Planting and managing a garden is not rocket science, yet many people go about tending to their gardens oblivious of the mistakes they are making. Below is a set of mistakes that are commonly made by gardeners globally.
Preparation of Beds
In gardening, beds are the plot of land that you plant seeds and seedlings that you will later transfer to the garden. Most gardeners have learned the hard way that planting the garden without preparation of a seedbed takes more time and money.
Dig your seed bed a couple of times and add compost manure and mulch to loosen the soil to enable seeds and young seedlings to root.
Watering Inconsistently
Many are the people that make the mistake of watering the garden too many times or not enough times.
Establish a watering system depending on the weather conditions in your locality to maintain healthy plants and your garden looking good and healthy.
Garden Pests
Most people fail to inspect the garden for pests, and it costs them dearly. Take a walk through your garden checking carefully for signs of pest infestation. Disregarding this important factor will leave you with a destroyed garden that will require large sums of cash to restore.
When caught early, pest infestations can be wiped out by use of organic methods.
Compact Soil
Compact soils prevent the roots from penetrating well and developing entirely. This mistake makes nutrient absorption difficult and the plants suffer from a nutrient deficiency, and the soil has poor drainage.
Add compost manure to improve the texture of the soil.
Plant Location
Most plants need an average of 6-8 hours of sunlight. The mistake of planting seedlings that need extended periods of sunlight in the shade will be a waste of time.
Research on sunlight requirements for each plant in your garden.
Inorganic Materials
It is a common mistake that gardeners to use inorganic materials like fertilizer to provide the nutrients that the plants will require. This raises or lowers the pH balance of the soil leaving it unhealthy.
Use organic fertilizers and manure to balance the soil pH and boost its levels of productivity.
Too Much Fertilizer
Application of too much fertilizer will leave the garden with too much nitrogen in the soil for the plants to absorb. This makes the plant grow very fast, weak and prone to diseases.
The use of compost will phase out the need to use fertilizer.
Finally, gardening requires proper care with calculated management practices. Proper crop rotation is necessary to reduce the chances of pest and disease infestation.
