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Advice (self.gardening)

submitted 6 months ago by TheGiantKorean to c/gardening

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I thought this would be a fun but useful post.

If you had one piece of advice for gardening, what would it be? Like that one thing your discovered or learned that to your results to the next level.

Mine: Mulch your fruit trees well. This will help retain moisture and also keep grass and weeds from popping up which could compete with the tree for nutrients.

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[–] SchmidtGenetics 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Don’t be discouraged if one type of growing style doesn’t work for you, maybe another will. Not everyone is capable of doing everything.

If organic amending isn’t working, maybe try the salt nutrients, or time delay nutrients in your soil. There’s nothing wrong with it.

My cannabis growing exploded once I changed from soil to aeroponics(hydroponicsesque), doesn’t mean I can’t grow in soil, I’m just apparently better at aeroponics, or it suited my lifestyle better.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

To build on this, just because something didn't work one year, don't give up on it entirely! Tweak something and try again. I had a terrible year last year with one of my dwarf tomato breeds, but this year they're doing great because I kept them warmer as seedlings. Similarly my cilantro that never took off last year is going strong this year due to more watering.

Gardening is a learning process. Embrace what works for you and change what doesn't.

Also I'd never heard of aeroponics but that is super cool!

[–] SchmidtGenetics 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Embrace the failures, sometimes it’s a learning experience, other times you did nothing wrong and it still didn’t work. You still learned something if you want to spin it, which could be that failures can happen in a perfect situations sometimes. Or you forgot to sterilize your scissors once.

Let’s learn!

[–] TheGiantKorean 5 points 6 months ago

I hear that. We've been using no dig with our veggies the last few years, and it works great for us. Always wanted to try hydroponics!