Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Organic Gardening Ideas To Maximize Your Garden's Potential

By Belinda Norbert


You don't have to grow an organic garden exactly like a professional to fully enjoy it. You can grow a garden your way, so long as it employs the basics of organic gardening that can actually help your plants grow. Try looking at the tips below. They can give you some more helpful advice.

Pruning

Select perennials to reduce the amount of care your garden requires. Plants that return year after year usually require only a modicum of weeding and pruning. Edible perennials, such as asparagus, rhubarb, and sorrel, can provide an excellent salad addition for your household without causing too much work for you.

Late summer flowering shrubs should be pruned in spring. They will produce flowers on the shoots that grow immediately after pruning. Winter flowering shrubs simply need pruning in early spring to clean up any dead or diseased branches.

If your tomato plants have long branches that are not flowering or producing fruit, go ahead and pinch them off. It won't hurt the plant, but will actually help. Pruning back the branches that are not producing fruit, allows the plant to focus its energy and nutrients on producing larger and more flavorful fruit.

To make sure you're getting a level edge when pruning your bushes, use a piece of rope or a line. Simply fasten the rope to two pieces at the approximate height you'd like the bush to be at. Seeing the bush along this straight line will make it easy to see if it's level at a glance.

To make sure you're getting a level edge when pruning your bushes, use a piece of rope or a line. Simply fasten the rope to two pieces at the approximate height you'd like the bush to be at. Seeing the bush along this straight line will make it easy to see if it's level at a glance.

To attract the right kind of insects, plant heather. Heather is great for getting bees to stop by at the beginning of spring, as heather plants have nectar available early in the season. If your heather bed is undisturbed, as it would be in nature, many beneficial insects will make it their home. Keep this in mind and always wear gloves when you prune your heather!

Make sure you have your gardening tools near you, so you can maximize your gardening efficiency. You should use a large pail and wear sturdy pants that have several pockets. Have gloves, shears, a trowel and anything else you need handy for quick use.

Keep your gardening tools close by to maximize gardening efficiency. You should use a large pail and wear sturdy pants that have several pockets. If you have your pruning shears, spade, trowel and gloves handy, you will be able to get your gardening chores done much more quickly.

There are so many advantages to organic gardening that one article simply cannot address them all. For a reminder, you can look at this article again.




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