Getting Started
-The Act, Secrets And Art Of Planting -Taking Care Of Vegetables -How Vegetables Are Plants With A Difference Requiring -Special Attention From garden to table, that is the dream and purpose here. Going from seed to plant, yielding fruits or crops, the process you are enabling through your activities, energies and efforts what stands in the center of focus. Sometimes knowing and seeing your goal clearly also helps you with what needs to get done in order to succeed. Most of the activities up to this point can easily be put into the categories of planning and preparation. Now the actually ACTION will follow, dealing with seeds, plants and crops galore in your OWN BACKYARD VEGETABLE GARDEN! Starting with and from seeds are the best way to learn about the plants and veggies themselves, their needs and requirements and how you can best addressing it. Seeds have to be of good quality to give plants a fighting chance Good stock and brand name seed are highly recommended Strong and gathered from healthy specimens Freshly collected Mail-order is best Do not sacrifice quality to save a couple of bucks for cheap seeds. Grow and test them, until you find the most reliable ones, or ask around. Trust results and word of mouth, tested and proven seed always provide you with the better options and higher crop yields Plants started indoors in flat trays can do really well if properly cared for from the starts. All can be started covered under glass and do some great growing even before they make their way into the garden and eventually onto your table! Transplanting these young plants require quite the art and taking extra care to ensure the roots take well and the setting is firm and secure will be paramount. You can also buy vegetable plants fro retailers and gardening centers to give you a head start. Growing them yourself however is much more rewarding. Depending on how practical and hands-on you want to be in this endeavor. For early starts to the garden head indoors. Gardeners typically opt for either hotbeds or cold frames. Daily attention is more important than the precise/exact medium they are being planted and housed in! Heating, watering and ventilation all matter in giving these plants a good start. Flat-trays are the most commonly used method for starting the germination process. Build a frame and prepare the soil like you would for any other gardening activity. Planning and preparation does matter. Soil has to be rich, light, managed and easily workable. Growing plants with certainty and confidence requires all these preparatory steps in order to guarantee successful results and outcome. Seed can be sown directly into the soil or plants can be started in flats. For planting of seeds in flat trays, do not use manure, giving your plants a robust start. Seeding has to be done evenly and thick to ensure best chance for optimal growth. Some care tips for seeding and planting: VENTILATION: Airing it ever so often, lifting corners is a great way to get oxygen to the plants and enable growth WATERING: Soil have to be moistened but only when fairly dry—Thorough watering is essential at this point, as much as it will take comfortably, without leaving standing water. Mornings are better. TRANSPLANTING: When ready, big enough, they have to be moved to bigger containers or into the soil (weather permitting of course). Keep roots intact and avoid them breaking or damaging in any way. This is the lifeline of your plant. Wet soil is easier to work with during this process, so water it prior (1 day before) attempting to move the seedlings and young plants-in-the-making! Be careful in handling stems and leaves and do not bend. Temperature and water are the two biggest determining factors, as are the soil and nutrients the plants can draw upon to grow and thrive. Misting also works. Taking them out for a couple of hours a day prior to planting them outside permanently will help them transition and adjust better. Outside seedbeds require the same preparations and care, ,a s well as even seeding, with ample space left between plants, especially the leafy greens. April/May (depending on where you live and weather conditions) is great planting and transplanting months! Whether seeding indoors or outdoors, you want to have full rows with optimal growth and quality crop yield. Getting off to a good start, using quality seed and process, practice and technique, some special care watering and planting, can make all the difference. Moisture and warmth is extremely important for these phases of germination and early growth. Attention to watering and temperature, soil conditions are essential for success. Covering and protecting are just some ways of dealing with these challenges. Typically, there are THREE processes of planting of seeds: Drilling with holes and spaces in-between Hilling Rows of seeds (fixed distances) Soil preparation and a freshly prepared bed for seeding and planting are BOTH pre-requisites for a successful process and result! Soil has to be moist and wet for easy handling and optimal rooting, securing planting. How deep to plant it will depend on the type, varietals, location and weather involved. Early, spring plantings seem to be more successful, as soon as the risk or frost is gone, past, no longer a threat. Covering and protecting the early seedlings and germinating plants increase their odds of/for optimal growth. Avoid the soil drying out too much and cracking in the soil. Carefully transplanting and ensuring that there is enough spacing between plants will also give them room to expands and grow accordingly and appropriately. Cultivation and regular monitoring in the early stages will be your calling, role, task and commission to ensure they survive and thrive, past their initial early stages of growth. Weeding, stimulating plant growth, airing and conserving moisture and nutrients are all important parts of this process. Breaking up the soil and regular feeding and watering can only help increase your odds for success. Constant on-going care will be required, but as mentioned earlier, working smarter, using the right tools of the trade, can all make quite the difference for all these tasks at hand. Here are some additional tips to ensure the tasks at hand do not overwhelm or overtake you: Work when the soil is soft and moist after rain for example or watering Before weeding use a hoe to cultivate and eye the weeds that have to be removed. Break up the soil properly Hand-weeding is the safest until you get comfortable with some of the more advanced tools Take exceptional care not to pull out the seedlings with the weeds! Drawing up the soil, then leveling again, while cultivating on both sides of the stem, airs and protects the young growing plants as well, getting nutrients where they belong. Rotating and alternating veggies, types and varietals are all great ways of giving soil a ‘rest’ and providing the different plants with what they need. |
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