However, adhering to such myths may be ruining your gardening experience.
Learn about seven common gardening myths to kick this year.
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Indeed, vegetables such as winter squashdotake up a lot of space.
In each case, one answer is toinstall a raised bed.
But these animals are unlikely to cause you problems.
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Let experience guide you and make adjustments along the way.
One problem with landscape fabric is that you oughta protect it from UV rays by covering it with mulch.
But a bark mulch, for example, will eventually decompose.
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At that point, it essentially becomes a soil that weed seeds will sprout in.
That makes for a real mess to deal with, should you ever decide to revitalize the area.
Indeed, depending on the circumstances, the dormant period can be an ideal time forpruning.
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But this falls into the “gardening myth” category because it is an over-generalization.
Informed pruning requires you to proceed on a plant-by-plant basis.
Struggling Plants Need More Fertilizer
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Plants can struggle for many reasons.
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Your garden may have insufficient drainage or the wrong soil pH for them, etc.
In such cases, applying fertilizer will not solve the problem.
A related gardening myth is that if some fertilizer is good, more is better.
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Excessive fertilizer can actually harm your plants.
Other factors can cause leaves to wilt.
Fungal diseasesare often the culprit when you see leaf wilt on your plants.
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Unless you address the disease problem, no amount of watering will revive your plants.
In fact,overwateringmay have contributed to the problem in the first place.
Fungi thrive in moist conditions, and improper watering techniques can offer an open invitation to fungal invasions.
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