Tired of growing high maintenance plants in your garden? These 8 crops are a lazy gardener’s dream. These plants hate fertilizer and actually thrive on neglect. If you’re into lazy gardening on a budget, plant these easy garden vegetables for big harvests that will save time and save money.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Introduction
0:51 Crop #1: Do BEANS Need Fertilizer?
3:07 Important Fertilizer Information
5:00 Crop #2: Do PEAS Need Fertilizer?
6:44 Crops 3-4: Do CARROTS & PARSNIPS Need Fertilizer?
9:17 Crops 5-6: Do BEETS & TURNIPS Need Fertilizer?
10:51 Crop #7: Do RADISHES Need Fertilizer?
12:46 Crop #8: Do DETERMINATE TOMATOES Need Fertilizer?
15:17 Tips For Growing Legumes And Roots
17:08 Adventures With Dale
If you have any questions about growing easy vegetables in a lazy garden, how to grow a vegetable garden at home, how to grow fruit trees or the things I grow in my raised bed vegetable garden and edible landscaping food forest, please ask in the Comments below!
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0:00 Introduction
0:51 Crop #1: Beans (Pole, Bush, Lima, etc.)
3:07 Important Fertilizer Information
5:00 Crop #2: Peas (Shelling, Snap, Snow, etc.)
6:44 Crops 3-4: Carrots & Parsnips
9:17 Crops 5-6: Beets & Turnips
10:51 Crop #7: Radishes
12:46 Crop #8: Determinate Tomatoes
15:17 Final Thoughts
17:08 Adventures With Dale
I need your help dude what fertilizer do I buy for my pepper plant?
My question is about container/grow bag growing for us balcony gardeners. If we are using organic potting soil that contain some amount of plant food and compost, is that enough?
Should I top my indeterminate tomatoes? And if so why? Production? Thank you!!!
You should do a video on crops/plants that don’t mind clay soils now and what you can do to break up some clay and help it turn over into more workable soil. It’s not an over night project, but getting more use out of your yard can help others make do with what they have. A potters dream is a gardeners nightmare for sure.
I enjoy all you videos. Very informative. This one is so timely, I was getting ready literally, to plant my spring plantings, peas, carrots, etc.tomorrow. Your video saved me from one disastrous crop failure after another. There definitely was a reason I was sent to your sight tonight. I never miss your new context, and still learn from videos you posted years ago. Old wisdom is great, and tweaking it once in a while is also so helpful. Gardening is never done, learning what works and what doesn’t saves years of disappointment and failure. Your experiences help me to implement the ones you have found that work, and help me to avoid those that don’t. Thanks again. Wishing you just enough sun, just enough rain, balmy weather, and blessed bountiful gardening. Loved seeing all your dragon flies. I get a few, but not as many as you. I’m jealous, and will have to work on getting more.
Now I know what I did wrong with my carrots. Having to give them a shave before eating was yeck😖
Thanks!
Will you have a talk about determinant tomatoes? How to grow them, what they are, which kind are best etc.
Seed beans.
Do NOT just walk away.
Hide well from curious birds!
They seem be a lot more attracted than peas.
Lost most of my first round last year to some greedy blackbirds…
Woohoo, the way you said “These Plants HATE Fertilizer! Lazy Gardening On A Budget” nearly made me drop my watering can because oh my goodness, it reminded me of the exact day I learned some plants react to fertilizer the same way I react to unsolicited advice. I remember standing in my yard, right… holding a bag of fertilizer like it was a peace offering, whispering “Luise, girl, this is going to help them,” and my other voice went “Ha!, famous last words.” And goodness, the moment I sprinkled a little too enthusiastically, my poor plant shriveled up like it had just read a stressful email, and I literally said out loud “Hold on… why are you acting like I fed you battery acid?” That’s when I discovered the lazy‑gardener truth: some plants want nothing but vibes, water, and the emotional stability of being left alone. And ahhhh, once I stopped trying to force them into a nutrient boot camp, they perked up like “Thank heavens, she finally gets it.” Honestly, it taught me more about communication than half the self‑help books I’ve read, because apparently plants, like people, don’t all thrive under the same treatment. Some need fertilizer, some need compost, and some just need you to stop hovering like an overcaffeinated helicopter parent. And wow, the budget part is real too, because the day I realized certain plants prefer neglect, I felt my productivity skyrocket and my wallet whisper “Let’s go, we’re winning.” So yes, some plants absolutely hate fertilizer, and once you figure out which ones they are, gardening becomes a whole lot easier, cheaper, and way less dramatic.
So this applies to peanuts also?
Oh my gosh!!! Now I know why my beans die when after I plant them!!!
Thank you, learning something new everyday
Hi, I am a 14-year-old gardener in California and I’ve been watching this guy for a while. He gives great advice on what to do and not to do from his own personal experience. Lately I have found him extremely helpful on starting seeds indoors. He helped get me into gardening. Thank you.
I gave my carrots too much love 😢
You’ve answered my questions concerning my carrots and parsnips after seeing yours!!!! I’m gonna try again this weekend.
I can’t believe I didn’t know this stuff.Thank you so much!
Do this apply to container gardening only also?
I’m going to ask my question on seed starting here given this is your most recent video. This is my first time doing this and thank you for your excellent videos. My seeds are just starting to sprout in a few of the seed cells. From what I understand, I should now turn on the grow lights for those sprouts to grow. But when do I take off the tray dome given that some cells have sprouted and others have not? Should I leave the dome on until almost all of the cells have sprouted. Just not sure when to remove the dome. Thank you.