Add aspirin to your plants to help them fight sickness. Dissolve 1 aspirin per gallon of water for a plant disease fighting solution. All you need to do is spray the plants with the solution in order to battle common ailments. Apply at three week intervals.
Indoor plants need an environment that is between 65 and 75 degrees. Plants require a warmer climate to grow. If this is a little too warm for your house, grow your organic plants under a heat lamp.
Coat your flower beds with a few inches of an organic mulch. Mulch discourages weeds and helps retain moisture while adding nutrients to your flower bed. By adding mulch, you can give your flower beds a finished appearance.
You should work efficiently, instead of working hard in your garden, to simplify things. Keep all of your tools together; do not waste time looking for them! Set up the tools you will need for your day prior to hitting the garden, then put them away neatly at the end of your gardening session. One way to keep your tools handy is to use a belt especially designed to hold them. An alternative is to wear a garment with multiple pockets that are big enough to hold your more commonly used tools.
Have plastic bags on hand to put over dirty gardening shoes. This allows you to maintain your flow so you can rapidly get back to your gardening.
Use a laundry basket to help you collect produce from your garden. The laundry basket is a perfect strainer for any produce run off. If you leave your produce in the basket while rinsing it, the basket will be able to serve as a strainer, with the extra water dripping out the holes in the bottom of the basket.
In an organic garden, ruffle any seedlings with a piece of cardboard, or even your hand, a couple times each day. This will sound a bit strange. However, it has been proven to cause plants to grow larger.
As you read, an organic garden can be incredibly important to your current and future dietary habits and so is understanding all the different kinds of plants you can grow. Start with the tips above to grow the best possible organic garden for your family.
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