Organic gardening can either be a major headache, or a very relaxing hobby. The following tips will assist you in becoming an accomplished organic gardener.
Choose plants that will give you the most yield at harvest time. A hybrid designed for your weather, and resistant to local diseases, will give a better yield than non-hybrids.
When winter comes, you can save a few plants by transferring them inside the house. Perhaps you can save your most expensive or resistant plants. Carefully dig near the roots and transfer those plants into a flower pot.
For the right results, get the right type of soil. What plants you desire determines what type of soil you need in your garden, and whether or not it needs to be amended. You can designate one area of your garden to use one specific type of soil.
Soil Needs
Your soil needs to be of good quality before you start a garden. A soil analysis report can be acquired for a nominal fee. You can then use the results of that report to determine if the soil needs to be modified before you begin planting. The cost of the analysis will be easily offset by the benefits of a healthy and vibrant crop.
When gardening, be watchful of stink bugs, particularly in the fall. Stinkbugs are most prevalent on tomatoes, beans and peppers. If kept unchecked they can certainly do a ton of a damage to your garden so you should do what you need to to reduce their population.
Be diligent in your efforts to banishing weeds! Weeds can kill a precious garden. White vinegar is one option you can use in your routine weed removal. White vinegar is a weed killer! Try spraying some white vinegar in water when you are pulling weeds from your garden.
Garden vegetables should be planted in areas of the ground that receive a minimum of six hours of daily sunlight. Almost all vegetables need this much sunlight, so that they can grow correctly and in a shorter amount of time. This also rings true for some of the flowers.
To help young plants, try pouring boiling water on top of nearby weeds. This is a safe way to eliminate weeds, as this will not damage the soil. Pour boiling water over the weeds to kill them, but make sure not to pour the water over any plants you don’t want to kill. Boiling water damages weed and plant roots, so be sure to avoid the plants you don’t want to eliminate.
Organic horticulture is a more involved form of horticulture than is often realized. Organic gardens require much patience and hard work, but you can have a wonderfully beautiful organic garden. By using the advice you learned here, you will be well on the path to becoming an organic gardening pro.
Originally posted 2013-09-23 22:16:24.
