Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Tips And Techniques You Should Learn For Organic Gardening

By Johnathan Black


Gardening is a surprisingly complicated subject at times. You will need to take closer care of your garden if you choose to grow organically, but there are many tools to help you. An organic garden can be more than a little challenging for the novice. Read on to find some tips to make gardening in a clean, organic fashion a little easier and more fun to do!

For the fall season, plant a few fall edible plants in your garden containers. Beautiful selections of kale and mustard greens, have lovely shades of greens and purples and offer different textures to the arrangement. Add a few edible pansies to bring color to the green textures. The combination is fetching and will last well into the winter.

Learn how to trim your plants. Not all plants require trimming, but if you notice unhealthy stems, trimming a plant can help you get rid of a disease or at least slow it down long enough for you to cure your plant. Do not cut too many stems and leaves: cut only the unhealthy parts.

To produce the largest and tastiest fruits and vegetables from vine plants, don't be afraid to pinch off blossoms, as well as the vine, that often trails far and away from the main plant. If you minimize the blossoms on a plant and the distance from the plant to those blossoms, the plant is better able to provide more nutrients to the blossoms that remain which will then result in the biggest and best fruits and vegetables.

Collect your dirt for a soil analysis to see the nutrients your soil needs. You can get this tested at a local university's agriculture department, usually for a fee. The fee is well worth it usually because then you will know what nutrients your dirt needs to have a garden that is successful.

Sow plants in succession to each other for a steady harvest. When growing vegetables such as corn, snap peas, and lettuce that mature on a very predictable schedule, make two or three sowings two weeks apart to lengthen the harvest season. You can also plant two different varieties on the same day with different maturation times to ensure a longer season.

As was stated at the beginning of the article, it can certainly be a daunting and difficult task to start your new garden. Learning the most you can about gardening will allow you to get yourself started in little to no time at all. Follow the great tips you just read to give yourself the knowledge and confidence to get digging!




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