Comments on: My Garden Failures (Or, How Do I Revive My Dying Vegetable Plants?) http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/07/10/my-garden-failures-or-how-do-i-revive-my-dying-vegetable-plants/ Earth Friendly, Budget Friendly Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:24:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ashley http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/07/10/my-garden-failures-or-how-do-i-revive-my-dying-vegetable-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-7474 Ashley Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:26:20 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=3123#comment-7474 Don't put a restraining order on me yet! I just forgot to say that your Blue Bread's look gorgeous. I'm growing some for the first time this year and I wish I'd planted as much seed as you clearly did because it looks lovely. Don’t put a restraining order on me yet! I just forgot to say that your Blue Bread’s look gorgeous. I’m growing some for the first time this year and I wish I’d planted as much seed as you clearly did because it looks lovely.

]]> By: Ashley http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/07/10/my-garden-failures-or-how-do-i-revive-my-dying-vegetable-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-7473 Ashley Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:24:25 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=3123#comment-7473 Also! Maybe next year it would be worthwhile to try sheet composting or "lasagna gardening." Not only is it cheap, but it takes out A LOT of garden labor. I am all about keeping the shovel in the garage! :) Also! Maybe next year it would be worthwhile to try sheet composting or “lasagna gardening.” Not only is it cheap, but it takes out A LOT of garden labor. I am all about keeping the shovel in the garage! :)

]]> By: Ashley http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/07/10/my-garden-failures-or-how-do-i-revive-my-dying-vegetable-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-7472 Ashley Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:15:29 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=3123#comment-7472 I have always heard that leaves turn yellow due to a nitrogen deficiency. I've been sprinkling Fox Farm Organic Fertilizer on my plants whenever the color changes. My next venture is to make Garrett Juice, as recommended by the "Dirt Doctor." It's supposed to be amazing stuff and the recipe looks simple and inexpensive. http://www.dirtdoctor.com/organic/garden/view_question/id/2210/ I have always heard that leaves turn yellow due to a nitrogen deficiency. I’ve been sprinkling Fox Farm Organic Fertilizer on my plants whenever the color changes. My next venture is to make Garrett Juice, as recommended by the “Dirt Doctor.” It’s supposed to be amazing stuff and the recipe looks simple and inexpensive.

http://www.dirtdoctor.com/organic/garden/view_question/id/2210/

]]> By: Going Green Mama http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/07/10/my-garden-failures-or-how-do-i-revive-my-dying-vegetable-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-3182 Going Green Mama Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:28:24 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=3123#comment-3182 Yes the first year is the most expensive (we're in the midst of that right now). Make sure you're rotating crops - if you've got dying stuff, yank it and compost it now, and start planting beans and fall lettuces! That way you don't feel like "gee, my entire garden was a failure." I think it took 2-3 attempts for some of my seeds to really get going this year, and that's due the insane weather in our part of the country. Yes the first year is the most expensive (we’re in the midst of that right now). Make sure you’re rotating crops – if you’ve got dying stuff, yank it and compost it now, and start planting beans and fall lettuces! That way you don’t feel like “gee, my entire garden was a failure.”

I think it took 2-3 attempts for some of my seeds to really get going this year, and that’s due the insane weather in our part of the country.

]]> By: Gina http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/07/10/my-garden-failures-or-how-do-i-revive-my-dying-vegetable-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-3175 Gina Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:22:29 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=3123#comment-3175 My pepper plants aren't really looking so hot either, and I've heard the same from other people here. Maybe it's just not a good year for peppers. I'm going to stick with it anyway and see what pops out. Last year I planted late and my peppers plants never bore any fruit. My pepper plants aren’t really looking so hot either, and I’ve heard the same from other people here. Maybe it’s just not a good year for peppers. I’m going to stick with it anyway and see what pops out. Last year I planted late and my peppers plants never bore any fruit.

]]> By: rebecca http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/07/10/my-garden-failures-or-how-do-i-revive-my-dying-vegetable-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-3174 rebecca Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:26:05 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=3123#comment-3174 Eileen, I didn't think I needed fertilizer at first because I used brand-new four-way soil that was supposed to be all ready for plants. After the peppers started drooping, I did remove the yellow leaves. I then added compost AND watered them with compost tea. They just never recovered! Natalie, I wondered if some sort of invisible bugs were eating the peppers at the roots. It is just a mystery. The end of this sad story is that I finally pulled the plants out. Eileen, I didn’t think I needed fertilizer at first because I used brand-new four-way soil that was supposed to be all ready for plants. After the peppers started drooping, I did remove the yellow leaves. I then added compost AND watered them with compost tea. They just never recovered!

Natalie, I wondered if some sort of invisible bugs were eating the peppers at the roots. It is just a mystery.

The end of this sad story is that I finally pulled the plants out.

]]> By: Eileen http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/07/10/my-garden-failures-or-how-do-i-revive-my-dying-vegetable-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-3173 Eileen Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:51:27 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=3123#comment-3173 I think when the leaves turn yellow those plants are hungry for fertilizer! Compost is one way to get fertilizer but like others said, it can take a long time and it's not necessarily going to have all the essential nutrients your plants are craving. I'm not sure what to recommend for organic fertilizer but I really think that might be what your plants are craving. If they were in pots, I'd say they need bigger pots because that can be another reason leaves turn yellow, but that shouldn't be an issue with raised beds. One thing I have heard is that you should remove all the dead and dying leaves as soon as you can. They are sucking energy and nutrients from the healthy part of the plant. If you remove them, the plant will put it's resources into growing the healthy parts again. I think when the leaves turn yellow those plants are hungry for fertilizer! Compost is one way to get fertilizer but like others said, it can take a long time and it’s not necessarily going to have all the essential nutrients your plants are craving. I’m not sure what to recommend for organic fertilizer but I really think that might be what your plants are craving. If they were in pots, I’d say they need bigger pots because that can be another reason leaves turn yellow, but that shouldn’t be an issue with raised beds.

One thing I have heard is that you should remove all the dead and dying leaves as soon as you can. They are sucking energy and nutrients from the healthy part of the plant. If you remove them, the plant will put it’s resources into growing the healthy parts again.

]]> By: rebecca http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/07/10/my-garden-failures-or-how-do-i-revive-my-dying-vegetable-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-3172 rebecca Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:43:20 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=3123#comment-3172 Actually, Gina, I started out with an already-full compost bin. I need the kind that sifts the finished product down to the bottom somehow. I know that my garden will be MUCH more cost-effective next year. There's always next year. . . . Actually, Gina, I started out with an already-full compost bin. I need the kind that sifts the finished product down to the bottom somehow.

I know that my garden will be MUCH more cost-effective next year. There’s always next year. . . .

]]> By: Gina http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/07/10/my-garden-failures-or-how-do-i-revive-my-dying-vegetable-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-3171 Gina Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:23:41 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=3123#comment-3171 You started with an empty bin a year ago, right? It actually takes about a year for compost to do its thing. Therefore, the kitchen scraps and grass clippings from July of last year are ready to use, but nothing else. That's not much, if you think about it! Next year you'll have more. I was also going to say that garden expenses are the highest the first year you get into it. I spent a lot last year getting things going, but this year has been very inexpensive to grow an even bigger garden. I'm all set up for tools, garden beds, etc. Next year I hope to have seeds from this year's crop for planting so I don't even need to buy seeds! You started with an empty bin a year ago, right? It actually takes about a year for compost to do its thing. Therefore, the kitchen scraps and grass clippings from July of last year are ready to use, but nothing else. That’s not much, if you think about it! Next year you’ll have more.

I was also going to say that garden expenses are the highest the first year you get into it. I spent a lot last year getting things going, but this year has been very inexpensive to grow an even bigger garden. I’m all set up for tools, garden beds, etc. Next year I hope to have seeds from this year’s crop for planting so I don’t even need to buy seeds!

]]> By: rebecca http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/07/10/my-garden-failures-or-how-do-i-revive-my-dying-vegetable-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-3169 rebecca Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:25:42 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=3123#comment-3169 I think the four-way soil was supposed to be one part compost. I don't exactly remember what the other three parts were! I ended up buying a bag of organic compost (made from a variety of things) and it has done its job. I still haven't produced much usable compost from my compost bin for some reason. I think the four-way soil was supposed to be one part compost. I don’t exactly remember what the other three parts were! I ended up buying a bag of organic compost (made from a variety of things) and it has done its job. I still haven’t produced much usable compost from my compost bin for some reason.

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