cultivate at home
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Dear readers, to start planting crops it is not necessary to have large tracts of land, you just need to have the enthusiasm and creativity to implement strategies that allow planting, production and harvesting; nowadays it has been observed that homes have become a space where their own food is produced without limitations, because if you have spaces with land gardens are established, if you do not have an area you can make barbecues with wood, use pvc plastic pipes, or the well-known masetas that are also useful and take up little space, that is to say to cultivate in our houses there are no limitations when you have the will to do so.
As for orchards, it can be said that they have become a strategy widely adopted in different households worldwide because it allows us to establish crops in small spaces that are available, a home garden is extremely practical and is the ideal way to obtain organic crops since, agroecological strategies can be implemented that sometimes can become difficult in larger areas, among those practices can be mentioned fertilization with solid products of organic origin.
In the same way, barbecues can be established that are structures that are generally rectangular and are made with materials such as wood, concrete among other materials that are available at home, these structures are raised approximately one meter above the ground for various reasons such as lack of space for direct sowing on the ground, or due to excess moisture in the soil, the structure can have the following dimensions 20 cm deep which allows the planting of vegetable crops such as chives, 1 meter wide which allows the work to be done on one side in a simple way having accessibility to all plants and the length may vary depending on the space and taste of the person.
In case you are in an apartment and you like agriculture, but you don't have enough space, then containers like pots are very useful because, they can be placed anywhere and will take up very little space, there you can plant superficial root crops, such as turmeric and ginger which we have had the opportunity to grow in pots and we have had excellent harvests.
To have good results with the different strategies mentioned, you must have an excellent substrate which can result from a mixture of land with solid organic fertilizer from the decomposition of plant material such as leaves or from animals through bovine manure that once decomposed can provide excellent benefits to plants, it is also important to consider organic fertilization that from our point of view can be made use of different alternatives such as worm leachate, biol, manure tea, native microorganisms among others, which apart from providing nutrients also supplies microorganisms that improves soil fertility.
In the case of irrigation, weed and pest control, its application, diagnosis and control becomes easier because they are small spaces; this shows that growing at home in your own garden, barbecue or pot is a simple and smart way to ensure a monthly supply of healthy food that you can use to prepare different dishes, since the vegetables kept in the garden are the source of food for your family. Maintaining the right conditions, such as fertilization and irrigation, is crucial to ensure that crops respond with good production.
Dear readers, if you grow in your homes in an ecological way, you will be able to have greater control over the quality of food. The main advantage of this type of crops is that the benefits that our food acquires are beneficial for us. Everyone needs more vitamins and minerals in their daily diet, as well as other important substances for health that we can only get through our diet.
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- Altieri, M. (1999). Agroecology scientific bases for a sustainable agriculture. The book is partially funded by Sustainable Agriculture Networking and Extension (SANE), a program sponsored by UNDP, New York.
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I enjoyed reading this post. I started my garden on a balcony (when I lived in an apartment in a big city) before having a proper one in my current home.
Cheers!
Greetings dear @lemouth, sorry for the delay in responding, but I have been very busy due to work issues and distracted a little by the situation that exists in our region with the floods. Returning to the subject, I think it is excellent that you are so involved with agriculture from your home without a doubt, it is an activity that teaches us to see the wonders of nature.
See you later brother, have a great week.
I changed a bit since we have rash winters in here, so I am starting with a hydroponic cultivation, but some seeds don't grow or doesn't do well with it... basil , thyme , cilantro grow crazy but rosemary not much
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Hello dear @gwajnberg, I am not a specialist in hydroponic crops but you could check that the humidity level is the necessary for that type of seeds that you mention and also check the pH level of the water ideally it would be between 5.6 to 6. there are some factors that can influence such systems.
So long, have a great week.
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