‘8’ Gardening Tips for Beginners in India
by
Ezmall Brands
11 Jul 2024
A garden enhances the beauty of your home and is a great way to unwind after work. If you're new to gardening, you can start by following these simple steps:
1. Select the right location:
It is usually preferable to take tiny steps towards large wins. Choose a little area to start your garden.
Make sure the area you select receives 5-6 hours of direct sunlight. Avoid placing your plants in areas involving strong winds because they may be knocked over. The wind will additionally hinder pollinators from conducting their work.
Finally, consider how easily your outdoor area can be watered, picked, and cared for. Out of sight frequently means out of mind.
2. Select A Type:
Once you've determined the best location for your garden, the following step is to decide what style of garden you desire.
Will it be a magnificent sea of flowers, a stunning spread of herbs, a kitchen garden for the aspiring chef, or a nourishing vegetable plant to keep people fit and healthy? Whatever you pick, take tiny measures to create the image of your ideal garden.
3. Work upon the soil:
Plants consistently benefit from rich in nutrients gardening soil. Examine the texture of your dirt; it should be easy to shovel and crumble in your hands.
If your soil is hard and clay-like, all plants will struggle to produce roots. If the soil is rocky, till it and remove the rocks.
Improving soil quality is not as difficult as you may believe, and it has several advantages. To boost the quality of your soil, add organic compost prepared from tea and vegetable peels.
4. Gather basic gardening tools:
Once you've planned, you'll need some basic gardening tools to get started. We've compiled a list of essential gardening tools. You'll need:
Every gardener should own a pair of pruning scissors. You will use these to trim plants and bushes and keep them healthy by removing dead sections.
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Digging tools: Before you start growing your greens, your will need a few digging and soil preparation tools. A spade, trowel, and garden forks are all required. The spade and trowel are used to dig holes for your plants, while the garden fork is
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The spade is used to dig holes for your plants, whilst the garden fork is used to break up huge clumps of soil or to eliminate the roots of old plants and weeds.
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The ideal equipment for lavishly watering your lawn are a garden hose (pipe) and a watering can. Garden hoses are ideal for major activities like watering trees and vast regions. For delicate and small plants, a watering can is ideal. Your young plants cannot withstand high pressure and will appreciate the gently misting.
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Weeding tools include a forked trowel and a gardening knife. These two useful gadgets will help you keep the
5. Pick your plants:
Now comes the most enjoyable part of the gardening process: choosing your greens. Before you decide what to cultivate in your garden, spend some time studying the plants.
Some plants enjoy direct sunlight, while others prefer shade. Examine your plant seed box for this information. Choosing plants local to your area might make your life much easier, especially if you are ready to become a plant parent.
You can also look at your Neighbour's garden to see what plants are doing well, or read our guide on the finest veggies to produce each month.
6. Plan it out:
Before you get your hands dirty and start planting your greens, plan it out!
Planning: Determine where each plant will go, paying careful attention to space. Plants, like humans, require personal space. If you arrange young plants too closely together, their growth may suffer, they may be more susceptible to illnesses, or they may just die.
Labelling: We're all forgetful by nature. Take the time to produce little labels and position them alongside your plants to ensure that you know which ones are planted where in the garden and can identify the plants. You can even be creative with your labels, coming up with unique methods to label your plants.
Organizing: Another excellent piece of advice for novices is to create their own garden scrapbook and track the progress of their garden. You can use sketches, images, labels, and notes to chart how each plant evolved in different areas of your garden, and then create a progress report to better understand the evolutionary history of these plants.
7. Garden Beds:
After planning, decide on the type and size of the garden beds. Raised beds are appealing to the eye, and raised beds make gardening easier. Gardening in blocks or beds is more convenient than gardening in a single row. Beds should be 3-4 feet wide, narrow enough to reach the center on each side. Benches should be about 8-10 feet long so you can easily walk around without stepping into the planting. Start small and give each plant its own space to grow. Seeds and seedlings are small, but mature plants can grow large, crowding an area, making it difficult for plants to thrive. Place the greens in the garden bed in rows or a grid. The goal is to minimize sidewalks and maximize growing space. You also save time and money by just adding fertilizer and soil amendments to the planting area.
8. Plant With Care:
Once you’re done with the groundwork, you need to jump in and start planting. Most of our seed packets come with basic planting instructions. Give it a try and you’ll master the art of planting as you go.
Rules of thumb for planting in your garden:
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Plant seeds about 3-4 times as deep as the seed's diameter unless otherwise written on the seed's packaging. Cover the seeds with the soil and water them thoroughly, ensuring you do not expose them.
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For transplanting the young plants growing in the pot or containers to their final spot, dig up a hole twice as wide as the root ball. Fluff up the soil and add some organic fertilizer to boost the growth of your plant. Place the root ball and cover the roots entirely with the soil. Water your plants gently after transplantation.
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