Maintaining your garden is essential to keep plants alive. Not only plants need to be maintained well, think of trees and shrubs too! By pruning your trees and shrubs every autumn, there is a good chance that they will continue to grow the following spring. When pruning, you should make sure that you prune branches as close to the trunk as possible. An incorrect way of pruning can damage the shrub or tree, with all the consequences that entails. In this article we give you three handy tips for maintaining garden plants!
Tip 1: Make sure plants get enough moisture
The soil often contains a lot of moisture, which means that plants do not quickly suffer from dehydration. However, now that Dutch summers are getting warmer, dehydration will occur more quickly in the summer! If there is little moisture, plants must be provided with extra moisture to keep them alive. This applies in particular to young plants, which themselves can still draw little moisture from the soil. After all, young plants often have very limited roots.
Tip 2: place plants in a greenhouse in the fall
Many people choose to have a conservatory attached to their home. With a conservatory, you can still enjoy the garden without being bothered by the cold wind or rain in autumn and winter. The conservatory is also an ideal place to place plants during these seasons. It is too cold for plants outside, so it is best to move them to a warmer place. Please note that this concerns plants in pots on your terrace or balcony. Plants in the garden do not have to be brought inside, but you can provide them with some shelter in case of severe frost. For example, place wooden planks around plants, or wrap them in newspapers. Make sure that plants get enough light.
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Tip 3: use grow lights
To stimulate the growth of young plants, it can be smart to use grow lights. For example, grow lights come in handy in a greenhouse that you can place in the garden. In the greenhouse, you can not only grow vegetables and fruit, but also, for example, cuttings with plants from your garden. This way, you will have new plants for your garden next summer, which can replace the old or dead plants. Of course, you can also give these plants away to people in your area! Grow lights can also be used indoors if, for example, you are sowing in small pots in the shed.
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