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Organic gardening begins with the soil. Gardeners have to add organic matter to the soil on a regular basis in order to keep the soil productive. As a matter of fact, compost is crucial to the healthiness and well-being of plants grown organically. Compost may be made from leaves, dead blossoms, veggie scraps, fruit rinds, grass clippings, manure, and a lot of other things.

The ideal soil has a rich color, sweet smell, and is full of earthworms. Some soil might need more natural additives than regular compost may give, like bone meal, rock phosphates, or greensand. A simple soil test will tell you the pH balance and which nutrients you'll have to utilize.

One circumstance that makes even gardeners that are really serious about organic gardening reach for pesticides is bugs on their plants. The most beneficial way to defend plants against bugs is to take preventative measures.

One thing that may be done is to make certain plants are healthy and not too wet or dry as bugs commonly attack unhealthy plants and if healthy, they may frequently outgrow minor insect damage. An assortment of plant types is a great idea to keep pests of a certain plant type from taking out the whole garden.

Possibly the best way to defend against bugs is to make your garden alluring to insect predators, like ladybugs, birds, frogs, and lizards. You may do this by keeping a water source nearby or by raising plants that draw in insects who feed on nectar. Other ideas are sticky traps, barriers, and plant collars. There are a few household items that prevent against insects as well, like insecticidal soaps, garlic, and hot pepper.

To avoid plant disease in organic gardening, select disease resistant plants and plant them in their prime conditions. A lot of diseases will spread because of constant moisture and bad air circulation, so the site of your garden and the way it's watered may help ensure against diseases.

Weeds may be a bothersome and frustrating part of organic gardening. Organic mulch may act as a weed barrier, but for even better protection place a layer of newspaper, construction paper, or cardboard under the mulch.

Corn meal gluten will slow the development of weeds if spread early in the season prior to planting, as does solarization. There’s as well the old-fashioned art of hoeing and hand pulling that always works.

Your best bet in weed prevention is perseverance. Mulch well and pull and hoe what you may; after a few seasons you may beat the weeds permanently.

Organic gardening is an excellent way to assure that your plants will be free and clear of all pesticides and, if attended to properly, will be as healthy as possible. Organic gardening might take a bit more time and care than regular gardening, however after gardeners get the hang of it and work out all the quirks of their garden, it's definitely worth the additional time.

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