If your garden looks fine for a week and then suddenly starts collapsing, it’s probably not bad luck or a “brown thumb.” Most plant problems don’t come from one dramatic failure—they come from a small habit that repeats until plants can’t recover. The tricky part is that this one mistake often feels responsible, especially when life is busy and you’re trying to “stay on top of things.” But plants don’t reward effort the way errands do, and doing the wrong thing consistently can be worse than doing nothing. Let’s nail down what’s happening and how to fix it fast without turning gardening into another full-time job.
