Outdoor Growing
Useful accessories for outdoor growing and urban gardening, such as handy little gardening tools, slug pellets, wildlife repellent and much more.
Watering is always a bigger problem outdoors. A water butt will eventually run out, and always having to walk long distances to water the plants is annoying. In the worst-case scenario, you have to carry the water to the plants yourself - collapsible buckets help here so that at least you don't have to lug around a bulky container. If you have little time and the water supply is guaranteed on site, you can also consider automatic watering.
Fertiliser can also be useful to prepare the soil for cultivation, because sometimes you can find a suitable place to grow, not too shady, not too cold - but the soil in the chosen location simply contains too few nutrients.What is outdoor growing about?
It's about growing plants in the great outdoors, in contrast to growing indoors. You utilise the opportunities offered by public spaces and try to find the ideal location for your plants. Often you don't have a good place for your plants in your own garden or you simply don't have a garden. In good locations, patios and balconies are also suitable for growing potted plants, but if these conditions are not met, growing outdoors is an alternative that more and more plant enthusiasts are considering.
In addition to the advantages of outdoor growing, such as
there are of course also disadvantages:
Despite the naturally lower effort and need for cultivation technology, outdoor growing does not always spare you a trip to the Grow Shop. Forest soils in particular do not always offer the right pH value or a suitable nutrient composition, which is why readjustment can be worthwhile in many cases. Especially if you want to cultivate larger areas in a remote allotment or woodland plot, the harvest certainly speaks for itself. In the interests of the cause, however, it is advisable to avoid over-fertilising and to look for a more suitable location with optimal conditions - not every location is suitable for every plant.Outdoor growing tips: the right place and its design
The right place naturally depends on the plant and the intended purpose of the cultivation. If it's just a short-term greening project, you don't have to worry too much about the needs of the plant, but rather orientate yourself on aesthetic criteria, i.e. where the plant will look best. Of course, it should not dry out immediately or be swept away by the wind.
However, when growing in the wild, it is not only climatic factors and the quality of the soil that need to be taken into account, but also possible pests or wild animals that could pose a threat to the plants. The light conditions should be suitable, i.e. depending on the plant, the amount of sun and shade should be appropriate. If you don't want to regularly walk for kilometres with a watering can, there should also be enough moisture in the soil, a barrel or container for collecting rain or perhaps a river nearby from which you can quickly fetch some. A small self-built wild fence is perhaps also advisable, but then you are already quite far away from the quickest possible, uncomplicated guerrilla outdoor growing.
There is a simple and effective solution for one aspect: soil quality and protecting the roots from pests: You dig in the plants along with a flower pot - so you can add the optimum soil mix without it being washed away by the rain. You can mix in substrates and check the pH value, airiness and water drainage, and fertilising is also possible in this way. It also protects the roots from pests in the soil and, to a certain extent, from fungi.
A self-built fence or the use of chicken wire protects against browsing by wild animals. Of course, this again attracts attention and requires a certain amount of maintenance. Another simple measure against wild animals is to use nylon or fishing line to draw two lines, one at a height of 10cm and the other at 40cm, which should at least keep deer at a reasonable distance.