In this video, I give you examples of how to grow two or more plants in the same garden space by underplanting or intercropping to help protect from the elements such as the harsh sun or to save space and grow more food in a smaller area.
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Hey! I've stumbled unto your videos a couple days ago and have been binging all of them. These are amazing! I do have family and friends who have larger properties that can put these tips to good use, but I myself live in a small apartment. Do you, or any of you fellow viewers, have any tips for growing veggies indoors, without much sunlight? Maybe point me to another channel thatmight focus on things like this?
Your videos are inspiring me to be a bit more self sufficient, I just need to find a way.
Hey Mark! I use sun flowers for my beans to climb up also.
@ 9:55 HAHAHA!! Love your opinion! Here in New jersey USA collards are a fall plant. They get as big as elephant ears but the secrets to them being sweet is the first frost!
Hello from northern Ontario,Canada. I've been watching all your videos, love the content!!! I've learned so much from you. Hope you're doing well. Will you be doing new videos any time soon?
You are the best kind of gardener Mark. You share your secrets. The only thing I would add is to watch for the compartability of certain vegetables. For instance, beans dislike onions and fennel, peas dislike onions and garlic, and broccoli should never be planted with tomatoes, pole beans, or strawberries, cucumbers with potatoes. The list is long.
I always find good information from you ..
for anyone in the Hot Sun City Arizona area.
so I have a question. is this similar to companion planting?
Ever tried using wind fans to cool your plants? It also helps build stronger stalks; like wind would do in nature.
I live in a climate the extreme opposite of yours, it almost makes me laugh when you say: it is too hot out here, maybe water them more often, with cold water.
I love watching your video. Your garden is amazing. Thanks so much. The videos are very helpful.
This is so helpful! I've been trying to figure out if I can REALLY undercrop carrots during the hotter months, but everyone I found saying I could were in cooler climates than me. You're definitely warmer, but I figure if you can do them, I probably can! Thanks!
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I think I would be disheartened by the fruitflies… 🙁
If you double space rows of carrots, then put transplanted tomatoes in between, they grow beautifully together. We did a side by side comparison once with Roma tomatoes, only one bed with carrots too. The tomatoes with the carrots produced almost double the crop.
We use the small tomato cages on our pepper and chilies. The medium sized cages work for eggplants. We finally found cages large enough for some of the smaller tomato plants.
Microclimates are lovely. We grow a wonderful key lime tree right up next to the house by a window. It thrives where we shouldn’t be able to grow them. We also have an avocado under a redwood.
Hi Mark, Good show, Here in Arkansas USA I allow the weeds to grow up around my tomatoes at the end of the season. The tomatoes will continue to produce till about December. These weeds die at the first frosts eliminating any weed seeds, but the weeds insulate the tomatoes and hold the day time heat in the ground. There is nothing that tastes better than fresh home grown tomatoes in the dead of winter here. Jessie Arkansas USA
Hi, I've stumbled upon this Phrase over time by the expert cooks of the world: The difference between an ordinary cook and a great cook is a well stocked Pantry. Well I must be a great cook I have 4 pantry's the largest is a 10 ft. by 10 ft. by 10 ft. room with shelves all around the walls, and reaching to the ceiling. That is full of vegetables, fruits, soups and the like. a second pantry has dried vegetables in half gallon jugs, also canned chicken, pork etc. It is so nice to have my own groceries in my house instead of at the store. Jessie USA
Hey bro don't call India a third world country, it hurts me
Heavy duty gardening and Gardener sure are at point here as shade varieties do well without so much direct light which with higher temps and more exposure may make them flower and go to seed quicker , multi-year dynamics or using existing condition to augment or compliment other plants is Genius!
You are fabulous !….I'm in The Bahamas…2 seasons..1) HOT 2) HURRICANE…my island still hasn't recovered from Cat 5 'Dorian' in 2019…many swept out to sea…in the 100's….yours was the first youtube content i got…must have been a had to happen type thing….i started growing stuff…most was labour in vain, had a few meals…the only thing that never fail to produce year round are sweet potatoes. mangoes…..so sweet, but seasonal ( blossom in Jan, eat your guts out by July), tried everything else literally under the sun..either the bugs or weather gets them. My island has zero natural soil…it's limestone with a carpet of grass…i pick axed a corn patch, and added compost, sand and seaweed from the beach, and it's hard to keep the lawn grass at bay, but i now have a 10'x10' corn patch trying to grow well, a couple are 4-5' and showing silks…BUT, these F43k78g beetles are getting deep into the stalks…help me out here please….what to do about these beetles..sweet potato, in containers did so well, and are in very close proximity to corn patch…pests haven't bothered sweet pots…at least not yet
i would love if you made a video about how you plan/document things in your garden! It was interesting to see you keep photos of yields
I have beans behind tomatoes that are put in and bushy in front of the tomato plants are Jalapeno's for support from wind
What growing zone are you?
What are the different types of corn that you grow.
Excellent garden tips!
My wife's mom used to plant things under corn like you're doing to have a longer growing season. We live in Arkansas, USA and we do have cold weather in the winter.
I really feel like this is a piece of Heaven. This is really therapy for me. Plus I like the way you say "garden"…….Gaaahdiin
Radishes and carrots around the tomatoes have always work well for me.
this is referred to as companion planting in the US, but what it's called is not the point. it is important to make the most of what you have, even in your growing space.