5 tips for beginner growers

Beginnings are never easy, we already know that. And no matter how much we have read, seen or asked, the most normal thing is that we make some typical mistakes. C'est la vie!

To avoid them, at Grow Industry we bring you 5 essential tips for novice (outdoor) growers when growing.

There are many articles, books, blogs, and even your mother or your aunt who plants tomatoes has a lot of references... That is why it is said that every teacher has his or her own little book. Well, you yourself will end up learning your own tricks depending on the space you have and what you want to grow.

But since we are so cool, today we want to give you 5 tips for novice growers that we would all have loved to have been given when we first got into this exciting little world. Can you come with us?

5 tips for novice growers

Nature is wise, so one of the best things we can do is interfere as little as possible. Plants know how they have to grow, we have to limit ourselves, as far as possible, to facilitating the process and providing them with optimal growing conditions.

But there are some ways to enhance their performance, protect them from weather conditions or avoid possible pests that weaken or even destroy them.

The best thing you can do to start is to observe. And then, observe some more. To understand the puzzles of agriculture, it is essential to have a lot of patience and get used to analyzing the environment without doing too much.

1. Water frequently, but little

Watering is essential, but not doing it is almost as harmful as doing it wrong. This is one of the first tips for novice growers that you should know. So it is important to know how to water our plants to provide them with what they need, without harming them.

How do we do it? You should water frequently, but without drowning the plants, since excess water causes the oxygen levels of the roots to drop, which prevents them from growing optimally. But you shouldn't let the soil dry out either.

So you have to be patient and watch your plants a lot, until you can establish a "X time" pattern to water them (daily, every other day... It depends on many factors, such as the climate in your area, the season of year, the type of crop, the space available to each plant...).

Collect the water you are going to use for irrigation in a container without a lid (a bucket or similar) and leave it uncovered for about twenty-four hours so that the chlorine evaporates. Chlorine is not exactly good for plants and watering with tap water can harm them considerably.