60 Seconds or Sow: Controlling Snails and Slugs with Iron Phosphate

60 Seconds or Sow:

Using Iron Phosphate to Kill and Control Snails & Slugs

In 60 Seconds or so, I tell you how to use iron phosphate to kill and control snails and slugs in your garden. Just as spring arrives, is great time to put down the pellets.

Not much is growing in my garden as of mid March but the snails and slugs are hungry. Using iron phosphate now presents them with a bait to enjoy! Iron phosphate inhibits their digestion and they stop feeding. They die in a few days of ingesting the pellets.

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60 Seconds or Sow: What is 10-10-10 and NPK Mean on Fertilizers?

What is 10-10-10 and NPK Mean on Fertilizers?

In 60 seconds or so, (well actually 2 and 1/2 minutes) I tell you what the numbers like 10-10-10 and letters NPK mean on vegetable garden fertilizers. Essentially the tell you the amounts of (N)itrogen, (P)hosphorus and (K) for Potassium. They are the key macro nutrients needed for healthy vegetable plant growth.

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60 Seconds or Sow: What are First Leaves and True Leaves on Tomato Seedlings?

What are First Leaves and True Leaves on Tomato Seedlings?

In 60 seconds or so, I show you how to identify First Leaves and True Leaves on tomato seedlings. The identification is important because it gives you a cue to begin planning a transplant time for your tomatoes into larger containers.

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60 Seconds or Sow: How to Use Baking Soda to Treat Powdery Mildew

In 60 seconds or sow, I show you how to create a mixture of baking soda and dish soap to treat powder mildew on your cucumbers, squashes and other vine plants. Powder mildew is the white powder markings that cover your plant leaves. You know when it gets humid and it looks like white powders was sprinkled on your plants.



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60 Seconds or Sow: How to Use Aspirin to Strengthen Tomato Defenses

In 60 seconds or sow, I explain to you how the salicyclic acid in aspirin mimics a hormone and triggers the tomato to turn on all of its defenses. You are tricking the tomato into thinking in has to fight off diseases, pests or damage. They are already in defense mode by the time a disease creeps in.



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60 Seconds or Sow: How to Use Foil Trays for Easy Garden Plant Management

In 60 Seconds or Sow, I show you how to use foil food trays to manage transplants for larger growth and as a way to transport them when acclimating them to the outdoors. Several tips are covered regarding watering and recycling trays with holes in them.




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60 Seconds or Sow: How to Perfectly Prepare Your Seed Cells for Germination

In 60 seconds or so, I show you how to pre-moisten your starting mix and pack your vegetable and flowers cells to get them ready for planting  your seeds indoors. The keys to perfect seed cell packing are revealed to get your seeds germinated and growing strong.





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60 Seconds or Sow: Using Cinnamon to Prevent Seedling 'Damping Off' Diseases

In 60 seconds or sow, I show you how to use cinnamon and its natural anti-fungal properties to prevent and treat 'damping off' diseases on your vegetable and flower seedlings. 'Damping off' diseases are the gray white fuzzy furry cottony growth on the surface of your starting mixes and stems of your seedling. It is a fungus.





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