Growing Vegetables : Growing Okra

Growing okra in full sun to partial shade works very well. Learn how to grow okra in your vegetable garden in this free video.

Expert:
Stan DeFreitas
Contact: www.mrgt.net
Bio: Stan DeFreitas, also known as “Mr. Green Thumb”, has experience as an urban horticulturist working for the Pinellas County Extension Service and has taught horticulture at the St. Petersburg College.
Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz

Duration : 0:1:12

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Should Michelle Obama win a Gardening prize (Green Thumb) for planting vegetables in the White House Garden?

Yes Alan Smith is rushing to the White house now to present it to her!!

How to Raise Organic Vegetables : Using Rows & Hills to Plant a Garden

An expert shows how to design rows and hills for planting vegetables and other plants in your own organic garden in this free gardening video lesson for beginners.

Expert: Gale Gassiot
Bio: Gale Gassiot makes her own organic compost or “gardener’s black gold.”

Duration : 0:2:43

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Is planting marigolds along with vegetables good for deterring pests and what types of pests?

http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/marigolds-just-a-pretty-flower-or-much-more/

http://www.google.com/search?q=garden%20pests%20repelled%20by%20marigolds&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iw

it’s kind of a tossup… beleive it works or don’t…. personally, I think it’s the smell of them that goofs up the bugs that smell ‘goodies’…. if all they can smell is marigolds, they don’t know there’s a squash plant over there, too!.. ya know?… it’s the same with deer and Irish Spring soap… if all they smell is the soap, they don’t know your hostas are there!…..

I’ve planted the old fashioned marigolds around my tomato patch for years… does it help?.. I dunno… but the smell of both of them ‘takes me home’ to Grandma’s truck patch!!… ahhhhhh….

Potted plants/vegetables I can grow in the fall?

I live in Western Washington in an apartment. When I have more time in the fall (August/September) I’d like to have some plants and/or vegetables that I can grow on my balcony. They would need to be potted, obviously. What would work that is relatively idiot-proof? I lack a green thumb.

Many brassicas prefer cooler weather and do better in the fall than during summer. This includes collards, broccoli, and kale which are really easy to grow. Kale and collard greens will grow and produce harvest-able greens throughout the winter if your frosts are mild. Another good crop for fall is spinach and radishes, these grow quickly. Sometimes you can find a cool weather salad mix. Celery and parsley can also be grown, but celery grows somewhat slowly during the winter. If you try either of these, buy starts instead of seed (this is also recommended for kale and collards). Chard (aka Swiss chard) will likewise grow throughout the winter with harvest-able leaves as long as it doesn’t get too cold. All of these things do well in containers (as long as they are big enough containers- half wine barrels are great for this).

It is good to get most things established at least a month before the first expected frost date. With a little looking, you can find out when this is for your area.

I do not recommend trying to start a tomato. While established, fully grown tomato plants continue to produce fruit through the fall, a start planted that late won’t do so well.

How can I get rid of flowers to plant vegetables?

I have a flower garden approx 4′ x 20′. We have previously planted zinnias and other various flowers. We would like to plant vegetables…but every year the flowers come back. They don’t do great and look ugly. How can we get rid of them and enrich the soil to grow some vegetables.

Also what is wrong when tomato plants grow really large and have fruit, but the fruit stays green and never ripens?

Cover the whole bed with black plastic for 2 weeks and let it bake in the sun. The heat and lack of sun will kill every kind of seed, root, stems, etc. and it will also "sterilize" the soil of pests. If the sun does not get that hot (depends on where you live), you just need to leave it on longer. How long would depend on how hot it gets there.

For the tomatoes, I believe you just need the let them "fruit" much longer. I have never had tomatoes that stayed green. However, different types of tomatoes have different lengths of fruiting period.

Growing Vegetables by Seed Propagation : Growing Onions

Growing onions from seed is the cheapest way to propagate onions. Learn how to grow onions from seed in this plant propagation video.

Expert:
Stan DeFreitas
Contact: www.mrgt.net
Bio: Stan DeFreitas, also known as “Mr. Green Thumb”, has experience as an urban horticulturist working for the Pinellas County Extension Service and has taught horticulture at the St. Petersburg College.
Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz

Duration : 0:1:15

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Growing Vegetables by Seed Propagation : Growing Royal Burgundy Beans

Growing Royal Burgundy beans is done by planting the seeds as deep as they are thick. Learn how to grow Royal Burgundy beans from seed in this plant propagation video.

Expert:
Stan DeFreitas
Contact: www.mrgt.net
Bio: Stan DeFreitas, also known as “Mr. Green Thumb”, has experience as an urban horticulturist working for the Pinellas County Extension Service and has taught horticulture at the St. Petersburg College.
Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz

Duration : 0:1:14

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Planting seeds straight from vegetables?

I’ve dried jalepeño, tomato, bell pepper seeds out and planted four of each in soil and watered them. Should I expect these seeds to produce a healthy plant. What is the correct way to plant seeds straight from a vegetable?

ideally yes, they should grow into vegetables, but in todays environment with hybrids and GMO, they might not.

How to plant a Herb and Vegetable Garden – planting and growing herbs & vegies easy

A how to video from www.gardeningcentral.com.au with tips and info on being creative and planting a herb and veggie garden in both a decorative pot and an old bucket.

Duration : 0:9:15

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