Basic Garden Tips

Cultivation of plants in water is Hydroponic Gardening This is done by using peat or bark. It helps to eliminate unwanted diseases that begin in the soil. Hydroponic plants grow much faster and healthier than soil-grown plants. Hydroponic Gardening One reason for this is that the medium is sterile, and the plants do not have to grow roots in a wide, deep fashion in order to look for water. The roots can grow straight down a few inches to get its nourishment. This makes Hydroponic Gardening ideal because it takes less space to grow; and the plants yield an earlier harvest. Growing plants this way allows water and nutrients to be applied directly to the roots of each plant. Find out what is greenhouse hydroponics and consider purchasing a greenhouse under $500 to start growing professionally or commercially. The good thing is that the water can be reused because there is no loss of water due to evaporation. The lighting is also a very important item in Hydrop...

Hydroponics Gardening Tips for Growing Plants Indoors and in Water What if someone told you that you could grow plants without any soil? Well, that’s exactly what hydroponics is all about! If that sounds like something you’d like to try, these hydroponics gardening tips are right for you. Hydroponics Gardening Tips Here are some tips to make your garden as successful as possible: 1. Understand how devices to measure the strength of nutrient solutions function. These contraptions are quite complex, but you should have a basic knowledge about how they function. First, be aware that pure water is unable to conduct electricity. But that situation changes when salts become dissolved into the pure water. The more salts that you dissolve into the water, the more potent the solution will become. As a result, more electrical current will flow through it. You can then use devices to measure how strong the nutrient solutions of your hydroponics plants are. 2. Choose a part...

General Gardening Tips for Novice and Beginner Gardeners and Green Thumb Wannabes Whether you’re thinking about starting a garden or improving your existing garden, it’s always helpful to get some good advice. Here are some general tips that can help to create the perfect garden for your home: 1.  Choose plants that are easy to grow. If you have the time and energy to grow other fruits and veggies, that’s OK.  But if you have a hectic schedule, little energy, or a minimum amount of patience, then you should consider growing plants that require little time and effort. Here are some excellent choices: * Beetroot * Carrots * Cucumbers * Garlic * Green beans * Lettuce * Onions * Peas * Pepper (sweet) * Radishes * Squash (summer) * Tomato While maintaining a garden can be quite rewarding, you don’t have to exhaust yourself creating or maintaining one. These veggies will produce fantastic results with the greatest of ease. 2.  Wear garden gloves. Yes, there’s...

Grow Year Round Produce with Portable & Backyard Greenhouse Gardening Kits Have you ever dreamed of gardening year-round, in rain or shine?  If so, then you should certainly consider greenhouse gardening. It provides all the elements of outdoor gardening  greenhouses , but you won’t have any constraints due to precipitation or outdoor temperatures. Here are some tips to create the best greenhouse garden possible: 1. Remember this rule: location, location, location. This is the essence of greenhouse gardening. Plants get their food from sunlight, so it’s important that the greenhouse plants get enough of it. In particular, morning sunlight and early evening sunlight are critical for the life processes of plants. So before starting a greenhouse garden, make sure that you pick an ideal location. Garden in Greenhouse   Consider these useful tips for maintaining a portable small greenhouse garden of flower or rose gardens! When we think of greenhouse...

The beauty of a  portable greenhouse  is that you can play God, in a manner of speaking. You can control the heat, humidity and air circulation in the green house so as to encourage the best growth in your plants. All these even when the weather outside is not conducive to the Garden of Eden! However, the same  mini greenhouse  that provides protection to your plants can also become their death house. More often than not, this happens when you fail to solve the small problems that inevitably crop up on a weekly, even daily, basis. You will just wake up one day to realize that your greenhouse is beyond saving and, hence, you must start anew. Well, why let disaster happen when you can easily solve the problems as soon as you see them? Easy Grow 6' x 8' Hobby Greenhouse Tips for Growing in Backyard Structures Keep an Eye on Temperature Each plant variety grown during a certain planting season requires a different range of temperature in order to f...

Every season brings new garden chores and things that need to be done to ensure your garden looks great and is bountiful once the growing season begins. Spring is a time of preparing everything and there is a lot to be done this time of year. Maintaining Your Garden in Early Spring Can Make A Huge Difference! Spring Garden 7 Helpful Gardening Tips for Spring Garden Maintenance Here are some tips that will help you with all the garden chores that need to be done in the spring. Tip #1:  Prune early shrubs. Spring is the perfect time to make sure that early blooming shrubs, like forsythia, are pruned. You can prune as soon as the tree is done blooming. You can also prune roses at this time of year. Tip #2:  You can deadhead bulbs that have already bloomed. Go ahead and deadhead plants that are done blooming. You don’t have to do anything else, but deadheading the plants now will save you some time later. Tip #3:  Get an early sta...

How to Find A Perfect Wood Greenhouse Building Plan There are many different kinds of greenhouse designs. There are  wood greenhouses , metal, as well as a variety of hybrids. You can really make a basic greenhouse out of some PVC tubing and clear plastic sheeting, but that is another subject. One of the most popular is the wood frame greenhouse. If you want to find wood greenhouse plans for building homemade DIY wooden greenhouses, your best bet is to go online. There are literally hundreds of different websites offering a variety of different greenhouse plans, but not all of these are the same. Some are free, others you have to pay for the plans. The biggest dilemma is finding the right one for your needs. It is a good idea to start by considering the size of the greenhouse you want. While many people are not looking to start their own greenhouse business, they want one that is large enough to grow starter plants, or to be able to extend the growing season as much as p...

Lettuce can be grown by the home gardener fairly easy, if you keep a few important points in mind. Lettuce is best grown in the spring and fall. It does not tolerate summer heat or winter cold. It is also very attractive to slugs and snails. With a little protection from extreme heat it is possible to have lettuce all summer long. Tips for Growing Lettuce First , prepare your soil. I like to add manure to the soil to provide nitrogen for healthy growth. Add manure as soon as you can work the soil in the spring (at least two weeks prior to planting the lettuce). Plant seeds in full sun 1/8 inch deep in rows, 6 inches apart. If you plant new seed every two weeks you can have lettuce all summer. However, for mid-summer yield you must protect the lettuce from summer heat. As the weather warms, begin planting in partial shade, somewhere where the afternoon sun will be blocked by the house, garage or tree. If you have taller plants nearby, such as corn, sunflower, etc., ...

The tomato is probably the most popular vegetable grown by the home gardener. ( Technically, the tomato is a fruit, not a vegetable ). Their popularity is probably due to the fact that they are easy to grow, require little care and when ripened on the vine, taste so much better than those from the store. How to Grow Tomatoes ?  I don't know if it is true, but I'm told that store tomatoes are picked green and then placed in a warehouse with some type gas applied to make them turn red . If this is true, what you are getting from the store is a green (unripe) tomato with a red skin. Yukkk! Since tomatoes take awhile to grow, they are generally started from seed indoors six weeks before planting in the garden. To do this, place seeds 1/4" deep in small pots filled with planting mix and keep in a warm place (around 70 degrees). Keep moist but not soggy. Placing a plastic bag over the pots until the sprouts break the soil will hasten germination. Be sure...

If you are an avocado fan you might want to grow this beautiful plant in your home. No, you will not get avocado you can eat but you will have a real conversation piece. Growing Avocado Trees Avocado tree is a tropical plant that grows only in 9, 10 and 11 regions. And, unfortunately, it takes a tree up to ten years to bear fruit. Since we are going to grow indoors, it is unlikely your tree will live that long...tho possible. You would, of course need to make a hole in your roof for the tree unless you have 15-20 foot ceilings. The whole point here is your objective needs to be a beautiful indoor plant, not avocados. Avocado plants are typically started from the seed in the center of the fruit which you can buy at the market. Simply pierce the seed with toothpicks around the middle of the seed and then suspend it (pointed end up) over a glass or jar of water. In two to six weeks, you should have a young avocado plant, ready to pot. However, not all avocado seeds w...

We have collected dozens of articles to help you have a successful back yard vegetable or flower garden. We add new articles frequently so be sure to bookmark this page (CTRL-D) and return often. Just a word on the basics of plant growth. All plants need some combination of 4 things. Water, food, light, and temperature.       Water: This is not difficult. Just push your finger about 2 inches into the soil near the base of the plant. If it is dry, apply water. If it is moist, do not water. Food: All plants need a fertilizer supplement for optimum growth. This, also, is not difficult. Buy fertilizer and follow instructions on the package. The important thing is to DO IT! I urge you not to use chemical fertilizers. I have used manure for years with great success. I simply refuse to put chemicals on vegetables I intend to eat. Light Some plants require a lot of sun, others can thrive in shade. Just be sure to check on the requirements (see arti...