0:00
Gardening mistakes beginners always
0:02
make. We've all been there. We've all
0:05
done it and we've all learned from the
0:06
mistakes that we make. Welcome to
0:08
Gardening with Ben. And we're going to
0:09
talk about some of the mistakes what
0:11
beginners always make. So, if you're new
0:13
to gardening, listen to these tips and
0:15
hopefully it'll help you out in the long
0:19
One of the main ones is planting crops
0:22
too closely together. Now, sometimes
0:25
when you're planting them, you think,
0:26
"Oh, I'll just squeeze them all in. I'll
0:28
get them all in." And yeah, you think,
0:30
"Oh, I'll get a great harvest if I
0:31
squeeze as many in as possible."
0:33
However, it'll look good once you
0:35
planted them all, but when the weeds
0:37
start to come, it'll be hard to keep
0:39
weeding in between them all and keeping
0:41
them under control. So, do look at the
0:44
seed packets and do look at the
0:45
suggested spacing needed in between them
0:48
and it will help you in the long run.
0:50
Less produce sometimes helps you get
0:53
more produce. So have a look at spacing
0:56
and do it that way because I've done it.
0:59
I do it all the time. I plant stuff too
1:01
closely together thinking, "Oh, I'll
1:02
just get another row in there." But it's
1:04
not always the case. So plan wisely when
1:08
planting over or underwatering.
1:10
Sometimes you can overwater stuff and
1:12
drown it and yeah, rot the plant. It
1:15
won't help. But sometimes you can
1:16
underwater as well. It's good to plant
1:19
water deeply sometimes with certain
1:21
vegetables and yeah can drink it as and
1:24
when needed and sometimes when you plant
1:27
water deeply you only need to water
1:29
every couple of days. You don't have to
1:30
water every single day. So have a look
1:33
online and have a look what water is
1:35
needed for certain vegetables and how
1:37
much you should actually water stuff.
1:41
Starting too many plants. Now that is me
1:44
all over. I'm going mad with planting my
1:46
seeds at the moment. and planting
1:48
absolutely loads. But sometimes you can
1:49
get overwhelmed with how many sewn
1:52
because you think, "Oh, I'll get
1:53
everything sewn today." But then when it
1:55
starts growing, then you've got to pop
1:56
them all up and then you've got to plant
1:58
them all out and then you've got to look
1:59
after them all. So don't plant too many
2:03
seeds. I should listen to this myself.
2:05
Don't plant too many seeds. And yeah,
2:08
try and uh just grow what you actually
2:10
need to grow and don't plant too much. I
2:13
always give a lot of stuff away if I've
2:14
grown too much so that other people can
2:17
benefit from it as well.
2:19
Starting seeds indoors. I see so many
2:22
posts online and I don't want to comment
2:25
on them because I don't want to upset
2:26
people. I'm not the sort of person to
2:28
comment on posts, but I see so many
2:30
posts online where they've started them
2:32
off indoors. They've not got enough
2:33
sunlight and they're all growing like
2:35
eight and then they'll have to start the
2:37
seed again or they won't grow very well.
2:40
So yeah, wait until it's got enough
2:42
sunlight. Like now, like I'm sewing
2:44
everything in my unheated greenhouse
2:46
now, and I will get great plants growing
2:49
from them. I've done this every year. I
2:51
I always wait until March to sew my
2:53
seeds in my unheated greenhouse. And
2:56
yeah, we get great crops and plants from
2:58
them. But gardening is about learning
3:01
mistake. Don't get disheartened if
3:02
something doesn't grow or if it does
3:07
You can just to get some more seeds and
3:08
try again. And it's all about learning
3:11
along the way. It's like one year
3:12
something could grow absolutely
3:14
fantastic and then the year after it
3:16
might fail and you think, "Oh, I've done
3:18
exactly the same." But it happens. It
3:21
happens all the time. So yeah, learn
3:25
So I hope you found these tips useful.
3:27
Drop us a follow to stay up to date with
3:29
all our videos. Until next time
3:31
everyone. Remember, keep smiling, keep
3:33
shining, and keep gardening.
