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Organic Gardening - Cultivating a Healthy Soil to Prevent Disease and Pest Problems in Your Garden

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It is all about the soil, the foundation for growing healthy plants that can defend themselves from disease and pest problems in the garden naturally. Good healthy soil is one that can provide for plants so that they can nurture themselves. It gives them the ability to find and use the nutrients that are stored in the soil as they need them. How to prevent soil-borne diseases When plants are grown in soil with poor structure quality, compact, and low in nutrients, they will grow weak and be stressed by nutrient deficiencies. This leaves the plant being an open target, or prey, for insects and diseases. Having a soil that has a good healthy organic structure, one that retains the nutrients and moisture that plants need, along with being well-drained and one that supports the vast complex community of live that is needed to continuously improve the soil's structure while feeding on the pests, along with the disease organisms is very important. Pests and disease organisms...

Composting Used As a Method of Soil Amendment

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Organic Gardening is all about soil, feed the soil so it will benefit the plant life you are growing in your gardens, and as a part of your landscape. Compost is the answer you are looking for when looking for a soil amendment that offers many natural benefits for both the plant life you are growing and the soil you are growing our crops. An excellent healthy organic structure is the key to growing strong, healthy plant life and is its ecosystem. It's what organic Gardening is all about, having a well-balanced soil, so chemicals aren't needed for disease and pest control. Putting together a good soil management plan and amending your garden's soil with organic matter, compost is the key to improving your gardens soil structure. Soil Borne Diseases Management Having a good healthy organic garden soil structure doesn't mean that pests or diseases won't ever be present in your garden, but it will grow strong, healthy plant life that can defend themselves fr...