There is a lot of information you need to learn if you want to achieve your goal of having a thriving garden full of beautiful, colorful, blossoming plants. Maintaining a garden can be tiring, but it can also provide a lot of joy. Here are a collection of nifty little horticulture tips that will make the your time spent outside more fun and less demanding.
Put down sod correctly. Get your soil ready before you lay the sod. Remove the weeds, then break up the soil into fine tilth. Flatten your soil and make it slightly compact. Make sure the soil is moist all the way through. Stagger your sod so that each joint offsets from joints in adjacent rows. The sod should form a flat and firm surface. Fill in gaps with soil. Water the sod everyday for the first two weeks until the roots grow enough.
The quick and drastic change in the weather conditions can shock your plants and cause them to die. It's important that you gradually change temperate conditions over time, so that your plants can adjust. Start by placing your plants outside for a few hours only. Over one week, gradually build up the amount of hours you leave the plants outside. After a few more days, your plants will be more resistant and ready to stay outside all the time.
In order not to shock your plants, you have to gradually accustom them to the change of temperature and conditions. Put them in the sun outside for a couple of hours during the first day. After a week, leave your plants outside for twice as long. At week's end, the plants should be welcoming of their new home.
Clay is naturally hard, and can can stick to a shovel making it frustrating to work with. Coat and buff the digging end of the shovel with automobile wax to make digging easier. This causes the clay to slide rather than stick, and prevents rust as a side effect.
Flower Beds
You can make your flower beds brighter with biennials and annuals. These usually grow quickly, and provide an easy-to-change solution to making your flower beds bright and beautiful. They allow you to select different flowers from one year or season to the next. They are very useful for filling in the gaps between perennials and shrubs in a sunny area. There are many different varieties to choose from such as daisies, marigolds, impatiens, and lantana.
Plant perennials that are resistant to slug and snail infestations. Your plants can be destroyed by slugs and snails overnight. Snails and slugs have a good time destroying perennials that are young and have tender and smooth thin leaves. Certain perennials are unappetizing to slugs and snails, especially those with tough, hairy leaves or an unappetizing taste. Achillea, euphorbia, helleborus, heuchera and campanula are good choices that slugs don't like.
With these tips, you're better equipped to grow the most beautiful garden you can imagine. In learning how to create your dream garden, you'll also be growing as a person. That's because learning how to nurture your plants will not only help you reach the goal of having a great garden, but it will help you learn to nurture yourself.