Regular tending is a necessity for any garden. It is particularly important for the organic garden. Smart organic gardening can com in handy here. This will see you cultivating healthier and better tasting results from your organic garden. Use this advice to take your organic garden to the next level.
Choose the varieties of plants that will produce a higher yield. There are genetically modified plants that resist cold and/or disease. These often give higher yields due to higher survival rates.
Start your plants in some pots and plant its seedlings in the garden. Doing this will increase the survival rate of all your outdoor plants. It also permits you to tighten the time between plantings. When you remove your mature plants, the next batch of seedlings should be ready.
Put down sod correctly. Be sure to get your soil prepared before you start laying the new sod. Pull all the weeds and loosen the soil so the new roots can take easily. Gently compact the soil until it is flattened. The soil should be adequately moistened. You want the sod laid down in staggered rows, and the joints to be offset from each other. Firm sod until there is an even, flat surface; fill in gaps with soil. The sod requires water on a daily basis for two weeks, then the roots will have taken hold and ready to be walked on.
Plant slug-proof perennials. These creatures can wreak havoc on a garden in a short time. Snails and slugs like to eat perennials with smooth and thin leaves, especially if they are young plants. Perennials that are unappetizing in taste, or that have hardened and hairy leaves, are not a favorite of slugs or snails. Examples of these slug-proof plant varieties include achillea, euphorbia, and helleborus, to name a few.
For flowers throughout the spring and the summer, be sure to plant some bulbs. Bulbs are usually very hearty and very easy to grow, and bulbs will grow year after year. Specific types of bulbs usually bloom at specific times of the season, so if you make appropriate selections, you can be rewarded with blooms from the early part of spring to the later part of summer.
Make a plan for your garden. Planning gives you a map of your garden. When your plants begin sprouting and all look alike, you can refer to your plan to remind yourself of which plants are which. You can also avoid losing the smaller plants, or in larger gardens, the small plant groups.
When you're out and about in the garden, particularly in the fall, keep an eye out for sink bugs. These destructive pests enjoy many kinds of fruit, as well as beans, peppers and tomatoes. If they are left in the garden, they can do great damage to your plants, so you should do whatever you can to eliminate them.
Good green gardens begin from seeds, not plants. Not only is this more of an effective method for gardening, but it's also more environmentally-friendly. Most nurseries use a lot of plastic that is not recycled. If you want to buy plants, find a nurseries that uses organic methods or grow your plants from seeds.
Give peas a head start by sprouting them indoors. The seeds will grow better in your home if planted there first. Your seedlings will be stronger, and this will mean they can withstand diseases and bug attacks. You can transplant the seedlings outside after they are sturdy enough.
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When mowing your lawn do not cut it as short as possible. If you leave your grass a bit longer, the roots can grow deeper. This results in a lawn that is stronger and less likely to dry out. Short grass on the other hand is more susceptible to drying out.
As you've read, you can grow fresher, more nutritious produce in your organic garden than you can get from other sources. It takes a lot of work and tons of patience, but it is all worth it in the end to have a successful organic garden.