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Getting Started with the Hobby of Organic Gardening
Organic gardening can very well pass up as a hobby for starters. This can be true if you are the type of person who has the passion for gardening. This may not be everybody’s cup of tea. So consider yourself lucky if you are among those who can grow green things out of the blue. Gardening requires certain skills. You have to know the type of soil, what kind of plants you can place on them, how you will take care of those plants, aside from the many other considerations that you must be aware of when you are serious about it. It may sound complicated enough for the beginners. But if you have been marked as the one with a green thumb and you’ve already honed you skills on this, then you might as well try the organic way of gardening. This method is particularly special as well as hard. It will require you to double your effort as compared with the regular stuff that you do with the usual gardening tricks. The Concept The basic rule on this type of gardening is that you will only use synthetic products in all your endeavor with regards to the task. This will include the important elements such as the fertilizers and the pesticides. You can actually get from the earth what you will then use for your organic venture into gardening. You will use such elements to be able to grow something new, these are your plants, your vegetables or whatever greens you may want to grow. Do you get the picture? To look at it from a bird’s eye view, it is like working closely with nature. Or as others may say, this is like being one with nature. Organic Fertilizers Is there such a thing, you may ask? Yes, and you are the one to make it. You can actually perform composting on the materials found on your garden. You can use fallen leaves and twigs, animal manure, but this will depend on the type, and many more. Organic Pesticides This type of gardening wants, as much as possible, to stay away from pesticides. But if you can’t afford to pick the insects one by one by your bare hands, then you can go to your local grocery store and ask for an organic pesticide that is available commercially. The old way really is to be vigilant with your garden and take off every pest that you see. You should only turn to the organic pesticides when it becomes too many and uncontrollable that you can no longer handle. You can also try to bring in the animals that feed on those pests. This way, you’ll have some help in picking those pests up. And that is also helping the other animals satisfy their hunger. As a hobby, this may be time consuming. So if you cannot devote enough time into it, might as well find a partner or drop the idea until you’ve found the right time to carry on with the tasks. Organic gardening really entails a lot of hard work. So you better be prepared to perspire in the process. To ease your tiredness when you are already into it too deep, just think that what you are doing is helping nature. This is your way of giving back what nature has bestowed on you since the day you were born. http://organicgardening-infos.blogspot.com
Tomato plant, started from seeds, is about 2 inches tall – and seems to have stopped growing?
I just re-planted my 2 tomato plants that I started from seeds, from very small pots (like 2 inch starter pots) to a much bigger pot (both plants are in a pot about a foot deep and 3 feet wide..spaced about 9 inches apart from eachother.
I used Mirical Grow Organic soil, they’re in a pretty sunny spot (its sunny from about 5am-3pm…warmest around 10am-3pm)…and then it gets shady but its still pretty warm out.
The past week we had a lot of rain and clouds where I am, and the temp was a little chilly. Could that be why the plants arent seeming to grow anymore?
The plants got a good soaking during all the rain we had. I havent waterd them the past 2 days becuase i figured they need to dry out a little…i dont want to over water them….
Any suggestions for faster growth without harsh chemicals??
The soil did not dry out right away after the rain….. if it were too dry i would’ve watered it. (I watered today, but not yesterday)
Plants need about ten days after transplanting to readjust from the shock. it sounds like you are doing a good job with them. give them a few more days and you will start to see some improvement.good luck.
Preparing the soil in raised bed
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