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Atreum VELA 320 Horticultural Grow Light Unboxing. Things just got a bit brighter in the grow room as we unbox, inspect, assemble, and install the new Atreum VELA 320W LED Grow Light. This fully water-proof, flush-mounted LED light has some serious horsepower behind it, and I’m excited to get it up and running. I’ll show…
Cool Weather Is Coming, But The Gardening Doesn’t Stop! Whether you are trying to get a quick crop in before your Broccoli or Garlic, or whether your summer crops have shut down early and you still want to grow, its pretty hard to beat a simple and easy quick crop of juicy SPINACH! In this…
How Do You Freeze Tomatoes? Its easy! In this video, I show you in less than 3 minutes how to properly freeze your Cherry Tomatoes for storage while you wait until next year’s bounty is ready to be harvested! If growing fresh organic fruits and veggies for you and your family is something you’re passionate…
Tomatoes Taste Best Right Off The Vine! As fall approaches, the nights get colder and in certain regions, our Tomatoes reaalllllyyyy begin to slow down their ripening. This is unfortunate because Tomatoes really do taste best when picked right off the plant fresh. Fortunately, I have 6 unique ways that you can speed up Tomato…
Growing Your Own Sweet Potatoes Starts With First Growing The Slips. Sweet Potatoes are not like regular Potatoes and are in fact only distantly related. Instead of planting chunks of the tuber in hopes that the “eyes” will sprout, Sweet Potato growers sprout the shoot end of the tuber with a mass of new vines…
Indoor Growing Needs Moving Air No Question! If you are growing indoors, even in a somewhat open greenhouse, the importance of good air circulation is often understated. Plants need airflow at all times over their leaves for many reasons. Today we’ll discuss the top 2 reasons. As well, let’s review the new 12” High Velocity…
Growing A New Pineapple Plant From A Store-Bought Fruit Is Awesome And Easy! In this video I give a quick refresher on how I am successful every time in getting new, robust Pineapple plants from just the top of the fruit. Then we take a deep dive on caring for that plant as we set…
How To Save Roma Tomato Seeds. Romas are a bit different of a Tomato when it comes to saving their seeds. Far less prolific in terms of seed count, you could need up to 4x as much Roma Tomatoes as a traditional variety to get the same number of seeds. In this video, I show…
Growing Avocados, Everyone Can Do It! Earlier in the year we showed you how to sprout an Avocado right at home from a store-bought Avocado fruit. It was easy, although it did take a while to finally sprout and grow. Now with our Avocado plants around a foot tall and outgrowing their current homes, let’s…
Summer Is HOT! Your plants love and hate it at the same time. Heat, water and light make plants grow…but excessive heat with improper access to water can have disastrous effects on the productivity of your garden. In this video I show you my top 5 ways that I beat the Summer heat and help…
Saving Tomato Seeds Is Easy! In this video, I show you the 3 essential steps you need to do to successfully save your Heirloom Tomato seeds for next spring. No more buying them at the store or trying to order from seed houses that are sold out or not selling to the little guys like…
Mars Hydro Grow Tent Modifications. In this video, I show you how I get my 4 foot x 2 foot Mars Hydro Grow Tent into perfect form for winter indoor growing. I show you the light I use for this size, as well as how I modify the bottom of the tent to prevent moisture…
Beets In Buckets, Its Easier Than You Think! Its easy and I’ll show you how. Beets are a fantastic, underrated root crop that often plays second fiddle to carrots and potatoes. Well, no more. Grown for its insanely nutritious bulbous root, Beet leaves are delicious in salads, wraps, and stir fry! This is indeed a…
Mars Hydro SP 3000 Unboxing And Review! The SP 3000 is a new full spectrum LED grow light from industry leader Mars Hydro. In this video I show you the features of the light, as well I go through the installation using the rope-ratchet system. LED grow lights are evolving every year and this new…
In need of an emergency, solar/crank powered AM/FM radio with a powerful PED flashlight? Well, look no further then the Sunglife Solar Powered Emergency Radio Unit. – AM/FM radio complete with 7-station Weather Band (WB) – 2000mAh internal battery that can double as a power bank – chargeable through 3 methods (USB, Solar, Power Crank)…
Growing The Best Strawberries Requires Strategy! In this video I show you how to take your spent Strawberry patch or bed or container and revamp it for maximum harvest next year. Strawberry plants actually grow and multiply on their own, outcompeting themselves and thus outgrowing their surroundings. They must be divided and replanted every 3-5…
Planting and Growing Rosemary For Maximum Health! You’ve followed along and rooted cuttings from your mother Rosemary for new, free plants. You’ve even moved those cuttings on to small pots to start them in soil and get them really growing. Now, its time to pot up your Rosemary plants into larger pots or even their…
Make Your Own Organic Fertilizer From Weeds Right Out Of Your Garden! Weeds are amazing plants with the ability to extract nutrients and elements where other plants cannot. We can use the foliage from these weeds to make a super-charged liquid fertilizer that will send your backyards crops to the stratosphere! This homemade fertilizer is…
Freeze Your Onions Safely To Preserve And Enjoy Them All Year! Onions are a “ready-at-once” crop in that, like garlic, you harvest the bulbs all in one shot. They preserve well, but not forever, and certainly not until next harvest. In this video, let’s look at how we can freeze raw onions to preserve this…
How To Plant Strawberry Runners! Strawberry mother plants send out runners as a reproductive strategy. These runners are akin to a tomato sucker and are a vegetative offshoot of the main plant that’s trying to become a plant on its own. This is great and a fantastic way to expand your Strawberry patch for free!…
How To Grow Your Own Lemon Tree Plant Right From A Store Bought Lemon! Its super easy, just takes time and patience. The key is in germinating the seeds which can take up to a month. Once germinated, the little trees grow fast and you could be swimming in Lemons if grown right! In this…
What Are Strawberry Runners And What Should We Do With Them? Most Strawberry mother plants send out several runners (stolons) every spring/summer. These runners are akin to a tomato sucker and are a vegetative offshoot of the main plant that’s trying to become a plant on its own. This is great and all, and a…
Grow More Tomatoes Instead Of Leaves! Pruning Tomatoes 101 is now in session! We prune Tomatoes early in the summer to maximize harvest and yield later on. In this 2020 video, let’s look at how to properly prune our Tomato plants, both the Determinate and Indeterminate varieties. Let’s also discuss the different sections of a…
Mars Hydro 4×2 Grow Tent Assembly and Review. Let’s have a closer look at the new Mars Hydro indoor Grow Tents as we investigate the features of this new series of tents as well as fully assemble the 4×2 model. Early impressions are that at this price point, these Grow Tents swing well above their…
How In The World Did I Get To 100K Subscribers? Quite a journey and I honestly didn’t think it was possible. I was happy with the 100 and 1000 sub milestones and never looked beyond that. As a gardening channel in an ultra-competitive space, I feel like we’ve really done something cool here. Not a…
Beets In Buckets You Say? Yes! Its easy and I’ll show you how. Beets are a fantastic, underrated root crop that often plays second fiddle to carrots and potatoes. Well, no more. Grown for its insanely nutritious bulbous root, Beet leaves are delicious in salads, wraps, and stir fry! This is indeed a powerhouse crop…
Garlic Grows So Easily In Containers. And quite often, container Garlic is ready for harvest before your Garlic grown in raised beds or straight in the ground. Its all due to heat and being warmer faster expedites the formation of bulbs. In this video, let’s look at how we harvest both hardneck and softneck garlic,…
Fabric Grow Bags Are All The Hype. They are lightweight, inexpensive, last a long time, come in every size imaginable, and even somewhat prevent root-balling! Their use has skyrocketed the last 5 years so we might as well look at how to use them! In this video, I show you how I plant up my…
With Vegetable Gardens, Plant Spacing Is The First Thing We Should Think About. Plants start out very small, and too often we plant them close together, not wanting to see unsightly empty spaces in our garden. The mistake however, is that plants grow, often beyond what we imagine them to. And the spacing they experience…
Reuse Your Old Potting And Container Soils To Save Money! Container gardening is fun, easy and has numerous advantages. One disadvantage however, can be cost. Potting soils are not cheap and even just a modest amount of container veggies can send expenses through the roof. In this video, let’s look at two ways that we…
