When you have the option, organically grown produce is almost always far superior to the other choices in the grocery store. As an alternative to store-bought fruits and veggies, have you every considered growing your own organically? Read the following article to discover the secret to growing an organic garden right at home!
Choose perennials that slugs are not attracted to. If slugs or snails find their favorite perennials in your garden, they’ll snack all night. When you wake up in the morning, there will be very little left of your plants. These garden pests prefer perennials with thin, flat, delicate leaves, particularly if the plant is not yet mature. Some perennials are not preferred meals for snails and slugs, especially if their foliage is hairy and tough, or tastes bad. Some of the best varieties of these include achillea, campanula, euphorbia, and heuchera.
You can make your flower beds brighter with biennials and annuals. Fast-growing annuals and biennials can brighten up a flower bed, and allow you to change the look from season to season and year to year. These kinds of flowers are also excellent for filling in gaps between shrubs and perennials in sunny areas. There are many different varieties to choose from such as daisies, marigolds, impatiens, and lantana.
Climbing Plants
Climbing plants make a strong addition to walls, fences or other free-standing structures. Known commonly as climbers, these plants are very versatile, easy to grow, and they will quickly spread out to cover up walls and fences within a single season. You don’t have to worry about removing trees between the climbing plants and the fence, because the trees don’t present obstacles to the climbers’ growth. Some people use climbers as a natural “ceiling” to arbors. Some need to be tied to a support, whereas certain climbers attach themselves to a surface with tendrils or twining stems. Reliable varieties include wisteria, honeysuckle, climbing roses, clematis, and jasmine.
Vegetables in a garden need to have at least six hours of sun every day in order to thrive. Most vegetables need at least that much sun exposure to grow properly. Some flowers need the same thing.
It is a good idea to invest in a good pair of knee pads, made specifically for gardening. They can be very helpful when working close to the ground on low-growth plants. Gardening is supposed to be relaxing and enjoyable; you don’t want to finish every gardening session with aching, throbbing knees. Having a good pair of knee pads will cushion your knees in comfort.
Protect your plants from moisture on a daily basis. Moisture on plants is sure to attract disease and parasites. A common parasite to plants is fungi. Fungi can be controlled with fungicide sprays, but it is important to treat your area with the spray, before you see any problems.
Efficiently water your garden. Take advantage of a soaker hose so that you don’t need to water every single plant individually, or have to keep filling up your watering can. Keep the soaker’s water pressure at a low level, so that your tender plants will not be harmed. Just use it on your foliage for a few hours.
Tools Close
You will garden more efficiently if you keep your tools close by. Carry a large bucket with you or wear pants with a lot of pockets. A gardener’s tool belt will allow you to keep your gardening gloves and other tools close by while you are working in your garden.
Have plastic bags on hand to put over dirty gardening shoes. This allows you to keep going, getting back to your garden quickly.
Space is important to remember when planting an organic garden. Amateur gardeners often make the mistake of failing to leave enough space for fully matured plants. You will need to provide this space to provide ample room and because you need air circulating to your garden. Therefore, ensure that you allow for ample spaces between your seedlings.
Use an aged laundry basket when you want to collect your produce. Most laundry baskets are designed with a multitude of holes. This makes them a perfect strainer for washing your vegetables. If you hose off your produce in the laundry basket, the water will leave the basket through the holes in the sides.
Compost Pile
Apply equal portions of dried plant material and green into your compost pile. Add grass clippings, waste from fruits and vegetables, leaves, and weeds for the green materials in your compost pile. Dried plant materials are things like shredded newspaper, cardboard, sawdust, straw, and any cut up wood materials. Don’t include ashes, diseased plants, charcoal meat, or carnivorous animal waste.
Lightly ruffle your seeds by hand or with cardboard, twice daily in your organic garden. Believe it or not, aerating the soil in this manner can actually make your seedlings grow larger.
Grow your plants in different areas of the garden every year. Repeatedly planting the same greenery in the same place can cause fungus and disease. The diseases and fungi are harbored in the soil and are ready to make a comeback each year. If you change things and plant your garden in a different area, you will have a way to keep fungus at bay.
Don’t settle for produce that is inferior. Use what you’ve read here to get started growing your very own high-quality produce.