Gardening is a relaxing, rewarding pastime for many and offers a long list of benefits. Displaying your beautiful flowers and eating the fruits and vegetables grown in your garden will give you a great sense of accomplishment. This article can provide you with essential horticulture tips so you can better grow the plants in your garden.
Flat Surface
Learn how to properly lay sod. Make sure you prepare your soil before you lay any sod down. Remove any weeds, and break the soil up into a fine tilth. Next, you want to make the soil compacted by applying light but firm pressure. Make sure the soil creates a flat surface. The soil should always receive adequate moisture. Staggered rows with offset joints is the best way for the sod to be laid out. Make sure that the sod forms an even, flat surface, and if you have any gaps show between the sod, fill them with a little bit of soil. You will have to water the sod every day for 2 weeks, and then it should be firmly rooted to the ground, and able to be walked on.
Trying to shovel through clay soil can be extremely difficult and tiresome. Rub a thin layer of floor or car wax over the surface of the shovel, and then buff the surface using a clean cloth. This will make shoveling in clay soil easier. This causes the clay to slide rather than stick, and prevents rust as a side effect.
A great horticulture tip to use is to always select types of plants that are more likely to produce a high yield. In most circumstances, a cold-tolerant or disease-resistant hybrid will have a higher yield when compared to a more traditional variety.
Healthy Soil
Your first and best line of defense against pests is having healthy soil. Healthy soil encourages vigorous plant growth and makes your garden more resistant to common diseases and insects. 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.
Choose the right soil for best results. The type of plants you’re planning to grow will determine the type of soil you need, and whether the soil will or will not be adapted. You can simply use one type of soil to make an artificial area.
Don’t mow your grass too short. If you let your grass keep some height after mowing, it will be able to absorb more sun and moisture resulting in a lusher, greener lawn. If you keep your lawn too short, the roots will not go deep enough to survive in case of a heat wave.
As aforementioned, gardening can become a very rewarding pastime. For flower horticulture, the beauty alone is rewarding. Vegetable gardening adds economic, culinary and health rewards. By applying the tips laid out here, you can take the joys of horticulture to a brand new level.
Originally posted 2013-12-01 17:46:46.
