Not every hobby gardener has a lot of time left over for garden care. Nevertheless, you don't have to do without your own garden, because you can make many beds easy to care for and also make your work easier with a few tricks.
What is the best and easy way to care for beds?
To make beds easy to care for, choose plants that suit the site conditions, use ground cover or bark mulch, water at the roots in the morning or evening and fertilize as needed. Regular weed removal completes the care.
Care for the vegetable patch
Vegetable beds often need a lot of care. After sowing or planting, sufficient moisture must be provided for germination or growth and the bed must be kept free of weeds. Daily watering is just as mandatory here as regular weed pulling.
Create a bed that is easy to care for
A bed is particularly easy to care for if the plants have been selected according to the existing conditions, i.e. sun-hungry plants in a sunny bed and shade-loving plants in the shade. With ground cover and/or a layer of bark mulch you can prevent soil erosion and retain moisture better in the soil. Some plants need regular pruning, others don't. You should also consider this when making your selection.
General care tips for beds
You might think that it doesn't matter when and how plants are watered, as long as they get enough water. However, this is not the case. Many plants do not tolerate water on their leaves particularly well. They get ugly spots or even suffer from leaf rot. Therefore, always water the roots at the bottom and not just the entire plant from above.
Watering is also recommended in the morning and/or evening, not in the blazing midday heat. This will prevent burns from water droplets on the leaves. Fertilize your plants as much as necessary, but at the same time as little as possible. Overfertilization can cause more damage than is often assumed. You can remove weeds not only by plucking but also by careful and careful chopping.
The most important care measures in brief:
- move watering to the morning and/or evening hours
- Do not water on the leaves but on the roots
- Fertilize plants as needed
- Reduce maintenance costs through careful choice of location
- pulling weeds regularly, alternatively chopping them
Tip
If you don't have a lot of time for gardening, then create some low-maintenance beds instead of forgoing the pleasure of having your own garden.
