10 BIGGEST Vegetable GARDEN MISTAKES: And How to Avoid Them
10 BIGGEST Vegetable GARDEN MISTAKES: And How to Avoid Them
Gardening for the last 13 years has taught me several lessons, many of which I learned the hard way. In this video, I share my picks for the 10 biggest vegetable gardening mistakes.
Learn from my vegetable gardening mistakes and avoid making your own. What lessons have you learned in the garden? Share in the comments below and let’s learn together.
Introduction 00:00
Mistake #1 00:29
Mistake #2 01:14
Mistake #3 02:05
Mistake #4 02:49
Mistake #5 03:34
Mistake #6 04:28
Mistake #7 05:06
Mistake #8 05:48
Mistake #9 06:17
Mistake #10 06:59
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One thing that really helps is to keep a journal. Particularly what you planted. Nothing worse than having a plant you love, and did really well, but you have no idea what it exactly is.
The space thing goes up too. Tomato cages do nothing for an indeterminate, They need an 8ft post
A perfect presentation, I learn a lot from your show. Thank you.
Hello SoilSista! New subscribers here! Got my notebook and taking notes. Great video with excellent tips, thanks for sharing. Many blessings to you 🙏🏾
Wow you hit most of my mistakes last year. Thank you
Nice vidio 👍
I learned the hard way recently about over crowding lol I got some tiny carrots and potatoes, edible but sad looking
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Hello I have been watching your videos and would like to find out how you set up your watering system from start to finish. I cannot find any videos that might already be up. Help please
Always great information. Thank you
Excellent tips! No matter how much we think we know, there’s always someone who knows a lot more. I certainly learnt a lot from this video, Angela. Thanks. And subbed.
A big mistake is using rocks instead of mulch to retain moisture . Some of what you said is only good for desert growing. In Florida it very different. Citrus roots are surface feeders they don’t grow down most citrus feeder roots are in the top 18”
Fantastic and lovely presentation Friend obrigado friend lovely presentation Friend obrigado
The insect one… some of us do a sacrifice planting. Ie you plant one or two of a variety that will be grown just for the bugs. It sounds weird but it works.
Excellent information
I have made just about every one of these mistakes and have to admit unfortunately some of them continue to be made. I wonder what you use for mulch? I have used shredded leaves which seem to attract pill bugs. I have used straw but am always hesitant due to expected weed seeds. Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Miss pretty ♥️ over sunlight is also bad for plants
Yep! I plant to much, and don’t water enough. But, this year, I stopped and said, rather than make this massive list of "what I want to eat and put up". I’m going to go with "do what I can" . It’s taken me a while to realize, planting more and getting a horrible harvest, is more frustrating than planting some and actually being able to eat what grows. Back to the basics but not fearing making mistakes. Sometime you just might surprise yourself on what you can actually do! Thanks for the reminders!
Love your information
Great list! However I’ve got a number one that most of my friends have made:
#1: Over-watering
I live in Missouri and frankly we routinely get rain. The thought process for rookie gardeners in my area is "If some is good, more is better". Definitely NOT the case. The bottom line is they do little to no research on how much water their particular vegetables require, and then wonder why their garden didn’t turn out well. They usually decide after one season that they’re just not cut out to have a garden, when a little research and consistency in watering is all they need.
Number one has been my hardest one to break!! I live in central NM ( hi neighbor!) and having a yard, albeit small, made me go crazy!
Great nuggets. I’m guilty of most. Congrats on a 100k. You deserve a million subbies💕
Your video provides extremely good advice for me. Thank you for sharing.
Great video 👌 wonderful tips🌿I really enjoyed your videos 🍀 thanks for sharing 🌺
Using a raised bed can be a mistake. If you don’t get rain and can’t water raised beds are not a good idea. They dry out much faster than in the ground garden. They also rot & fall apart quickly. The raised beds in this photo will be lucky to last a year. If you live in a wet area raised be can be good but build them with strong material that won’t rot.
Amazing video thank you 🙏 so much for sharing this
I am a newie at this. I am glad I came across your warnings. I will keep all that advice, thank you
I’m bucket gardening this year.
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I was really disgusted by the super big worm in this video.
This ten mistakes is also in plants like flowers
Fantastic list of mistakes! I have been guilty of most of these. I will be sharing this video to everyone I know. Thank You 🌱🌻🌿🌶
I like your watering system. does it have a brand name?
You can’t add sunlight? What are grow lights then?
My garden only gets between 5-6hours of sun, just gotta make due with what I have.
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Question for you we struggle with squash bugs and cabbage worms horribly what have you found to help with these little guys?
Your garden is GORGEOUS I’m so jealous I love my garden but my goodness I would love to see yours in person just amazing
Excellent Tips
My biggest mistake was spending too much money buying the most expensive soils, wood, containers, bajillion gazillion of seeds and hiring gardeners(mostly to weed, mow or move things around). My idea was to become self-sufficient on vegetables which tbh, we don’t eat very often. But I still continue to garden because I find it fascinating to get tons of harvests from the plants I grew from tiny seeds. I just put whatever I harvest in a box with a free sign and set it right infront of my gate. All my neighbors love it!
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I am myself a Gardener and was thinking who else do the mistakes like me..he he..That’s why, thought to watch this video and found that, I am not alone. Specially, the Overcrowding mistake which I usually do.
Great video Ma’am and I am sure, it took lots of editing efforts to produce this video. Since I also do the same thing, I would like to provide one input – Please take a break and show more footage before you start an another topic. For example, you have started talking about Mistake No 2 as soon you have finished the Mistake No 1. Here, you can take a small gap and this way, viewers would get few seconds to digest the first mistake if they are making. And, this video can go to 10 minutes and people would watch as you speak very sweetly.
Please don’t get me wrong…I just thought to share my ideas with you as you can easily have many more Subscribers and this is what I found after uploading many videos. Anyway, Take Care, Happy Gardening n See you around 🙂
You are Amazing ! You make it simple to understand step by step . I just found your channel and subscribed. Looking forward to learning from you and enjoying every minute of it ! Thank you !
I love your content, Angela! I’m in North Texas, zone 8A, but we live sort of in a forest. My challenge is trying to figure out how much sun a given space gets in a day. I don’t know why this is so hard for me, because no one else ever seems to comment that it’s a challenge for them. I even asked on one channel if anyone knew of a widget that could be set down in a certain location, that would then tell you how many hours of sun that spot got in that day. They all laughed. My husband doesn’t like gardening things visible from the house, so I have to go out on the property away from the house to plant, and since I’m not out there all the time, it’s hard to know about the sun hours. 🤷♀️ I sure wish someone would invent that widget!
Once I can identify the good guys from the bad guys, I think my garden will be better 🤩 Thanks for sharing your experiences!
Great list—spot on! ❤️
Nice
I started my garden in 2021, I dug up the grass and used concrete slabs and large cement blocks to off grass. I then covered the sifted soil with cardboard, I cut holes in the cardboard and inserted "grow tubes" (cut from large soda bottles) and planted my veggies in the grow tubes. I am a pensioner so am cash strapped living in Cape Town, South Africa where we also had a water problem 3 years ago. I then asked God to bless the soil and only watered inside the grow tubes. This kept weeds at bay and used very little water. So with no mulch or compost off I went, the harvest has been huge for such a small veggie patch. I started a compost bin at the same time and it is better to start and just go for it than to do nothing at all. Yes, lots of mistakes as well.
So glad I noticed this video when it popped up on the youtube watch list. My latest attempt at gardening wasn’t great (understatement). If you would have given a list of 20 I think I may have hit them all! I could of fed my wife and I organic veges for a year with money I’ve spent on gardening so far. OMG, I not giving up, I just need to get better. I’m so thankful I found your channel because I also live in the Valley. Do you have a Patreon page? I want to read something you wrote. Any recommendations? LOVE THE VIDEO!
Good point! Great video for beginners! When you start gardening, you want everything at once but later you realise you don’t have enough time and hands! 😁
On mistake #10 what type of beans are they ? I remember my Grandma growing that red/pink mottled color of beans, and would like to do the same. Thank you for the GREAT tips. I am beginning to start my first Raised Beds.