Your own garden - for some it is a place of retreat, for others it is a space to develop freely and let off steam creatively. While flowers, shrubs and the like create a beautiful ambience, you can also use your own patch of green to grow your own fruit and vegetables. However, growing and caring for plants takes a lot of time, which is why it is all the more annoying when they are attacked by pests and diseases. But how can you prevent this? The magic word is plant strengthening!
The formula behind it is "plants help plants" - and goes back to centuries-old knowledge about the healing and strengthening abilities of certain herbs. This knowledge is gradually being rediscovered and hobby gardeners can now make use of the effects of camomile, lavender, nettle or wormwood.
Plant strengthening made easy!
Whether you prepare your own herbs or use Naturen products, for example: If you want to ensure that your useful and ornamental plants are optimally armed against stress factors, you should rely on strengthening by means of plant cures. Susceptible plants are treated preventively, revitalized and thus made more resistant to possible pest infestation.
For example, a tea extract is an effective means of protecting plants susceptible to fungi. How does it work? Special vital cures are brewed in hot water and then filled into spray bottles. All gardening enthusiasts then have to do is spray the plants regularly, dripping wet. Alternatively, hobby gardeners can make a broth or cold water extract to boost plant health. Some organic vitality cures, on the other hand, change the environment around the crop so that it is avoided by pests.
However, there are a number of other environmentally friendly measures that can help to strengthen plants. If you want to keep pests away from carrot or onion plants, you can cover them with a close-meshed cultivation net. The location of a crop also plays an important role. If this is changed frequently, pests will find it difficult to establish themselves. The same effect can be achieved by regularly loosening the soil.
For plants and real estate: location, location, location!
Speaking of location: If you pay attention to the special requirements of fruit and vegetable varieties or ornamental plants when sowing, you can reduce their susceptibility to pests. So make sure the soil has good properties and don't neglect aspects such as sunlight and water supply. The distance between individual plants should also never be too small so that diseases are not transmitted so easily.
Gardening enthusiasts can find more tips on how to care for and strengthen their plants organically at www.naturen-garten.de.