If you are new to gardening, you will most likely take any tips and tricks you hear - from old wives’ tales to evidence backed up by science - to find out which one works wonders.
As a gardener, you are probably familiar with the conventional techniques of growing successful veggies and flowers. However, if you are not pleased with your garden’s harvest, or wish to curb the use of chemicals, then check out some wacky gardening tips below. They may sound odd but will yield an excellent harvest.
Sow pennies in the soil
By suggesting this, we do not mean money will grow on your plants, but we can certainly tell that your tomatoes will be richer. Just remember to use coins (5 or 10 paise) that are at least 95% copper. Copper coins can effectively fight tomato blight. In addition, copper is one of the main ingredients found in commercial fungicides. Sowing a copper coin nearly 4 or 5 inches deep will gradually seep in and wipe out fungal spores without causing any damage to your plants.
Get your guppies or goldfishes outside.
Mosquitoes are harmless to your plants, but they can annoy you while you are trying to garden. You can keep mosquitoes at bay by removing every source of stagnant water. The guppies or goldfish can rescue you from pesky mosquitoes. Place some of your finned buddies in your rain tub, and they will happily gobble up the mosquito larvae.
Sing a song
This trick might make you a little conscious about how crazy it may seem to others, but singing and talking to your plants can help them blossom stronger and faster. According to scientists, this peculiar technique works as sound waves successfully replicate wind, enabling the stems of the plants to grow sturdier.
Plant your green babies in odd numbers
Plants growing in groups of three or five or seven appear more balanced while creating an illusion that the plants are healthier and larger than they actually are. As suggested by garden experts, plants grouped in odd numbers, in asymmetrical patterns can imitate the appearance of plants growing naturally in the wild
Garden under the moonlight
It is possibly an urban legend, but many gardeners believe that sowing and caring for plants after sundown yields a healthier harvest, and the process of soil tilling under the veil of darkness can ward off weeds from germinating because they require sunlight to do so.
Give these gardening techniques a try. Initially fellow gardeners may frown at you, but they will likely replicate you seeing the outcome.
