There are various all-natural methods you may use for growing a vibrant, healthy, and bright organic garden. You just need to learn what you can do, and then do it.
Get your children interested in helping with your organic garden. Gardens are a wonderful place for kids to learn, and working side by side with them can strengthen the bond that you have.
Keep the temperature in your home between 65 and 75 degrees Fahrenheit, if you are keeping or growing any kind of plant in your house. In order to encourage proper growth, they will need that warmth. If this is a little too warm for your house, grow your organic plants under a heat lamp.
When helping organic plants flourish inside, it is vital to keep in mind how much light is reaching them. If you want indoor plants, choose specimens that can grow in relatively dark places. If you cannot achieve success merely through plant selection, consider using artificial light sources.
Preparing the soil for your perennial garden is easy. Turn over the soil in your garden so it will be soft and easy to plant before spreading wood chips around your garden. You want to then give the area about a couple of weeks, then you want your new perennials planted by digging into it.
When your plants begin to sprout, they can survive in somewhat cooler temperatures. Locate your plants further from your heat source as they mature. You should also remove plastic films that you had on your containers to keep the humidity and warmth out. Keep an eye on your seeds so you will know when this should be done.
Flower Beds
The optimal amount of organic mulch to use in your flower beds is 2-3 inches. Doing this keeps weeds down, keeps the moisture in your plants, and gives more nutrients to the plants. This also gives your flower beds a more aesthetic aspect.
Tuck away some plastic grocery bags and use them to slip over your muddy boots. This helps the flow keep going so that you can get into the garden quickly to finish what you’re doing.
Use an old laundry basket to collect your produce. A laundry basket will act as a strainer for your produce. Rinse off your produce while it’s in the laundry basket, and any excess water will be strained out through the basket’s holes.
In your compost, use green and dried plants in equal parts. Examples of good green material to use for compost include grass clippings, flowers, leaves, and weeds. The leaves you rake in the fall, straw, sawdust and the like are dry material. Avoid using animal manure, charcoal or diseased plants in your compost.
Killing weeds the natural way? Layer sheets of newspaper on the surface of areas where you are trying to control weeds. Weeds need sun for growth, just like any other plant. When you pile up layers of newspapers right on top of the weeds, they will suffocate and die. Newspapers easily break down over a period of time, and eventually become a portion of the compost. Put mulch over top to increase the attractiveness of the pile.
Ruffle the seedlings carefully with a piece of soft cardboard or your hands twice a day. This will make your plants grow faster and they will get bigger than they would have without this practice.
Use a beer trap to get rid of unwanted pests, like slugs. Dig a hole just deep enough for a glass jar to be placed in it while the jar still has its rim in line with the surface of the ground. After you have placed the jar in the soil, fill with beer to approximately one inch of the top. The scent of the beer will bait the slugs into the jar and they will become trapped.
Anyone may plant gardens, but only those who are knowledgeable can get more out of their planted crops. Be sure to try out these organic gardening ideas.
Originally posted 2014-07-27 17:43:48.
