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Can you grow in the Oakland Gardens root
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trainers? Welcome to Gardening with Ben
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and today we're going to talk about what
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you can grow in the root trainers. We've
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had a lot of questions on one of my
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posts of what you can actually grow in
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them. And these are absolutely perfect
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because they're strong. They're not the
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flimsy plastic and they detach so that
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you can just take the plants straight
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out without having to disturb the roots.
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Now, the perfect plants to grow in these
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are all your beans. So, like your runner
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beans, your French beans, your broad
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beans, even peas. They're all brilliant
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because they have such long roots on
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them. Next up is sweet corn. Another
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great vegetable to grow. Now, I might
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grow my sweet corn in these after I've
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grown my sweet peas because I'm growing
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sweet peas in mine for the time being.
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Also the best plants to vegetables to
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grow in them are your cucumbers, your
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corettes, your pumpkins, your squash,
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and your melons because the thing is
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with them is that they do not like to be
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disturbed or transplanted and they can
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get very flimsy around the seed when
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you're transplanting them. So, these are
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perfect because obviously, like I said,
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once they get to a good size, then you
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can detach the trays and separate them
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and just take the plant out nice and
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easy without having to disturb the
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roots. And you can get them to a good
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size in here before you transplant them
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onto another pot to get them to a decent
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size. Now, as I mentioned, I'm growing
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sweet peas in mine because sweet peas
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are my absolute favorite and it's time
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for sewing those at the moment. So, the
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other flowers that you can grow in these
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which again, I'm going to be growing
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millions of sunflowers this year. I've
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got so many different varieties to grow
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down here from yellow, orange, red,
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black, all different varieties of
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sunflowers because they attract the bees
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and they're great for pollination and
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great to just view them. So, we're going
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to be growing lots of sunflowers.
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Loopins. Loopins are eat good to grow.
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I've grown them from seed many a times
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and they're so easy to grow loopins.
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Absolutely amazing and you can get some
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great flowers on them and they do have a
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long root on them. So these are perfect.
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And the final flower is holly hawk.
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Another great flower to grow and easy as
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well. A lot of these flowers are easier
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than you actually think when you're
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growing them. So save yourself some
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money and buy the seed and grow them
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yourself. So obviously you can grow lots
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of other things in them, but those are
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the main things what you should try
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growing in them. And obviously, like I
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said, these are from Oakland Gardens. We
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got these sent to us, so we're making
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full use of them. It's the first time
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I've ever used them this year, and I'm
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absolutely loving them. They're ideal,
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very deep, and perfect for storing all
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my seeds this year. So check them out
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And remember, keep smiling, keep
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shining, and keep gardening with Ben,
