Use These Tips For Successful Gardening!
Organically produced foods are becoming more and more common in shopping centers. You are probably aware of which foods are organic. The organic products cost more, and they often come in distinctive packaging. You can cut the store out of the equation and save a lot of money by planting your own patch of organic vegetables in the back yard!
When winter arrives, transfer a few plants into the house for safe storage during the cold weather. Your best bet would be try to save the best or most hearty plants. Be careful not to damage the root system as you dig up the plant, and place it in a pot.
Think about starting plants in pots, and then placing the seedlings in the garden later. This insures that the plants will grow and thrive into adulthood. It also helps you make your planting times more frequent. Your next crop of seedlings will be started and ready to be planted immediately after you remove your last crop from the garden.
Cooling weather of early fall signals the opportune time to plant seasonal edibles. Why not plant lettuce and kale inside a hollowed-out pumpkin? Once you’ve cut its top and scooped the insides out, spray the edges and inside with Wilt-Pruf to prevent rotting. After that, your pumpkin planter is ready to use!
If you want your garden full of flowers spring through summer, plant bulbs. Bulbs are easy to grow and hearty, and they keep growing in years to come. Choose from the variety of bulbs that bloom at various times of the growing season for a garden of color all spring and summer long.
In order to rid your garden of pests, take advantage of plant materials and other organic matter. Planting marigolds or onions around the border of your vegetable garden will help repel slugs. Wood ash can be used as mulch, and if put on the base of shrub and tree seedlings, will keep insects away. These are proven methods without having to use harsh chemical pesticides.
The suggestions in the article you just read are designed to be easy to implement in your garden. Put the knowledge you have just learned to good use by gardening in a creative way. Just be sure to keep a close eye on your plants and see how they respond to the various methods you apply to them. Experimenting with already existing plants will only lead to disaster. A garden that is the pride of the neighborhood will be well worth the time it takes.