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Tuesday, September 24, 2013
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Herb Gardeners Preparing for Winter!
Perennial herbs will do real good if they do not have but a little new growth when the cold weather hits. You will need to stop fertilizing about one month before the first killing frost.
Toward the last of the summer, your annual herbs will start to die. Earlier in the year, you probably had planted some new herbs, but now they will be finishing up and you will now need to turn your attention to protection the soil over the winter.
By using cover crops and mulches will prevent your soil form washing away when it rains a lot and when the snow melts. a lot of people, think of cover crops as only going in large garden, but you can go ahead and put some cover crops in smaller spots.
If you have some patches of annuals that are grown in between perennials in your herb garden, you might want to plant a handful or two of oat seeds in with your herbs. After you pull up your annuals and compost them, scatter all of the oat seed on the soil, cover and tramp it down. After a week, you will start to see green shoots coming up. After the first frost comes, your oats will die. The dead leaves will form a thick mulch that will hold your soil in place over the winter and it will retard weeds growing in the springs.
If you do not live in a very warm climate, your perennials need to be mulched during the winter time. Mulching will keep in both the warmth and cold. The winter mulch will protect the plants roots from real cold temperatures and will keep the roots from heaving out of the ground during the freezing and thawing cycles. Wait until the ground is frozen about an inch before you mulch. If you are not sure, wait until the nighttime temperatures where you live have been in the 20s for three days and the daytime temperatures will be 32 degrees or below. Shredded leaves, straw, and rotted hay are very good for winter mulches. Put about eight inches of the mulch over the whole root area of each plant. Put boards on your mulch if your garden is in a windy place.
When it gets spring, you will need to put the mulches back from he plants when you see new growth peeping through the mulch.
If your garden area gets a lot of wind you will need to protect your plants from the winds by putting up wind barriers which is made from burlap or wood stakes. If you get the wind both ways, you will need to set the stakes around each plant in a square or rectangular pattern, put burlap on the stakes. If the wind is only coming one way, you can use a two-sided burlap shield with a stake which will form a corner around the plant. Burlap will keep the winds drying effect on each of your plants.
Toward the last of the summer, your annual herbs will start to die. Earlier in the year, you probably had planted some new herbs, but now they will be finishing up and you will now need to turn your attention to protection the soil over the winter.
By using cover crops and mulches will prevent your soil form washing away when it rains a lot and when the snow melts. a lot of people, think of cover crops as only going in large garden, but you can go ahead and put some cover crops in smaller spots.
If you have some patches of annuals that are grown in between perennials in your herb garden, you might want to plant a handful or two of oat seeds in with your herbs. After you pull up your annuals and compost them, scatter all of the oat seed on the soil, cover and tramp it down. After a week, you will start to see green shoots coming up. After the first frost comes, your oats will die. The dead leaves will form a thick mulch that will hold your soil in place over the winter and it will retard weeds growing in the springs.
If you do not live in a very warm climate, your perennials need to be mulched during the winter time. Mulching will keep in both the warmth and cold. The winter mulch will protect the plants roots from real cold temperatures and will keep the roots from heaving out of the ground during the freezing and thawing cycles. Wait until the ground is frozen about an inch before you mulch. If you are not sure, wait until the nighttime temperatures where you live have been in the 20s for three days and the daytime temperatures will be 32 degrees or below. Shredded leaves, straw, and rotted hay are very good for winter mulches. Put about eight inches of the mulch over the whole root area of each plant. Put boards on your mulch if your garden is in a windy place.
When it gets spring, you will need to put the mulches back from he plants when you see new growth peeping through the mulch.
If your garden area gets a lot of wind you will need to protect your plants from the winds by putting up wind barriers which is made from burlap or wood stakes. If you get the wind both ways, you will need to set the stakes around each plant in a square or rectangular pattern, put burlap on the stakes. If the wind is only coming one way, you can use a two-sided burlap shield with a stake which will form a corner around the plant. Burlap will keep the winds drying effect on each of your plants.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
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How to Plant a Container Garden?
The materials that you will need before you can plant your container garden are planting container, potting soil, pottery shards, plants, sheet moss or mulch and saucer or tray (if the pot is going to be on a wood surface.
Place pieces of pottery that are broken into the bottom of the container so that they will cover our your drainage hold. Because doing this will help keep the soil from washing out of the drainage hold.
Next, you will need to put the potting soil in your containers bottom. After this, you will need to take your plants and figure out where you are going to place them in your container.
Put the plants where you want them to be tin the container and surround them with potting mix, their root balls should be 1/2 to 1 inch below the top of the container. After this, you will need to finish by putting the potting soil in to fill up all the space. Press down gently in place to get rid of air pockets.
Next, cover the soil with moss or mulch, whichever you choose to use and this helps with retaining moisture. Water thoroughly. Tank your container outdoors and place it in the shad for a few days, so to help with the plants being transplanting.
If you are going to place your container garden on a table, you will need to put a saucer or tray beneath it.
When you are interested in having a container garden, there should always have a big enough container so that there is plenty of room for all of your plant roots and you need to have good drainage so make sure you have plenty of drainage holes in your container.
Place pieces of pottery that are broken into the bottom of the container so that they will cover our your drainage hold. Because doing this will help keep the soil from washing out of the drainage hold.
Next, you will need to put the potting soil in your containers bottom. After this, you will need to take your plants and figure out where you are going to place them in your container.
Put the plants where you want them to be tin the container and surround them with potting mix, their root balls should be 1/2 to 1 inch below the top of the container. After this, you will need to finish by putting the potting soil in to fill up all the space. Press down gently in place to get rid of air pockets.
Next, cover the soil with moss or mulch, whichever you choose to use and this helps with retaining moisture. Water thoroughly. Tank your container outdoors and place it in the shad for a few days, so to help with the plants being transplanting.
If you are going to place your container garden on a table, you will need to put a saucer or tray beneath it.
When you are interested in having a container garden, there should always have a big enough container so that there is plenty of room for all of your plant roots and you need to have good drainage so make sure you have plenty of drainage holes in your container.
Thursday, September 12, 2013
How To Grow Chinese Cabbage?
Chinese cabbage is a crop for cool weather and is usually sown after midsummer, this is when the days are shorter-for a fall crop.
If you are using seeds, sow the seeds in post about six weeks before the last frost and plant them outdoors 12 -15 inches apart just before the last frost. The sow your plants directly into your garden about 90 days before the first fall frost date. Then thin them out to 12- 15 inches apart.
When you want to plant your Chinese cabbage, your soil needs to be well-dug loaded with plenty of organic matter.
Keep your eyes on your Chinese cabbage plants for pests such as flea beetles, slugs, and cabbage caterpillars. Keep your crop over with floating row covers by using traps or barriers to protect from slugs.
The soil has to always be moist. You will always need to shadow hoe to keep the weeds down and not damage the roots.
Putting organic materials down before the weather starts to warm up in late spring, this will retain some moisture, suppress weeds and keep the soil cool. The soil where you have your Chinese cabbage plants needs a high-nitrogen liquid fertilizer every other week.
Chinese cabbage can be used at any stage, from seedling to fully formed heads. Young plants are best cooked lightly. The mature plants produce tight heads and can be used in salads or shredded and lightly cooked.
When you are gathering your Chinese cabbage plants, cut the whole plant at soil level, and remove the outer leaves until you reach clean leaves that are tightly wrapped around the pale tender heart, `which is the part to eat.
Here are some different varieties of Chinese cabbage.
Blues- is a quick-growing, barrel-shape cultivator, good for spring or summer sowing (55 days)
Michichli- is an older cultivator with a cylindrical head up to 18 inches.
Orient Express- is an older quick-maturing barrel-shaped cultivator.
Two Seasons- a squat cultivator that is bolt-resistant can be sown spring or fall (65 days)
Wong Bok- an older squat type about 9 inches tall, is best for a fall or winter harvest.
If you are using seeds, sow the seeds in post about six weeks before the last frost and plant them outdoors 12 -15 inches apart just before the last frost. The sow your plants directly into your garden about 90 days before the first fall frost date. Then thin them out to 12- 15 inches apart.
When you want to plant your Chinese cabbage, your soil needs to be well-dug loaded with plenty of organic matter.
Keep your eyes on your Chinese cabbage plants for pests such as flea beetles, slugs, and cabbage caterpillars. Keep your crop over with floating row covers by using traps or barriers to protect from slugs.
The soil has to always be moist. You will always need to shadow hoe to keep the weeds down and not damage the roots.
Putting organic materials down before the weather starts to warm up in late spring, this will retain some moisture, suppress weeds and keep the soil cool. The soil where you have your Chinese cabbage plants needs a high-nitrogen liquid fertilizer every other week.
Chinese cabbage can be used at any stage, from seedling to fully formed heads. Young plants are best cooked lightly. The mature plants produce tight heads and can be used in salads or shredded and lightly cooked.
When you are gathering your Chinese cabbage plants, cut the whole plant at soil level, and remove the outer leaves until you reach clean leaves that are tightly wrapped around the pale tender heart, `which is the part to eat.
Here are some different varieties of Chinese cabbage.
Blues- is a quick-growing, barrel-shape cultivator, good for spring or summer sowing (55 days)
Michichli- is an older cultivator with a cylindrical head up to 18 inches.
Orient Express- is an older quick-maturing barrel-shaped cultivator.
Two Seasons- a squat cultivator that is bolt-resistant can be sown spring or fall (65 days)
Wong Bok- an older squat type about 9 inches tall, is best for a fall or winter harvest.
How to Grow Beets?
Beets can be called a multipurpose vegetables at many stages of growth. If you have seedlings that are two to three inches tall, they are a good addition to your spring salad. Now, when the greens are six to eight inches tall you can steam up a mess of greens. Do not touch the beet part because it has just stared to develop. the beets taste good by themselves when they get about an inch and a half in diameter.
To get the best tasting beets they need to be able to grow fast, so they need to have rich soil and plenty of water. Beets have a long taproot and it is best to put them in a deeper container, at least 10 to 12 inches deep, if you are going to use a container.
You will need to put the seeds1/2 inch deep in the soil. The seeds needs to be planted three inches apart in the container that they will live in. the first planting can be done a month before the last frost, along with small succession plantings every two weeks. Beets like to grow in cool weather, but they do germinate best in fairly warm soil. The way to preheat your container soil is done by covering it with black plastic or by using red plastic mulch.
Each beet seed is actually a cluster of seeds, so it does not matter how carefully you are in planting them, they will come up as a clump of plants, You can thin some of the plants to give more space to the other plants, but beets are used to grow in clustered conditions, and they do fine if you do not thin them, especially if you harvest some of the crop early for greens. If you thin some of the beets, do this with scissors, clipping the unwanted plants at soil level the roots of the beet plants will be intertwined, and if you decide to thin them out you will disturb the roots of the plants that you want to save.
To eat the baby beets and greens or just the greens, you will need to just pull the plants in clumps. After the greens are no longer tasty and the beets are mature, you will need to pull the beets and trim the tops to about an inch long.
To eat the baby beets and greens or just the greens you will need to just pull the plants in clumps. After the greens are no longer tasty and the beets are mature, you will need to pull the beets and trim the tops to about on inch long.
Beets are easy keepers and if they get a lot of water, they are unlikely to be bothered by pests or diseases.
Beets come in many different colors such as red, golden, white and deep purple. Some of the beets when sliced open, are striped, alternation with rings of pink and white or light and dark red.
Here is a video on how to grow your own beets.
To get the best tasting beets they need to be able to grow fast, so they need to have rich soil and plenty of water. Beets have a long taproot and it is best to put them in a deeper container, at least 10 to 12 inches deep, if you are going to use a container.
You will need to put the seeds1/2 inch deep in the soil. The seeds needs to be planted three inches apart in the container that they will live in. the first planting can be done a month before the last frost, along with small succession plantings every two weeks. Beets like to grow in cool weather, but they do germinate best in fairly warm soil. The way to preheat your container soil is done by covering it with black plastic or by using red plastic mulch.
Each beet seed is actually a cluster of seeds, so it does not matter how carefully you are in planting them, they will come up as a clump of plants, You can thin some of the plants to give more space to the other plants, but beets are used to grow in clustered conditions, and they do fine if you do not thin them, especially if you harvest some of the crop early for greens. If you thin some of the beets, do this with scissors, clipping the unwanted plants at soil level the roots of the beet plants will be intertwined, and if you decide to thin them out you will disturb the roots of the plants that you want to save.
To eat the baby beets and greens or just the greens, you will need to just pull the plants in clumps. After the greens are no longer tasty and the beets are mature, you will need to pull the beets and trim the tops to about an inch long.
To eat the baby beets and greens or just the greens you will need to just pull the plants in clumps. After the greens are no longer tasty and the beets are mature, you will need to pull the beets and trim the tops to about on inch long.
Beets are easy keepers and if they get a lot of water, they are unlikely to be bothered by pests or diseases.
Beets come in many different colors such as red, golden, white and deep purple. Some of the beets when sliced open, are striped, alternation with rings of pink and white or light and dark red.
Here is a video on how to grow your own beets.
How To Plant Rhubarb!
Rhubarb is a hardy vegetable that grows in the form of red or green stalks and rhubarb lasts up to 20 years.
Many people think of rhubarb as a very sour fruit, not a vegetable. It is also referred to as the "pie plant
' because that is the one most people prepare it by using plenty of sugar. Some people will add strawberries or other small fruits with the rhubarb to add an extra fruity flavor and increase the natural sweetness of the pie.
Rhubarb can survive temperatures that goes as low as -20 degrees Fahrenheit. A winter temperature that drops down to 40 degrees Fahrenheit is necessary for the flower casing of the rhubarb plant to split and produce fresh growth. Rhubarb has to have a temperature of 75 degrees Fahrenheit to produce healthy vegetation. It is cultivated and grown in the northern states and also in regions that has long, cool spring season. Rhubarb grows big and it is hardy. It may grow to a size of tow feet wide and six feet tall.
If you want to grow rhubarb in your garden, you need to give it plenty of room to grow. If you let the rhubarb along, it will grow back abundantly every year for a couple of decades. Rhubarb is a perennial type of plant.
Rhubarb likes to have acidic soil with a PH between 5.5 and 6.5
One of the most important elements that you can do for the growth of your rhubarb is to have plenty of sunshine, especially is you have the plants with red stalks. A whole bunch of sunshine for your rhubarb plants will ensure a more vibrant color and stronger flavor. Rhubarb has to have a whole bunch of space to grow as it matures. If you plant them close to other perennial edible-producing plants, such as asparagus, this will suit them well.
The best way to plant rhubarb is to place a ball of roots that has been split from an established plant into the ground and cover it with soil, including the crown with one bud. If you only use the seeds of its flowers, the plant may take longer to because established and produce good fruit. You will have to transplant the entire rootstock.
These are the guidelines for planting rhubarb.
The hole for rhubarb needs to be about two feet in diameter and one foot deep. the disease between holes should be 1 to 2 feet apart, with rows being 3 - 4 feet apart.
You need to place the root ball and crown in the hold, then surround them with peat moss or composted manure.
Pack the soil firmly around the roots, not around the buds.
Water the crowns of the plants after you have been re-filled with soil.
If your garden does not drained well, you will need to plant your rhubarb in raised beds.
After you, have your rhubarb plants planted for five years, this is when you thin the plant growth by splitting the roosts and stems during the spring and transplanted them to a new bed.
Many people think of rhubarb as a very sour fruit, not a vegetable. It is also referred to as the "pie plant
' because that is the one most people prepare it by using plenty of sugar. Some people will add strawberries or other small fruits with the rhubarb to add an extra fruity flavor and increase the natural sweetness of the pie.
Rhubarb can survive temperatures that goes as low as -20 degrees Fahrenheit. A winter temperature that drops down to 40 degrees Fahrenheit is necessary for the flower casing of the rhubarb plant to split and produce fresh growth. Rhubarb has to have a temperature of 75 degrees Fahrenheit to produce healthy vegetation. It is cultivated and grown in the northern states and also in regions that has long, cool spring season. Rhubarb grows big and it is hardy. It may grow to a size of tow feet wide and six feet tall.
If you want to grow rhubarb in your garden, you need to give it plenty of room to grow. If you let the rhubarb along, it will grow back abundantly every year for a couple of decades. Rhubarb is a perennial type of plant.
Rhubarb likes to have acidic soil with a PH between 5.5 and 6.5
One of the most important elements that you can do for the growth of your rhubarb is to have plenty of sunshine, especially is you have the plants with red stalks. A whole bunch of sunshine for your rhubarb plants will ensure a more vibrant color and stronger flavor. Rhubarb has to have a whole bunch of space to grow as it matures. If you plant them close to other perennial edible-producing plants, such as asparagus, this will suit them well.
The best way to plant rhubarb is to place a ball of roots that has been split from an established plant into the ground and cover it with soil, including the crown with one bud. If you only use the seeds of its flowers, the plant may take longer to because established and produce good fruit. You will have to transplant the entire rootstock.
These are the guidelines for planting rhubarb.
The hole for rhubarb needs to be about two feet in diameter and one foot deep. the disease between holes should be 1 to 2 feet apart, with rows being 3 - 4 feet apart.
You need to place the root ball and crown in the hold, then surround them with peat moss or composted manure.
Pack the soil firmly around the roots, not around the buds.
Water the crowns of the plants after you have been re-filled with soil.
If your garden does not drained well, you will need to plant your rhubarb in raised beds.
After you, have your rhubarb plants planted for five years, this is when you thin the plant growth by splitting the roosts and stems during the spring and transplanted them to a new bed.
All About Broccoli
Broccoli is easy to grow and broccoli produce a good crop for a long period of time. Broccoli is a cold-tolerant plant, so this makes broccoli a very good plant to slow because you can produce a succession of heads through three seasons. There are two different relatives of broccoli that you can try and they are broccoli ralve
and purple sprouting broccoli.
To raise broccoli from seeds you will need to raise the broccoli seeds indoors or you can buy transplants. Make sure that they are not root bound in the containers.
The soil needs to be rich and firm with plenty of organic material or a generous dose of plant-starters fertilizer before-planting. The plants needs to be space 12 inches from each other. Put the transplants in the foil very well so the lowest leaves on the plants can just be seen. always water the transplants very well right after you plant them. When you have broccoli planted in your garden, broccoli is a magnet to all the pests that attacks all of the cabbage family. to keep them away, you will need to cover the new transplants will well-secured floating row covers. You also will need to spray the plants regularly with an organic insecticide. After the main broccoli heads starts to form, you will them need to side-dress the crop with a seed-starter fertilizer to encourage more cropping, and keep the soil moist. Always mulch all of your plants to keep moisture and keep the weds down.
When broccoli reaches full size usually 3-4 inches across you will need to cut the main head and when all the buds are still tight and green.
Always wash your broccoli real good before you eat any of it. Broccoli heads should keep for a week unwashed in the refrigerator. It is also very easy to freeze if you would like to do that.
and purple sprouting broccoli.
To raise broccoli from seeds you will need to raise the broccoli seeds indoors or you can buy transplants. Make sure that they are not root bound in the containers.
The soil needs to be rich and firm with plenty of organic material or a generous dose of plant-starters fertilizer before-planting. The plants needs to be space 12 inches from each other. Put the transplants in the foil very well so the lowest leaves on the plants can just be seen. always water the transplants very well right after you plant them. When you have broccoli planted in your garden, broccoli is a magnet to all the pests that attacks all of the cabbage family. to keep them away, you will need to cover the new transplants will well-secured floating row covers. You also will need to spray the plants regularly with an organic insecticide. After the main broccoli heads starts to form, you will them need to side-dress the crop with a seed-starter fertilizer to encourage more cropping, and keep the soil moist. Always mulch all of your plants to keep moisture and keep the weds down.
When broccoli reaches full size usually 3-4 inches across you will need to cut the main head and when all the buds are still tight and green.
Always wash your broccoli real good before you eat any of it. Broccoli heads should keep for a week unwashed in the refrigerator. It is also very easy to freeze if you would like to do that.
How to grow lettuce?
Lettuce can be sow from spring to all the way winter. It can be planted in beds, containers, and growing bags. if you have nine feet rows, you can plant nine to twenty plants to a row and four plants will go into each growing bag. If your garden space is limited, you can grow your lettuce in a pot or a window box. Lettuces comes in a dense-headed "hearting" types and frilly loose-leaf varieties and they can be harvested you can cut whenever you need some lettuce, or you can leave it so it will develop to full size and cut it whole. You can always have lettuce, if you sow under cover, this will allow you to have fresh leaves of lettuce all your round.
Different varieties of lettuce
Little Gem - it is a semi-romaine variety. This lettuce produces small and dense hearts and it is a real good one for you to plant in containers if you have some to do that. It is cold resistant and also it is slow to bolt in the summer.
Tom thumb is a lettuce that produces tender green leaves and they are sweet along with a little bitterness. The lettuce is a type of the butter variety. They can be grown in containers or window boxes.
Nymans- this one has burgundy leaves and a yellow heart. It is a semi-Romaine lettuce. You can harvest this one as a baby leaf. It has a good mildew resistance and it is slow to bolt.
Pinocchio- it is a semi-romaine lettuce and because of its compact style you can plat this one in containers. It has upright leaves and sweet, yellow hearts. You can plant t in cold weather, because it has a cold tolerance to it.
Freckles- this lettuce is a Romaine type and the leaves are green with some burgundy. the plants are upright and have sturdy growth to them and are slow to bolt too.
Moltstone- the leaves are mid-green and has some burgundy on these leaves. You can crop the loose heads whole on your can harvest them individually.
Sioux- this lettuce has green leaves with some red as the lettuce matures if the lettuce is growing in sunny sites. You can sow it several times during the summer, because it has good mildew resistance.
Winter Density- this type of lettuce is grown a lot because of its hardiness and it has dense hearts. It can be for early or late crops because it has good heart tolerance.
Lollo Rosso- It is a loose-leaf type of lettuce, and it has red-flushed, crinkled leaves that you can use when ever you need it.
Sowing under cover
This lettuce can have early sowing as long as it is done under cover between late winter and early spring, then you can plant them outside when the weather conditions are good.
How to plant
You will need to fill the modules or trays with some compost, water well and then allow each one to drain. The two seeds that you will put into each pot or module has to be planted 1/2 inch deep hole. Seeds can be sow in bigger trays at the same depth. the next step is cover the seeds with compost, and water everything lightly. Put them in a warm, light place.
Sowing outside
You can sow summer varieties of lettuce from early spring until midsummer and the winter-hardy ones should in the late summer months. First, you will need to dig over all of the soil, remove all of the weeds if the soil has any, and then take your rake and make it level. Make holes or drills 1/2 inches deep and make them twelve inches apart from each other them sow four or five seeds in each clusters every four inches. Cover your seeds over with soil, and water them lightly. Always protect the seedlings against slugs.
Planting out
When your indoor-raised seedlings are ready to be harden, you will need to be place them outside during the daytime, and then put them back inside at night for even to ten days. Get your soil ready and then plant the seedlings out about 12 inches apart, and cover them with a cold frame in cool weather.
Routine care.
During the warm weather, you will need to keep your plants will watered so they do not dry out during the last weeks before harvesting, because this may make them bolt. You will need to always keep weeding between rows regularly so it is not reduce competition for light, nutrients, and moisture.
Protecting plants
During the warm, wet weather the most common pests are slugs and snails. You can lay bait traps or organic pellets for them or your can use grit to create a barrier around your crops. Aphids are another pest that you will need to check for signs or damage.
Harvesting
Harvesting lettuce can be done two ways, one way is to cut individual leaves from loose-leaf lettuce when they are mature, or you can harvest them all at one time. If you want lettuce all the time you will need to sow seeds little and regularly. You can sow a new batch of lettuce seeds when the previous one is ready to be planted out or when you need to thin for a second time.
Different varieties of lettuce
Little Gem - it is a semi-romaine variety. This lettuce produces small and dense hearts and it is a real good one for you to plant in containers if you have some to do that. It is cold resistant and also it is slow to bolt in the summer.
Tom thumb is a lettuce that produces tender green leaves and they are sweet along with a little bitterness. The lettuce is a type of the butter variety. They can be grown in containers or window boxes.
Nymans- this one has burgundy leaves and a yellow heart. It is a semi-Romaine lettuce. You can harvest this one as a baby leaf. It has a good mildew resistance and it is slow to bolt.
Pinocchio- it is a semi-romaine lettuce and because of its compact style you can plat this one in containers. It has upright leaves and sweet, yellow hearts. You can plant t in cold weather, because it has a cold tolerance to it.
Freckles- this lettuce is a Romaine type and the leaves are green with some burgundy. the plants are upright and have sturdy growth to them and are slow to bolt too.
Moltstone- the leaves are mid-green and has some burgundy on these leaves. You can crop the loose heads whole on your can harvest them individually.
Sioux- this lettuce has green leaves with some red as the lettuce matures if the lettuce is growing in sunny sites. You can sow it several times during the summer, because it has good mildew resistance.
Winter Density- this type of lettuce is grown a lot because of its hardiness and it has dense hearts. It can be for early or late crops because it has good heart tolerance.
Lollo Rosso- It is a loose-leaf type of lettuce, and it has red-flushed, crinkled leaves that you can use when ever you need it.
Sowing under cover
This lettuce can have early sowing as long as it is done under cover between late winter and early spring, then you can plant them outside when the weather conditions are good.
How to plant
You will need to fill the modules or trays with some compost, water well and then allow each one to drain. The two seeds that you will put into each pot or module has to be planted 1/2 inch deep hole. Seeds can be sow in bigger trays at the same depth. the next step is cover the seeds with compost, and water everything lightly. Put them in a warm, light place.
Sowing outside
You can sow summer varieties of lettuce from early spring until midsummer and the winter-hardy ones should in the late summer months. First, you will need to dig over all of the soil, remove all of the weeds if the soil has any, and then take your rake and make it level. Make holes or drills 1/2 inches deep and make them twelve inches apart from each other them sow four or five seeds in each clusters every four inches. Cover your seeds over with soil, and water them lightly. Always protect the seedlings against slugs.
Planting out
When your indoor-raised seedlings are ready to be harden, you will need to be place them outside during the daytime, and then put them back inside at night for even to ten days. Get your soil ready and then plant the seedlings out about 12 inches apart, and cover them with a cold frame in cool weather.
Routine care.
During the warm weather, you will need to keep your plants will watered so they do not dry out during the last weeks before harvesting, because this may make them bolt. You will need to always keep weeding between rows regularly so it is not reduce competition for light, nutrients, and moisture.
Protecting plants
During the warm, wet weather the most common pests are slugs and snails. You can lay bait traps or organic pellets for them or your can use grit to create a barrier around your crops. Aphids are another pest that you will need to check for signs or damage.
Harvesting
Harvesting lettuce can be done two ways, one way is to cut individual leaves from loose-leaf lettuce when they are mature, or you can harvest them all at one time. If you want lettuce all the time you will need to sow seeds little and regularly. You can sow a new batch of lettuce seeds when the previous one is ready to be planted out or when you need to thin for a second time.
How to grow radishes?
Radishes are suitable for beds, and containers. They are sow in spring, summer and first part of fall. They are harvested in five to eight weeks which will start in late spring, all of summer and fall and the first part of winter. Plant sixty plants for a nine foot roll and plant twenty-two plants in a container.
Getting started
Radishes will grow in most of the different soils and sties, they will grow in partial shades. Radishes is a vegetable that matures very fast, so you need to sow seeks little at a time and do this often, to always have radishes all the time. When your radish plants are three inches in height, you will need to plant some more radishes.
Sowing Under Cover
If you live in colder areas you can sown under cover in early spring. First, you will need to put compost up to 1/2 inches of the top of the tray press down, water well, and give it time to drain. Put seeds real thin on the surface in small clusters, and then cover the seeds with compost. Radish seeds comes up real quick and you need to plant the plants outside after the frost is gone.
Sowing outsides
Radishes matures real quick when you plant directly into the ground. If you want to plant radishes, this is the great way. Always prepare the soil before you plant the radishes by removing weeds and then rake to a fine tilth. Don't sow radishes where brassicas have been grown lately.
Routine care
The radishes need to be kept well watered. Their seedlings need to be thinned as they grow. They also need to be hoe to get rid of pests and diseases because weeds will have pests on them.
Protecting plants
During the hot and dry weather, radishes are vulnerable to flea beetle damage. They are also at risk from snails and slugs. You will need to cover your radishes with a fine insect netting to deter cabbage root fly.
Harvesting
Your radishes need to be pull up when they reach a harvestable size. If yo leave your radishes to long, especially during the summer, they will become spicy and pithy. You will need to check your radishes daily, and pull the radishes that has the largest roots.
Getting started
Radishes will grow in most of the different soils and sties, they will grow in partial shades. Radishes is a vegetable that matures very fast, so you need to sow seeks little at a time and do this often, to always have radishes all the time. When your radish plants are three inches in height, you will need to plant some more radishes.
Sowing Under Cover
If you live in colder areas you can sown under cover in early spring. First, you will need to put compost up to 1/2 inches of the top of the tray press down, water well, and give it time to drain. Put seeds real thin on the surface in small clusters, and then cover the seeds with compost. Radish seeds comes up real quick and you need to plant the plants outside after the frost is gone.
Sowing outsides
Radishes matures real quick when you plant directly into the ground. If you want to plant radishes, this is the great way. Always prepare the soil before you plant the radishes by removing weeds and then rake to a fine tilth. Don't sow radishes where brassicas have been grown lately.
Routine care
The radishes need to be kept well watered. Their seedlings need to be thinned as they grow. They also need to be hoe to get rid of pests and diseases because weeds will have pests on them.
Protecting plants
During the hot and dry weather, radishes are vulnerable to flea beetle damage. They are also at risk from snails and slugs. You will need to cover your radishes with a fine insect netting to deter cabbage root fly.
Harvesting
Your radishes need to be pull up when they reach a harvestable size. If yo leave your radishes to long, especially during the summer, they will become spicy and pithy. You will need to check your radishes daily, and pull the radishes that has the largest roots.
How to grow garlic?
Garlic can be grown in beds and containers and it is very easy to grow. You can plant out each cloves in a sunny location between mid-fall and early spring and you will be able to have mature bulbs to harvested from early to midsummer. Garlic can be used as soon as you harvested it or you can dry it to use throughout the winter months.
Getting started
There are two different types of garlic, one is hardneck and the other one is softneck. the cloves needs to be planted in light, well-drained soil. If your soil is not light, well-drained you will need to add composted bark to your soil.
Planting inside
If you are planting under cover, you will need to do this in early spring. Break the bulb of the garlic into separate cloves, now fill your pots with compost, and put one clove into each pot. Water each pot well, and then allow each to drain. Put all of pots where it is warm and bright; 50 degrees this sufficient. If you let the plants get to hot it will cause sappy growth, which could cause it to be more prone frame or a sheltered spot outside, you can grow your plants there after their shoots reach four inches tall.
Planting outside
You can plant garlic cloves in the ground any time between fall or spring. After you have selected a sunny, sheltered spot, you will need to remove all of the weeds. Then put some high-nitrogen granular fertilizer in your soil, and rake the soil level. Plant the cloves with the tips facing up, but you will need to plant these deeper than you did when you planted them under cover.
Routine care
If your garlic plants are young, they will need to be well watered, so they will develop a strong root system. After the garlic is good, then it is drought-tolerant so they do not need a lot of water because to much water could mess up their storage qualities. You will need to water your garlic when it has been really dry. The crops have to keep well weeded.
Harvesting
Once you see the top third of the foliage turn yellow and begin to die, lift it out, be very careful when you are taking them out, so you do not damage the bulbs.
Here is a video on how to grow garlic:
Getting started
There are two different types of garlic, one is hardneck and the other one is softneck. the cloves needs to be planted in light, well-drained soil. If your soil is not light, well-drained you will need to add composted bark to your soil.
Planting inside
If you are planting under cover, you will need to do this in early spring. Break the bulb of the garlic into separate cloves, now fill your pots with compost, and put one clove into each pot. Water each pot well, and then allow each to drain. Put all of pots where it is warm and bright; 50 degrees this sufficient. If you let the plants get to hot it will cause sappy growth, which could cause it to be more prone frame or a sheltered spot outside, you can grow your plants there after their shoots reach four inches tall.
Planting outside
You can plant garlic cloves in the ground any time between fall or spring. After you have selected a sunny, sheltered spot, you will need to remove all of the weeds. Then put some high-nitrogen granular fertilizer in your soil, and rake the soil level. Plant the cloves with the tips facing up, but you will need to plant these deeper than you did when you planted them under cover.
Routine care
If your garlic plants are young, they will need to be well watered, so they will develop a strong root system. After the garlic is good, then it is drought-tolerant so they do not need a lot of water because to much water could mess up their storage qualities. You will need to water your garlic when it has been really dry. The crops have to keep well weeded.
Harvesting
Once you see the top third of the foliage turn yellow and begin to die, lift it out, be very careful when you are taking them out, so you do not damage the bulbs.
Here is a video on how to grow garlic:
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
How to Grow Pumpkins for Halloween and Thanksgiving!
Pumpkins come in different varieties, some with big pumpkins and some with smaller pumpkins. If you have mammoth pumpkins, they will take up a lot of space in your garden, whereas, if you are looking to grow smaller varieties you can do this in a smaller garden space, some can be planted in containers. Pumpkins are reliable and they are easy to grow. They need a good supply of water and fertile soil, and they need some protection against slugs and snails. People always think of pumpkins at Halloween, but the fruit has tasty sweet flesh and they will store well during the winter.
Getting started
You can get pumpkin plants in spring, but they are usually grown from seed, and there are many varieties to chose from. If you want large fruit to choose from. If you want pumpkins for carving, you will need to pick a variety that produces large fruit and thin the fruit to one to two per plant. If you want one for eating, pick your variety, and let each plant develop four or five fruit.
Four varieties of pumpkins
Baby bear pumpkins is a small one the size of a soccer ball.
Jack be little makes small brightly colored fruit that are ones that can be tasty and decorative.
'Rouge Vif d' Etampes' is a heirloom variety that you can eat and used for decorations also.
Atlantic giant is one of the largest fruiting variety of pumpkin and it can be eaten if it is picked early.
Sowing under cover
When you are planting pumpkin seeds you will need to sow the seed individually. The seeds needs to be planed 3/4 inch deep in a 4 inch pot and they have to be placed in a warm propagator set of 68 - 77 degrees.
Pumpkins need a long time to develop full-size fruit. If you lived in cold areas, you will need to start them off under cover in the spring and you plant them outside after all the frost has stopped. Planting your seeds on their sides will keep them form decaying in the compost.
Sowing outside
You can sow your seeds directly into the soil, as long as it in the lat spring. While you are waiting for the night time to sow your seeds, you will need to sow your seeds, you will need to get your soil ready to be planted n. The soil needs to get improvement and you can achieve this, by using well-rotted organic matter such as garden compost. After you plant the seeds 1 1/4 inches deep and 3 feet apart. They need to be water real well, and cover with a large cut-off clear plastic. Keep well-watered as they grow. If you space is limited for your pumpkin plants, you can train them by using old nets to support the swelling fruit. You need to tie the stems in as they grow.
Training
If you do not have a problem with space, you can let the plants run over the ground along with other plants. If the space is limited, you will need to tie the stems to stakes that needs to be set out in a circle and pushed the stakes into the soil.
Harvesting
When it gets mid-fall your fruits will be ready for harvest. To cut your pumpkins, you will need to cut them with a short stalk so that will prevent the stem form rotting back into your pumpkin and this will provide a carrying handle. If you are not going to used them right away, you will need to dry the skins by leaving them outside in a sunny spot for a week. If it is going to rain, you will need to bring them to a bright location where it is cover. They will store well for months.
My family and I grow some pumpkins about three years ago. We had a lot of room for them to grow in, so we didn't have to train the vines. We had a bunch of pumpkins that were both of the large types and small types of pumpkins. We all like different ways that you can enjoyed your pumpkins whether in eating them in different recipes or to carve for Halloween.
Here is a video on how to grow your Halloween Carving Pumpkins or to make your Pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving.
Getting started
You can get pumpkin plants in spring, but they are usually grown from seed, and there are many varieties to chose from. If you want large fruit to choose from. If you want pumpkins for carving, you will need to pick a variety that produces large fruit and thin the fruit to one to two per plant. If you want one for eating, pick your variety, and let each plant develop four or five fruit.
Four varieties of pumpkins
Baby bear pumpkins is a small one the size of a soccer ball.
Jack be little makes small brightly colored fruit that are ones that can be tasty and decorative.
'Rouge Vif d' Etampes' is a heirloom variety that you can eat and used for decorations also.
Atlantic giant is one of the largest fruiting variety of pumpkin and it can be eaten if it is picked early.
Sowing under cover
When you are planting pumpkin seeds you will need to sow the seed individually. The seeds needs to be planed 3/4 inch deep in a 4 inch pot and they have to be placed in a warm propagator set of 68 - 77 degrees.
Pumpkins need a long time to develop full-size fruit. If you lived in cold areas, you will need to start them off under cover in the spring and you plant them outside after all the frost has stopped. Planting your seeds on their sides will keep them form decaying in the compost.
Sowing outside
You can sow your seeds directly into the soil, as long as it in the lat spring. While you are waiting for the night time to sow your seeds, you will need to sow your seeds, you will need to get your soil ready to be planted n. The soil needs to get improvement and you can achieve this, by using well-rotted organic matter such as garden compost. After you plant the seeds 1 1/4 inches deep and 3 feet apart. They need to be water real well, and cover with a large cut-off clear plastic. Keep well-watered as they grow. If you space is limited for your pumpkin plants, you can train them by using old nets to support the swelling fruit. You need to tie the stems in as they grow.
Training
If you do not have a problem with space, you can let the plants run over the ground along with other plants. If the space is limited, you will need to tie the stems to stakes that needs to be set out in a circle and pushed the stakes into the soil.
Harvesting
When it gets mid-fall your fruits will be ready for harvest. To cut your pumpkins, you will need to cut them with a short stalk so that will prevent the stem form rotting back into your pumpkin and this will provide a carrying handle. If you are not going to used them right away, you will need to dry the skins by leaving them outside in a sunny spot for a week. If it is going to rain, you will need to bring them to a bright location where it is cover. They will store well for months.
My family and I grow some pumpkins about three years ago. We had a lot of room for them to grow in, so we didn't have to train the vines. We had a bunch of pumpkins that were both of the large types and small types of pumpkins. We all like different ways that you can enjoyed your pumpkins whether in eating them in different recipes or to carve for Halloween.
Here is a video on how to grow your Halloween Carving Pumpkins or to make your Pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving.
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