Learning how to implement organic methods into your gardening will express your concern for your health and the environment. This will show that you love your plants and care about their health. Gardening is an admirable activity. Like any other skills you may have, these are able to be improved. The following tips are given to help you with this.
Clay soil is hard and will also stick to a shovel, making it difficult to work with. Take the hard work out of using a shovel in clay soil by rubbing a light coat of car or floor wax over the surface with a clean cloth and buff the surface. By waxing the shovel head, the clay will not be able to adhere to the surface.
Plant perennials that are slug-proof. Your plants can be destroyed by slugs and snails overnight. Snails and slugs like to eat perennials with smooth and thin leaves, especially if they are young plants. Perennials with hairy leaves or bitter taste are unattractive to snails and slugs, keeping them safe from harm. Some of these plants include achillea, campanula, euphorbia, hellaborus, and heuchera.
Stink Bugs
When partaking in gardening activities, particularly in the autumn months, keep an eye on those stink bugs. This insect will gladly devour your tomatoes, beans, and peppers, as well as a variety of other fruits. Stink bugs may get out of hand and do significant damage in your garden. It is important to take steps to eliminate them from that area.
You can alleviate this problem by planting grasses that your cat will naturally gravitate towards. You could also place something that will cause your cat to go away from your plants, such as citrus peels or mothballs.
When you go to mow your lawn, make sure you don’t mow it too closely to the ground. Higher grass sends roots further down, increasing lawn strength and viability. If you keep your lawn too short, the roots will not go deep enough to survive in case of a heat wave.
Interested in using Mother Nature to keep pests at bay the natural way? A border of marigolds or onions around your veggies can prevent slugs. Insect pests will stay away from seedlings and trees if you use wood ash around the base as a mulch. You will be able to stay away from harsh chemical based pesticides by incorporating these techniques into your gardening.
Read instructions on new gardening chemicals and tools before you use them. If you don’t do this, you could cause unnecessary skin irritations, which are very painful. Wear protective gear, and use the products as directed.
In the hottest time of the day, most vegetables are less firm; even the act of harvesting the veggies may cause bruising. See to it that you cut their connection to the vine as opposed to twisting them, because twisting could hurt the plant.
If you want to get children in on the fun, plant a few strawberries, everbearing if possible. Kids really enjoy plucking snacks directly from the ground, and may have greater enthusiasm for the work if they see the results of their labor right away.
You never want to do any gardening with open wounds, so make sure everything is completely healed up before you begin; otherwise, you run the risk of your cut being exposed to dangerous chemicals and dirt. If you have an open cut while gardening, contact with dirt or debris can infect the wound. There are now bandages available that will entirely seal off any cut they are applied over.
If you’re growing plants indoors, keep your thermostat around 65 or 75 degrees daily. The temperature needs to remain steady and warm so the plants can grow. If your home isn’t that warm during in winter, try a heat lamp to use on your organic plants instead.
Organic Garden
You are now equipped with some knowledge and new skills to apply to an organic garden of your own. If you do not, you are on the right path to obtaining them. The tips above will help you to improve your organic garden. Hopefully you have found something you can use to help your gardening efforts.
Originally posted 2015-10-27 07:51:14.
