Organic Gardening Planting Garlic

Feed your roses naturally. You don’t need to use chemical fertilizer to feed roses. Bury banana skins and crushed eggshells near the roots of rose bushes to supply them with extra vitamins and minerals. 1 tablespoon of Epsom salts dissolved in 1 pint of water is a marvelous pick-me-up for roses, and if you grow garlic around your rose bushes, it will help to keep them free of greenfly.

Garlic is an excellent choice to grow organically. The best time to plant garlic is either early spring or in the fall. Plant garlic in moist soil with good drainage. Each clove should be planted end-up, four inches apart and between one and two inches below the surface of the soil. Cut the green garlic shoots and use them as a substitute for chives or scallions. The bulbs are ripe for harvesting when the tops area turns brown. The bulbs should be allowed to dry in the sunshine for a few days; the heat will harden the skin. Store them somewhere cool, in tied bunches or loose.

Discourage rabbits from using your garden as a snack bar. Rabbits will take advantage of your organic garden if you give them the chance. They don’t tend to discriminate between certain foods, eating anything that they encounter. Blood meal, wood ashes, hot pepper flakes, chili powder or garlic powder sprinkled around your plants will deter them. You can also sprinkle black pepper directly on a plant, which will give the rabbit a sneezing fit.

Garlic is an easy deterrent for bugs in an organic garden. Pests often dislike the smell of garlic and go out of their way to avoid it. Focus on the perimeter of your garden when you plant the garlic. An added plus of planting garlic is the bulb can be used for cooking and eating as well.

Now you know a bit more about what you are doing in starting an organic garden. Even if you are a experienced organic gardener, you still should have learned something new from this article. The advice you have received should get you well on your way to growing a lovely and productive organic garden.

 

Organic Gardening Planting Garlic