic wasps in my garden. Can you order them somewhere? I don't have Japanese beetle issues, though have many grubworms … and opossums and armadillos as well. Can you offer some advice regarding vermin seeking grubworms and ground hatching beetle larvae?
Hello! Regarding the non-microizzal trap weeds against the Japanese beetle. Would planting something like kale, cabbage, etc work as trap plants against Japanese beetles too? Thank you in advance. You are the best.