Organic Gardening

Gardening Expert Tonya Ashworth talks about organic gardening in the home garden. There is no single definition for organic gardening. Organic gardening in the home garden is trying to grow food using all natural products including not using synthetic pesticides. It may be difficult to control insects and diseases when growing things organically.  Because of this diseases need to be prevented because they are difficult to sure. For example, mulch can help prevent blight on tomatoes by keeping the fungus spores in the soil from splashing on the lower leaves. Growing a disease resistant  variety will also help. Crop rotation can reduce disease pressure. Tonya shows some organic products that can be used including: insecticidal soap, BT, horticultural oil, neem oil, sulfur, Pyrethrin, diatomaceous earth.

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