You can take organic gardening as a hobby, or as a science. Continue on for some good tips that will help you succeed in organic gardening.
Flower Beds
Use both annuals and biennials to add a splash of color to your flower beds. Annuals and biennials that grow quickly can really wake up your flower beds, and they allow you to have a new garden look every season or every year, if you choose to. In an area that is sunny, they make good plants to place in the gaps found between shrubs and perennials. Notable collections include sunflower, marigold, hollyhock, rudbeckia, cosmos, and petunia.
If powdery mildew appears on your plants, don’t purchase expensive chemical solutions. Combine a bit of liquid soap and some baking soda with water. Then, spray this mixture onto all of your infected plants once each week till the mildew is gone. Baking soda will not damage your plants and treats the mildew gently but efficiently.
Grow wheat or cat grass in the area around the plants that your cat is eating. Alternatively, you can try putting mothballs, citrus peel or anything else with an odor that cats find distasteful in the soil surrounding the plants.
Be vigilant about keeping moisture off your plants. Damp leaves can lead to plant disease and parasites. Fungi is a common problem in the world of plants. Although fungi can be treated with sprays, it is possible to preempt the problem and very important to plant health that you do so.
A quality garden must be grown from seeds. Not only is this more of an effective method for horticulture, but it’s also more environmentally-friendly. The planters used to hold nursery plants are generally not made from eco-friendly materials, and thus get thrown into landfills. Starting from seeds, or buying from one of the few nurseries that use biodegradable planters, prevents this.
An eye-catching plant makes an attractive focal point for your garden or flowerbed. To create an attractive garden design, arrange a focal point to draw attention. Usually, the focal point will be a plant that is unique from the plants around it.
Use care when you are watering the garden. You can save time by using soaker hoses when watering plants. By doing this, you won’t need to water your plants individually. Use low water pressure for your hose so that you do not cause harm to the tender members of your garden. Keep the water turned on for about two hours; while your plants are being watered, you will have time for other activities.
If you choose to use organic methods to care for your houseplants, you should bear in mind that certain plants require more sunlight than others. Ideally, these plants should be kept in a room that offers natural light from a window or glass door. Using UV lamps is a great way to grow an organic garden anywhere.
Work properly in your garden. Don’t waste your time by looking all over for your tools. By keeping your tools in a certain area, they will always be ready whenever you are. You can keep your garden tools in a tool belt, or in your pockets. Another good idea is to keep them all in a bucket that you carry around with you.
If plants are inundated with too much water, it becomes more difficult for roots to pull nutrients out of the soil. Before heading out to water your plants, check the weather to see if rain is included in the immediate forecast. If rain is predicted, you shouldn’t bother to water any outdoor plants for that day..
Organic Horticulture
As this article has demonstrated, organic horticulture is more complex than some may think. Organic gardens require much patience and hard work, but you can have a wonderfully beautiful organic garden. Using the tips that you just learned you can improve your skills in organic horticulture.
Originally posted 2013-10-18 08:09:21.
