You are finally ready to try organic horticulture. Your timing is awesome! Below are some excellent ideas to help you begin down the road to an exceptional organic garden.
Bring some plants into your home to protect them against winter weather. You should probably save the most resistant or expensive plants. When you dig up the plant, carefully avoid the roots then place it in a container.
Before you plant anything in your garden, have the soil checked. You can obtain a soil analysis for a nominal fee. Using that report, you can amend your soil as needed for a thriving garden. A lot of Cooperative Extension locations offer this service, and you can prevent ruining a few crops by identifying the specific steps to take.
Plant cool-weather edibles in the fall. A pumpkin can be used as a planting container instead of clay pots. 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 can now use it to plant in, as you would a pot.
Before you plant a garden you should plan it out. Doing this makes it easier to keep track of where you planted what when you first start to see sprouts. It can also keep you from planting any of your garden favorites too close to each other.
Protect your deciduous shrubs which are tender. Delicate shrubs that are sitting in pots should be sheltered from the cold weather. Tie together the tops, and then use a sheet or blanket to cover the wigwam loosely. This method is preferred to wrapping a plant in plastic, since it promotes circulation and prevents rotting.
Don’t over-water your plants, and keep the soil around them aerated. Plant moisture is a big attraction to both parasites and plant diseases. A fungus is one of the most important and debilitating parasites for plants. You can rid your garden of fungi with fungicidal sprays. However, it is best to treat your garden before there are problems.
Try placing evergreens that grow berries around your garden. These will help give your garden a burst of color, even in the winter months when most other vegetation has lost their colors. Other plants that boast of winter berries include: Holly, Snowberry and Winterberry.
Keeping pests out of a vegetable garden can be difficult. It’s likely you don’t want to spray pesticides around the vegetables you intend to eat. Persistence and care is a much better solution for pest control, but many avoid it because it actually requires some work on their behalf. If you find any unwanted pests, try removing them by hand.
Try to pour a bit of leftover water from your steamed veggies on them. For gardenias and rhododendrons, try putting your used coffee grounds or tea bags in the soil so they may acquire the acid they need for proper growth. Chamomile tea applied to plants can be an effective remedy for fungus problems.
Avoid using broad-spectrum pesticides in your garden. These pesticides can kill the useful insects that work as predators to pests. The bugs you need are often more fragile than the ones you don’t: a pesticide could actually kill the beneficial insects while leaving the pests unaffected. If this happens, you just fuel an expanding cycle of needing even more pesticides.
Fall Colors
When landscaping and gardening in autumn, choose plants and trees with vibrant colors. However, that does not have to be the case! the most colorful foliage appears in the fall. Maple trees, Dogwood, and Beech trees exist in lots of Fall colors that range from deep crimson to yellow. There are practically as many types of shrubs chosen for their fall colors are there are gardeners! Barberry, hydrangea and cotoneaster are particularly popular choices.
With all of these ideas, you should be ready to excel at organic horticulture. If you thought you were prepared previously, then you should be at a pro’s level now! These tips will have hopefully given you the tips you need to grow a organic garden.
Originally posted 2015-03-03 08:00:13.
