SteveShoemake

Root Cuttings from Blackberry Plants

I picked up a tip layered blackberry plant and found it had roots growing from the bottom on the container. I decided to cut the roots so I could move the tip layered blackberry plant and then I dug up the largest root and made 3 cuttings.

You can watch the whole process in the video above.

Summer Garden Tour in Texas Heat Wave

Fix Color 60 FPS on 30 FPS timeline Adobe Premiere Pro

When adding a 60 fps video in Adobe Premiere Pro to my 30 fps timeline – the color on the 60 fps video is off. To fix this, I went to color management and experimented with the color space override options. Rec. 709 (Scene) worked for me to make the 60 fps video color match correctly. I hope this saves you some time. Check on the short 1 minute video above to see exactly what I did.

Spring Garden Tour 2022 in 4K Video

Texas Spring Garden Tour March 2022 in 4K video

Texas Snow – Ideas to Protect Your Plants

2021 gave us snow twice and I wasn’t sure my garden would survive. I had newly tip layered blackberry plants in small pots now covered in snow. I also had young apple trees and a new strawberry patch to protect. I used clear plastic containers to make some mini green houses to protect my celery and onion plants and this worked well. Check out the video above to see how it all worked out including the before and after.

Free Strawberry Plants – Propagate with Runners

I have tried planting strawberry seeds and it takes much longer than you may want to wait. I’ve found the easiest way is to get some bare root strawberry plants and then when they send out runners – you can propagate them directly into small containers. Simple and fast!

How to Serpentine Layer Blackberry Plants

Here is a simple way to propagate your brambles with serpentine layering. Trailing varieties are easier for this method – start with a cane that is easily moved to a pot and flexible. Fill the container with soil and bury the middle of the cane in the container. Cover with a rock to keep in place and leave part of the cane visible on the other side. This will allow it to continue growing forward and you will be able to layer it several more times if desired. The most I’ve done on a single cane is 7 layers!

Free Blackberry Plants with Tip Layering

Propagate your brambles with tip layering so you can share with family and friends. This works easier with trailing varieties, but I have successfully done this with others as well. Take a cane and bring the tip of the plant down into a plastic clear cup. I use the clear cups so you can easily see if roots have started after a few weeks by looking at the bottom. After the roots have been visible for 6 weeks or longer then I will separate from the rest of the cane and you’re all set. Reusing old plastic cups makes it simply to share and give away to those wanting to grow their own blackberries.

Grow Mango Tree From Store Bought Fruit

How I grew a mango tree from the seed of a store bought mango.

First – enjoy the mango fruit then extract the seed from the endocarp.
Now peel the coating and cover with a damp paper towel for a 3-6 weeks until you see it has germinated.

Lightly cover with soil with the roots facing down and the stem facing up. Cover the seedling with a large plastic bag and keep moisture inside as the tree begins to grow. Watch the video above for seed to 4 month progress.