You wish to make a fresh and healthy organic garden. What do you need to do get started? This article contains helpful adivce to get you started in your organic horticulture endeavors.
Do not improperly lay your new sod. You want to prepare the soil before you lay down the sod. Break the soil into fine tilth and make sure you remove any weeds as well. Compress the soil lightly yet firmly, and make certain it’s flat. The soil should be adequately moistened. Lay the sod in straight rows, ensuring the seams meet perfectly. After the sod has been flattened to an even surface, you can use soil to fill any remaining gaps. Water the sod for two weeks and then you can safely walk on it as it will have had time to properly root.
Think about planting your seeds in indoor pots and then transplanting them to your garden once they become seedlings. Doing this will increase the survival rate of all your outdoor plants. In addition, you can shorten the intervals between your plantings. When you take out the prior set of adult plants, your seedlings will then be prepared to go in.
Fall edibles are a wonderful addition to your garden. Rather than putting standard clay vessels into use when planting crops of lettuce and kale, think about using pumpkins instead. Simply carve open the top of a pumpkin so you can remove the innards, and then spray inside and out with something like Wilt-Pruf to prevent pumpkin rotting. Once this is done, you are ready to plant!
Plant a little catnip or wheatgrass in the area surrounding the plants that your cat is devouring. You could also repel your pet by planting rosemary or placing citrus fruit peels around your garden.
If you have planted vegetables within your garden, make sure that they are getting at least six hours of sunlight each day. Most vegetables need this amount of sunlight to grow the right way at a faster pace. The same can be said for some flowers.
Use fertilizer for maximum planting success. Manure helps your plants grow. Make sure you use a product that is commercially composted so you don’t risk adding pathogens to your garden. Choosing a specific type of fertilizer is not particularly critical; as long as you’re using fertilizer, you’re improving your soil.
If you are horticulture for the first time ever, read and follow all directions and instructions that come with your chemicals and tools. If you don’t pay good attention, you could wind up with skin irritations or other issues. Always follow packaging directions to ensure your body’s safety.
Look for evergreen variants that produce berries. This will allow your garden to have color, even in the dreary winter months. These plants come in several different varieties, including the Winterberry, American Holly, Cranberrybush, and Common Snowberry.
Organic Garden
You should now have the basic knowledge you need to start an organic garden. You may have thought you were prepared before, but now you will be a veritable expert! The above tips should help you begin growing an organic garden that is beautiful and healthy.
Originally posted 2014-10-20 18:45:57.
