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Top 10 Free Vegetable Gardening Hacks



In this video I show you 10 Free Vegetable Gardening Hacks. There are many things around the house not intended for gardening but work just as good as expensive garden products you buy in the store.

Check out the first two episodes in this Free Garden From Scratch Series:Start & Grow a Garden from Scratch FOR FREE Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu1PucmTrVAl4acQQWtHvhC9vwb-SVVNV

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Free Garden Center Plants: https://youtu.be/TzCXu-1vR0A

Table of Contents
00:18 – Toilet paper/paper towel tubes
01:05 – DIY slug control
01:32 – Garden uses for plastic bottles
02:27 – DIY plant tags
02:56 – How to space out small seeds
03:22 – “Bulk seeds” from the grocery store
03:43 – Pea trellises or pea stakes
04:01 – Use old sponges to maintain moisture in containers
04:19 – Put volunteer plants to work
04:38 – DIY anti fungal for plant cuttings
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29 Comments

  1. @alasdair8545
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    Copper wire around your plant keeps slugs away they get a little shock, just like your tougne touching a positive and negative on a little square battery, they won't cross it

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  2. @George-n3e
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    I planted my green beans at the bottom of my sun flowers so they can climb it

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  3. @fatimanusaibasszara1613
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    Thanks a lot…from Bangladesh

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  4. @AncientHippie
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    I've tried many markers like the plastic sour cream, popsicle sticks etc but any kind I used fades in wks to a month or 2 at longest. Anyone have a long lasting marker suggestion?

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  5. @epengu9727
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    Why so much plastic defeats the whole purpose in my opinion I don't want contamination

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  6. @happycappy1457
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    The plant tags is a good one

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  7. @vikkyfurse7703
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    I have my own version’s of most of your tips, but thank you so much for your innovations , and the couple I’d never heard of which I will be employing with joy…..thank you.

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  8. @siameseire
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    Thankyou. 😊

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  9. @Pmomma100
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    Awesome!!!

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  10. @ColinPerry-i4e
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    Love this

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  11. @annabrown5692
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    I used the toilet paper tube to start peas, they were so thin and never got strong stems and then died after getting about 8-10 inches tall

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  12. @onmyown3169
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    Some people put collars around young plants to protect from cutworms. I find that various caterpillars will manage to get to a plant, anyway, and will munch on it at night and then burrow into the soil to hide during the day. If you suspect that this is happening, fill the collar with water and let it seep into the soil. If there is a caterpillar there, it will come to the surface to keep from drowning, and you can then remove it. Filling these collars with water is also a handy way to water plants.

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  13. @duanewolgast4165
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    Really cool ideas!

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  14. @BarbaraDown-g9e
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    My favorite earwig trap—tuna can (leave label on!) w/ one or two Tbls oil, any kind. Add 1 drop soy sauce in center of oil. Amazing how well it works!

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  15. @MyGarden-j2f
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    Wow

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  16. @lousstylingplace4179
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    Wow!

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  17. @Khodam101
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    💚💐Thank you

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  18. @MsDana-mo9fp
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    I usually end up with a lot of single socks…I use old stained up single socks at the bottom of my pots instead of sponges!

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  19. @theodorathompson2034
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    I always wondered about that…….just using dried beans fr

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  20. @Maishu777
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    "Grafting Tomato onto Potato Rootstock", "Potato Barrel", and "Three Sisters Garden"

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  21. @MzEbony_Luvz
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    Nice video

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  22. @DarkMatrix-r3n
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    great, thank you!

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  23. @klannstyle
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    1:49 I'm still wondering if this method for covering plants, isn't the sun radiation make the plastic contaminate the soil or maybe the plant from when is moist in there? For roses or other plants that are nod for eating is ok I suppose, but for the ones that we eat I'm just asking from your experience. Ikn they won't be in the summer, but still there will be many sunny days even in spring or winter.

    Thanks.

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  24. @linharr2019
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    The absolute best new hack i lesrned was using an old mailbox as a weatherproof garden tool and whatnot holder in the garden just place the mailbox wherever you desire and it's cute!

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  25. @kamoodle5
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    I've been using egg cartons (the typical styrofoam) to start my seeds in. I try not to let my seedlings stay in those too long though, as they can attempt digging their roots into the styrofoam once they've reached the bottom.

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  26. @paulineclarke5940
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    Brilliant thanks

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  27. @Yosefhaimgamzoltova
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    ❤👍🏻

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  28. @AderonkeDavies-j7u
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    Thanks 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

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  29. @wdking8833
    May 31, 2025 @ 3:40 pm

    When we have bananas, I toss the peels into a container of water. Let this water age for a couple of days with the peels. This water is awesome for all of my plants, especially my flowering plants.

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