The Gardening Confessions Thread

[Rhona]

I grew JA's years ago (one of my very first GYO things), and was chuffed that they got to such a great height, and would keep examining them, but was so disappointed that I never found any artichokes on them...

[di]

And the 2 bottles of wine had nothing to do with it.........

You already know me so well!!!

[HeyWayne]

I dug in Bindweed roots thinking they were potato roots.

Cut down my raspbarry canes - all of them (summer and autumn fruiting).

Used a pruning of elder as a stake for my chilli plant, it rooted.

I've over watered stuff. I've under watered stuff.

I've weeded stuff I shouldn't have. I've left stuff I should have weeded.

There's probably a lot of stuff I've done wrong, but haven't yet realised.

[Comfreyfan]

Losing the labels - or mixing them up as I'm sowing seeds - I lay everything out really carefully, mark up the labels and then just as carefully stick them in the wrong trays

Oh and I nurtured a dandelion type weed for ages, weeded around it, watered when it was dry, it was only when the flower opened I realised what everyone else already knew

[Brengirl]

Losing the labels - or mixing them up as I'm sowing seeds - I lay everything out really carefully, mark up the labels and then just as carefully stick them in the wrong trays

Oh and I nurtured a dandelion type weed for ages, weeded around it, watered when it was dry, it was only when the flower opened I realised what everyone else already knew

Why is it that every year I get seedlings muddled up. Particularly when it comes to concurbits. It is always a matter of wait and see as to what is the harvest. I never know whether to pick the gherkin/courgette or leave it because it maybe a cucumber.

[OverWyreGrower]

I don't weed enough, ever

I don't label things properly... 'tomato' is not a useful label when you have 40 plants of about 7 varieties...

I'm not organised enough and end up doing things last minute....

[amandaandherveg]

Last year was my first growing.... where do I start?

Kept potting on a chilli that was doing amazingly well and growing at a rate of knots in my new GH. Showed it off to my neighbour who advised me it was a weed.

The same neighbour also advised me that my 'chives' were actually grass.

Labelling everything beautifully but not using a chinagraph pencil or permanent marker.

Not making holes in my Morrisson's buckets when growing toms and spuds outside (during a very wet summer).

Sowing all my lettuce seed at the same time.

Sowing 20kg of seed potatoes for 2 people.

[HayleyB]

Hoed a leek, didn't label my squashed correctly ended up trying to grow a couple of pumpkins thinking they were cucumbers. Done the bucket without a hole too.. I'm sure there's loads more but having memory failure at the moment