I do this all the time,sometimes plant comes out but most time all roots stay, I only take plant out when I plant garlic . This yr I just left all plants on bed for experiments,see what’s happened till spring, I can clean them after,no problem . All my squash stays on place .Cover with hay .
I usually cut things like you mention but i think its helpful to pull a couple plants to make sure the root systems in that bed look good. I pulled a few of my green bean plants out and found aphids clustered right below the soil in the top of the root ball. Not ideal to pull the roots out, especially a legume, but i didnt want to leave all those aphids in the soil either so i cut the roots off below where the aphids were so i could incorporate the roots back into the soil and then tossed top of the plant and aphids into the compost.
It’s a hard concept for me because I think about how oxygen gets down to the roots if it’s never touched. Like, at least if I pull the roots up then it allows airflow to get down in the soil and kinda fluffs it up a bit and in my mind just seems like it helps. Now I know my kind is wrong lol, but it’s one of those things that’s just hard to re-learn lol.
It’s like when I tried growing oxalis triangularis in a glass jar. Was a total failure, assuming because air just couldn’t get down to the roots and it became anaerobic.
I was doing this for years, and i recently heard a Youtuber say to pull tomatoes up in case there are nematodes in the roots. I take it you don't see this as an issue.
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I do this all the time,sometimes plant comes out but most time all roots stay, I only take plant out when I plant garlic . This yr I just left all plants on bed for experiments,see what’s happened till spring, I can clean them after,no problem . All my squash stays on place .Cover with hay .
Thanks for the tip! 😎🐝☀️
I do this however if the plant showed any signs of disease I remove it entirely
I made a point to do that this year!
What about things that come back like bunching onions?
Ok
Nematodes?!?!? Kidding..looks like healthy soil
Even for indeterminate tomatoes? Those stalks and root systems are massive.
I had no idea not to pull up the plant now I know. Thank you Luke!
I usually cut things like you mention but i think its helpful to pull a couple plants to make sure the root systems in that bed look good. I pulled a few of my green bean plants out and found aphids clustered right below the soil in the top of the root ball. Not ideal to pull the roots out, especially a legume, but i didnt want to leave all those aphids in the soil either so i cut the roots off below where the aphids were so i could incorporate the roots back into the soil and then tossed top of the plant and aphids into the compost.
Does that include weeds?
I tried that with mustard and it just regrew 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 it was cool but also like “Can you NOT???”
It’s a hard concept for me because I think about how oxygen gets down to the roots if it’s never touched. Like, at least if I pull the roots up then it allows airflow to get down in the soil and kinda fluffs it up a bit and in my mind just seems like it helps. Now I know my kind is wrong lol, but it’s one of those things that’s just hard to re-learn lol.
It’s like when I tried growing oxalis triangularis in a glass jar. Was a total failure, assuming because air just couldn’t get down to the roots and it became anaerobic.
What if your garden beds are in a greenhouse? Should I still cut them?
You just made my work easy!!!!
I was doing this for years, and i recently heard a Youtuber say to pull tomatoes up in case there are nematodes in the roots. I take it you don't see this as an issue.
For things like tomatoes and squash should I remove them to help protect against disease?
Good idea. I’ve bed. Yanking. Ugh.
So could I go through the garden with a weed whacker at the end of the season?
"We dont pull up our plants"… proceeds to pull up the plants lol
You know that you can just knock the dirt off the root ball back into the hole that it came out of
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How long will it take for that "over time" process to happen. Thanks!
I'm assuming that if you have a diseased plant, you should pull them?
Would you remove brassica roots incase of clubroot?
Thank you for sharing! Definitely gonna do this from now on. #MakesSense