1/3 peet moss, 1/3 vermiculite, 1/3 compost
How can I clear out my new community garden plot organically?
I just got a community garden plot. I have until next spring to get it all cleaned up for planting. The problem is, it was abandoned all year and is completely covered in weeds. It's pretty much a big patch of tall grass. (the plot is 20'x20') What's the best way to get rid of it all, including the roots, so that it won't grow back later? I'm not allowed to use any chemicals so it needs to be an organic solution.
Any other tips on having a successful vegetable garden would be appreciated too!
cut all weeds as low as possable and rake debris up and remove from plot. till area good and rake grass and roots up and remove. repeat process until soil is clean and then till in some amendments like peat moss or chichen or turkey manure or black cow manure from the store. have a soil test done and they will tell you how much lime and fertilizer to apply and till this in good too and rake again. till and rake again in the spring.
Help, I'm in Victoria Australia and I have ants eating my rose buds, any idea's?
They were organic roses, but I've had to resort to sparaying them off with fly spray as the organic insecticides I have tried just don't work. So other than going out there and spraying the ants off, which isn't really working anyway, I don't know how else to keep them away. They are quite large black ants too, maybe meatants??
I would really appreciate some advice.
Thanks Susie
turbo works
cut open a lemon or orange and make orange juice or lemonade without adding sugar and use a sprayer to spray the watered down solution on and around your plants.
Tomatoes have Septoria and Blight, need organic help?
I really do not want to use fungicides in my garden to control my leaf disease that is the very last option, so please just let me know if you have any proven organic, natural, or home remedies to help me.
I noticed it this morning and it is my fault. I usually hand water my garden but with the heat and humidity I started just turning on the sprinkler and going back inside. I didn’t realize just a few days of this could do so much damage. I’ve also slacked a little on the upkeep and stuff.
I have cut back most of the damaged leaves on the tomatoes, and pulled a few plants out to help with air circulation. I have also pulled out my basil because it looks like it was affected as well. I did leave a few leaves on there because the plant is in direct sunlight for 10-12 hours a day and I do not want it to be scorched.
My mother suggested I mix some soap, water, and vinegar and spray the leaves, any one heard of this? Not that I don’t trust her but before I start spraying away I want to here what has worked for others in the past.
What organic, natural, or home remedies does anyone have to control my Septoria and Blight?
give them alot of sun and leave them alone and also Vinigar mild soap and water will do the trick like ur mother said and don't cut too much leaves onlt the dead ones 🙂 and give them lots of love they have feelings 2!! leave them in the sun
1.spray misty water in the morning and evening
2. Water 3/7 days
3. see the conclusion!!
Is it considered organic if the seed is planted in organic soil?
If i were to grow a garden in my new back yard (in pots though, ground is too hard) is the vegetable considered organic if grown in organic soil and I dont use pesticides on it? Or does the ACTUAL SEED have to be organic?
You would only need organic seed if you were going to sell the produce and wanted to sell it as 'certified'. For your own use, most organic growers and magazines for the home grower consider the'growing' as organic, in other words,no pesticides or artificial fertilizers. Incidently, if you add some compost and leaf mold or humus to that hard back yard for a year or two you will be able to grow great plants in the ground with much less water and care. If you want organic seed go to seedsofchange.com
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