In this video I show you 10 Free Vegetable Gardening Hacks. There are many things around the house not intended for gardening but work just as good as expensive garden products you buy in the store.
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Table of Contents
00:18 – Toilet paper/paper towel tubes
01:05 – DIY slug control
01:32 – Garden uses for plastic bottles
02:27 – DIY plant tags
02:56 – How to space out small seeds
03:22 – “Bulk seeds” from the grocery store
03:43 – Pea trellises or pea stakes
04:01 – Use old sponges to maintain moisture in containers
04:19 – Put volunteer plants to work
04:38 – DIY anti fungal for plant cuttings
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26 Comments
i use variations of many of these. another one that was triggered from your vid is using willow juice instead of rooting hormone. one that i use all the time, i have mountains of it here, is free arborist wood chips. i have them bring me loads of it and i age them and compost them. in 15yrs i have completely changed my soil to the nicest loamy living eco system that holds nutrients and water so i do not have to water so much. it does take a lot of patience but for those who keep chickens, it is the best as the chickens will eat the critters that grow in the chips and they scratch and poop thus making it compost faster. after the first year of composting i plant cover crops over them and let the chickens, and in your case your cow, do their magic. the following year i have the best soil you can possibly dream of. cheers 🙂
Somebody’s getting close to that 1 million mark! How exciting!
Thanks! Keep them coming!
I did not know about the rooting tips! Watching your channel is getting me excited for spring!
Nice tips!! 👏🏻 That toilet paper trick would be a cutworm collar too, wouldn't it? I like to use the clear plastic clamshell containers from the bakery area as mini greenhouses for starting seeds and even small cuttings. Totally free! Some have slits in either the top or bottom so use that as the bottom and put in a tray to water from the bottom. They work best for things that transplant easily.
Awesome ideas
Great tips. Here is one I use after reading of borax and sugar to control ants. I use the same empty spice bottles with large hole sifters that you show in your fine seed distribution. A half tsp of granulated sugar, a bit of borax, a little water and piece of cracker for the bait to be carried back to nest. Place on side in place where ants travel.
My go to up potting containers for tomatoes and peppers are my yogurt and cottage cheese containers. I cut the lids into plant markers.
Great tips. Thank you Brian. Hi Emily!!❤️🌺
Yes, I already do 9 out of 10 in your list. All good tips. Just be sure to cover the tops of the cardboard tubes or they will dehydrate the soil around the roots. I just tear it off.
Loved these ideas. Thank you.
I think the ultimate free hack for me is the electric toothbrush to pollinate tomatoes. Truly a game changer, and free if you already use one.
I save wooden popsicle sticks and chopsticks to use as plant markers and tiny supports for seedlings. I like your honey idea as an antifungal.
Thanks Brian!!!
Loved these hacks! Will use them all. Thanks for sharing your secrets!
I use a paper towel roll to plant strawberry pots. Stick the empty towel holder down the center while you add soil and plant each side opening. When sides are full, pour pea gravel down into the towel holder. Then add more soil and plant the top opening. Now when you water there is a center path to distribute the water all through the pot so it gets watered evenly.
I cut bottom of clear plastic bottle off leave top
Off push bottom of bottle in ground around very young sprouts in garden. This keeps night creatures from eating the young leaves.
Thanks Brian, old steel clothes hangers are great for plant supports. Just take them apart and reconstruct them. Great for tall plants like delphiniums.
Twig trellises, great idea. Have to give that a shot this year with my beans.
Oh Thank you!!!
When cutting your own plant tags, put a point at one end to get it into the ground.
When I first heard about growing beans from a bag at the store, my mind was blown! I’m going to do it with chickpeas and fava beans since they’re not easy to get seeds for locally otherwise. It can also be done with some whole spices, which are usually very affordable and plentiful at Indian grocers.
I do most of the things you just mentioned here.
More More….loved it….
Some of these tips I have been doing, but I did learn some great tips here. I love the honey for helping root cuttings. I did some lavender and only a couple lived. Maybe more will make it now! I love your tip on toilet paper rolls. I tried it and had mold growing on them, but in soil they will not do that. Great tip! Love the red cups too. Brian, I hope you are doing well. Blessings to you and your family, Annie in Tennessee
Not my original idea, but I've been using my multitudes of half-eggshells for small seed starters. I usually grind them after oven drying for a calcium amendment (soil and chicken feed), but they're so plentiful with having chickens I have enough for this too. 🐣