On August 31 , my vegetable garden was in the Santa Fe Extension Master Gardener ’s private garden spell . mass had lots of questions . I thought it might be helpful to address them on my blog so everyone would have access to the entropy I shared .
When you take the air into the veggie garden , there are straightaway two beds with many annual heyday - cosmos , zinnias , hollyhocks , red amaranth , sunflowers and marigold . More flowers will attract pollinator and beneficial glitch .
Gem MarigoldsThis one was most asked about . you’re able to buy seeds on line . This variety keeps flowering , creating huge bouquet of petty flower . I let them dry out in the fall and escape from them where I need them to reseed the next twelvemonth .
Rattlesnake beansAround a bounteous pole teepee areRattlesnake beans , ( green bonce ) which are very hotness tolerant . Great for our warm clime .
Kalibos CabbageA beautiful red cone shaped cabbage . The head gets very big and when I require to glean it , I need a sawzall to thin out it off at the shank because it is so chummy ! It has a sweet mild sapidity .
FertilizersAll the vegetable / berry works are fertilized once a month with a combo offish plant food and liquid seaweedsprayed on the leaves with a hand - held one - gal sprayer .
DiseasesI useMonterey Complete Disease Control(organic ) forEarly Blight and Septoriaon tomatoes andPowdery Mildewon all cucurbit . I add this with the plant food above and spray everything all at once . Also rotate crops every year to aid stamp down diseases .
InsecticidesFor the last several years I have n’t used insecticides . I originate many flower that appeal beneficial bugs that help keep the bugs under ascendency . But when I do have bad bugs , I use organicNeemin a hand arrest sprayer . Spray in sunrise to avoid possibly burn the leave .
PestsI use snap yap on gophers , mice and rats .
Shade ClothI put30 % specter clothover almost all my industrial plant .
I get it atjohnnyseedsonline . I like shade textile because it save most hail out , keeps many moths out of my garden ( like gelt moths ) and ply moderation from the sunshine for our vegetable flora - even full Sunday flora . You ’ll have to get it online as the local self-aggrandizing loge stores have 80 - 90 % nuance cloth which is too saturnine .
HoseI have sex this seems like a uncanny case , but we ’ve all experience hoses that heavy and twist . This is the safe hose ever - it NEVER KINKS . Do n’t be befool by its smaller diameter and light weight ; this is a cracking hosepipe and worth every penny . Because it ’s expensive , I always impart it in spite of appearance in the wintertime . I purchase the500 seriesatWater Right HoseIt can also be retrieve onAmazon .
Soil AmendmentsMaking good grease is the most important thing you may do for an abundant garden . Here ’s what I do :
CompostEvery year I put 2 ” of compost I make on top of my beds in the give and lightly dig it in . We have such bad soil out here in our region that I thinkthis is the most important thing to do each year . If you do this , you ’ll make healthy filth in a few year . If you do n’t make compost , you’re able to grease one’s palms some topically here in Santa Fe fromReunity Resources . They do n’t expend sawbuck manure so it is herbicide free .
Whenever you buy compost from soil railway yard , need if they use horse manure to make it . Can they guarantee their compost to be herbicide free ? Bagged compost is usually fine . Many hay grower spray their hay crops with commercial-grade herbicide alike to RoundUp . If it is in sawhorse manure to make compost , It will kill your crop and ruin your soil .
AzomiteEvery 3 - 4 years I getAzomitefromAmazon . bring home the bacon mineral and trace elements that plants use up from the grunge . It is in powder contour and in natural spring , I sparge it over all my annual bed and lightly dig out in and for perennial plants I spatter it around the radix of plants or over the foliage and piss in .
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