Organic fruits and vegetables are both delicious and healthy, far surpassing normal supermarket produce. Don’t buy from the stores, grown your own. Read the following article to find out more about organic gardening.
For in-home organic gardeners, you are looking for an ideal temperature of around 60-75 degrees for your plants. The plants need this temperature in order to effectively grow. If this is a little too warm for your house, grow your organic plants under a heat lamp.
Try to keep plastic bags on hand to cover shoes that are muddy. This allows you to maintain your flow so you can rapidly get back to your gardening.
Pine can make surprisingly great mulch. A number of plants commonly grown in garden settings do best in an acidic soil. If you have some of these plants, then pine needles are an easy way to add acid to their bed. Cover the surface of the ground with a two-inch layer of the pine needles; as the needles break down, they will release acid into the soil and nourish your plants.
Use equal parts of green and dried plant material in your compost pile. Add grass clippings, waste from fruits and vegetables, leaves, and weeds for the green materials in your compost pile. Sawdust, straw, cardboard, paper and wood pulp are all examples of dried plant material. Do not include charcoal, ashes, meat, carnivorous animal manure or diseased plants.
When planting seeds you should cover them with fine soil. Determine its depth by looking at the seed’s size and multiplying it by three. Some seeds shouldn’t be covered and must be in sunlight at all times. Examples of these are petunias and ageratum. If you aren’t sure, look online or at the package.
If you have recently planted seeds in your organic garden, you should regularly aerate the soil by using your hands to gently sift it. This will sound a bit strange. However, it has been proven to cause plants to grow larger.
Use a beer trap to get rid of unwanted pests, like slugs. Place a container in the ground so that the lip is even with the soil surface. Pour beer into the jar until it is an inch from the top. Slugs are attracted to the beer and become trapped in the container.
Add mulch for healthy soil. Mulch will protect the soil it covers. It can also keep the ground from overheating during hot weather, which will protect the roots of your plants from damage. It also keeps soil moist longer by preventing water evaporation. It also is helpful in keeping weeds under control.
You will no longer have to purchase your produce. Use the tips you just read to start growing your own organic fruits and vegetables.