Vegetables will get fewer garden pests if you try one gardening method. That is according to one expert who shared their clever hack. Pests can be severely damaging to British gardens, ruining crops and flowers. Vegetables fall victim to a number of pests, such as aphids and slugs. However, there is a chemical-free method you can try to manage this problem. Plus, it works even if you have limited garden space.
One gardening expert and Instagram user shared her hack that has left many impressed. The creator, who posts under the username @thepurposefulyou, showed the clever trick that changed the game when it came to growing vegetables in her garden. Growing your own fruits and vegetables is a rewarding experience, especially when it comes to harvesting them. However, pests such as bugs and rodents can ruin all of your hard work. So, it is worth trying different methods to protect your vegetables from garden pests throughout the year.
The Instagram creator shared a video showing her garden and revealed the method she swears by. In the caption of the post, she wrote: “I truly believe we should plan for vertical growing first and then the rest of the garden falls in place.”
Growing things vertically, as in allowing plants to climb and bloom further up from the ground, has done wonders for protecting her vegetables against pests. She revealed: ” Having your food off the ground allows you to harvest easier, less pests, plant WAY more and double your yields.
“For example, I now grow 16 indeterminate tomato plants in ONE bed with other crops!”
The method has been backed by many other gardening experts. Grow Veg says that growing vegetables further from the ground helps to ward off pests as it makes it more difficult for them to get to the plant.
For example, carrots and cabbage family crops that are at least 45 centimetres off the ground are “out of the way of low-flying carrot flies and cabbage root flies”, they revealed. “Raised pots also reduce problems with slugs and other soil-dwelling pests.”
Other ways to ward off pests include natural repellents such as basil, thyme, rosemary and garlic. If these are grown in your garden, many pests will stay away.