6. A Healthy Growing Area | 15 mins

Keeping your growing area in good health, rather than just pest and disease free, is an important day to day aspect of organic growing. Creating a diverse and vigorous growing system, maintaining good hygiene and paying close attention all help prevent problems.

To achieve a healthy growing area, work towards the following:

• Keep your soil in good condition by feeding it with organic matter.
• Source healthy plants which are well suited to their growing location. 
• Be observant, often problems can arise from failing to spot signs early. 
• Practise good hygiene, keeping tools and hands clean reduces the spread of diseases.

Explore the organic garden below by clicking the yellow dots to discover more organic best practices to help you maintain a healthy growing area. These practices can be applied to any growing space from containers on a windowsill to an allotment plot. 

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