The UGLY TRUTH About FERTILIZERS You Need To Hear NOW!

Summary

Dieses Video behandelt das heikle Thema Duengung im Garten. Der Sprecher erklärt, wann Duenger in Ihrem Garten unerlässlich sind, wann sie reduziert oder sogar vermieden werden können und warum Duenger oft missverstanden werden. Er diskutiert die Kosten von Duengern und die Kritik, dass ihre Verwendung im Garten einen Fehler darstellt, da die Natur keine Duenger benötigt. Der Sprecher vertritt die Ansicht, dass Gemüsegarten nicht nachhaltig sind und daher zusätzliche Duenger notwendig sind, um die Bodenversorgung zu unterstützen. Er vergleicht die Kosten von Duengern mit Kompost und betont, dass Kompost nicht als Duenger dienen sollte. Schließlich gibt er Tipps, wie man Duenger günstiger und effizienter anwenden kann, einschließlich des Erwerbs von Kompost und Mulch von Abfallentsorgungsstätten.

Takeaways

• 🌱 Düngemittel sind ein umstrittenes Thema im Gärtnern und können missverstanden werden.
• 💲 Einer der Hauptkritikpunkte ist, dass Düngemittel teuer sind und den Zweck des Gärtnerns zunichte machen könnten.
• 🌿 Die zweite Kritik ist, dass Düngemittel nur notwendig sind, wenn man das Bodenleben nicht ausreichend fördert.
• 🌳 Im Gegensatz zu Gemüsegärten können Forste und Permakultur-Systeme nach der Einrichtung selbstversorgende Ökosysteme sein.
• 🍅 Gemüsegärten sind jedoch nicht nachhaltig, da sie eine künstliche, nicht natürliche Pflanzenauswahl und -dichte darstellen.
• 🌲 Fruchtbäume und Forste können nach der Pflanzung und einigen Nachsaisonen ohne menschliche Intervention wachsen.
• 🥬 Gemüsegärten benötigen jedoch kontinuierliche Düngung, um die hohen Anforderungen an Nährstoffe zu erfüllen.
• 💡 Kompost ist wichtig für die Bodenqualität, ist aber kein Ersatz für Düngemittel in Bezug auf Nährstoffversorgung.
• 📊 Die NPK-Werte von Kompost zeigen, dass er im Vergleich zu Düngemitteln teurer ist und weniger Nährstoffe enthält.
• 🚚 Der Kauf eines Pickup-Trucks eröffnet Möglichkeiten, um kostenlosen Kompost und Mulch aus Abfallentsorgungseinrichtungen zu erhalten.
• 🌼 Für Containergärten sind wasserlösliche Düngemittel besser geeignet als granuliertes Kompost, da die Bodenbiome im Container begrenzter sind.
• 📈 Die Kosten für Düngemittel können durch saisonale Sonderangebote und den Einsatz von wasserlöslichen Düngemitteln gesenkt werden.

Q & A

Welches Datum wird in dem Video erwähnt?

Sonntag, den 19. März.

Was ist das Hauptthema des Videos?

Das Hauptthema des Videos ist die Verwendung von Düngemitteln im Garten und wie man sie am besten einsetzen kann.

Welche Meinung gibt der Sprecher zum Thema Düngemittel in seinem Garten aus?

Der Sprecher möchte erklären, wann Düngemittel im Garten unerlässlich sind, wann ihre Verwendung reduziert werden kann und vielleicht sogar komplett vermieden werden kann.

Welche Art von Rückmeldungen erhält der Sprecher normalerweise in den Kommentaren zu seinen Düngemittel-Videos?

Der Sprecher erhält zwei Arten von Rückmeldungen: Einerseits wird argumentiert, dass Düngemittel zu teuer sind und andererseits, dass das Gießen mit Düngemitteln ein Zeichen dafür ist, dass man im Gartenbau etwas falsch macht.

Was ist die Meinung des Sprechers über die Notwendigkeit von Düngemitteln in seinem Gemüsegarten?

Der Sprecher ist der Meinung, dass Düngemittel im Gemüsegarten notwendig sind, da das Gemüse wächst, das von der Natur nicht vorgesehen ist und die Bodenbiologie allein diese hohen Anforderungen nicht decken kann.

Was unterscheidet den Sprecher zwischen einem Gemüsegarten und einem Obstgarten?

Der Sprecher betont, dass ein Gemüsegarten nicht nachhaltig ist und ständig nach Düngemitteln verlangt, während ein Obstgarten nach der Einrichtung und einigen Jahren möglicherweise selbstversorgende Nährstoffe aus dem Boden ziehen kann.

Wie bezeichnet der Sprecher die Art von Gemüse, das im Garten angebaut wird?

Der Sprecher bezeichnet das Gemüse als 'ungewöhnlich' und 'nicht von der Natur vorgesehen', da es sich um Zuchtungen handelt, die über viele Generationen hinweg für bestimmte rezessive Merkmale gezüchtet wurden.

Was ist der Unterschied zwischen Düngemittel und Kompost gemäß dem Video?

Kompost ist nicht Düngemittel; Kompost wird in den Garten gegeben, um organische Substanz und Mikrobiom zu füttern, während Düngemittel speziell zur Bereitstellung von Nährstoffen wie Stickstoff, Phosphor und Kalium verwendet wird.

Welche Tipps gibt der Sprecher für diejenigen, die kein Geld für die Düngung ihres Gartens ausgeben möchten?

Der Sprecher empfiehlt, im Herbst auf Düngemittel zu sparen, wenn sie in der Regel reduziert werden, und die Möglichkeit, kostenlose Kompost und Mulch von der Landfill zu beziehen, wenn man einen Pickup-Truck hat.

Was ist der Sprecher für Container-Garten?

Der Sprecher empfiehlt für Container-Garten wasserlösliche Düngemittel, da sie schneller wirken und die begrenzten Bodenbedingungen in Containern besser geeignet sind.

Wie plant der Sprecher, seine zukünftigen Videos zu gestalten?

Der Sprecher plant, bald ein Video über die Düngung von Obstbäumen nach ihrem Winterruhe zu veröffentlichen.

Outlines

00:00

🌱 Dünger in Gemüsegärten: Missverständnisse und Anwendung

Der erste Absatz des Skripts behandelt das Thema Dünger in Gemüsegärten, das häufig missverstanden wird. Der Sprecher möchte im Frühling, der in Nord Carolina beginnt, erklären, wann Dünger unbedingt notwendig sind, wann sie reduziert oder sogar vermieden werden können. Er möchte auch die Hintergründe für die Missverständnisse über Dünger beleuchten und die Meinungsverschiedenheiten in der Community ansprechen. Dazu gehören die Ansichten, dass Dünger teuer sind und Gärten ohne sie geführt werden sollten, sowie die Kritik, dass Düngemittel nur notwendig sind, weil der Boden nicht selbst genutzt wird. Der Sprecher betont die Bedeutung von Bodenbiologie und Kompostierung, um Nährstoffe für Pflanzen zur Verfügung zu stellen, und stellt fest, dass in der Praxis Dünger in Gemüsegärten oft unvermeidlich sind.

05:01

🌳 Selbsthaltsame Systeme im Vergleich zu Gemüsegärten

In diesem Absatz wird der Unterschied zwischen natürlichen, selbsthaltenden Systemen wie Wäldern und künstlichen Anbausystemen wie Gemüsegärten erläutert. Der Sprecher argumentiert, dass Wälder und Food Forests, wenn sie richtig geplant sind, ohne menschliche Intervention über lange Zeit bestehen können, da sie ein weitreichendes Wurzelsystem und eine natürliche Mulchierung haben, die Nährstoffe für die Bäume liefern. Im Gegensatz dazu sind Gemüsegärten nachhaltig und erfordern kontinuierliche Eingriffe, da sie nicht der natürlichen Ordnung folgen und die Pflanzen, die dort angebaut werden, eine viel höhere Nährstoffversorgung benötigen als die im Boden vorhanden ist. Der Sprecher betont, dass die Anbaupraktiken in Gemüsegärten von der natürlichen Ordnung abweichen und daher Dünger notwendig sind.

10:04

💰 Kostenvergleich zwischen Kompost und Düngemittel

Der dritte Absatz des Skripts präsentiert einen Kostenvergleich zwischen dem Einsatz von Kompost und Düngemitteln in Gärten. Der Sprecher erklärt, dass Kompost nicht als Düngemittel angesehen werden sollte, da seine Nährstoffgehalte (NPK-Werte) im Vergleich zu handelsüblichen Düngemitteln sehr niedrig sind. Er vergleicht den Preis pro Pfund Nährstoff von Kompost mit dem von Düngemitteln und zeigt, dass Düngemittel erheblich kosteneffizienter sind. Er empfiehlt, Düngemittel in großen Mengen und zu Clearance-Preisen zu kaufen, um die Kosten zu reduzieren, und teilt Tipps mit, wie man kostenlosen Kompost und Mulch von Abfallentsorgungsstätten beziehen kann, insbesondere wenn man einen Pickup-Truck besitzt.

15:06

🌼 Düngung in Containergärten: Besondere Überlegungen

In diesem letzten Absatz des Skripts wird auf die speziellen Anforderungen der Düngung in Containergärten eingegangen. Der Sprecher erklärt, dass traditionelle Granulat-Dünger und Kompost in solchen Systemen nicht die besten Optionen sind, da sie nicht schnell genug abbauen oder nicht genügend Raum für eine dicke Schicht Kompost bieten. Stattdessen empfiehlt er, wasserlösliche Dünger zu verwenden, um die Pflanzen in den Containern zu nähren. Er diskutiert auch die Verwendung von organischen Alternativen wie Fischemulsion und Kelp-Extrakt, die teurer sind, aber für denjenigen, der einen vollständig organischen Ansatz verfolgt, notwendig sind. Der Sprecher betont die Wichtigkeit, den richtigen Typ von Düngemitteln für Containergärten auszuwählen, um die Gesundheit und Produktion der Pflanzen zu gewährleisten.

Keywords

💡Dünger

Dünger ist ein Produkt, das landwirtschaftlich oder gartenbaulich verwendet wird, um den Nährstoffgehalt des Bodens zu erhöhen und so die Pflanzenwachstum zu fördern. Im Video wird diskutiert, dass Dünger oft missverstanden wird und es gibt Debatten darüber, wann er notwendig ist. Ein Beispiel aus dem Skript ist die Aussage, dass Dünger zu teuer sei und man könnte besser im Supermarkt einkaufen.

💡Bodenbiologie

Bodenbiologie bezieht sich auf die lebenden Organismen im Boden, wie Bakterien, Pilze und Würmer, die für die Erhaltung der Bodenfruchtbarkeit und die Umsetzung von有机物质 zu Nährstoffen verantwortlich sind. Im Video wird betont, dass ein gesunder Bodenbiologie die Pflanzenwachstum unterstützen kann, ohne auf Dünger angewiesen zu sein.

💡Kompost

Kompost ist ein natürliches Material, das aus organischen Abfällen wie Laub, Gras oder Küchenabfällen hergestellt wird und verwendet wird, um den Boden zu nähren und seine Struktur zu verbessern. Im Video wird erläutert, dass Kompost nicht direkt als Dünger verwendet werden sollte, sondern um dem Boden organische Substanzen zuzuführen.

💡NPK-Verhältnis

Das NPK-Verhältnis ist eine Kennzahl auf Düngemitteln, die den Gehalt an Stickstoff (N), Phosphor (P) und Kalium (K) angibt, die für das Pflanzenwachstum wichtig sind. Im Video wird das NPK-Verhältnis verwendet, um den Fertilitätsunterschied zwischen Kompost und Düngemittel zu vergleichen.

💡Permakultur

Permakultur ist ein Konzept der nachhaltigen Landwirtschaft und Gartenbau, das auf der Schaffung eines selbsterhaltenden Ökosystems beruht, das wenig bis keine menschliche Intervention benötigt. Im Video wird diskutiert, dass ein Food Forest, ein integraler Bestandteil der Permakultur, im Gegensatz zu einem Gemüsegarten, langfristig ohne Dünger sein kann.

💡Gemüsegarten

Ein Gemüsegarten ist ein Bereich, der speziell für den Anbau von Gemüsepflanzen verwendet wird. Im Video wird betont, dass Gemüsegärten im Vergleich zu anderen Pflanzensystemen wie einem Food Forest eine höhere Menge an Nährstoffen benötigen, da sie eine künstlichere und nicht nachhaltigere Form des Anbaus darstellen.

💡Heirloom-Tomaten

Heirloom-Tomaten sind traditionelle, alte Sorten von Tomaten, die oft für ihren guten Geschmack und ihre Fülle an Samen gekennzeichnet sind. Im Video wird darauf hingewiesen, dass solche Pflanzen, die für ihre rezenssiven Merkmale gespeichert werden, von der Natur nicht gefördert werden und deshalb anfälliger für Schädlinge und Krankheiten sind.

💡Kreuzbestäubung

Kreuzbestäubung ist ein natürlicher Prozess, bei dem Pollen von einer Pflanze auf die Befruchtungsorgane einer anderen übertragen wird, was zu genetischer Vielfalt führt. Im Video wird gesagt, dass der traditionelle Gemüsegarten diese natürliche Prozess verhindert, indem er große, gespeicherte Früchte anbaut.

💡Container-Garten

Ein Container-Garten ist eine Form des Gartens, bei der Pflanzen in Behältern und nicht im Erdboden gezogen werden. Im Video wird erklärt, dass in Containergärten aufgrund der begrenzten Bodenmasse und des Fehlens eines großen Mikrobiom Wasserlösliche Dünger besser geeignet sind als granulierte organische Dünger.

💡Fischemulsion

Fischemulsion ist eine organische Düngemittel, die aus verarbeiteten Fischresten hergestellt wird und reich an Stickstoff ist. Im Video wird Fischemulsion als Beispiel für eine organische Alternative zu herkömmlichen Wasserlöschdüngern in Containergärten genannt.

Highlights

Gardeners are encouraged to understand fertilizers, a topic often misunderstood, with a focus on when and how to use them in gardens.

Fertilizers are essential for vegetable gardening due to the high density planting and the unnatural nature of cultivated plants.

Composting and soil biology are important but not a complete substitute for fertilizers in vegetable gardens.

The speaker's property backs into a forest, illustrating the self-sustaining nature of forests as opposed to gardens.

Permaculture principles work for food forests but not for vegetable gardens due to the different demands on the soil.

Fruit trees can become self-sustaining with proper establishment, unlike vegetable gardens.

Vegetable gardens require more external inputs due to the cultivation of large-fruited heirloom varieties.

The cost-effectiveness of using compost as a fertilizer is questioned, with a comparison to commercial fertilizers.

Compost is more about adding organic matter and feeding the soil microbiome rather than directly fertilizing plants.

A detailed analysis of the NPK ratio in compost versus commercial fertilizers shows the latter's cost efficiency.

Strategies for reducing fertilizer costs, such as buying in bulk during clearance sales, are suggested.

The benefits of owning a pickup truck for accessing free compost and mulch from local landfills are highlighted.

The importance of using water-soluble fertilizers in container gardening is discussed due to limited soil and microbiome.

Organic alternatives to synthetic fertilizers for container gardens are mentioned, such as fish emulsion and kelp meal.

The video concludes with an invitation for viewers to share their thoughts on the controversial topic of fertilizing gardens.

An upcoming video on fertilizing fruit trees as they come out of dormancy is announced.

The video ends with a personal touch, showing Dale the dog being treated to a fig dipped in peanut butter.

Transcripts

what's going on gardeners it's Sunday

March 19th and it is almost officially

spring here on the Southeastern coast of

North Carolina and on today's video I

want to address a very controversial

subject because now is the time of year

that we need to talk fertilizers

fertilizers may be one of the most

misunderstood things out there and on

today's video I want to explain when you

absolutely must use fertilizers in your

garden when you can reduce their use and

maybe even avoid them all together and

why it seems that fertilizers are just

so misunderstood whether you agree or

disagree with any of the things that I

say in this video I would really like

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appreciated anytime I make a tutorial

video on this channel where I show you

how I fertilize things I always get a

good bit of pushback in the comments

section and it's probably why honestly a

lot of garden channels avoid the

fertilizing subject altogether and I

don't really blame them however I want

to do my best to try and address some of

these comments I usually get pushback

about fertilizing in two different forms

the first form is the idea that

fertilizer is too expensive and if

you're going to spend all this money to

fertilize your garden it really defeats

the purpose of gardening and you may as

well just buy food from the grocery

store and the second bit of pushback is

the idea that if you're fertilizing your

garden you're doing something wrong

because nature doesn't need fertilizer

so if you actually need fertilizer in

your garden it's because you're not

allowing the soil to do the work for you

so I want to do my best to try and

address these two comments and have an

open discussion hopefully down in the

comments section below and I'll give you

my honest take on things the first point

that I want to address is the idea that

fertilizer is not required at all in

your garden and you just need to let the

soil will do the work for you and the

idea here usually is that you can grow

food without the addition of fertilizers

when you focus on soil biology and

composting that way the soil does the

work for you and while I think there are

valid points to this I think that there

is a mixing of various principles from

permaculture and food forestry that

don't necessarily work in vegetable

gardening let me explain the rear of my

property backs up into a forest and

obviously we're not going out and

fertilizing a forest it is a completely

self-sustaining system so the idea is if

Forest can sustain itself can't every

system sustain itself that's the very

principle behind permaculture where we

can design our own food Forest that will

flourish whether we intervene or not and

that is obviously a proven concept as

long as we are selecting species and

varieties of fruit trees that are

reasonable for our Zone and our climate

then yes once you plant all of these

fruit trees and you you intervene just

enough to get them established to the

point where you don't need to nurse them

anymore yes they can become

self-sustaining when planned properly a

food Forest will become a

self-sustaining ecosystem that's because

each individual tree when you add up all

of the individual roots and you place

them next to each other they will

stretch for Miles so they have the

ability to find food and nutrients all

over the Earth these trees will also act

like a self-mulching forest whether

they're deciduous or Evergreen they will

lose their leaves every single year in

various patterns and all of those leaves

will fall to the ground and re-mulch the

soil that will then turn into compost

and that will then feed the trees all

over again for another life cycle yes

it's a little more complicated than that

because tree is also do draw nutrients

out of the air and there are things that

probably I don't even understand about

the systems that make it work but the

point is once it is established I could

leave this house house for 30 years and

come back and the food Forest will still

be standing and still be producing

without my intervention so when planting

fruit trees or designing a food forest

for some type of permaculture system you

will need to give them fertilizer in the

beginning after you transplant them and

for the next few seasons to help them

establish and grow big and strong but

there will come a point where they

become self-sustaining because the root

system and its own self-mulching system

can largely handle the needs of the tree

itself now for me I will always give my

trees some fertilizer because it

increases their fruit production however

it doesn't become mandatory at a certain

point and I have no doubt that if I left

this house and did not come back for 30

years this fig tree right here would

still be alive and producing fruit but

this is not true for your vegetable

garden your vegetable garden is

unsustainable Yes you heard me correctly

your vegetable garden is not sustainable

it's a freak of nature it's a man-made

thing nowhere in nature will you find a

vegetable garden growing and this is the

case for two distinct reasons the first

reason is that the plants that we grow

in our vegetable garden in no way

represents the wild types of the plants

and I'm not talking about anything GMO

I'm talking about the simple Act of seed

saving over Generations the goal of

nature is to reproduce so in order for

nature to reproduce best it wants its

fruits to be small full of seeds and

have a relatively low sugar content

because they are less likely to be eaten

and the seeds are more likely to be

dropped to the ground those are the

dominant genetic traits that nature

wants however we save seeds largely for

recessive traits those big heirloom

tomatoes that weigh a pound each and

have very few seeds and are all meat

nature doesn't want them and that's why

they are so susceptible to pests and

diseases they're not a natural creation

there is nothing less natural than we're

growing in our common vegetable gardens

than these heirloom fruits that have

been protected for 50 plus years from

cross-pollination cross-pollination and

hybridization is the law of Nature and

we are preventing the natural order of

things from taking place these large

fruited Behemoth plants demand a lot of

nutrition for the soil nature wasn't cut

out to produce a whole garden full of

these guys they need a lot of food the

second problem is we're also planting

all of these plants in really high

density when it comes to vegetable

gardening high density is the name of

the game to maximize yields and the fact

is the soil biology on its own the

native nutrients in the soil cannot

sustain this high density planting with

these super vigorous super saved seeds

that have these monster fruits on them

it just can't keep up and because we are

planting things so unnaturally and we're

demanding so much from our soil we have

to add back to that soil artificially

and that's where fertilizers come in so

remember when I said if I left my yard

for 30 years and there was no human

intervention on this property at all I

could come back and I would still will

have my fig trees and my apple trees and

my peach trees and my persimmon trees

producing well what would happen if I

planted out my entire Garden in May and

then I just left and I never came back

for 30 years what would I find 30 years

later the answer is I would find a

garden Full Of Weeds and Native grasses

that have taken over the area and

probably maybe a handful of plants that

were Hardy enough for my location that

have cross-pollinated so many times over

that whatever fruit they have have

basically moved back and now resemble

the original wild type and are nothing

like what I had originally planted from

those saved seeds the reason why that is

true is because there is no truly

sustainable vegetable garden at least

not a true vegetable garden as we

consider a vegetable garden to be so my

point in all of this is if you're

growing a vegetable garden at least in

the traditional sense that most of us

see a vegetable garden to be there's no

way to truly make it permaculture while

you can have a permaculture Food Forest

that you can reduce or eliminate

fertilizing in the long run with your

vegetable garden because of what we're

growing and how we're growing it it is

always going to demand more from the

soil than it can put back into the soil

and for that reason we have to add

external fertilizing now let's address

the second point which is discontinuing

the use of fertilizers and using compost

instead to fertilize your garden my

answer to that is compost is not

fertilizer we do not add compost to our

Gardens to fertilize it we add compost

to our Gardens to add organic matter

into the soil and feed that microbiome

to keep it a very healthy growing medium

for growing our plants yes there is a

fertilizer component to compost but it's

not why we add compost let me explain to

determine how much fertilizer is in a

product we consult the NPK ratio on the

bag with the NPK ratio the first number

is the percentage of Elemental nitrogen

by weight in the fertilizer the the

second number is the percentage of

weight of phosphorus in the fertilizer

and the third number is the percentage

of weight of potassium in the fertilizer

so just to keep things simple if we were

to go out and buy a 100 pound bag of 10

10 10 fertilizer the contents of that

bag would be 10 pounds of nitrogen

fertilizer 10 pounds of phosphorus

fertilizer 10 pounds of potassium

fertilizer and the other 70 pounds would

be some inert medium yesterday I went to

Lowe's and I bought this very popular

National brand of cow manure compost for

5.98 and this is listed as an NPK ratio

of 0.5.5

that means the contents of this bag is

half a percent nitrogen half a percent

phosphorus and half a percent potassium

per the guaranteed analysis on the back

of the bag it assumes a net weight of 35

pounds so if we take the 35 pounds and

we multiply it by 1.5 percent because

that is the total amount of fertilizer

in the bag we see that this bag contains

0.525 pounds of fertilizer per bag so

since each bag costs 5.98 that means we

are paying approximately

11.39 per pound of fertilizer let's

compare that cost to a typical

water-soluble fertilizer this is a one

and a half pound box of 18 18 21 that

you can buy for 6.98 that means this is

57 percent fertilizer when you add up

all the npks this 1.5 pound box has .855

pounds of fertilizer since we paid 6.98

for this this brings our cost of

fertilizer down to eight dollars and 16

cents a pound which is 40 percent less

expensive than fertilizing your garden

with compost and remember this is a very

exaggerated claim because this is

assuming Peak prices of fertilizer

moving into the growing season yes you

can save money on compost when you buy

it by the truckload versus going to the

store and buying bags however the cost

of compost doesn't really change all

that much throughout the season every

fall I show you how to go to big box

stores and buy out their fertilizer when

it's all on clearance I get up to 70 to

80 percent off every single season so

because of this I dramatically reduce

the costs feeding my garden by using

real fertilizers instead of paying a

hefty premium to use compost as a

fertilizer in addition in order to run

this analysis I had to use Black Cow

brand compost because it is the only

compost product I could find that had a

guaranteed analysis on it because they

are a large brand they probably have a

lot of dollars reserved to marketing so

it's worth it for them to run the

guaranteed analysis if you're making

your own compost at home or you're

buying compost from a smaller brand or

from a local landscaping supply company

they're probably not doing that so

you're going to get compost that doesn't

have nearly as much fertilizer in it as

the product effect that I used so no

matter what you do compost cannot

compare to fertilizer when it comes to

NPK my point here is not to knock

compost I use a ton of compost in my

yard and garden every single year my

point is that compost isn't fertilizer

if you treat it as fertilizer it will be

the most expensive way to feed your

garden I'm simply trying to show you how

to do this a cheaper more efficient way

you still need to add compost to feed

your soil and to make that microbiome

really healthy however you shouldn't

rely only on compost to feed your garden

you should buy fertilizers because it

will dramatically reduce the price

especially when you buy your fertilizers

in the fall when they go on clearance

you will save a ton of money and

especially if you buy the bulk size

clearance items however there is a

loophole to make everything I just said

about prices null and void after two

years of saving and searching last week

I finally had the privilege of becoming

a member of the pickup truck Club I I

purchased a used pickup truck and this

allows me to exploit some loopholes that

make gardening a whole lot less

expensive start checking at your county

and your neighboring County's landfills

because many of them are responsible for

their own tree trimming and maintenance

of the right of ways of the various

highways so they wind up with a ton of

organic material that they don't have

anything to do with and it costs them a

ton of money to get rid of so what they

do is they have certain days of the week

where you can come and take all the free

mulch that you want and sometimes they

even have free compost if you have a

pickup truck you can now call around and

find out if they have the items in stock

and you can go there and load up the

back of your truck completely for free

and that will blow the budget out of the

water because you will be able to get

basically as much compost and free

fertilizer for your garden as you're

willing to put your back into and put

the time into now you may be thinking

I'm not spending thousands of dollars to

save money on compost well if you own a

pickup truck you know that it's an

investment in an overall quality of life

Improvement and given everything I do in

my garden it's really worth the

investment to me however if you don't

own a pickup truck or a pickup truck is

not the cards for you you probably know

someone that does so maybe buy them

lunch or buy them dinner and have them

take you over to the landfill and you

can go pick up your own free compost and

mulch yourself so for those of you that

think you don't have enough money to

fertilize your garden between the fall

clearance sales on fertilizer that tip I

just gave you and also the free compost

and mulch tip from your county that I

just gave you that should help put your

mind at ease if you find the money it

takes to grow your own vegetables may be

a little bit costly but remember due to

the nature of vegetable gardening you

will have to get some amount of

fertilizer and compost but there are

affordable ways that you can do it but

before I conclude this video I wanted to

take a moment and discuss container

gardening because container gardens

break all the rules because you're

confined to this little space to grow

your plants you do not have a

significant microbiome like you would

find in ground in Earth and because of

that reason the granulated organic

fertilizers are not the best they don't

break down quickly enough and using

compost can also be a problem because

you're only going to have about a two or

three inch lip in the container to apply

compost so you really can't put more

than like a one inch layer in there and

then you'll have to remove it to add

more it's a big pain so when you contain

our garden in order to keep your trees

sated you really should use

water-soluble fertilizers so things like

Jack's all-purpose 20 20 20 or a miracle

grow tomato or if you want to stay

completely organic you can use things

like fish Emulsion kelp meal and Alaska

more Bloom which is quite a bit more

expensive but that's what you have to do

unfortunately to stay completely organic

in a container garden and it's why I

blend my fertilizers usually with a mix

of fish Emulsion and things like Jack's

all-purpose 20 20 20 in order to reduce

costs when growing things in containers

so I just wanted to take a moment and

address the importance of using

water-soluble fertilizers in your

container garden due to the lack of

microbiome and the lack of soil Mass so

now that spring is imminent I'm really

glad I took this moment to discuss these

various topics of fertilizing because I

know how controversial they can be I

hope I made a strong case for why I

believe what I believe whether you agree

or disagree I would love to hear your

feedback and your experience so please

comment down in the comments below and

we can have a discussion about these

various topics I really enjoyed making

this video and stay tuned because pretty

soon I will have a video on how to

fertilize your fruit trees as they come

out of dormancy now that spring is upon

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if there's one thing Dale knows it's

good food and we're going to give Dale

the best treat of fig dipped in a little

bit of peanut butter

oh and he's being very good patiently

waiting ready buddy be gentle

good boy

how's that wonderful way to start the

day