10 GARDEN FAILURES THIS SEASON | LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

[@wandagreen4330]

Hey Sir, Spoken like a wise man. I have had quite a few garden failures myself. This has been my and my husband's first garden this spring 2024. Recently, I planted broccoli rabe, carrots, and swiss chard on the same row jammed packed side by side. That was really shortsightedness on my part. I did not see ahead. Those huge broccoli rabe plants are shading out almost all of the carrots and almost all of the swiss chard. We grew eleven watermelons that I counted, but only ate one. We did not realize the Carolina Greys were only expected to grow to the size of a honey dew melon. All but one of them had blossom end rot and/or bursted open in the dirt and the ants ate them up; while we waited for them to grow a foot long and almost a foot round. We should have done our research. We planted Rutgers tomatoes too without doing any research. They grew well on "little low to the ground" bushes. We were expecting them to turn red, but they never did! They never blushed! We kept waiting for the tomatoes to turn red, only to realize that they had been eaten through by pests. I have had a few more seeming garden failures, but I will keep them to myself for now. Thank you for sharing your garden failures turned into learning opportunities. You are entertaining as well as knowledgeable. I will keep watching because your channel is worth watching to me. Sincerely, Wanda

[@BrokeFarmer]

Thanks Wanda, your garden will flourish soon enough

[@najwaseiya]

Thank you for sharing something very interesting. I feel happy seeing your activities. May you always have health and success😍😍💖💖

[@BrokeFarmer]

Thanks

[@maryellensunflowergirl8132]

I made lots of mistakes this spring also. Will be doing a video about it.

[@BrokeFarmer]

You should

[@queenadiyah9779]

SHALOM. TODAH FOR SHARING THE PLAN. WRITE THE VISION AND MAKE IT PLAIN. HAVE A GREAT DAY.

[@BrokeFarmer]

Well said

[@Psalm.146]

@@queenadiyah9779 Todah lecha ha Shem 🤗 Blessings and greetings from Chicago 🙋🏽‍♀️

[@queenadiyah9779]

@@Psalm.146 TODAH. BARUK. AMEIN. ALL PRAISE ELOHIYM!! BERE’SHIYTH 1:29 AMEIN.

[@GardeningwithBernie]

You live and u learn, your garden has a bunch of wins so it balances out. #nextyearimgonelearn 😊

[@BrokeFarmer]

I think so too but I use these videos to remind myself for next year

[@EssayonsFG]

Thanks for sharing, Broke. We learn as we grow.

[@BrokeFarmer]

Absolutely!

[@keyphabenyisrael3219]

Those finger lime trees are really cool. You got a great deal on it cuz!

[@BrokeFarmer]

Yeah and hopefully I will have rooted cuttings one day

[@SoxInTheGarden]

LOVE that hat, Broke! ❤ I think we’re all guilty of things on your list. It’s all a part of learning and growing from those failures. “Failures are just stepping stones to success.” 💕

[@BrokeFarmer]

I've stepped on a lot of stones🤣🤣

[@GardeningwithBernie]

9:18 Italian Pink flesh Lemon sounds so exotic, I hope she makes it.

[@BrokeFarmer]

Me too, fingers crossed 🤞🏽

[@Psalm.146]

Good God's glorious morning cousin! 🙋🏽‍♀️

[@BrokeFarmer]

Good morning Psalm

[@freshandfire]

Great message Broke.It happens to the best of us. Me and you both are in the same boat but for me that worm hit my nectarines...hard. SMH! Didn't see any bugs on them the 1st year so I thought I didn't have any in my area and I've had that clay. Just didn't use it. SMH! We'll do better next year.

[@BrokeFarmer]

We definitely will!!

[@SowGoodGardener]

Straight facts through and through! Make yourself a fig hedge/wall in the ground. Just imagine how BEAUTIFUL it would be to have an edible wall 😱😱😱. Thanks for sharing and stay blessed fam! -Calvin

[@BrokeFarmer]

Definitely a good idea, gonna wait till next spring

[@grownfolksperspective2988]

I had the problem with the tomatoes too this year! Lesson learned.

[@BrokeFarmer]

I found some smaller t posts

[@murielmorrow4306]

We're doing good eith our grow bags. It's been 2 or 3 years now

[@BrokeFarmer]

It's my last year using them

[@elwandaa1882]

Hey Broke! No garden mistakes, just garden experiences. Overall, you are hard-headed 😂. However, I give you browny points on holding yourself accountable😊. Also, I don't experience that much dryness with my grow bags. I mulch heavily with straw. I have drip irrigation, watering my plants once a day for 35 to 40 minutes a day. And it's been in triple digits for over 3 weeks here in Cali. Thanks for sharing!😊 Lessons we all learn. 😊

[@BrokeFarmer]

Elwanda my growbags are cheap and I should have got rid of them, i can't get past hand watering it's so therapeutic

[@tamekadavis9051]

Thanks for sharing

[@BrokeFarmer]

Hey Tameka

[@theglamourplanner]

Thanks for sharing, I’m also learning from my mistakes and from what’s not working in my garden 😮

[@BrokeFarmer]

You are so welcome!

[@irenecox3222]

Hey, unc, give yourself some grace. you get it together. Those peache trees were peaching they looked great it's been so hot 🔥 outside have a good day

[@BrokeFarmer]

Thank you, I will

[@FoodbyFaith]

That is what Growing out the box told me. Follow the plan

[@gardeningwithlisa]

Don't worry about it! Just try to do better next year! I have all these plans too and when time comes to do it, I get so busy and everything don't get done! My sister grow a lot of Comfrey and she makes comfrey tea and the plants love it! Thanks for sharing!!

[@BrokeFarmer]

Thanks for watching

[@GINAvsGINA1]

We all make mistakes, learning from them is the key. Broke I speak for everyone when I say we are shocked you are hard headed. 😂😂😂

[@elwandaa1882]

😂😂😂

[@BrokeFarmer]

👀👀🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Maggiewuvsrufus]

Thanks buddy, and from one bumpkin to another I love ur accent ! Makes listening along so nice! Sounds like home

[@BrokeFarmer]

Thanks, southern talk🤣

[@keyphabenyisrael3219]

We can get 25lb bags of 2-5-3 pelleted chicken poop for $9.99 at our regional big box store. I may try alfalfa pellets as a fertilizer one day, but *ONLY* if I can catch it on clearance at TSC LOL

[@BrokeFarmer]

Wow o need that deal

[@SuesSecretGarden3]

👍🏽

[@BrokeFarmer]

Thanks

[@gwencalloway4808]

Thanks for sharing Broke,awesome video.

[@BrokeFarmer]

Thanks for watching!

[@TABULOUS1]

Accountability is always SO BEAUTIFUL TO Me -- and quiet as it's kept, it's a great representation of ACTUAL *knowledge* . Folks who are accountable for their own mishaps & poor choices are most likely to BE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT WTF they're talking about WHEN THEY DO profess to know something. 5:52 This shows that you ARE *ALWAYS* OPEN FOR GROWTH and THAT is IMPERATIVE in this era. The failures are bogus (especially the ones where you knew better) so ShameOnYou, lol, but the accountability is GORGEOUS, and it ensures your own EVOLUTION and the UNlikelihood of repeating the same mistakes. This is a fantastic video. And your plants KNOW YOU by now, JUST LIKE YOU KNOW *THEM* . They gon' fuss when you don't do right, but they ALSO gon' always know that you love them. 💜🧑🏽‍🌾💜

[@BrokeFarmer]

Thanks, it's just me thinking out loud and having a record of what I'm not doing next year

[@Sammie_Jo_1982_Homestead]

Nice video Broke, what I learned from this video is were a lot a like, we all start out the same way, we all start out with a great plan and forget it faster than I made it😂😂 I'm so guilty . Broke you did surprise me when you said you didn't take any cuttings of your trees, That truly surprised me. Next year you'll do great with all these failures and you'll figure out some new one for next year. I hope your trees make it through the winter, you have spent a lot of money and time just looking for a lot of them.

[@BrokeFarmer]

I need everything to survive and I'm taking a lot of cuttings next year

[@JenniferLavenderPhotography]

I hear you on the grow bags! If you miss a day of watering, they turn into a block of concrete! So dry! Never again!

[@BrokeFarmer]

Definitely

[@OCDishChick]

We learn valuable lessons from our mistakes.

[@BrokeFarmer]

Every day

[@tiegsy775]

I really enjoyed this video! Great job and very transparent with your gardening journey! 😀

[@BrokeFarmer]

Thanks Tiegsy

[@delphine88313]

Before i purchased my grow bags .i heard many who used them say they will dry out especially the black ones.I have oil change containers from the dollar tree i can sit mine in( pour water in it and let it wick up).I also from time to time massage the soil and break it up.Also if need be add more soil. I havent had mine to rip YET! but i haven't had them long either. This is only my fourth year in gardening so i have had whammy mistakes 😅😅

[@BrokeFarmer]

🤣🤣

[@PlasBachGarden]

Good on you for sharing your garden failures!

[@BrokeFarmer]

Thanks for watching!

[@PlasBachGarden]

@@BrokeFarmer 💕

[@GQUATTRADITIONZS]

10 Learning experiences. TFS. 💜💜💜 AuntieEllen

[@BrokeFarmer]

Thanks for watching

[@h.l.a.chuckie8709]

String trellis the best

[@BrokeFarmer]

Maybe

[@TLCInTheGarden]

Never a garden mistake Broke. Just learning opportunities on what to do better moving forward.

[@BrokeFarmer]

💯

[@ARoseGrowsInHarlem]

If you know better, do better. Wise words! Hahaha sometimes hard to follow for us stubborn gardeners. 💯 agree with you about grow bags. I think they’re probably better in cooler climates, but the sun wrecked some of mine in 1 season. Definitely thinking of planting in the ground and then take cuttings- just like you’ve recommended. And following the garden plan….. 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@BrokeFarmer]

I didn't even look at my plan after my first seed was dropped 🤣🤣

[@ARoseGrowsInHarlem]

@@BrokeFarmer 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jackjack-bw8ks]

I use bamboo stakes because those green stakes have ridges on them that dig into the limbs or trunk when wind blows. Bro as a gardener you know you not gonna give up on growing those melons. You might take a break one season and attempt again, its not in our nature to stop. In my experience the ones i fail on either come back on its own or i gain success couple seasons out. Try growing it in shaded area.

[@BrokeFarmer]

How I feel now changes by the day🤣

[@carolbruns611]

Thx for the tips!

[@BrokeFarmer]

No problem!

[@delphine88313]

Yeah a lot of my friut trees in buckets are going in the ground this fall.Its to much work like you said.I will do what i can to protect, but if it dies it dies.Mine are not very expensive.

[@BrokeFarmer]

The Garden is therapeutic and prefer less work if possible

[@delphine88313]

Exactly!​@@BrokeFarmer

[@yolandawatson9949]

I didn't follow my plan and had total failure this year, live and learn right?

[@BrokeFarmer]

Definitely, I learn everyday

[@BayouShugaGarden]

Hard head makes a soft behind 😂

[@BrokeFarmer]

Mine like jello then🤣🤣

[@jessefjr]

Its all about trial and error

[@BrokeFarmer]

Facts!

[@doggiefamily908]

Can you still take cuttings? I would thinks so. Alfalfa pellets work great for me.

[@BrokeFarmer]

Not on the citrus, it's too hot to get them to root

[@adrichapoy6525]

@Broke Farmer Bruh you don’t need me to tell you, “Don’t be so hard on yourself.” 👊🏿 PEACE PEACE

[@BrokeFarmer]

Thanks, peace

[@meb4142]

Do u have videos showing how u take cuttings from fruit trees ?

[@BrokeFarmer]

I have one taking citrus cuttings from my Harvey Lemon

[@MsValmark]

Yes Yes Yes Broke...its not that you did something wrong on purpose...we all do. May I offer a little advice. Don't know how you feel about straw or leaf mulch over the wood chips after planting, but looks as if the soil is super dry, because there is no mulch covering your soil in this beating sun. No container plant or any planted open soil with no mulch for moisture, would stand a chance. Hope I didn't overstep.

[@BrokeFarmer]

Not at all, this is the first year I didn't mulch. Thanks for commenting solid advice

[@murielmorrow4306]

Where dud your kaolin clay from?

[@BrokeFarmer]

I haven't bought it yet

[@pameliadobson4349]

Broke! Your story sounds like mine! Cool hat tho.

[@BrokeFarmer]

Preciate it

[@dandymom1709]

❤

[@BrokeFarmer]

👋🏽