Treating your plants the same way you would like to be
treated, with care and respect, will keep them healthy and happy.
Abuse causes unnecessary stress and wounds that can be a target to
diseases and pest problems in your organic garden, a healthy plant is a
happy plant.
Simply handling your plants gently and avoiding any
damage, like torn leaves and broken stems is very important. Rough
handling not only cause stress to the plant, it can weaken it and the
wound can be the invitation that pests and disease organisms are
looking for to find an easy access to enter the plant.
One of the most common ways that a plant gets damaged is
at harvest time. Tugging at a plant when picking the fruit or even
when a flower is picked. It not only can damage or break off a stem,
it can also cause harm to the plants root system. You should always
use a sharp tool, like a knife or pruning shears to make a clean and
gentle cut that is easy for the plant to heal.
When working around the plants in your garden, avoid the
handling of the plants as much as possible, when you do have to, be
gentle and use care. The transfer of diseases are not only cause by
natural methods, they can be applied to another plant from simply the
transfer of moisture on one plant to another. This can easily be done
when you touch a leaf of a plant, then move to another and touch it
with your wet hand, you will never even know it. There are many
disease organisms and pest that can be in and easily travel on just
the thin film of moisture that covers the plant foliage on a damp
morning dew.
Organic pest control involves the studying or your garden
plants and the gardens soil to create a natural, healthy environment
for your plants to thrive. The key to having a good organic pest and
disease control management plan in place is to have a well balanced
system. This system includes having a healthy garden soil structure
that can provide the plant life you are growing the support,
nutrients, moisture and environment they need to grow strong and
healthy. A strong healthy plant is the best defense against pest and
disease problems and a healthy soil can provide a healthy plant.
