10 simple gardening tips
A good garden is one that not only looks good but also gives the required returns either in terms of enough crop produce to feed your family or in terms of money after selling the produce. This will be governed by effort that you put in taking care of our garden.
Are you looking for ways and means of making your garden more productive? Here are some simple tips on how to go about it.
- Healthy and nutrients-rich soil/crop support
The foremost thing when it comes to gardening is the soil or the support of your crops in case you are using aquaponics. The place where your crops are planted is the source of nutrients for the crop. You should ensure that it is has sufficient nutrients, and it is well aerated.
- Use of organic fertilizers
When it comes to nutrients, you should try to use the organic manure instead of the expensive inorganic fertilizers.
Organic manure is easily available either from animal droppings, from crop remains or composite pits. The organic manure keeps your garden well-nourished while at the same time taking care of the ecosystem in the soil.
- Watering the crops
Your crops should be watered regularly. This means that watering should be done at consistent intervals and at the same time ensuring that ample water is provided to the crops. Watering / irrigation should be done when the temperatures aren’t too high so that the crops can get enough time to absorb the water before it evaporates. For this reason watering should be confined to the evening or very early in the morning.
There are various methods of irrigation that you can employ but drip irrigation is the best since it saves on time and water.
In drip irrigation, you can either use inverted water containers at the base of your crops or you can use perforated pipes.
- Correct crop choice
When choosing the crops to plant, you should choose crops that are favored by the environment in your locality. Different crops require different environments to grow. Also, it is not all crops that can grow in your locality that are your best choice. You should rather go for a productive crop. One that will withstand the environmental conditions and at the same time provide ample and quality produce during harvest.
- Weeding
Another thing that you have to do is weeding the garden. You do not want your crops to be competing for the nutrients that you work very hard to provide, with foreign plants that are of no benefit to you . Weeding should be done at regular intervals.
Before doing the weeding, you should first water the ground so as to make it soft and also enable your crops to heal faster in case they are injured while removing the weeds.
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