Real World Gardener Tips and Mistakes When Starting A vegetable Garden

<p>COMMON MISTAKES TO AVOID & TIPS TO MAKE IT BETTER part 2</p> <p>I would imagine, most listeners Real World Gardener radio show would have a vegetable garden, but perhaps there’s also some new listeners new to gardening?</p> <p>This next interview will take you through some of the most common mistakes that gardeners make when starting out and what to do to avoid them.</p> <p>Wrong Fertiliser?</p> <p>Compost is king says Toni. The  compost helps the plants take up any nutrients that are in the soil.</p> <p>Synthetic fertiliser can 'dump' in one load if temperatures increase above their optimum level.</p> <ul><li>The right fertiliser is dependant on the plants that you're growing. <a href='https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NTql94giBmk/Xuv_a4C_GhI/AAAAAAAAiL4/5Y9ROVYBjtYjhZ3RJtimVsqDTpoHgz-nACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Vegetable%2BgardenLynn%2BWood%2BTasmania.jpg'></a></li> </ul> <p>Leafy crops like high nitrogen fertiliser such as pelleted chicken manure.</p> <p>Tomatoes and other fruiting crops, especially beans and peas, won't do so well with producing fruit if you only add nitrogenous fertilisers.</p> <p>Keep up the liquid feeding of your vegetable garden.</p> <ul><li>Planting in the Wrong Season?</li> </ul> <p>Bear in mind there are different climatic zones in Australia so you need to look at the right climate for where you're living.</p> <p>Why is your Basil dying at the end of Autumn? That's what it's meant to do.</p> <p>Cool season planting: peas, cabbages, broccoli, cauliflower, leeks lettuce,</p> <p>Warm season planting: tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, eggplants, okra, pumpkin, beans, lettuce, chillies, basil</p> <ul><li>Crop Rotation</li> </ul> <p>Failing to observe crop rotation will mean a build up pests and disease that attack that crop.</p> <p>I am talking with Toni Salter Toni Salter who is The Veggie Lady. She has a passion to see organic principles adopted by everyone, encouraging people everywhere to grow organic produce in their own backyard. As a qual