If you dream of having green, beautiful, and healthy plants in your very own garden, there are lots of things you should probably think about in order to achieve that goal. Horticulture can require a large amount of ongoing work, although many find it to be fun, rewarding and even therapeutic. Below you will find some wonderful tips for making horticulture more fun and less work!
Select plant types that will bring a higher profits and yield. A lot of times a hybrid that will tolerate cold weather or disease will give you a higher output than heirlooms.
Think about starting plants in pots, and then placing the seedlings in the garden later. This will help the plants make it to full growth. Seeds can't always thrive in gardens, and are often eaten by birds. The seedlings are reading for planting immediately after you remove older plants.
Plant perennials that are resistant to slug and snail infestations. It is alarming to see how quickly slugs, and their cousin snails, can annihilate a plant. Young plants with susceptible leaves are favorite meals for slugs, including those with smoother or thinner leaves. There are perennials that slugs do not want to eat, the ones that they hate have hairy leaves, or are unappealing to their taste. Achillea, euphorbia, helleborus, heuchera and campanula are good choices that slugs don't like.
If powdery mildew appears on your plants, don't purchase expensive chemical solutions. Rather, you should mix a bit of baking soda with a small quantity of liquid soap in water. Once every week, you should spray the mixture on your plants; the mildew will disappear shortly thereafter. This mixture will not hurt your plants and it will eliminate the mildew slowly but efficiently.
In a dark area, pre-soak your seeds overnight. Place a couple of seeds in a tiny container, and fill it with water nearly to the top. When you do this, you hydrate your seeds and they can start growing. Seeds that are cultivated this way are more likely to survive and mature properly.
Before you start planting your garden, plan it out. It will be a while before things start to sprout and visually remind you of what was planted where, so a written record can be helpful. This can also help prevent you from losing smaller plants or smaller groups of plants within a larger garden area.
Split up irises. You can get more irises by dividing the overgrown clumps. After foliage is no longer alive, remove the flowers with bulbs. The bulbs, when harvested, should easily split by hand - allowing you to replant them for even more blooms next spring. Cut rhizomes into pieces with a knife. New pieces should be cut from the outside, then the old center you want to discard. Divide your pieces carefully; they should each have one good quality offshoot apiece. Replant immediately.
Try to relax with gardening. Everyone wants to find a way to relax and enjoy themselves. Many find that gardening is a great method for achieving this. While you do have to invest a little bit of money, the returns on that are huge. The most important reward, however, is the sense of accomplishment you experience when your plants mature.
With these tips, you're better equipped to grow the most beautiful garden you can imagine. In learning how to create your dream garden, you'll also be growing as a person. That's because learning how to nurture your plants will not only help you reach the goal of having a great garden, but it will help you learn to nurture yourself.