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vegetable gardening tips guide |
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First make sure that you choose disease resistant seeds and plants to ensure your vegetables have the best chance of survival possible. Usually your seed packets will list a plant's resistance qualities. Vegetable plants need optimum conditions to produce healthy roots leaves and fruits. This means lots of sun and well drained soil mixed with plenty of compost. If you fertilize your plants, stick with natural products like well rotted cow or horse manure. Pull Those Weeds! Add a 1 to 2 inch layer of mulch around the plants and over the surface of the garden. This helps keep weed seeds from taking root and holds in moisture. It also prevents disease carrying soil from splashing up onto the plants. Use organic mulch,(as apposed to something like black plastic) that will break down over time and create compost One of the best vegetable growing tips isn’t about vegetables but about weeds. Weeds attract insects and insects will eat your vegetable plants and spread disease from one plant to another so be relentless when it comes to weeds. And don’t leave pulled weeds or any dead foliage in the garden. Most things can be composed but when it comes to diseased plants it is often best to burn them. Bugs and Slugs Get a jump on those insects by inspecting each plant on a regular basis. Look around stems and on the underside of leaves. If you do find an insect it is best to pick it off and dispose of it. Or in the case of tiny bugs or clusters of aphids, try spraying them with a solution of water and a couple of drops of dish detergent. A favorite vegetable <script type="text/javascript">
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Add a 1 to 2 inch layer of mulch around the plants and over the surface of the garden. This helps keep weed seeds from taking root and
holds in moisture. It also prevents disease carrying soil from splashing up onto the plants. Use organic mulch,(as apposed to something like black plastic) that will break down over time and create compost
One of the best vegetable growing tips isn’t about vegetables but about weeds. Weeds attract insects and insects will eat your vegetable plants and spread disease from one plant to another so be relentless when it comes to weeds. And don’t leave pulled weeds or any dead foliage in the garden. Most things can be composed but when it comes to diseased plants it is often best to burn them.
Bugs and Slugs
Get a jump on those insects by inspecting each plant on a regular basis. Look around stems and on the underside of leaves. If you do find an insect it is best to pick it off and dispose of it. Or in the case of tiny bugs or clusters of aphids, try spraying them with a solution of water and a couple of drops of dish detergent.
A favorite vegetable tip that really seems to work involves slugs. These little creatures love to eat your leafy vegetables, or probably any vegetable for that matter, but there’s one easy way to get rid of them. Place a disposable aluminum pie pan in the garden and heap soil up to the rim so the snails can reach it. Fill the pan to the rim with beer (any brand will do!) Snails will apparently drink themselves into a stupor and fall in and drown.
Vegetable Tips Abound
Adding some flowers such as marigolds, zinnias, or daisies to your vegetable garden, not only makes your garden look nice but will help bring in beneficial insects as well. These insects attack pests such as hornworms and aphids and will not harm your vegetable plants.
Gardening advice abounds on the internet, the local library, the garden center or as close as your next door neighbor. Never feel you can’t garden because you won’t know what to do. There’s always someone eager to share their vegetable tips.
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