Organic gardening is undoubtedly a very enjoyable pastime, despite the effort, patience and skill involved. This pastime should yield amazing and healthy foods, free of pesticides and other chemicals found in store bought produce. However, organic horticulture can seem quite daunting, especially if you do not possess the proverbial green thumb. The advice in this article will help you to become a successful organic gardener.
Do not improperly lay your new sod. Before laying the sod, have your soil prepared. Pull any weeds that you see, and work to break up the soil so that it is a fine tilth. Make sure your soil is flat and compacted. Afterward, you want to make sure the soil is moistened. The optimum layout of sod rows is to stagger them with offset joints. Compact the sod down so you form a flat and even surface, then fill in any crevices within the sod by using some soil. Once it is in place, the sod requires frequent watering for at least two weeks. This is usually the amount of time it takes for the sod to grow roots, making it ready to grow seamlessly into place.
To prevent your plants’ systems from becoming shocked, you need to gradually transition them from higher to lower temperatures. Put the plants outside in the sun for one to two hours in the beginning. Then over a weeks time, slightly increase their time outside. By the weekend, the plants can make that big move without a problem!
Turn your tool handles into convenient rulers. Tools with long handles, such as rakes, shovels or hoes can work as great measuring sticks. Lay the handles onto the floor and place a measuring tape beside them. Then, transfer the measurements to the handle using a permanent marker. Now, every time you work in your garden, you are going to have a powerful ruler at the touch of your fingertips.
Soil needs to be rich in certain nutrients to grow healthy plants. The soil that is already in your garden might need amending, depending on the particular plants that you want to grow. You can also make an artificial plot with just one type of soil.
Stink Bugs
When horticulture in the fall, you need to be watching for stink bugs. They like fruits, as well as peppers, beans and tomatoes. If they go unnoticed, they can cause large amounts of harm to your garden, so remember to take protective measures to reduce the population of stink bugs there.
Organic gardening can be described as a healthy hobby that incorporates the beauty of nature, lots of hard work along with lots of patience. This hobby makes use of the land around us to grow something that tastes really good. This article is full of advice that you can use, along with a little old-fashioned hard work, to get off to a great start in organic horticulture.
Originally posted 2014-04-14 05:31:11.
