Organic horticulture is something that many families want to do but simply never take on the challenge. It can be intimidating to someone who does not know anything about organic gardening. Follow the advice in this article to make organic gardening a simple and fun activity.
Slowly acclimatize your plants to the outside environment to keep from shocking them. On the first day, place them in the sun outside for only an hour or so. Over a week, increase the time outside slowly. When the week is done, your plants will be ready for the big move without any problems.
Soil needs to be rich in certain nutrients to grow healthy plants. Find out more about the plants you like and which type of soil is best. You may also cultivate an artificial area comprised of just one type of soil.
Plant bulbs in your garden if you want flowers through spring and summer. Bulbs are generally very simple to grow and hearty, as well; they will continue to grow for years. Different varieties of bulbs flower at varied times and if you make the right choices you can have blossoms from early spring through late summer.
When you grow veggies in a garden, you need to ensure they get at least six hours of good sunlight each day. Many veggies require this amount to properly grow at a faster pace. It’s also the same for some types of flowers.
Make sure you protect any tender deciduous shrubs. Tender, potted shrubs must be protected when the weather is cold. Join them together at the top, and use a blanket or old sheet to cover them. This method works better than covering your bushes in plastic, allowing air to circulate and preventing rotting.
Think about starting your peas indoors rather than planting them directly in the garden. Install your plants inside and wait for the seeds to germinate. Seedlings raised indoors are hardier, too; they can stand up better to diseases and insects. Take the seedlings outdoors once they look strong enough.
When deciding on which plants to include in your landscaping projects, consider evergreens which produce colorful berries. They add color to your yard, throughout the year. Some examples of evergreens that produce berries and color in the wintertime are the American Holly, Cranberrybush, the Winterberry and the Common Snowberry.
Choose a plant to use for a focal point. A focal point in the garden will capture your attention. Quite often a distinctive plant works well as a point of interest.
Use care when you are watering the garden. Take advantage of a soaker hose so that you don’t need to water every single plant individually, or have to keep filling up your watering can. To protect your plants, keep the flow on the soaker down. Watering your garden for a couple hours while you are working on other tasks is an efficient use of your time.
Vegetables are softer when they are warmer, increasing the risk that you will damage them. Cut vegetables to remove them from vines rather than twisting and pulling them. Twisting vegetables off vines damages them.
If you want to draw advantageous insects to your garden, plant some heather. Heather is great for getting bees to stop by at the beginning of spring, as heather plants have nectar available early in the season. Since a heather bed is normally left undisturbed, ground beetles, spiders and other beneficial insects tend to live inside it. Because of this, don’t forget to protect your hands when pruning heather beds.
While horticulture you must make sure your knees are protected. Most people can’t bend for long periods while standing. To get down to plant level without pain, try kneeling instead. Use a pad to kneel upon and protect your knees from possible pain.
The information you’ve been given in this article should have done a great deal to ease any apprehension that you have about starting your own organic garden. Use any combination of the above tips to improve your organic gardening efforts and have a table laden with scrumptious, wholesome produce you harvested from your garden.
Originally posted 2014-08-13 23:43:15.
