HOW TO KEEP A HEALTHY FLOWER GARDEN

Home » Home and Family » Gardening Join Sign in EzineArticles - Expert Authors Sharing Their Best Original Articles Search Stephen Macharia Basic Author | 1 Article Joined: October 3, 2016 Kenya Ways to Keep a Healthy Flower Garden By Stephen Macharia | Submitted On October 03, 2016 Recommend Article Article Comments Print Article Expert Author Stephen Macharia Setting up a healthy flower garden requires a lot of money, effort, and time. However, homeowners don't enjoy the fascinating appeal of the flowers because most flower gardens don't reach their full potential of three years especially when focusing on perennial flowers. Maintaining flower garden is therefore a necessary step as it helps in keeping a healthy garden by attracting beneficial insects such as bees to the garden. The following tips will help you to achieve a healthy flower garden. CHOOSING THE SUITABLE SOIL. Flowers require the right soil during planting time. A good soil for a healthy flower garden need not to be too sandy or too sticky but it must have sufficient organic matter for proper drainage. Potted flowers usually suffocate in the same old soil therefore it's necessary to make potting soil with your compost. When flowers are planted in flower beds, they require to be covered by compost so that they can get nutrients throughout the season. Compost improves soil's tilth on any type of soil and offer protection to weak feeder roots with reasonable soil temperatures. PROVIDING THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF WATER. Watering the flower garden need to be decided carefully to know the time of watering, the method used, and the amount of water to be used. A lot of water can make the plants to rot while insufficient can make them to die and wither. For a healthy flower garden, an overhead irrigation system should be discouraged since it leads to spreading of diseases while some systems deliver water into the surroundings rather than in the water where it is needed. In fact, it's necessary to follow the watering suggestions for the flower and update your irrigation system. CONTROLLING WEEDS. Weeds can make a healthy flower garden to look ugly and unappealing. They take up nutrients and water that are needed by flowers and they act as a habitat for pests and insects. Controlling weeds when they are small is easier since they do not produce seeds at that early stage. Weed control methods include hoeing, hand pulling, and spraying. CONTROLLING DISEASES. When flowers are not doing well, it's an important idea to determine whether they are affected by diseases or insects. Using the required watering techniques and planting the flowers in the correct spacing reduces diseases in the long run. Furthermore, using the recommended guidelines keeps the flowers healthy and resistant to diseases. However, if the disease occurs you can use fungicide as a treatment or selected pruning methods. Sometimes, in severe cases it's important to remove the plant completely. INSECTS AND PESTS CONTROL. Each type of flower attracts different type of pests, but while some of them are beneficial; some are harmful to the flower as they can cause diseases. It's better to look for ways to handle the damage left by some insects since they can be too small or nocturnal. It's a better idea to choose a control that causes highest death rate while having minimal effects to the environment and other beneficial insects like bees. There are several methods to choose and they include biological control, sprays, and traps. USING THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF FERTILIZER. Knowing the correct proportion of elements in fertilizer packaging is essential in keeping a healthy garden. The universal system used to represent the elements by percentage in the order of nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium. However, the percentage doesn't add up to 100% because they are packed with other filler materials such as limestone and sand. Nitrogen ensures a good foliage growth, phosphorous promotes a good root system, and potassium is good for flower formation. Therefore, flowering plants require these three nutrients. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/expert/Stephen_Macharia/2338918 0 Comments | Leave a Comment Did you find this article helpful? Happy Face1 Sad Face0 Viewed 35 times Word count: 607 Article Tools EzinePublisher Report this article Cite this article Stay Informed Subscribe to New Article Alerts: Home and Family: Gardening Stephen Macharia Email Address Subscribe We will never sell or rent your email address. Gardening Article Feed Gardening Article Feed Find More Articles Search Similar Articles How to Keep a Healthy Flowers Garden? 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