How To Successfully Grow A Healthy Organic Garden

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Well, you’ve decided to enter into organic gardening. That is exciting, except for the fact that there is so much information and you haven’t a clue where to begin. Don’t worry, organic gardening tips are here! Listed below are some tips that will help you get started and organized so that you can become a successful organic gardener.

Aspirin water has disease-prevention properties that can protect plants. You will need 2 gallons of water and one and one half aspirin mixed together for a wonderful add-on to your plants. You can simply spray them with the mixture to help aid them in fighting off diseases. Use this method to spray your plants every three weeks.

Try not to walk in your garden unless you absolutely have to in order to care for it. Work from a distance when you can. Walking across the soil compacts it, which makes it harder for roots to penetrate to needed nutrients. If your soil is already packed down, gently aerate it without damaging root structure.

A great tip when beginning an organic gardening is to add lime to your seed-starter mix. This is done to reduce the acidity of your peat. Too much acidity can damage it. You should aim to add around 1/4 teaspoon of lime in every single gallon of your seed-starter mix.

Learn to water your garden efficiently. A soaker hose can be laid in the garden and left on with low water pressure. This frees you up from having to hand-water the plants, so you can do other gardening work. Take care with seedlings, though — they are still delicate and need to be watered by hand.

Now, don’t you feel better after reading those tips? That was a lot of information to process, but at least now you know what to do and where to begin with your organic gardening plans. Plus, you can always refer back to the above list of tips if you forget.