Many people, not necessarily the ones born with green thumbs like to decorate their homes naturally! To make home a place of beauty and splendour, many of you have or desire to have a garden brimful of lush foliage plants, air purifying plants, flowering plants that make your dream home not only beautiful but a healthy space to live and breathe.
However, having a garden does not only mean planting plants but nurturing and nourishing your garden regularly is of paramount importance. Like human beings, plants are living souls and demand proper care and maintenance. Failing at it implies having a dead garden. Garden that lacks natural beauty!
You do not have to give up your idea of embracing a garden in your home, thinking it requires too much effort. Here we have outlined effective steps to maintain a garden. Follow them religiously, and you will have a thriving green garden.
So, let’s get started!
1) Examine the plants: One of the easiest ways to have a blooming garden is to pot healthy plants. Plants that are unhealthy and rotten will infect other plants in your garden. So, examine the plants carefully before you buy them from a nursery nearby you or an online nursery. How to determine? Check the root quality, spot rotten stems or leaves, insect infestation. For more knowledge, you can read plant articles by experienced gardeners or get your plants from a trusted nursery.
2) Keep an eye on Bugs and Insects: Bugs, weeds and insects are not good for your garden, so keep a vigilant eye on them. The germs like bacteria can enter the plant where there is an opening and the insect can damage the plant. So, make sure there are no bugs in your garden. If in case, there are, you can go for professional pest control help.
3) Maintain a Clean and Tidy Garden: Clean your garden frequently, especially during the falls. The untidy and messy garden is the breeding ground of germs and insects. Do it frequently to avoid load at one particular time. During the fall, gardens get dirtier because the leaves fall off. Remove all the dead leaves from time to time as they can infect the fresh green leaves.
4) Fertilize it Organically: Use natural and organic fertilizers to feed your garden, like compost. Fertilizers are good for the growth of plants in your garden, but if you are not careful with them, you can go wrong as well. Both over-fertilizing and under fertilizing is bad for the health of your garden. It rots the roots. Get your soil tested to know the nutrients in the soil, and fertilize it accordingly.
5) Prune Your Plants Regularly: Trimming and pruning of plants is important. This step eliminates the wounded limbs that give way to occurrence of diseases. Use a sharp tool so that you get clean cuts that heal rapidly.
6) Water Your Plants: Like us, plants also need water to survive. But the quantity of water is important. Too much or too little affects the health of the plants. Be aware of the water requirement of each plant in your garden. Also, use only distilled water and not chlorine water. Water the roots.
7) Avoid Overcrowding of Plants: Arrange the plants and trees in your garden properly. Avoid overcrowding of plants. Overcrowding leads to a reduction in the amount of light, water, and nutrients received. Keep them at a good distance from each other to improve the airflow between them.
Give little love to your garden; it will surely bloom for you!