Hello Friends, Gardening is a great hobby and in present
times, it works as a great stress-reliever for many. Many take up this hobby of gardening
but very few continue with it. One of the many reasons people discontinuing it is the
lack of success in their gardening journey because of certain silly mistakes they do
when it comes to gardening. We will quickly discuss the Top 6 Gardening Mistakes and How
to Tackle them in Kitchen Gardening one by one.
Stay tuned� 1. Soil Selection / Attempting to grow high
quality plants from a low quality soil: You cannot expect to have amazing food without
an amazing soil. Plants may grow but might look overall unhealthy and the yield might
reduce. Especially in vegetable Gardening, Preparing a healthy soil is very important.
There is my separate video on the Best Soil for Plants, Vegetable Gardening and Seed Germinations.
2. Poor SunLight: Sunlight is very important for photosysthesis and improperly placing
your plants or improperly choosing your garden location can affect your plants. As a general
rule plants needs to receive the maximum amount of sunlight possible, at least six to eight
hours of direct sunlight a day. Of course, there are certain plants that actually prefer
shade over direct sunlight but in general for food-producing plants that�s for kitchen
gardening, plants requires an abundance of sunlight.
3. Poor Timing: planting the wrong plants at the wrong times of the year. Similar to
Human beings, like Some of us love hot weather, others prefer it cool. Some plants thrive
in summer heat while others perform best in the cool weather. Making sure to plant the
right plant at the right time of the year is critical to gardening success. So before
seeding or planting first gain some knowledge about that plant.
4. Over Watering: The rule of thumb on watering is: to water deeply but infrequently. Newbie
Gardeners tend to be better at the first part of this rule but not the second part. It�s
a good idea to fill the soil with water for your plants, but after that you should not
water again unless the soil becomes dry. Here again few points to remember are that: Some
plants need very less watering like those that store lot of moisture within them for
example, Aloe vera, Adenium, almost all succulent plants, and many others. Then secondly, the
water requirement is different for established plants with a deep root system and for new
seedlings that require frequent watering. 5. Over Fertilizing: Like poisoning the plants
instead of nutrient supplementation. If you have idea on the use of fertlizers especially
inorganic or synthetic ones, like NPK fertilizer, you better use organic ones like compost.
It is often a good idea to apply less than what the fertilizer package recommends.
6. Pest Control: Pests need to be identified and eliminated carefully. Failure to control
the pests like aphids, whiteflies, mealy bugs, cutting worms, horn worms, etc can cause heavy
damange to your plants.
Some other minor mistakes are: - Not Performing Pruning.
- Planting invasive plants close to other plants
- Underwatering - Killing useful insects like the helpful
pollinators with pesticides
That�s all in the video folks, See you in my next episode. Happy Gardening!