What I Am Planting In August & How I Defeated Powdery Mildew

Hi Jacques I just wanna say thank you to and Kevin for getting me into gardening

Jacques, you and “Epic Eric” (aka Kevin) are keeping me hoping that I will grow garlic heads bigger than a quarter, I will have egg plants and maybe my fig tree will give figs all happening as I sit and watch you guys! Your videos are informative and charming. You guys have developed into great hosts. I love it when you share your travels. The additions from other parts of the country are a great idea as I am totally jealous of the growing ability in California! Love you guys!🎉

i always had people around me that had a green thumb but never me until I started watching you and Kevin. Having a science POV turned on something in me! Now we are growing enough fruits and veggies to supply 2 people for 12 months. Thanks Jacques.

Jacques, I want you to know that Ireally enjoy your videos and I learn so much from you. I follow about 8 gardening channels, but yours are my favorite videos.

I tried the “milk method” for powdery mildew on my zucchini plants this year-couldn’t believe the results! It actually worked…like any other organic type treatment, had to reapply after rain but was actually surprised that it stopped the spread! Thanks as always for sharing your wealth of knowledge and advice for all things garden! 🍅🌿♥️ live your channel!🌝

I also use soil from my containers to top up raised beds in the spring. I do throw used soil into the compost if the container was for houseplants or it seemed like something was weird about it in terms of texture, but I then use compost to top up raised beds, especially in the fall before it snows so it has time to freeze and thaw a couple times. That can speed up breakdown if I've run out of time and space for it in my bins. Sometimes I slightly bury the compost if it's too chunky or appetizing for animals. tl:dr you don't have to pay money to top up your raised beds, I love that you pointed it out!

I actually got grapes this year, too. Thank you for the grape tutorial last year, I think the pruning really helped. I got enough to make 7 half pints of jelly and I have more grapes in the freezer for the next batch. Hmmm, my grapes are shading my bell peppers this year and they are doing better than they have in years.

The heart throb of epic gardening does it again 🌱

LABs or Lactic Acid Bacteria could be another one to try for powdery mildew. Basically you ferment rice wash, add to milk and you get LABs plus "farmers cheese" as a bonus. Pretty easy to make and great for you and the garden plus compost 👍🏻

My cukes are just coming out of that 3 week vacation and I suddenly have 7 fruits forming. I'm going to try pinching out every other new cuke to see if they even out in production. Thanks! 💚

Can’t wait to try your powdery mildew recipe. My garden has been plagued with PW. Thanks so much.

1:20 pm cdt in South-Central Texas and currently my greenhouse is reading 105.8 degrees 😭🥵

Loving your channel from Ojai especially the cooking ones ❣️

+1 Dr. Bronners ❤❤❤

Love your videos. You present so much good info. I'd like to think you and I garden in a very similar style. I didn't use my shade cloth this year and a lot of my peppers got sun scald. Still have plenty. So much that I feed all my close neighbors.

I've always wanted to grow a nice table grape. However, I've given up on the notion. My climate is not conducive to growing such cultivars. I won't be without grapes though. We have have wild grapes growing everywhere around here. They are very acidic & not suitable for fresh eating. Yet they are good for jelly & wine production. Our wild grapes, which we call mustang grapes, saved the French wine industry because of their hardiness & disease resistance. The vines are so rampant, I have seen them pull down trees, power poles, buildings & fences. (It takes years & tons of bio mass, but it is quite common to see.) Another wild crop that I intend to make use of is prickly pear cactus. I can harvest the ripe fruit & make a nice jelly or I can harvest the whole plant to make nopalitos. When mother nature gives you lemons, make lemonade!

Thanks jaques for great tips. Could you comnent on how to keep corn from covered with bugs, ants. Thanks.

I'm wondering just how well those natural fiber grow bags break down. I feel like they'd maybe be good for tree seedlings/air layer clones. I wonder if you can just burry the whole thing and have it break down enough to let the roots spread.

I'm so jealous of your summer time temperatures. I'm two zones lower than you, 8, but the highs here are mid to high 90s

Just came here to brag that I grew garlic as big as my fist this year 💪🏼 I have relatively small fists (size 5 ring) but still!