| How To Grow A Vegetable Garden Using Containers |
[06 Mar 2013|10:07pm] |
follow this link Keep your gardening tools put away if you have a lot of traffic in the yard or on your street. You may fertilize the soil with tea or coffee for plants that favor acidic environments, like rhododendrons and gardenias. If your garden has a fungus problem, a highly effective treatment method is to sprinkle it with chamomile tea.
Good green gardens begin from seeds, not plants. When planting a garden, the best way is to initially start with seeds. Since plastics that are in nurseries aren't recycled very often and therefore usually wind up in landfills, you should begin with seeds or purchase from the nurseries that use natural materials in their plants' packaging.
To help create new plants, use root cuttings. Cut roots in the winter when they're dormant. The roots that should be cut are the biggest and thickest ones, use some hedge clippers or a sharp knife. Divide the roots into vertical segments of about two inches. Place the cuttings on top of a seed tray that you have filled with a blend of damp peat and grit. Cover the roots with some grit and peat, make sure it is just a thin layer. Leave in a cool place, and in about a month you will have new seedlings. Plant each seedling in its own small pot until they grow big enough for outdoor planting.
It is important to allow cuts to completely heal before you do any gardening in order to protect the cut from exposure to dirt or chemicals. If an open wound is not protected while you are working in the garden, dirt and bacteria may cause the cut to become infected. The key is to use bandages capable of covering cuts in their entirety.
Plant trees with decorative fall fruit. September to November is usually thought of as the season of orange leaves, but some trees produce fruit that really go well with the fall color scheme. The berries found on such trees can be a variety of colors, and can make your garden look prettier while feeding the birds. Chokeberry, crabapple and holly are all variants to consider.
Vegetables get softer as the temperature goes up, so you could damage your vegetables if you pick them during the hottest hours. Cut vegetables to remove them from vines rather than twisting and pulling them. Twisting vegetables off vines damages them.
If you are just starting out, follow all the guidelines and rules on your chemicals and tools. Failure to follow instructions can be dangerous or painful. For example, some chemicals will irritate your skin if you don't follow safety rules. Be careful when it comes to your body, and always follow directions.
Keep your fragile shrubs protected from the winter weather. If you've got tender shrubs which are potted, you need to protect them from cold weather. Connect the tops, and then place a sheet over the top of the wigwam. This tactic is better than utilizing plastic, because it will allow air to circulate.
Hopefully, you can now see that becoming a great gardener is not as difficult as you first feared. There is, of course, a vast amount of information out there on gardening. The hardest part is finding a place to start.
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