Will your neighbor’s lawn always look better? You might imagine that all your neighbors have some top-secret formula that keeps their grass and garden looking so much better than yours. Truth is, they aren’t doing anything overly amazing. All it takes is knowledge on how to take care of your plants properly. You can start your search for information by using the advice given about horticulture in this article.
Properly put down your sod. Before the sod can be laid, you should prepare the soil. Weed the soil well, and till the entire lawn area. Using a light but firm touch, compact the soil until it is flat. Dampen the soil completely. When laying down sod, create staggered rows with offset joints. Tamp down the sod so it has a flat and even surface, then using some extra soil, fill the gaps between. Sod has to be watered daily for two weeks, and then it can be rooted.
When selecting among several varieties of a plant, choose the ones that will produce the largest yield. In many cases, a disease-resistant or cold-tolerant hybrid will produce a higher yield than a traditional variety.
Flower Beds
Try using annuals and biennials to add color to your flower beds, and brighten them up. Your flower beds will look different from one season to another. You can fill any spaces between shrubs and perennials when they are in the sun. Notable biennials and annuals include marigold, sunflowers, hollyhock, petunia, and cosmos.
For proper optimum growth, plants require sufficient amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2). In general, higher amounts of CO2 are related to better plant growth. Getting a greenhouse is the best way to get a higher amount. The levels need to be kept high for optimum greenery growth.
Grow some plants that cats like to eat – try catnip or wheat grass. In addition, you could put an item on the soil’s top around the plants which has a smell that cats hate, such as citrus peel or mothballs.
As you can probably see, each of these simple suggestions is easy to implement. All that is necessary is to apply some of the ideas presented here and monitor their effectiveness. Just be sure to keep a close eye on your plants and see how they respond to the various methods you apply to them. If one method of care is not working well with your plants, abandon it and try a different one. Have some patience, and soon you will have a garden that makes your entire neighborhood jealous.