Fertilizer Time – In this video I show the very simple process of how I fertilize the garden. I use very little fertilizer each year and I may mainly rely on the soil and mulch to feed my plants. Soil Temperature – https://www.greencastonline.com/tools/soil-temperature
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Alexandra at “Middle Sized garden” posted a perfect post about diversity in the garden- exactly what Jim is a proponent of !!!!!! RHS included!!!! Thx Jim !
Such a crucial subject and video. You mentioned about fertilizing before a rain, and my Dad also used to swear by this. I use an organic fertilizer called Dr. Jimz (!) to fertilize my shrubs and new saplings, and I have definitely noticed an improvement in their growth over the past year. So I’m definitely sold on organic fertilizers! 👍
Correct!! Aaron over at Garden Answer has referred to this multiple times as the "Jim Putman method" in their videos. Very cool.
The yearly "fertilizer dust storm" at the Putnam Estates! 😀
When applying the fertilizer, the other method I've seen suggested is to apply it on top of the mulch and lightly scratch it in. This might be appropriate for a small yard or if a fresh layer of mulch has already been applied.
Have you ever NOT fertilized one year just to see what would happen? Since your soil is so good, I'd be curious.
Thank you! Finally someone with a reasonable way of fertilizing. It doesn’t have to be more difficult than this!!! 💚👍
Western Washington, zone 8B, with snow on the ground since Wednesday evening … with a few more inches of snow expected tonight. Spring is not here just yet, but some plants are showing signs of waking up. Average last frost where I am is May 11-20 so you are about a month ahead in the growing season. Thank you for all the information. (Did you play a lot of baseball, but without the difficult to find lefty's glove?)
The "Putman" method certainly is easier than what I have been doing?
I’ve been using Alfalfa pellets, plant fermented water( comfey tea, or similar bush/plant) chop and drop, wood chips, compost, and experimenting with cover crops.
Jim Putman Method rocks! I’m so glad I took your advice about over fertilizing, and waiting for the beneficials to come before panicking. Thanks Man!! ❤
How do you recommend supporting and rebuilding fungi
A stated flinging Espoma two years ago. It saves so much time. The dog always tries to sneak a munch in. Thus test, in mixing vegetable in with my container flower arrangements. Growing everything organic makes it so easy
Good use of covid masks
Thank you for the fertilizing info. Plus, for the soil temp website!
I've been fertilizing all wrong 🤣
Definitely the method I’ve used the past to year at Jim’s advice and it’s working wonders on my garden!
I live in Colorado with very alkaline soil that is covered with gorilla hair mulch. Would you recommend holly tone for perennial/ spruce/ jumpier beds? The beds are on there second year and the first was not so good with small plants staying the same size the entire season. I know ph effects uptake but man….
So much good information! ..Sling it out! That's way easier that what I what I've been doing! gonna sling it out right now because it's gonna rain today. Thanks!
Hello Mr Jim Putnam and Stephany, yes yes spring 😀 is here.
I like the sling method!
Jealous seeing you in shorts and t- shirt
I am in zone 8 in Vancouver BC 🇨🇦, it is 1 Celsius and we are expecting10-30 cm of snow.
😂😂😂, I completely understand the glove dilemma. I do the exact same thing!
I just did my slinging this morning! I learned last year to wear washable clothes so i skipped my coat this year definitely forgot a mask so it's in my nose 😬 but i did pour it into a little bucket and that made it much easier than trying to handle the bag
Yep, I’ve always just thrown it.
Clairvoyance, I was just thinking 30 minutes ago that it’s time to fertilize, wonder what Jim’s doing? Another popular YouTube channel cited you with admiration about your no-nonsense fertilizer distribution method!
I have soooo many weeds and keep trying to keep them under control. It is so discouraging. I put down compost each spring and cover with cedar/cypress chips. I am in zone 8b Alabama. I don’t want to revert to roundup but am losing the battle.
If you donot properly arrange your soil or plant your garden youll end up wasting fertilizer like this guy.
Did I understand you correctly that you recommend waiting for the soil test after a year or two of amending with wood chips and organic fertilizer? I have been contemplating the right way to fill out the forms (lawn vs flowers vs roses vs shrubs) and how many separate tests to pay for or not. It makes sense to see after amending what really is needed but then also makes sense to know what my starting point is. Decisions decisions. Oh, and feel free to send this lefty those left-handed gloves. Hehe just kidding, postage would be ridiculous.
I enjoy how you’ve taught me to nourish the organisms that make our souls rich!! Great easy care information about healthy soul healthy plants . I agree after a few years of gardening hopefully our eyes will see plants that need a boost of something!
Great post! I didn't realize I was pushing my plants too hard with my addiction to MiracleGro. I have been switching to organics over the last growing season though. As I've said before, your knowledge is priceless. Thank you!!😊
This method works for me. I can get the job done in about 30mins. In the past I used 10-10-10 several times a year and eventually the pests found my yard and created a headache.
Did this exact method last year and it worked great! Got my bag of holly-tone yesterday, and plan to do the same thing again next week!
Erin – impatient Gardner. Laura – garden answer.
Can I put this down after a rain, when garden is wet?
Would you apply Plantone more frequently for slopes. Always concerned that I’m washing away the nutrients every time it rains.
love the chipper!!!!
Thank you! By any chance, do you have a video or pic on what your back yard looked like before you started adding shrubs and various other plants?
Our extension agency said whether organic or not, you should not put any fertilizer on the blooms of plants because it hurts the pollinators. I always apply it around the dripline as indicated.
I love me some of that Espoma! Great stuff👍🏻 Happy to see you are wearing a face mask this year during your “fertilizer fling”. I usually just do the red Solo-Cup-Stroll and scatter my PlantTone a bit closer to the soil. I think you have a great way to describe our living soil and its care. Thank you! I believe you make your plot of land FEEL, and perform, like a much larger ppty. ❤
Good to see this! I did a light fertilize on my beds on that 85° day too because I knew rain was coming. My Azaleas have chlorosis will the gradual hollytone feeding help or should I go full in with chelated iron? Would the iron be for when the plants are more awake? (Zone 7B N. Alamance Co)
So just to clarify…I am in Michigan zone 6a…we should wait til the soil warms to 60degrees before I throw down fertilizer? Thanks, Jim….enjoy your knowledge!
I am on board with that technique of fertilizing. Wow, your temp was 85? We are experiencing unprecedented cooler weather here in So. Cal. I am in zone 10a. Even for February, it's the coldest I've seen in years. Our high today was only 45 degrees, I know, that doesn't seem cold to some.
What’s your opinion on Milorganite?
I have a lot of native plants. Should I fertilize or not? Another thing, how does one get rid of green onions in a flower garden with out having to try to dig out each onion bulb? I'm destroying my ground cover trying to dig them out.
Can seeds germinate and grow if planted in hardwood mulch?
What do we think of that SunJoe wood chipper? I got the tiller, dethatcher, and corded mower and they've been great so far.