7 Gardening Mistakes We Won't Repeat Next Year

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

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[@joyfulparadise]

You are soooo right. This was my first year planting seeds and starting a garden. I got trigger happy and started too many seeds and ran out of space to put them that i had to buy a whole bunch of grow bags to compensate. Then these plants that went into the garden bed became GIANTS and and i had a hard time managing them due to bad positioning on my end. They were easy when they were small but i had no idea they were going to become so HUGE. Lesson learned. Thanks for the video.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@joyfulparadise sooooo been there before! Enjoy the rest of the season and your harvests!

[@AfG_313]

Me too lol

[@CanadaKitchenGarden]

Thanks for sharing!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@CanadaKitchenGarden and thanks to you for watching!

[@wstepnout7215]

I've got 60 years of mistakes under my belt, I'll get it right one of these years. Thanks, my garlic harvest turned out real nice this year. I'll post a picture once they're all cured and cleaned up. Thanks for another great video.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@wstepnout7215 I hear you! You beat me by about 20 years, but I'm catching up! ;-)

[@tinkeringinthailand8147]

Indeed. I can't remember having a growing season without any issues.

[@coleenburris6816]

First time I've been here...I'll be back!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@coleenburris6816 thanks Coleen, and thanks for the support!

[@kenpernak9944]

Thankyou Jeff for all you do.. Bad weather in N.C.. time away from home brought the biggest mistakes in 44yrs.of gardening. I'll never quit. Gods blessings and a new day is tomorrow. 😊

[@oceansoul3694]

Hello Jeff ~ this year my garden was totally destroyed by grasshoppers...a plague like the Bible! Except my zucchini, it's wonderful. But I love your video, I've made all of these mistakes and more over the decades I've gardened, and I've made my list for seeds for next Spring, hoping Mother Nature smiles on me once again. Your garden is beautiful and I wish you all the best!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@oceansoul3694 wow, grasshoppers?? Truly end of days! Happy you're still with us and planning for next year! :-)

[@oceansoul3694]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms 💖

[@sherrylingenfelter8991]

They’re viscous this year! Then there’s the squash bugs. Ugh!

[@trishdavi7049]

Grasshoppers so similar to locusts. In the series outlander they used smoke to thwart a locust infestation...made me wonder if that could repel grasshoppers also.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@trishdavi7049 I bet you it would work Trish!

[@margaret2222]

I love your videos. Always a lot of information in a short format. This year I told myself that I was not going to put out as many tomato plants as last year because I was drowning in tomatoes. Well guess what, it happened again. I started my own seeds for the first time this year and really didn't expect they would do very well, but they did. I gave some to my son for his garden but couldn't bring myself to destroy the extras so I planted them. UGH I am again drowning in tomatoes. I have given to friends and taken to the local homeless shelter and still too many. Hopefully I will remember this next March/April when I am planting seeds.

[@derekcox6531]

We weren’t permitted to water outside here in Calgary because of a water main break in June/July right as we had 30c days for a couple of weeks. Pretty much all of my garden is dead now,but oddly enough,my onions and garlic have managed to keep growing. (Which is awesome) definitely this has been my worst gardening year in the 8 years since I grew my first tomato plant.

[@kimby81]

Oh man that sucks! Here’s hoping next year will be great!

[@deancitroni4447]

It's a never-ending learning process. A different challenge every year. Which only makes me appreciate more what the people before us faced without all the information we are afforded by the internet and videos such as this

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@deancitroni4447 right? And without the safety net of just going to the grocery store when it doesn't work out!

[@mcgritty8842]

I also learned that with limited space, grow what makes sense. Herbs, tomatoes, cucumbers, and greens are great, but melons take up too much of my limited space for the reward I’ll be getting 😂 But like yoh said, it’s important to take what you learn and apply it, and not give up ❤

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@mcgritty8842 100% true, that's a great point!

[@leighrendler2256]

The music is wonderful

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@leighrendler2256 thanks!

[@CatPDX]

Thank you!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@CatPDX cheers, thanks for watching!

[@gileshanover4986]

Thanks Jeff.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@gileshanover4986 cheers Giles, hope the weekend has been good to you.

[@Zahra_95-Abd]

Improper spacing and way too many seedlings 😅😅😅 This fall instead of planting, I'll focus on adding more space, amending the soil and creating a plan.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@Zahra_95-Abd such a great point Zahra... Fall is perfect timing to amend the soil!

[@Livingsamsara]

{{{ JEFF }}} I'm so proud of learning from a mistake last year for my peppers in the beds. Instead of the hot South Carolina sun drooping them & making them sad, I put TULLE (using it as a shade cloth by doubling it over) for the peppers in full sun! It was amazing; no more drooping! I appreciated the tip of not too many plants or seedlings. Despite my being good in that arena, my error THIS year was a rookie mistake; I let hummingbird vine remain in my bed with the copious tomato, pepper, tomatillo, and curcubit crops. OMG. NOPE. Never again. Those little sweet vines - attracting my sweet hummingbirds - hid all the errors of the hornworms. Though I got crops, I still got defoliation & headaches. I've cut plenty away and placed the remnants near the fence; back where they grew last year. I need to quit taking the term "Food Forest" so literally I think. 🤪

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

So awesome to hear about the peppers. Such a good feeling when even the scorching sun/summer can't get your plants down!!!

[@Livingsamsara]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Amen! I've since ordered 2 proper shade cloths so I'm even more prepared for next year to expand my pepper growing.

[@mattprice238]

thank you for all your videos. they have helped me so much. This year was my first real year at backyard gardening and overall I guess it was a success. I definitely learned a lot. Mainly patience. lol. Unfortunately I fell victim to improper spacing. I will say that if you're reading this, and you live in the southeast united states, and if you want a victory, grow some okra. It's very hardy and easy to grow. Air fried okra is now one of my new summer time favorites. Happy gardening everyone!

[@TokyoShows]

Thanks for sharing

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Cheers, thanks so much for watching! :-)

[@CmdrSoCal]

Growing pumpkins in raised beds thick with clover this year so far so good. I only pull dandelion and purslane if they are in the way of a seedlings otherwise I let them grow and eat them. Clover and purslane are good ground cover especially when combined with bark nuggets / large wood chips. Clover is good food for poultry as well.

[@pager1962]

Hi Jeff, great video as always! I always learn something from each video. Can you tell me where you source your chopped straw mulch? I like using straw, but can’t find it anywhere around me except for large bales that aren’t chopped and sometimes contain pesticides. Thanks again, Scott

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@pager1962 Thanks Scott! There seems to be a couple different companies that names it. GardenStraw is the one I've found to work best without hay seeds. I get it locally in Victoria here, no online source that I know of yet

[@jparker785]

Always good information! First year growing more than one or two plants, and while many yields were low, it has been a great learning experience. On a different note, here in southern mid Tennessee, are last few summers have been lower temps on average. It's a lovely 78 right now! What I did notice, less rainfall. Noticeably less afternoon showers. Anyone else had similar weather? ✌️

[@stephaniegee227]

Howdy, neighbor! Middle mid-TN here, and this summer (for us) has been more intensely hot than the previous year or so. Not the worst year ever, but seriously intense. We had to use shade cloth for the first time. (Although yesterday & today have been delightful! 81° right now!). But, yes, we have seen way less afternoon/evening rain.

[@GardeningandMyDailyLife]

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[@melindaroth5796]

Hi Jeff 😊 We are Hot here in Texas. 😊❤

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@melindaroth5796 how you coping with the watering Melinda??

[@melindaroth5796]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms LOL 😂 First we got PLENTY of rain. Now SO Hot and No rain. Hubby got frustrated so I guess he will try again next year 😭😭😭🙏

[@SteveRoscoe-t2t]

Jeff I can barely stand the pressure LOL😮

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@SteveRoscoe-t2t ha ha I hear you buddy..but we got this!

[@BobD-yn3wj]

Nice blackberries

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@BobD-yn3wj thanks! Delicious!

[@againstthedyingofthelight]

First year gardening, and I definitely planted too late on some crops, but my main issue was and is slugs. Seeing their silvery little trails all over certain crops and flowers, decimating them is really frustrating. But I also don’t think I could set death traps for them because of their adorableness. With their cute little antenna heads popping up I just keep moving them, but they can travel quite fast and my god can they climb. I feel guilty enough for the fly trap I set. I feel like an insect serial killer. 😅

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@againstthedyingofthelight I'm so with you on that one... Such amazing creatures.... Just wish they weren't so destructive!

[@trishsmith2811]

Hi Jeff~ it’s important to not give up. It seems like every year I have at least one problem. This year is a wonderful year for pole beans in my garden. I’ve been dreaming about canning enough green beans for the winter….Until a Vole chomped off 1/2 of my pole beans just above ground level. This is a new problem for me. I’ve never had a vole invasion. August is too late in the PNW to replant so it’s on to next year. Live and learn, learn, learn. I do have a mulching question. I have heavy mulch over the top of my soaker hoses watering my tomatoes. It always seems moist under the mulch. Does that mean I don’t need to water unless it’s dry? Or should I still water once a week even if it’s still moist? Thanks!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@trishsmith2811 hey Trish, sorry to hear about the beans...danggit! For the watering, if the soil is already moist, go by that standard rather than an arbitrary weekly schedule. All the best! :-)

[@trishsmith2811]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms hope you don’t mind me asking another question- since you are just across the water from me I was wondering what kind(s) of garlic do you grow. I’ve been growing soft neck but would like to purchase some hard neck but I don’t know which would be best. Thanks Jeff! You’re the best!

[@northerngrower-my7wb]

First year gardening and I made all these.

[@joemccall8991]

It's not a gardening season if I don't make at least one major mistake (and learn from it). This year I sprayed inseticidal soap on a hundred pepper plants and didn't rinse after a few minutes. Suffocated the plants and had serious leaf drop. Most have bounced back but next year I'll remember to rinse.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@joemccall8991 glad to hear they bounced back though Joe!!

[@lgarden7086]

Seems like I always make one huge mistake too….this year not on my veggies but on a watts golden pine that was plagued by a caterpillar. I picked them off and then my husband went online and learned we should spray for any remaining eggs so he made some insecticidal soap and we sprayed. Days later the needles turned yellow and the tree looks bad. We learned from the nursery we originally purchased from that the temperature was too warm so we basically fried the tree😢…it should bounce back I hope…it’s about 10 years old.

[@rickzane6433]

This was the final year for corn and cucurbits. Moths/ Vine borers, cucumber, cabbage beetles, onion maggots, sawflies, Japanese and scarlet lilly beetles, will need to find a new patch. This sucker is done. I will focus on plants bugs don't care about much like ginger, turmeric and sweet potatoes. I will also downsize and continue enjoying gardening.

[@Kactoily]

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[@mamabearthrives7815]

0:35 yesssss Jeff!! Perfect message! We have to let our failures make us stronger gardeners! 💋💪❤️😎🥒🍅🌶️🫑🌽🥕🧄🧅🥔

[@melindaroth5796]

Jeff can you please tell me what kind of Strawberry 🍓 are good for Hot Texas? I forgot what you had told me before. 😊❤

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@melindaroth5796 oh shoot, there's a couple Melinda.... Albion and Sweet Charlie usually top the list though!

[@melindaroth5796]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms OH AWESOME THANK you so much Jeff. I'm writing this down this time. GOD BLESS YOU BROTHER Jeff and your family in JESUS NAME AMEN AND AMEN. 🙏❤️😊

[@657449]

Get a day planner and log in what you do and weather conditions.

[@muhamadthemotorcityfarmer6016]

My eggplants are growing but no fruits so far. Some have flowers, but that's it.

[@hkschubert9938]

I don't do seedlings. I do seeds. Most will last 2 or more years.

[@coldhandjacinth9069]

I'm never trying to raise zucchini again... only 1 squash from 10 'healthy' plants producing lots of blossoms. Corn's doing better in a raised bed than the zucchini.....hmmmmm.🌽 Got butter?

[@Proteus41]

Well this whole video sums up the repentance process… All made possible thanks to Jesus the Christ!