Learning about gardening is a long process. You will become skilled if you invest enough time and efforts. This article contain a collection of horticulture ideas and some horticultural advice that will help you to embark on your journey towards becoming an excellent gardener.
Pick your plants with an eye to maximize the yield you can get. A plant that is resistant to disease, or one that is tolerant of extreme weather, will deliver a higher yield.
Starting a garden which is pest-free is easy, if you have healthy soil. Healthy soil equals healthy plants and healthy plants can fight off diseases with ease. So if you want your garden to provide plants that are as healthy as possible, you need a good quality soil that contains few chemicals and that can accumulate salts over time.
Both cat grass and wheat grass are good for giving your errant feline pause. You could also place mothballs and citrus peels around your plants to keep your cat away.
Always have a plan for the garden prior to the start of planting it. It will be a while before things start to sprout and visually remind you of what was planted where, so a written record can be helpful. You might end up losing small plants in a large area, because you did not water them.
As the weather turns colder, it is important to prepare your sensitive shrubs for the change. Shrubs in pots especially need special care in the colder weather. Pull the canes together at the top and securely tie them. Next, using a sheet or perhaps even a blanket, cover the structure. This tactic is better than utilizing plastic, because it will allow air to circulate.
If you find yourself in love with mint leaves, but not with how they dominate a garden, read on. Contain their growth with a garden container or large pot instead. You can then plant the container down in the ground if you like, but the walls of the container will hold the roots captive, and keep the plant from taking over your garden!
You can help provide nutrients by watering your plants with room temperature water that is leftover after cooking vegetables. If you have rhododendrons or gardenias, use coffee and tea grounds to acidify the soil. Spray your plants with a 9:1 mixture of water and hydrogen peroxide to eliminate fungus without harming your plants.
Broad-spectrum pesticides are really not the optimal choice for pest control in your garden. These pesticides can also kill useful insects that eat your pests. The helpful insects in your garden can be highly sensitive to pesticides and if their population goes down, the harmful insect population will grow. This may then lead to using even more pesticides to eliminate this new problem.
Not as difficult as you thought, right? Just like any number of topics, much has been written on the subject of gardening, and therefore a great deal of advice is available. In many cases, all that’s needed to make some sense of the whirlwind of information is a reference point from which to get started. You should hopefully get what you can from these tips.
Originally posted 2013-11-21 16:52:35.
