Care Sheets & Tips
PLANTING VEGETABLES
Find an area which will receive at least 5-6 hours of direct sunlight daily. Decide which vegetables and the amount of each you want to include in your garden. Take into consideration: the amount of space you have available (some vegetables need more ’growing room’ than other); your own requirements for canning, freezing, or table use; local frost dates and climate conditions. For a longer harvest period, plant vegetables at staggered time intervals. Allocate part of your garden small, rapid-maturing vegetables (such as radishes, lettuce, spinach). Keep tall vine or pole varieties from overshadowing smaller plants. The following plants should be started from seed; beans, beets, carrots, corn, peas, radishes. When growing plants from seed follow the instructions on the seed pack. Soil Preparation Spade soil deeply. Loosen up heavy clay by adding peat moss and manure. Add 1 kg of Garden Fertilizer per 10 sq. metres. Turn the soil over again and rake smooth. Pre-Planting Care If you cannot plant the same day of purchasing, water vegetables thoroughly, plant them in the shade. Evenings and cloudy days are the best times to plant. Planning your Garden First make a list of all the vegetables your family enjoys (there’s no use growing a vegetable if it won’t get eaten). Then, put a number beside each variety indicating the number of plants required to feed you and your family. The table below will help you decide the number of plants required to feed a family of 4.
Moisten soil before planting, allow it to dry slightly until it’s workable. Generally, plant sees about 3 times as deep as their diameter. Cover small seeds with finely sifted compost, soil or vermiculite. Plants not in individual containers should be gently separated to retain as much soil around the roots as possible. Watering Vegetables are thirsty! Water them thoroughly with a mild fertilizer solution to give them a good start. Thereafter water whenever the soil begins to dry, doing it early in the day by soaking the soil. Do not just sprinkle the foliage. After Planting Care Cultivate out weeds as soon as they appear. For easier weed pulling, moisten soil and hour before cultivating. When removing weeds, do not disturb the roots of the plants. Your vegetables may have problems with insects or disease. If they do, bring a sample of the problem to your closest Garden Centre and let one of our experienced nurserymen identify the problem. |
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