Common vegetable garden mistakes can be avoided. Understanding what can go wrong in the garden helps promote garden success. Gardener Scott discusses 12 common vegetable gardening mistakes. (Video #369)
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You were talking about using wood chips, straw, and grass clippings for mulch but what do you think of chainsaw chips? I have a friend who does wood carving with a saw and was wondering if it's too green?
I live in central florida and am blessed with a summer rainy season, plenty of sun and a long growing season. I am cursed with sand, nematodes, and bugs. dropped 30 yards of woodchips on my 1200 square foot yard. Saw the first earthworms there ever a couple days ago.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
I've found paying attention to frost dates and reading something as simple as the back of the seed packets help me lot.
Keep a journal. That was a huge helpful tool after taking 3 years worth of trial and error and growing my soil.
🤣I have 200 feet of hose one way and 300 the other. We have a narrow acreage. I see your spinner-nice. My SIL gave us one that is huge. Hope the birds stay away from it😉 I use a lot of cow tanks for rain water and use a bilge pump hooked to a solar charged battery sometimes to get it where it needs to go.
Wow! You are kidding that you may have frost AGAIN? Now that is a challenging garden area. The wind, dry air, cold–yikes! We have a low area subject to frosts and we are finally coming out of a drought. I forgot how lush things were in our Dusty haven.
I am purposely planting some things close so they benefit from shade and training dwarf apples on a column system. People that dont know that many orchards have switched to this system always remark, "They seem to be planted too close"🤣🤣 4 feet thats it! From what ive studied it makes perfect sense. Have you used Kaolin Clay on fruit trees before? Wonder if it will protect from J. beetles? First year for apples and we will see if I can keep the J. beetles at bay.
Miss our honeybees–neighbor managed to kill his hives Again unfortunately. Told him to leave the hives outside and not put them in a shed. Oh well. Thankfully I still see our bumbles and not to fond of the hornet type. It's strange that I never seen hornets when we had honeybees.
Today we took several flats of tomatoe starts to our small local hardware to find them homes and just ask for donation if they can and if they can't that's fine also. Hoping to just replace a bit of my cost for seed, ect. Seriously, I have WAY too many plants. I still have several flats of toms and pepps. The store was excited to see the varieties as they are ones stores don't carry–san Marzano, Opalka, Super Sauce for paste and several slicers. I just photo copied the seed packets front and back and people can just take a pic to know what they are. Very tired with all I got done today and think I'm winning🤣 just need to find where those squash will go. I think I will use branches to keep the animals away from them and plant outside the safe zone😄😄
Yes, it all takes time to develop, but you have to start somewhere. Happy Gardening!
Great video! I am definitely guilty of a few of these. Even after gardening for many years. The get out and observe nature in your garden is my favorite part of gardening. I see so many wonderful things in my garden. And definitely Don't Give Up!
I can't hear these tips enough! You keep me on point! I'm in the summer planting transition and I have to keep focused on all my spring plants that are maturing! Plus thinking about starting my fall seeds, keeping my fertilizing schedule, watching out for pests and watering! I love this!!!! Thank you Gardener Scott! You are a blessing!!!!
No plans for drip irrigation?
Just an excellent video on the most common mistakes! Really appreciated it, as I am new to gardening again after a couple of decades away from it. How often and when do you mulch? We are in 5B and most of my vegies are coming up looking good so far!
Instead of getting longer hoses, I would suggest hiring a plumber to put in a nozzle in the middle of the garden. Then you can have multiple areas with multiple hoses.
You can also get an attachment that has 4 slots for 4 hoses from one main pipe. They have individual shut offs but are all connected to one output.
So instead of one hundred foot hose you can have four 50 foot hoses and you wouldn't need to drag hoses anywhere.
I am fighting the Melittia Cucurbitae (vine borer) moth. I don't know what to do because I also have baby praying mantis so if I spray to fight the vine borer I will end up killing the praying mantis. So I have been in the garden all day trying to catch the moth to keep it from laying eggs or catching the worm before it does any damage just to get some squash.
good tips!.. thanks!… I have 400' of hose.. I've mastered its trajectory.. it took many a summer.. 🙂
I'm planning on running a few new water lines from the house to the garden area this winter, just to make watering easier. I'm figuring that the initial cost will be worth it, for me, because its gonna be easier and quicker to water for the rest of my life.
I'm in South Alabama, so it will be easier for me to do this than in your area, because my frost line is less than 2 inches. I don't really have to worry too much about water lines bursting when the temperatures get too low.
You may be able to run one line from your house, back to your enclosed garden, and build a small building for the spigot.
I'm curious if you use drip irrigation or actually hand water? As we've added garden space, we realized we needed irrigation & put soaker hoses in each bed. I've used less water & it's been so much easier.
My garlic died, and I mulched it this time! It was looking good earlier this spring but we had a dry spell. Could under watering be what caused it to die?
It’s always easy to remember such an explanation 👍
Bravo another great video full of helpful info. I do have one crazy question where did you get the beautiful metal cactus? I love it! TFS 👍💯👏🌵
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here in the ozarks, the weather is absolutely nutty this year. One week rainy, next week hot humid, next week rainy, next week cloudy and humid… my garden is growing like weeds, I have soo many baby cucs on the short vines, I am afraid that they are used to all the watering, and I will have to keep them moist to keep growing.. I was wondering if you can do a video and mention the use of treated wood in raised beds. Mine are made out of treated landscape timbers… and I have not noticed any poisoning of the plants… unless the chemicals feed crabgrass LOL, i'd say its fine to use…
1) Glad to see this video. I’ve been gardening for 40 years and have made every mistake there is — MORE THAN ONCE! 🥴.
2) I have tangible proof that gardening is worth the effort. Blood pressure was recorded before going into the garden. After one hour, blood pressure was recorded again — both numbers were significantly lower! After a season of growing, we got good food, too!
3) Rutabagas were planted in the spring of 2021. Harvested every alternate root and allowed the rest could go to seed. Flowers started appearing in April of 2022. They became an early food source for the bees. Love seeing the bees flying around!
Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA — 5/29/2022.
start your own local gardening group, maybe a local garden club?
Straight up honey bees too.
Hello Gardener Scott. Another great video of yours as always! 😉 Another tip that helps a bit as far as the ‘watering’ situation goes: (as I mentioned to you before) I have been studying A LOT about the awesome usage of ‘Biochar’!!! One of the great benefits of adding it to gardens is it’s ability to absorb water and hold it for plants are in need for more moisture/water! Next to composting, Biochar is my next favorite gardening subject that I absolutely love studying/researching about! 😊❤️👍 Happy gardening to you and everyone else!
Good stuff as always. I've learned so much from you GS. When watching this, I was like "I didn't make that mistake because I learned from GS!" Have a wonderful day!
I only have one water source so I have quite a few extra hoses in various beds with quick connects on the them. One hose connects to another one which can connect to another one. Otherwise I would need a 200 foot hose which is too long to be dragging around.
🥬🍅🫑🌽🥕🥔 So true gardening information, I love to learn new ideas & plant a variety of garden treasures. Thanks Gardener Scott, your knowledge helps ease into the " growing pains" of beginning gardening 🐝🌱🐞🌾🌻🍀
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Harvesting is what I struggle with the most, especially things like lettuce. My goal this year is to do better at using what we grow.
Thank you Gardner Scott for yet another great video! Your maternal is for someone new to the hobby or someone that’s been gardening for decades. Enjoy your weekend sir. Eric
Gah, we have a very similar climate. Supposed to be 34 degrees again tonight. I still don't dare to set out toms etc. But the clock is ticking! Watering enough is a problem here too with dissacating winds nearly every day, and the mulch blows away, even wood chips. It's a struggle but so worth it!
Great video😊 Just planting in my new raised beds. I tried to put the info you provided into my garden plan. I am putting marigolds, nasturtium, alyssum and other companion plants interspersed with the vegetables for the 1st time. Space can be limited, how close should the pollinator plants be to the vegetable garden to be effective? One other question, do you have any suggestions on figuring out how much water my garden is getting from rain and my watering?
Thanks!
Thank you for the inspiration, Gardener Scott. I’ve been feeling overwhelmed in the garden, but I’m NOT going to give up!!! I’m acknowledging my successes, rather than always focusing on some of my less than stellar results… I’ve got great lettuce!!
Perfect tips and yup – SOIL IS SO IMPORTANT 😀
First year for raised beds . I was always an in ground gardner. We have evergreens on our property with lots of pine cones on the ground. I raked them up and put them around my beds instead of purchasing pine bark. Do you think that is an ok thing to do? Will the cones hurt anything ?
"In Colorado, it's a little more challenging. It's a LOT more challenging." <– This right here. Every year is so wildly different! I think I've made nearly every mistake in this video, especially the one about forgetting to harvest — I was just so happy to see something finally grow, that it seemed a shame to eat it! Lol.
Beautiful and informative! Thank you!!
Spent this Memorial Day weekend planting a pollinator garden.
I have two birdies raised beds. 2.5'X5' and I used the Mel's mix and Hugelculture method to fill them up. I used Black Cow manure and forest product compost with vermiculite and peat moss to fill them up along with pine logs and topsoil. I planted some Blue Lake green beans and spinach in one of them, and onions and carrots in the other one. The onions and carrots are doing fine, but the green beans are not doing so well. They looked fine when they germinated, but now the leaves have turned brown and some of them have died. I water them every other day because our West Texas weather has been over 100 degrees. I have cucumbers, squash, zucchini and cantaloupe growing in 20 gallon grow bags also. I water them every two days also. Could I be watering the raised beds too much? The spinach has started to go to seed, and I can see some of it starting to get brown also. I saw from other sites that the Black Cow manure might have an herbicide in it. How do I know what my problem is, herbicide or too much water? Thanks for all the info you provide, I use most all of your advice for my garden.
Gardener Scott, Thanks for all your videos!
My question is, is it a mistake to use coffee grinds that use pesticides and chemicals to process. Can I put these in the garden or compost pile? Can I do the same thing with grass clippings that were the previous year treated with weed and feed? Also what about veggie scraps from the supermarket? Also conteminated hay or straw?
I've decided to combine my gardening with my exercise work out routine. It means lugging a lot of watering cans etc. but I've lost excess weight and gained muscle.
Excellent video and thanks for posting!
Great tips. I need to adhere to spacing of flowers in the garden. I planted some daisies and they grew so tall it begin to overcrowd my tomatoes plants so I had to move them. I did something similar with my cosmos last season.
Scott, I fought the CO sun for years. My beds were in full sun and I had to water twice a day to keep the veggies from burning up. Year after year it was a losing battle. This year I’m experimenting with putting half of the garden in the partial shade of a locust tree. Full sun for harder plants, partial shade for the bolters. I’m curious to see how it goes…
My mother once said to me, ‘you can grow them really well, but you are terrible at harvesting.’ Ha ha So grateful you mentioned it Scott. Glad I’m not the only one! Another great video! Thank you!
Excellent tips, thank you Gardener Scott!
And, we had snow in June!
Scott, what are your thoughts about growing vegetables in plastic pails? Do you have concerns about leaching?