Your goal is to plant the best organic garden possible. Now’s the time! This article is packed with tips and inspiration that will allow you to better understand the basics of organic horticulture. Read on!
Do not improperly lay your new sod. Before laying the sod, the soil must be prepared. Take out any weeds, then mix up the soil into a tilth that is fine. Next, you want to make the soil compacted by applying light but firm pressure. Make sure the soil creates a flat surface. Water the soil until it is saturated. Avoid laying your sod in straight rows with all of the seams lining up. Instead, stagger the rows for a more pleasing visual effect. Pat down the sod and fill any gaps with soil. Sod has to be watered daily for two weeks, and then it can be rooted.
Try to plan a variety of perennials that are slug-proof. Your plants can be destroyed by slugs and snails overnight. These pests prefer plants with thin smooth leaves. Plant some helleborus or euphorbias along with your other perennials. Some varieties of perennials are not preferred by snails and slugs, particularly perennials that have hairy, tough leaves or a taste that isn’t appetizing. Consider planting these varieties of perennials to discourage slugs and snails from eating your flowers. Euphorbia and achillea are examples of slug-proof perennials.
Yes, you really have to weed. If you’re not careful, weeds can take over your beautiful garden, ruining it. A simple tool that is useful in removing weeds is white vinegar. White vinegar is natural, very inexpensive, and can really kill the weeds! Load up your spray bottle with some white vinegar, and spray the weeds away instead of breaking your back removing them by hand.
Bulbs are the best solution to get flowers in spring and in summer. Bulbs are generally very simple to grow and hearty, as well; they will continue to grow for years. Various bulbs do not all bloom at the same time, and if you employ this knowledge wisely, your garden can provide freshly blooming flowers for half the year.
When the fall season arrives, it is time to plant your fall edibles. Try something different by planting kale or lettuce inside a pumpkin, instead of using the planter pots you traditionally use. Clean out the pumpkin just like you would if you were making a jack o’lantern. Spray Wilt-Pruf inside the pumpkin and along its edges so that the pumpkin won’t rot. You are prepared to plant after this is done.
Don’t plant a garden without planning it. A thoughtful plan can remind you of previous plantings and what you will see appearing from the soil in the months of spring and summer. It’s also a good way to keep smaller plants from getting swallowed up by the rest of your garden.
There are natural steps you can take to keep garden pests at bay. For example, if you plant onions or marigolds along the edges of your vegetable garden, you can ward off slugs. Insects also avoid shrubs and trees that are mulched with wood ash. These are methods you can use to get rid of the need to use pesticides.
You should now feel better about your organic horticulture knowledge. You may have thought you were all set to start digging prior to reading this article, so now you should be able to call yourself an expert! These tips should get you started, and with some ideas of your own, you should have a thriving, beautiful garden in no time.
Originally posted 2014-04-25 12:35:37.
