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Organic Gardening – How to Build an Indoor Garden

Don’t have yard space for an organic garden? No problem, as long as you have windows you can plant an indoor organic garden. That’s right, you can have your very own organic garden right in your house.

The process of building a garden indoors is very similar to an outside garden. The only difference is that you are going to plant your indoor garden in large pots. Almost any vegetable can be grown in pots. The important thing to remember is that your choice of plants determines the sizes of your planting pots. The larger the plant will be when it is mature; the larger the pot you will need to have.

Be sure you purchase pots that are designated for plants. Containers that are not designated for plants do not provide the right kind of drainage.

Just like an outdoor garden you have to select the proper soil and fertilizer to plant your vegetables in. You can purchase organic potting soil and fertilizer at most garden centers. Remember that organic fertilizer is used to nourish the soil and feed your plants. You can even fertilize your own pots inside with your own compost. You cannot use garden soil for your indoor garden. Garden soil contains weed seeds and bugs and can be unreliable in an indoor setting.

If you are purchasing plants be sure that the plants are healthy and out of the way of conventional plants. Organic plants that have touched conventional plants are no longer considered organic. Because they have touched a plant that has pesticide they are now compromised and have the potential of contracting the pesticide from the conventional plant. If you are purchasing organic seeds be sure you get them before their expiration and be aware of their frost date.

Give your plants time to accumulate to their new surroundings by placing them in front of a sunny window for a day or two. This will help them get used to the new temperature and prevent transplant shock. Plant your vegetables near a south facing window and follow water specifications for each vegetable. Most need watered when the soil feels dry to the touch.

If you are planting beans purchase a hanging pot and hang them near a window that gets morning or evening light. Hanging pots are best for beans because their vines can drape over the sides of the hanger and down to the ground.

Learn more about building an indoor organic garden for your home as well as organic gardening for your health and well being.

How Do You Grow an organic garden in your backyard?

I want to Plant A Garden In my BackYard. How Do I do that?

Organic Gardening Tips
Brad Brummond
Extension Agent/Walsh County

Organic gardening revolves around preventative pest management, rotations, soil fertility and nurturing the natural enemies of the pests in your garden.

Certification
There are two types of organic vegetable production in North Dakota, certified vegetable production and non-certified vegetable production.

Certified vegetable production refers to raising produce under the production standards of the certifying organizations.

The Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 is working policy toward a national standard for organic production. The goal of this act is to standardize organic production. Currently there are a number of certification groups with their own standards of organic production in the United States.

Commercial organic producers are all certified by one verifying system or another. Certificates are necessary because it is impossible to market organic vegetables commercially without this certificate. Wholesale buyers demand it.

The principle certification organizations in North Dakota are:

FVO – Farm Verified Organic

OCIA – Organic Crop Improvement Association

OGBA – Organic Growers and Buyers Association

Fees are charged for certification or membership. Remember, in order to be certified, guidelines set forth by the organization must be followed.

Home gardeners can practice organic production without certification. Most of the vegetables produced are consumed at home with a few marketed at farmers’ markets for extra income.

Growing Organic Vegetables
Seed used in certified organic production must be free of chemical treatments. If a certain crop is unavailable in non-treated form, authorization from the certifier is necessary before making purchase. The burden of proof is on the grower to certify through OCIA. Check with the certifier to be sure.

Select varieties with the best disease and insect resistance. Select early maturing cultivars. The earlier plants mature the less time insects and diseases have to compete for the vegetables. Late maturing vegetables are more prone to disease and insect problems.

Rotating Vegetables
Some vegetable rotations that have been used in the Northeastern United States by organic growers are the following:

Potatoes after sweet corn, sweet corn after the cabbage family, peas after tomatoes, tomatoes after beans, root crops after cucurbits and potatoes before root crops. When picking a rotation, remember that vegetables from the same plant family usually have the same problems.

Here are some vegetables that do well when they are planted together: beans-potatoes; peas-carrots; peas-turnips; cabbage-beets; kohlrabi-beets; spinach-cauliflower; spinach-eggplant; corn-cucumbers and corn-beans.

Attractants
Dill attracts the tomato hornworm, so plant it on the opposite side of the garden from tomatoes.

Repellents
Sage repels cabbage moths and black flea beetles. Don’t count on sage working under heavy pressure from these insects, but it might be worth while to plant a little sage with cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli. Chives have some repellant properties for aphids. Marigolds will repel a variety of insects.

Fertility
Non-organic fertilizer is forbidden under any organic production system, but that does not mean the nutrients the plant needs cannot be supplied from organic sources. Soil testing is suggested to determine what nutrients need to be added to the garden. (Gardeners note: Too much nitrogen can harm the garden. Know what levels exist before applying more).

Following are some average figures for a ton of manure per acre. These are average figures, as manure will vary in nutrient content. Values are for what a ton of wet manure fertilizer will supply for nutrients.

Nutrient Content Manure Actual Actual Actual
Source Nitrogen Phosphorus Potassium
Beef 14 lbs. 9 lbs. 11 lbs.
Hog 10 lbs. 7 lbs. 8 lbs.
Poultry 20 lbs. 7 lbs. 8 lbs.
Sheep 18 lbs. 11 lbs. 20 lbs.

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Be sure manure sources are well composted to maximize weed seed kill and residual disease carryover.

Organic Insect Control
Rotations are the first and best way to preventi insect problems. The next best option is hand removal of old plant residue if working in a small garden. Organic growers tend to use organic insecticides as a last resort. Note: Check with your certifier to see if they are acceptable. Sabadilla is certified acceptable under OCIA as a restricted use organic product, which means it is to be used only if no other alternatives are feasible. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is an acceptable product but cannot contain petroleum distillates in the formulation, according to OCIA.

Insecticidal soaps (not household) can control a wide range of plant destructive insects, especially aphids.

CABBAGE WORMS – For control use Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). Read and follow label directions. Hand picking is also an alternative.

COLORADO POTATO BEETLES – Hand pick insects or use an application of Bt.

Bt should be applied when first instar larvae are present in the field. Bt takes time to work and is best on larvae control.

CUCUMBER BEETLES – Rotation … Rotation … Rotation!! Rotate the garden plants and sites.

FLEA BEETLES will most likely be one of the most difficult insects to control. Early maturing varieties may help lessen the time plants have to tolerate them. Properly acclimated (hardened) transplants are not as attractive to flea beetles as emerging seedlings.

SLUGS, ROOT MAGGOT AND CUTWORMS – Diatomaceous earth

APHIDS can be controlled by high populations of lacewings and lady bugs. Surrounding the vegetable production area with a mix of wildflowers helps maintain a population of predatory insects.

Diseases
Keep plants healthy.
Rotate vegetable plants and sites.
Space vegetables further apart to allow more air flow.
Plant to take advantage of the prevailing winds so air flow is increased down the row.
Don’t go into the garden when plants are still wet.
Sanitation is important. Remove and destroy all parts of dead plants. They are a source of disease. Do it immediately after they are no longer useful! When thinning, remove thinned plants immediately.
Don’t harvest vegetables when plants are wet.
Avoid overhead watering. Drip irrigation can efficiently deliver water and keep foliage dry.
Crucifer Disease
Aerate the soil.
Leave adequate space between plants and rows.
Organic Controls
Copper, sulfur and Bordeux mixes have been used with limited success on vegetables in eastern United States. Some organic producers will not use these as they feel the products leave a chemical residue. However, such residues are easily washed off.

Marketing Organic Vegetables
Price premiums have historically been 10 to 50 percent above conventional prices in northeastern United States. The northeast and California have the biggest markets for organic vegetables.

Selecting Vegetables to Market
Organic vegetable producers take great pains to sell only high quality products. Detractors regularly say the quality of organic vegetables is not as high as that of conventional vegetables, but organic producers generally cull harder and market less of their produce to keep the quality high.

Organic vegetables are traditionally sold on the perception that they are healthier than the traditionally grown vegetables. Marketing would be very difficult if low quality vegetables were offered for sale. Perception is everything in the organic food markets!

Summary
Organic food production is as much a state of mind as it is a production system. The biggest barrier most people face when switching to organic production is the change in thinking that must occur to make it successful. We have long been taught to treat individual insects and diseases separately instead of looking at things as a whole. The organic gardener must understand how everything is inter-related and how one set of circumstances will influence other factors in how the plant grows. Prevention is the first and best defense against pests in organic vegetable production.

There has been a perception by some people that organic vegetable production is farming through neglect. Nothing could be further from the truth! A strong, healthy
plant is much more important in an organic system then a conventional system. A two to three year learning curve must be accepted by anyone intending to switch from conventional to organic gardening. What works one year may fail the next. Management skills are challenged.

WARNING!
There are many organic certification organizations, each with its own set of standards and acceptable products. While most agree on the major points, they differ on what they will or will not accept.

REMEMBER TO CHECK WITH YOUR CERTIFICATION ORGANIZATION BEFORE APPLYING A PRODUCT WHICH IS QUESTIONABLE. USE OF AN UNACCEPTABLE PRODUCT MAY RESULT IN NON-CERTIFICATION AND IMPACT SALES OR RESULT IN NO SALE.

Don’t get into organic garden pro-duction just for the hope of premiums. They may or may not be there. It is a long, hard struggle, but most organic producers would tell you it is worth it once you master the skill, patience and perceptive abilities.

Reference Material
The Real Dirt
1994 Northeast Organic Farming Association
Farmers Tell About Organic & Low-Input Practices in the Northeast. Edited by Miranda Smith and members of the Northeast Organic Farming Association and Cooperative Extension.

Carrots Love Tomatoes
1975 Garden Way by Garden Way Publishing
Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening. Louise Riotte.

H-1106
February 1996

NDSU Extension Service, North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, and U.S. Department of Agriculture

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