Comments on: Five Gardening Mistakes I’ve Made http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/2010/02/five-gardening-mistakes-ive-made/ Growing My Own Food Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mike Lieberman http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/2010/02/five-gardening-mistakes-ive-made/#comment-8450 Mike Lieberman Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:33:00 +0000 http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/?p=1738#comment-8450 Ugh. That's no good. Ugh. That’s no good.

]]> By: Amy http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/2010/02/five-gardening-mistakes-ive-made/#comment-8444 Amy Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:02:00 +0000 http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/?p=1738#comment-8444 Honestly? Living in Oklahoma during the extreme heat wave and drought was my biggest "mistake". It actually HURT to see all of my beautiful plants with so much potential shrivel up and die, despite being watered as much as 3x/day. :( Honestly? Living in Oklahoma during the extreme heat wave and drought was my biggest “mistake”. It actually HURT to see all of my beautiful plants with so much potential shrivel up and die, despite being watered as much as 3x/day. :(

]]> By: Mike Lieberman http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/2010/02/five-gardening-mistakes-ive-made/#comment-1752 Mike Lieberman Fri, 07 May 2010 19:46:41 +0000 http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/?p=1738#comment-1752 Hey at least you have 40 tomato plants. Sounds like a good problem. You gonna can and preserve some of them? Hey at least you have 40 tomato plants. Sounds like a good problem. You gonna can and preserve some of them?

]]> By: Ali http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/2010/02/five-gardening-mistakes-ive-made/#comment-1751 Ali Fri, 07 May 2010 08:20:04 +0000 http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/?p=1738#comment-1751 I planted way too many tomatoes of the same kind. Now I have 40 plants, all the same, and no variety :(<br><br>Also, I planted mint plants in a house with a cat. Major nono.<br><br>I love your blog, thanks for all the great advice! I planted way too many tomatoes of the same kind. Now I have 40 plants, all the same, and no variety :(

Also, I planted mint plants in a house with a cat. Major nono.

I love your blog, thanks for all the great advice!

]]> By: Mike Lieberman http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/2010/02/five-gardening-mistakes-ive-made/#comment-1125 Mike Lieberman Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:52:18 +0000 http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/?p=1738#comment-1125 Nice man. It's gonna be another good season. We already got all that cilantro planting advice. Nice man. It's gonna be another good season. We already got all that cilantro planting advice.

]]> By: Mike Lieberman http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/2010/02/five-gardening-mistakes-ive-made/#comment-1101 Mike Lieberman Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:52:18 +0000 http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/?p=1738#comment-1101 Nice man. It's gonna be another good season. We already got all that cilantro planting advice. Nice man. It's gonna be another good season. We already got all that cilantro planting advice.

]]> By: RawDamon http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/2010/02/five-gardening-mistakes-ive-made/#comment-1099 RawDamon Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:18:35 +0000 http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/?p=1738#comment-1099 I've learned so much from my mistakes, I'm looking forward to making some more! haha.. Our last year was great for our small spaces, but :<br>-Tomato plants were WAY too big, blocked the sun to our peppers and corn.<br>-Cilantro was in a raised bed....bolted almost immediately; same for summer greens. We have a shadier spot for those now.<br>-BUGS! The kale was soon infested with green/gray ones; big greens got snailed hard...using lots of wood ash helped.<br>-Starting peppers earlier; the ones we started in the house were best by far.<br>-We wish we would have made more small plantings often instead of doing it all at once. Makes total sense now.<br>Thanks for making us sit back and think about it for a minute.... So this year it's planning first, we'll actually do that on paper with plant dates I think. Best of luck to everyone this year! I've learned so much from my mistakes, I'm looking forward to making some more! haha.. Our last year was great for our small spaces, but :
-Tomato plants were WAY too big, blocked the sun to our peppers and corn.
-Cilantro was in a raised bed….bolted almost immediately; same for summer greens. We have a shadier spot for those now.
-BUGS! The kale was soon infested with green/gray ones; big greens got snailed hard…using lots of wood ash helped.
-Starting peppers earlier; the ones we started in the house were best by far.
-We wish we would have made more small plantings often instead of doing it all at once. Makes total sense now.
Thanks for making us sit back and think about it for a minute…. So this year it's planning first, we'll actually do that on paper with plant dates I think. Best of luck to everyone this year!

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