Have the best quality vegetables in your garden. Here is how!

Being a home gardener, you sure have grown a lot of vegetables in your garden. Growing these vegetables from seeds will help you ensure that you have quality vegetables in your garden. Some benefits of growing vegetables from seeds are: getting more varieties in seeds, seeds are cheaper than buying full grown plants and also that you are clear on the quality of the vegetables being grown in your garden. For a quality growth, you need quality seeds. You can look for online seeds in Delhi, if you are local there. 

Here are some tips for growing seeds in your garden:

Containers:  Any pot/container that is 3-4 inches deep will do. Ensure you clean your containers thoroughly with warm soapy water. Punch 3-4 holes in the containers and set them on a plate. This will help prevent water clogging
Space them out: Remember to not sow many seeds in a small area. Crowding seeds together will slow the growth of the other seeds and plants may compete with each other for nutrition.

Warmth for germination: Seeds require certain amount of heat to germinate. Even if the days are hot and nights are cold, your seeds may not germinate because of the cold spells at night. Keep your pots warm and damp by covering them with carrier bags.

Water them: Dry weathers usually require you to water your plants more than often. Water requirements change depending on the weather and plant type.

With a wide variety of seeds available, you have a huge variety to choose from. Buy imported seeds if you have an interest in growing some exotic vegetables in your garden.

Mosquito Repellent Plants You Should Have At Home

With the onset of monsoon, we always see some uninvited guests at home. These are the illness causing filthy mosquitoes. Along with them we also see some insects that may cause allergies and illness.

Here are some plants that will naturally keep mosquitoes and harm causing insects at bay. These can be planted either by buying plants or seeds.

Basil:

Basils naturally repel mosquitoes. Plant these in your garden and you can see fewer mosquitoes at home! Basil belongs to the family of powerful, pungent herbs that are perfect to keep insects away.

Rosemary:

Farmers prefer to plant rosemary in their fields to keep the bugs away from their crops. This herb has a woody fragrance that acts as a natural repellent to those unwanted bugs. Its powerful properties will help keep the insects away for a considerable amount of time.

Peppermint:

This is a hybrid of water mint and spearmint. Not only will it enhance your garden, but will also keep those nasty insects away due to its strong scent.

Lemon Grass:

Mosquitoes do not take the smell of lemon grass very well. They naturally stay away from this kind of grass due to it smell. Lemon grass does not require much maintenance. It contains citronella, which is a base used in many mosquito repellents.

Loving gardening, we all love hanging out in our own garden. Mosquitoes shouldn’t stop you from doing so. Always having yourself covered is not possible and neither do the chemical repellents work very well. Buy quality seeds or buy plants and have your own mosquito free home this monsoon.