Many people are beginning to see how great an organic garden really can be. Using the information in this article will help you to quickly get up to speed on how to grow your own organic garden. Just put these tips to work for you and you will soon see great results.
Starting a garden with the best soil is a great defense mechanism against pests. Healthy plants are stronger and more able to resist both pests and disease. To give your garden the best chance of yielding the healthiest plants, start with a high-quality soil that has fewer chemicals which over time will accumulate salts.
Biennials and annuals are great if you would like to better your flower bed. These flowers grow quickly and can be planted at any time during the year. If you want to maintain a flower garden all year or you want to add new flowers to reflect the changing seasons, annuals and biennials are for you. If there are gaps between the perennials and shrubs you have planted in a sunlit area, try filling those gaps with annuals and biennials. Some varieties are hollyhocks, petunias and sunflowers.
The correct soil can make a big difference in how your garden grows. 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 area with one variety of soil.
When fall has arrived, it is time to plant the edibles for the autumn. Try using a pumpkin as a natural plant pot. You can plant fall vegetables such as lettuce in an empty pumpkin shell. Once you’ve cut its top and scooped the insides out, spray the edges and inside with Wilt-Pruf to prevent rotting. Now this is completed, it is time to get planting!
Try growing some cat grass or wheat grass in the vicinity of the plants that your cat likes to eat. You can put something over the soil which surrounds the plants which has a bad smell to cats to deter them.
A good but unusual organic solution for weeding your plants is try “boiling” your weeds way. The safest herbicide that you can probably find is a cup of boiling water. Douse boiling water on the weeds and avoid nearby plants carefully. What this does it essentially kill the weeds by damaging their roots. The result is that those weeds are unlikely to regrow.
Be sure to plant using the colors of Fall. That doesn’t have to be it though. The brightest season of the year when it comes to foliage is fall. Maple trees, Dogwood, and Beech trees exist in lots of Fall colors that range from deep crimson to yellow. When selecting shrubs that will be colorful during the fall, consider hydrangea, barberry, or cotoneaster.
Sensibly water your garden. Use a type of soaker hose so that you don’t need to do individual waterings with the hose nozzle, or be refilling a watering can constantly. Use low water pressure with your soaker hose so that the force of the water does not harm sprouts and seedlings. Just use it on your foliage for a few hours.
As you can see from the information provided in this article, organic gardening requires time and perseverance. Put the tips you have learned above to use today, and see firsthand just how wonderful your new garden can be. It doesn’t matter what you’re trying to grow, the tips you learned can help you be successful.