How to Grow More Vegetables

N 5 OPEN-POLLINATED SEEDS, SEED PROPOGATION, CLOSE SPACING, AND SEED SAVING GOAL: Enhanced and uninterrupted root and plant grow ...

Generally, the elements needed for growth fall into two categories: terrestrial (soil and nutrients) and celestial (air, warmth, ...

the test of time, and that is why they are still available for us to use. Many have been used for a century or more and have bee ...

Hexagonal spacing: Leaf lettuce is spaced on 8-inch centers. Seeds should be planted at a depth equal to their thickness. Lima a ...

seedlings in the at and of plants in the growing bed should barely touch. Appropriately spaced plants form a living mulch, whic ...

A spacing frame aids in placing seeds in flats. Place 1 seed in the center of each space. To make the placement of seeds in plan ...

Once you get the feel for plant spacing, you may want to practice broadcasting seeds by hand in ats for some crops, such as let ...

toward you. If you pull, seeds, fertilizers, and compost may concentrate irregularly over the bed rather than remain evenly spre ...

Use your digging board as a planting board to minimize compaction. As you move it along the bed, loosen the soil underneath with ...

several advantages: Transplanted seedlings make better use of bed space. Seeds can take from 5 days to 12 weeks or more to reac ...

growth. Transplanting stimulates growth. When you transplant a seedling into a double-dug, composted bed that is fluffy, aerate ...

broccoli heads were the size of the nail on a little 9nger. The at’s length and width are not as critical. They should not beco ...

When planting seeds or seedlings, remember that the most important areas for the plant are the 2 inches above and the 2 inches b ...

Roots are leaves in the ground. The critical distance above and below the surface of the planting bed is not exactly 2 inches. O ...

locations—depending on the weather—where you can place it while the seeds germinate and grow: A seedling flat Note: Greenhouses ...

In the open for 2 more days to complete the hardening off process before transplanting. In the open under a 30% shade net durin ...

Half-sized flats are easier to carry. This shallow flat, with evenly moist flat soil and plants, weighs about 22½ pounds. A half ...

Turf loam compost pile Alan Chadwick’s classic planting mixture for starting seeds in ats is 1 part each by weight: evenly mois ...

Loose soil with good nutrients enables roots to penetrate the soil easily, and a steady stream of nutrients flows into the stem ...

day to start and continue growth. Using weed killers or soil sterilizers. Many weed killers are short-lived, but they can limit ...