Vegetable garden have been a common sight in many homes today. Owners consider it more for the aesthetic value it provides. Not to mention the savings you can have. You need not go to the vegetable section of the grocery when you have a vegetable garden.
Step 1:Know your vegetables
We all have vegetable favorites we like. As much as possible, have those crops that have distinct and tasty flavor. Have some jasmines, onion chives, spinach, parsley and pandan leaf. You can plant oregano, cinnamon and curry leaf too. Just make sure they are fresh when you pick them.
Step 2: Prepare a level ground
You have to smooth the plot in your garden and make sure they’re flat. The reason for this is for the sun to easily shine on your plants. Turn the soil and culture it with organic compost.
A day of blistering temperature would be essential for your plants to grow healthily.
Step 3: Figure out the needed space
You need to determine the growing room of some vegetables before you actually seed them down. Tomatoes needs to be 60 centimeters apart for them to develop better. The big pumpkins needs more space and would require 120 cm. The space for lettuce needs to be 50 cm.
Growing requirements are provided on seed packets, in catalogs, and on nursery tags, as well as in books on growing vegetables.
Step 4: Plants with less space
Choose crops that require less room if you have a small vegetable garden or grow vegetables in a container.
Tomatoes can go well in tumblers or even in hanging baskets. You can put the lettuce in pots and they can be a nice ornament along a patio.
Climbing plants like pole beans can be cultivated along an arbor or pergola. It takes up no space at all for its vines climb around the cross beams. If you have green onions, parsley or any other herbs, gather in the flower bed. They will surely infuse well into the garden as nice decoration.
Step 5: Plan the crops
Determine the months where the hot and cooling season begins in your region. This is very important before you start the actual planting.
Common cool-season vegetables include beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, lettuce, peas, potatoes, radishes, spinach and turnips.
Seasonal crops for the summer includes melons, eggplants, sweet corn, peppers, pumpkins, cucumber and squash.
Step 6: Sow seeds directly to ground
Scatter the seeds in the ground for they grow faster when you do it with this method. Spread the seeds of corn, squash, turnips, peas and melons directly to the soil.
Buy the starting seeds in packs or flats for you will save with them more than the planting seedlings.
Step 7: Nursery seedlings for beginners
The best thing to do is start with nursery seedlings. This is specially true if you’re just a beginning gardener.
To give you idea on the nursery seedlings, they are the following: cabbage, cauliflower, tomatoes, eggplants, peppers and broccoli.
Squash and cucumber are just some of the plants that can be considered as both seeds and seedlings.
Step 8: Get the seeds in New Year
Make sure you order the seeds in early January or after New Year. Most often, suppliers bring out fresh selections of seeds at this time. Remember to read the labels of packets and see if it’s the current year.
Step 9: Order the seeds that you choose
Get the best choices from the catalogs given by seed companies. Or better yet you can browse on the internet.
Step 10: Prepare the soil
Shop for seedlings when your soil is prepared and you are ready to plant. Let the soil be dank and temperate. Ensure it would not be dry in three days.
Get only those seedlings which are in good condition. They should stand up straight and be stocky, not lanky, with no yellow leaves or bug holes.
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