These are the 5 worst gardening mistakes I’ve made, and they cost me my harvests. If you’re planting right now or trying to save your summer garden, this video will save you a ton of frustration. Learn from what didn’t work in my garden—so you don’t have to go through the same pain I did.
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TIMESTAMPS: Learn from my mistakes (click the timestamp to jump to a specific mistake or re-watch your favorite part)
00:00 This still makes me cringe
00:14 Mistake 1: Totally misread the garden
01:57 Mistake 2: I waited—and paid for it
02:56 Mistake 3: This one turned into a mess
05:08 Mistake 4: Should’ve done this way earlier
06:08 Mistake 5: I saw it coming… and did nothing
07:28 Drop a comment—have you made one of these too?
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I hope I'm not the only one who messes up – which of these mistakes have you made? We'll be looking for your comments! -CaliKim & CameraGuy
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Yes, I forgot to trellis my squash, cucumbers, and green beans. Oh yes, trying to save
my cucumbers, fighting green worms, eating into my cucumbers. Sprayed them, but also, fighting a lot of rain makes it difficult to keep spraying. 😢
Hi Kim how mac i got my danvers carrots 126 and royal beans seeds and my peppers plants is getting taller and what do u feed your peppers plants with
I've made a mistake that I don't know how to rectify. A few years ago we put down 2 inch tubing close to our back porch and split it off and ran more (underground) about 20 feet to the raised bed. So it's all on one line. I then put brown 1/4" drip irrigation line from Mr Landscaper in the bed. I have fabric pots around the raised bed with drip spray stakes in them. Also, by my porch, I have fabric pots with drip sprays in them. Needless to say everything is on the same timer but the pots don't need as much time as the drip line. I have to manually turn off and on the fabric pots in order to not over water them. I'm thinking I need to change the raised bed over to all drip stake sprayers.
Thank you for sharing all of this! It makes me feel better to know that I'm not alone. Sometimes, life just gets ahead of your garden! Hugs to Mac!
Hi Cali Kim I have a blueberry tree I bought in spring it send out some really tiny berries now I noticed some of the leaves are brown and falling off
Great reminders. Thank you, Kim
Thanks for the content! Yes3/5😊
Yes, that happened to me we get 4 days of rain in Houston. When I went out to check on my plants I couldn’t believe how big the squash and cucumber plants get so I had a hard time trellis them. I saw a few basils leave with holes but I couldn't spray them cause it was almost midday going back early in the morning to spray cause we were supposed to get rain that evening
This video is very helpful. Is it okay to trim off some leaves on my bush beans in case they start shading out my tomato plants and eggplant?
Kim your not alone I have made lots of mistakes in my garden one of them was not going out Into my garden everyday and then later on finding something that I wished I had checked on before because I had seen It and thought It would be ok and I would check It later
Sun and water are everything. Don't water in the morning.
Cucumbers are smarter than me 😂
Kim, I wish I had your problems 😂😂😂. Poor guys 😂
One of my biggest "biffs" has to do with onions. They're often touted as a cool weather crop, right? Wellllp – I planted them entirely in shade, aka keep 'em cool right? Suffice to say, those marbles sized babies didn't go very far in my kitchen. Oy!
I apologize for spam. Learning curve is not a beach. Lmao
Oh damn, I have that issue with my cucumbers.. I'm in it… Dang,,
Thank you Kim. Sorry for spam. Excellent info.
Oh, for sure but that's how we learn from our mistakes. Defiantly staying on top of the darn Aphids this year and the earwigs a bad too this year. The Monterey products you suggested work great. I'm so sad though the last family-owned nursery in town just closed they carried that and Bumper crop.
Lost collard greens due to not taking care of Aphids; so disappointing. I now use the method I saw you use, I keep a wet sock (in a Ziploc bag) in my gardening tools container. Thanks for the tip! Happy Gardening!
I made the mistake to overfertilize some of my tomato plants with a a 24-8-16 chemical fertilizer…I lost them all due to Nitrogen poisoning…Lesson learned…
Thanks for sharing, lol i did think you had a perfect garden no damage or pest 😅, hello dear Mac ❤
Just moved into our new place, and we brought some of our plants. My beautiful big Kale that was thriving got almost completely eaten overnight! My mistake? I didn't have my insect spray on hand, ready to go, like CaliKim warned to do. Sigh. I'm getting that fixed quickly!
Iv had spidermite problems on tomato plants so iv been using neem oil on it, and it works so good!! Thanks to you, i didnt know neem oil until i started watchin your vids. Iv had deers eatin my plants too and i bought deer repellent spray and used it and it works so good. My husband goes "ill just pee on those plants to repel deers away" it works too🤌🙄😂