THE WORST GARDENING ADVICE!

Bad gardening advice is more prevalent than ever, especially when it comes to growing advice for onions and tomatoes. There is a plethora of awful gardening advice for onions, and we'll dispel a few of those myths.

We'll also give some examples of how good gardening advice can become bad gardening advice. This tends to happen when a particular solution to a problem is given without understanding that it may not solve the problem completely.

0:00 Intro
0:28 Bad Gardening Advice I Have Given
1:09 Bad Gardening Advice on Onions
4:19 Planting Vegetables on Double Rows
6:15 Putting an Egg in the Hole Beside a Plant
8:21 Putting a Fish in the Hole Beside a Plant
11:13 Can Worm Castings Transform Your Soil?
12:55 Don't Be Afraid to Feed Your Plants!

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[LazyDogFarm]

What's the worst gardening advice you've ever been given?


0:00 Intro
0:28 Bad Gardening Advice I Have Given
1:09 Bad Gardening Advice on Onions
4:19 Planting Vegetables on Double Rows
6:15 Putting an Egg in the Hole Beside a Plant
8:21 Putting a Fish in the Hole Beside a Plant
11:13 Can Worm Castings Transform Your Soil?
12:55 Don't Be Afraid to Feed Your Plants!

[dls]

Bad Advice: The idea that no-till plus heavy mulching works in all situations. On my site, this will work great in one spot but 100’ away, it can be a disaster — depending on the invasives present. Bindweed and Bermuda will love it.

[PSYCHO_PSYLVER]

We till in composted horse manure at the beginning of the season and that's all...plants grow like crazy

[TheSHOP]

This was a great talk. The way I look at putting anything that will putrefy and rot in my gardens like this. When I was little and like little boys would do, we would investigate all kinds of road kill. We would watch numerous armordillos get killed an rot away during the summer months. In the beginning, all the juices would spill out and a lot of the grass around it would die off. As the summer progresses, new grass would come in and by the end of the summer, you would see a luscious patch of grass growing through the bones. So, the rotting carcass did provide something because that patch of grass would always look better than the surrounding grass, but it sure took a long time to get like that and it always died off at the start. We grew up in south Louisiana so we fished for everything. We put fish scraps, crayfish peels, shrimp peels, and crab shells in the garden. We had some of the best soil you could imagine. Took years to get it like that though. So, what I got from what you were saying, you have to understand HOW to apply any advice you get. If taken in the wrong context, or applied incorrectly, it could do more harm than good, but if done just right, it could really be a boost. I obviously have a lot to learn about onions. You definitely seem to be the YouTube master at them.

[grasssnake]

Worst advice I got is about watering. Some people claim that watering in the heat of day will kill your plants and only water in the morning, which I agree morning is best but you'll kill your plants faster not watering waiting for the ideal times.

[bobbygreen]

You spot on again, ,there is no dyed in wool advice when it comes to gardening, , keep that mind open and try to do what is right for the individual planting.

[tommathews]

I'm totally with you on "Bruce Wisdom" as far as onions go!! He's The Man on onions, leeks, etc. for sure! Good subject matter in this episode! Goodness knows, there is a LOT of advice out there, some good, some not so good, some downright BAD! There is no "miracle advice" that's going to fix all of your ills, which I think a lot of people are looking for. There are good, sound practices, proven over time, adaptable to your specific situation, and a lot of hard work and effort that will pay off, but it won't happen right before your eyes. Gardening ain't a "quick fix" endeavor!

[PlantObsessed]

Just like all advice..the answer is always ..it depends. pH, water, soild type, environment, attention you pay to the plants. Experience over time is the best advice for almost everything.

[deestrawser]

Travis, It's nice to see a YouTuber that can stand in front of a beautiful crop and tell us how it is done. I've seen too many channels that are just trying to solve a problem they are having due to their inexperience and they conveniently supply a link to a product that may or may not do anything other than put a selling commission in their pocket. And that's not the worse, I saw a channel today that was preaching to be prepared and had a complete list of products to have on hand "just in case" and their links included products that can be bought elsewhere at a much lower price than Amazon. I like your inexpensive down-to-earth methods. Stay cool and best wishes!

[geegaw]

We all try to help one another.
We all make mistakes.
As long as we learn from them we'll all come out okay.
Thank you for all your help.

[tater]

#1 Bad Gardening advice that I've heard just this year was "Not experimenting with a technique they've heard about and researched, but simply basing their theory on not being able to find enough evidence that it works".
For all new Gardeners, ALWAYS be willing to try and experiment. NOT 1 way is the best. Don't be afraid to try something out of the norm. If it doesn't work, try something else. Chalk it up to experience and don't be afraid to learn.

[dvrmte]

My first mail order onion plants were from Dixondale and I followed their growing advice. At the time, there was little available information on growing onions in the South. Back then, intermediate day onion plants weren't available, so I planted short day onions that rarely produced big onions up here. They didn't grow big bulbs because they began bulb swell before the foliage reached full size. So trimming onion tops after transplanting is about the worse thing you can do in regards to growing big healthy onions.
I have minimal weed pressure where I planted my sweet corn in double rows. When I hilled them at layby, I pulled a good bit of dirt between the stalks creating an 18" wide bed about 4-5" high. I haven't seen any weeds between the stalks yet, and they're getting big enough now to shade them out anyway.
I plant bush lima beans(Jackson Wonder) in double rows as well as crowder peas.
I don't get blossom end rot unless my plants get starved for moisture. I put down lime every other year because my soil is naturally slightly acidic and low in calcium. I have used gypsum as a calcium supplement when I didn't want to change the soil PH. We used to side dress our peanuts with gypsum just before pegging to make the soil soft and supply calcium.
I haven't used earthworm castings but my finished compost piles are full of earthworms. Gotta be some castings in there? LOL
The only thing you can add to your garden that's magical is good compost. Even better is composted race horse manure. LOL I used to get truckloads of horse manure mixed with wood shavings. After a year of composting, you could put plow in an inch or two and grow almost anything. Put down four inches and it would grow some of the greenest corn you've ever seen. When the manure pile is almost used up, plant a hill of watermelons in it. That's how I grew a 75 lb. Charleston Grey. I grew a Better Boy tomato plant in composted manure against the side of my house. It grew up to the roof edge and all the way back to the ground. I eventually had to use a ladder to pick some of the tomatoes. During the peak harvest season, I was picking 6-12 huge tomatoes a day.
I make sure that horse or cow manure is hot composted before putting it in my garden. If you don't, you're just planting weed seeds when you use it. When I turn the piles the first few times, they will be smoking(steaming), and will be too hot to touch more than a second or two.
Yes, the magic formula is compost.

[Maria-qlfc]

Very good information and thank you for admitting that no one is the perfect gardener. You do have the most beautiful onions I have seen in anyone’s garden. I’ve never even thought of cutting the top of my onions for the very reasons you described. You never get to old to learn how to do something better.

[marvinbrock]

Epic Gardening just posted a video where they used tomatoes.. a control plant with zero amendments then others with ‘stuff’ thrown underneath… each different.. cooked pasta, whole eggs, fish heads, and kitchen scraps.. the FISH HEADS did the worst by far! I mean it was beyond noticeable, it was horrible.. they pulled it all up afterwards to see what was left… the catfish was cleaned and no odor but the bones were still solid and not broken down.. the egg shells were also not composted, still intact and recognizable… just like your paw has said it would.. 👍🏻

[Coastal.Redwood.Homestead]

Great video I make my own fish fertilizer I live right next to the ocean and I fill a five gallon bucket with fish carcass add water cover and let it sit for six months to a year and my other liquid fertilizer is cow, chicken, goat manure with comfrey and let them sit for awhile also

[hummingbirdhillhomestead]

Lots of excellent advice! We've been hobby gardening for years. This year, we are getting serious about production. I have chronic health issues and need adaptive solutions so we invested in infrastructure, and drip irrigation with in-line fertilization. Our garden has been in about a month and we are seeing great results. Thank you for sharing your experiences. They really help us Southern gardeners!

[jamieholdorf]

Two things I see all of the time - adding Epsom salt (magnesium sulfate) to combat BER (calcium uptake issue). BER is rarely caused by a lack of calcium in the soil and is almost always an inconsistent watering issue. BER is also almost always self correcting given time, so folks will add Epsom and when BER disappears, they think it's due to the Epsom.

The second one is people giving advice on what annuals to plant and when to plant them based on hardiness zones rather than last and first frost dates. You can be in the same zone as another person but have different average last and first frost dates thereby potentially leading someone to plant out too early and losing their plants.

[shirleyn]

Still after all this time I am hearing well meaning YouTubers pass on bad gardening advice. One, don’t let water sit on leaves they will get burned. Two, put Rolaids/egg shells for blossom end rot. I’ve heard of the cutting the tops of onion plants but not everyone subscribes to it. Mostly it’s done for commercially for shipping purposes. Maybe that’s where it originated. Thanks, Travis, for dispelling them.

[priayief]

"Bad gardening advice" is advice you follow just because it works for someone else. Good gardening advice is discovering what works for you and your particular environment. Stick with your traditional method and do your own garden trial. Compare the advised method with your traditional approach and see if there is a significant difference. You don't have to measure accurately, simply observe your results.

[Julian]

Awesome Guy awesome Gardener 👍💪as always thanks Travis for all!!