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Vegetable garden at home. Image from http://ecotalk.org/tips-for-starting-a-home-vegetable-garden/

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6 Tips To Keep Your Vegetable Garden Productive

Faith Wambui by Faith Wambui
February 8, 2021
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Growing a vegetable garden is one of the most fulfilling and rewarding hobbies. Nothing beats the feeling of eating something that you’ve grown from scratch. However, it can be a challenging experience especially when your garden doesn’t yield the expected results. The process of gardening is delicate and one mistake can ruin your entire harvest. Here are some tips to help keep your vegetable garden productive.

  1. Pick The Vegetables Early

If your garden manages to bear some vegetables, make sure you pick them early. Some plants like tomatoes and peppers normally stop producing new buds once it becomes overloaded. Therefore, you need to keep checking the plants so as to maximize your garden’s productivity. Ripe vegetables are also prone to attacks from insects and animals. To protect your garden from attack, ensure you pick your veggies once they start to ripen.

  1. Enrich Your Soil

Soil plays a key role in ensuring that you get the most out of your garden. As such, you need to enrich your soil with proper nourishment so as to boost production. It’s better to use natural fertilizer such as manure and organic waste as they don’t contain chemicals that can be harmful to your garden. You can source for compost are great for enriching the soil like coffee grounds, eggshells, and banana peels from your kitchen. Here are 8 Kitchen Tools That Can Be Re-Purposed For Gardening

  1. Choose The Right Plants

Different plants thrive in different climatic conditions. Vegetables are especially sensitive to their environment. Therefore, you should choose plants based on your environment. If you live in hot areas, choose plants that can stand sun exposure. Find out which plants naturally thrive in your area to maximize your garden’s yield. Plants that are native to your area will require less care and are likely to produce more. 5 Great Plants To Grow In Your Kitchen Garden

Vegetable garden at home. Image from http://ecotalk.org/tips-for-starting-a-home-vegetable-garden/
  1. Space Them Properly

One common mistake many people make is planting their plants too close to each other. This reduces their space to grow thus minimizing their production. Each plant has its spacing requirements. Make sure you choose the right container to ensure your plants grow to their full potential. Additionally, avoid overcrowding your garden to provide proper air circulation. If you have limited space, look for plants that you can group together.

  1. Go Easy On Weeds

If they get out of hand, weeds can be your garden’s biggest enemy. However, they’re an important part of nature and could make your vegetable garden thrive. While you should tend to your garden every once in a while to deal with pesky weeds, avoid going overboard. Weeds can enrich the soil and prevent erosion. They’re also an indication of which plants can thrive in certain soil conditions.

  1. Exercise Patience

Gardening will certainly teach you a thing or two about patience. You may not get what you expected during harvesting but in the long run, you’ll enjoy the fruits of your labour. Keep tending to your vegetable garden, providing the soil with nourishment, observing the seasons, and with time, your plants will start yielding fruits.

Here are things you can plant at home – strawberries, sukuma wiki and spinach and dhania.

Also, check out 7 Things To Do During The Weekends

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