If you don’t have any plans for the long Easter weekend, prepare your garden for summer. With these 8 tips you can create your own paradise.
With these tips and tricks you can create your oasis of well-being. (Source: NinaMalyna / depositphotos.com)
Tip 1: Perfectly stage the garden with a planner
Tip 2: Identify plant species
Tip 3: Care, cutting, fertilizing, sowing, harvesting, wintering…
Tip 4: Grow your own vegetables
Tip 5: Identify and destroy weeds
Tip 6: Water and fertilize plants properly
Tip 7: Fight diseases and pests effectively
Tip 8: WiFi in the garden
Slowly but surely the temperatures are rising and the sun is starting to appear more often. At the start of the gardening season, the long Easter weekend is a great time to get the property or the vegetable patch on the balcony ready for the warm season.
Not only do you have something to do, but you also get some physical activity in the fresh air and in the end everything looks nice (in the best case scenario). Below we will show you how your garden can shine in new splendor with the right planners and tools.
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Tip 1: Perfectly stage the garden with a planner
Is your garden just too boring for you, haven’t you taken care of it for a long time or do you just want to bring a breath of fresh air into your property? With the help of garden planners, you can design your piece of land exactly as you imagine it.
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There are now a number of applications, both for smartphones or tablets and for PCs. In the gallery below we will introduce you to the programs that will make your planning easy.
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5 garden planners at a glance
5 garden planners at a glance
Garden planners not only help you set up your garden or determine where the garden furniture or plants should be placed. Some applications also give you lots of helpful tips on planting yourself, let you plan garden paths and your own terrace, or help you ideally sow or harvest your own fruits and vegetables.
Tip 2: Identify plant species Flora Incognita – automatic plant identification (Source: Ilmenau University of Technology)
Have you discovered a plant or tree on your walk that you really want to plant on your own property? Maybe you’re wondering in your own garden what kind of bush that is next to the apple tree. In the past, people would go through books to find out what kind and variety it was. This is now much easier, using an app.
The app “Flora Incognita – automatic plant identification” from the Technical University of Illmenau is recommended. With the help of the smartphone application you can identify plants in no time. Simply take a picture with the camera. The unknown plant is then compared with the database and analyzed. A few moments later you will receive the result and know what you see in front of you.
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The app knows over 4,800 plant species, including all native wild plants. You will also receive extensive, illustrated profiles with lots of information. In addition, the application offers news and participation activities for users. Flora Incognita is completely free and has no advertising or in-app purchases.
Tip 3: Care, cutting, fertilizing, sowing, harvesting, wintering… Gardify provides you with ToDo’s for the whole year. (Source: netzlab GmbH)
The Gardify app supports you with the entire organization of your gardening. You will receive all the important to-do’s for the plants that you have stored in the application. The program offers access to numerous instructions and videos on over 6,000 plants. You can also clarify your questions with the community and experts.
In addition, Gardify also provides location-specific frost warnings for plants and devices to protect them from frost damage. Also included is a garden diary that you can fill with pictures and text.
For a better overview, garden areas can be created – for example for the herb bed or the front garden. You can also search for new plants in the app based on characteristics – such as those that are particularly bird or butterfly friendly.
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Gardify can generally be used free of charge. However, some functions can only be used in the paid Plus version, which you can unlock via in-app purchases.
Tip 4: Grow your own vegetables
Eat healthy and just grow your own vegetables. This is easier than it seems and it is healthier because it is untreated. There are a whole range of apps in the app stores that help you grow a wide variety of varieties or help you plan your vegetable patch. A suitable application for the iPhone or Android device is “Garden Planner for the Vegetable Patch” from Bento Software.
Garden planner for the vegetable patch (Source: Bento Software)
The app is there to help you with advice and support during cultivation. You will receive a wealth of information about individual vegetables, such as when the right time to sow and harvest is or which location is best.
In addition, you will receive a warning if two problematic crop rotations are grown one after the other in the same place so that the soil is not too depleted. In a virtual bed plan you can create your bed and stock it with different types of vegetables.
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You can use the basic functions of the app for free, but small amounts of money will be charged beyond that. Access to all types of vegetables costs a one-time fee of 1.99 euros, and the virtual bed plan costs a one-time fee of 1.99 euros. You can unlock the entire package for a one-time fee of 3.99 euros.
Tip 5: Identify and destroy weeds
Pulling weeds isn’t exactly one of the gardening enthusiasts’ favorite pastimes, but it has to be done. But not everyone knows what exactly weeds are and how to combat which varieties most effectively. Don’t worry, there’s an app for that too.
With “top Weed 2020”, the agricultural publisher provides a suitable application for iOS and Android, which is primarily aimed at farmers or agricultural scientists. But private users can also find a lot of helpful information here.
top weeds 2020 (Source: Agrarverlag Münster)
The species can be clearly identified using three photos that show weeds in different stages of development. Up to five key weeds can be selected, after which you will receive a coordinated recommendation for a herbicide. The application also tells you how and when to best use it.
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You can test Top Weed 2020 free of charge for 14 days on your iPhone, iPad or Android device, after which you will be charged 4.99 euros per year.
The subscription automatically renews after the free trial period. If you don’t like the app, don’t forget to cancel your subscription at least 24 hours before it expires.
Tip 6: Water and fertilize plants properly Plantsome (Source: Plantsome)
Plants also need attention so that they thrive and develop optimally. This varies from species to species and is not always easy to know. The “Plantsome” app is there to help you and give you important information on how to optimally water and fertilize flowers and plants.
The app uses a large plant database. Choose the right one and indicate the size of your plant and how many hours a day it is in the sun. Plantsome will then send you watering and fertilizer reminders.
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The app not only reminds you to water, but also calculates the amount of water required. You can use the application completely free of charge. The only downer is that the program is currently only available in English.
Tip 7: Fight diseases and pests effectively Plant doctor (Source: Thomas Hering & Lars Michalowski GbR)
There is nothing more annoying than diseases and pests. You put so much effort into raising them and snails have already eaten all the lettuce. The “Plant Doctor” app gives you lots of tips on how to cure diseases and prevent pest infestations. You can use the application on your Android phone as well as on the iPhone and iPad.
Plant Doctor offers you various damage images so that you can quickly identify which disease or pest was at work. Once you have identified the culprit, you will receive a description as well as tips on treatment and environmentally friendly prevention to naturally combat pests and diseases.
If you get stuck, you can take a photo of your affected plant and send it to a specialist advisor at the Neudorff gardening company.
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The app is completely free and has no advertising or in-app purchases. Although you cannot order recommended products within the application directly from it, you will receive information about which dealer in your area sells the product.
Tip 8: WiFi in the garden
If you’ve been thinking about connecting your garden and making the WiFi network available outside for a while, then we’ll help you with this project too.
The best thing: In most cases, this can be done simply by repositioning the router. In our article “Bringing WiFi into the garden: Full reception for the terrace and property” we give you tips on how to bring the wireless network into the garden.
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