Container vegetable gardening is a great concept that will help people to do gardening even if they’ve a space constraint in their houses. Especially, those who live in apartments and condos will definitely find this concept highly useful. The best thing about this gardening is that you can have this garden anywhere inside your home. The only point you should ensure is to have a good ventilation and sunlight in the place you choose. The place should also be comfortable to work in.
You should buy the containers of the right size so as to fit the space you choose. The containers that are already available with you can also be used. There are no hard and fast rules about the sizes of the containers. They should be of the right size to accommodate the plants you choose to grow in your container vegetable garden. The point that’s being emphasized here is that the roots of the plants should be able to grow. The containers shouldn’t be very heavy because you may like to move them when there is a need. Drainage holes should be there along the sides slightly above the bottom. For improving the drainage, you should put a one inch layer of gravel in the bottom of the containers.
This may very well be very important part of this topic. The greatest advantage in container vegetable gardening is that the usual hassles that are associated with out-door gardening such as unfavorable weather conditions, soil-borne disease, and poor soil conditions are either not there or can easily be avoided in this.
The plants that can be grown in such containers are eggplant, green onions, beans, etc. You can also grow peppers, tomatoes, lettuce, and squash. Those who have tried this type of gardening have succeeded in growing even cucumbers and pole beans. The only thing these plants need is a little extra care and a little more space because they need vines for their growth.
You should understand that synthetic soil is very good for this type of gardening because this soil is quite light and drains well. This synthetic soil is also capable of holding moisture and nutrients. The composition of this soil is compounds that include wood chips, sawdust, vermiculite, peat moss or perlite.
If you want to get this synthetic soil, you can get it from the local retailer who sells gardening items or you can make this mixture yourself. Superphosphate, horticultural grade vermiculite, limestone, peat moss and garden fertilizer are mixed in the right proportions to make this synthetic soil mixture.
In short, if you do your container vegetable gardening properly, you’ll not only enjoy the experience but you’ll be able to grow useful plants also.
Phil Faustini, Grandson of Stephen Follett, creator of “Watch Us Grow”. In the 1940′s Stephen Follett developed this unique Plant Food. After many years of trials and experiments on all types of plants and crops. 1952 was the year “Watch Us Grow” was made available to the public. Since then the positive testimonials have poured in from all over the world, from professional to novice growers “Watch Us Grow” has made believers out of them all. Go to http://www.allpurposeplantfood.com and try some for yourself to see why the gardening world is so excited about “Watch Us Grow”
How to Start Your Own Seed Bank for Organic Gardening
If you are a beginner organic gardener, you will need reliable seed sources to begin your seed bank. Even if you do not want to save seeds, many people are worried about their seeds sources, wanting to steer clear of genetically modified seeds. So, how do you know that the seeds you are buying are safe and good for organic production?
Research Farms: The first place to look are research farms, i.e., private research farms devoted to finding and applying ecologically sound techniques.
Seed Companies: Second look for seed companies that are devoted to selling open pollinated seeds. Open pollination happens when plants are left to reproduce on their own via wind, birds and bees. Hybrid seeds aren’t evil. Hybrids are crossbreeds of 2 or more vegetables bred for their strengths. For instance a farmer takes a tomato that usually lasts longer against certain diseases in his area, then he breeds it with a variety that’s known to produce early–if it produces early, it will never have a chance to develop disease. Both these properties combine to make a strong, early-to-market variety. Many other farmers might like the variety and would want to buy some of the seed. Well, they will have to buy seed from the original breeder unless they know the exact varieties he used to make the variety.
Organic seeds are produced
Selection: Third select 3 or 4 companies that fit the bill. Order something from each of them. It does not have to be a big order. Just order something small, gauge their customer service, and gauge their seeds. Plant and see what happens. If you’re satisfied, you could have several sources for seeds. The 3 seed companies I use are Johnny’s Selected Seeds, Bountiful Gardens and Southern Seed Exchange. I’ve no affiliation with these companies; however, they provide great customer service, ship quickly, and deliver on their promises.
Market Farmers: Another great seed sources are market farmers devoted to organic and open pollinated seeds. These guys and gals are growing specifically for market. If you buy their seed bearing produce, you will have seeds for you garden next season.
Avid Gardeners: These are your serious types, people who garden even in the cold of winter! If they are devoted to open pollinated seeds, they can be a great source of information as well as a great source for helping you start your own seed bank. They often have more seed than they can possibly grow in one season.
Open pollinated seeds are a great way to get started in preserving and expanding the diversity of our vegetable species. You are doing more than just growing beets and beans. You are learning a skill that will feed you and your family.
Research Farms: The first place to look are research farms, i.e., private research farms devoted to finding and applying ecologically sound techniques.
Seed Companies: Second look for seed companies that are devoted to selling open pollinated seeds. Open pollination happens when plants are left to reproduce on their own via wind, birds and bees. Hybrid seeds aren’t evil. Hybrids are crossbreeds of 2 or more vegetables bred for their strengths. For instance a farmer takes a tomato that usually lasts longer against certain diseases in his area, then he breeds it with a variety that’s known to produce early–if it produces early, it will never have a chance to develop disease. Both these properties combine to make a strong, early-to-market variety. Many other farmers might like the variety and would want to buy some of the seed. Well, they will have to buy seed from the original breeder unless they know the exact varieties he used to make the variety.
Organic seeds are produced
Selection: Third select 3 or 4 companies that fit the bill. Order something from each of them. It does not have to be a big order. Just order something small, gauge their customer service, and gauge their seeds. Plant and see what happens. If you’re satisfied, you could have several sources for seeds. The 3 seed companies I use are Johnny’s Selected Seeds, Bountiful Gardens and Southern Seed Exchange. I’ve no affiliation with these companies; however, they provide great customer service, ship quickly, and deliver on their promises.
Market Farmers: Another great seed sources are market farmers devoted to organic and open pollinated seeds. These guys and gals are growing specifically for market. If you buy their seed bearing produce, you will have seeds for you garden next season.
Avid Gardeners: These are your serious types, people who garden even in the cold of winter! If they are devoted to open pollinated seeds, they can be a great source of information as well as a great source for helping you start your own seed bank. They often have more seed than they can possibly grow in one season.
Open pollinated seeds are a great way to get started in preserving and expanding the diversity of our vegetable species. You are doing more than just growing beets and beans. You are learning a skill that will feed you and your family.
Winning the War Against Rheumatoid Arthritis
RA is a condition that forces half of patients to become disabled from the work force within 5 to 10 years… And reduces life expectancy by as much as eightteen years. RA affects about one per cent of the world’s adult population, most commonly women between the ages of thirty and 50.
The good news is that a tremendous amount of progress has been made within the last 10 years in identifying patients earlier and treating the disease more aggressively. Patients with RA, if treated appropriately, can lead a relatively normal life. This is in stark contrast to the wheel-chair bound existence common as recently as twenty years ago!
Experts in the field consider early rheumatoid arthritis to be a medical emergency with mortality and morbidity equal to that for diabetes, asthma, heart disease, and other life-threatening conditions.
Rheumatoid arthritis attacks the joints in a symmetric fashion (both sides of the body affected equally) with the most common areas being the hands, wrists, ankles, knees, and feet. In addition to the swelling and pain, patients with RA often have profound fatigue and stiffness.
All of this is really important part of this specific subject matter. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that attacks not only joints, but internal organs such as the blood vessels, lungs, heart, and eyes. Patients with RA are at increased risk for heart attack, stroke, and lymphoma.
Since many other types of arthritis such as gout, lupus, and osteoarthritis can look like RA a careful diagnostic approach is needed.
Laboratory testing has its pitfalls. The rheumatoid factor, a blood test found to be positive in about eigthy per cent of individuals with RA, may also be positive in other disease conditions. Couple that with the fact that twenty per cent of patients with RA will be rheumatoid factor negative, then it becomes clear a diagnosis shouldn’t hinge on the results of blood tests alone.
Imaging procedures can also be misleading. Conventional x-rays often miss the erosions found with early disease. Newer imaging technologies such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound are much more sensitive.
After the diagnosis is made, there is even more hope for a patient today. In the past, non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) used to be considered a cornerstone of therapy. That’s no longer true.
Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDS) are being used earlier. Among the DMARDS currently being used are methotrexate, leflunomide (Arava), azathioprine (Imuran), sulfasalazine (Azulfidine), cyclosporine, and hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil). These drugs attack the immune cells responsible for chronic inflammation. While DMARDS alone in combination are effective, they’re relatively non-specific. Most times, combinations of DMARDS are required.
Biologic Response Modifiers (BRMS) can target the disease more specifically than DMARDS. RA is a disease that’s dependent on the signaling that occurs between immune cells. The signaling takes place through the use of special chemical messengers called cytokines. BRMS act at both the cytokine (chemical messenger) as well as the cellular level allowing the disease to be better controlled and in some instances put into remission.
Biologic response modifiers, which include drugs that suppress tumor necrosis factor (TNF), appear to be particularly effective.
Tumor necrosis factor is a protein that’s produced by the immune cells. TNF is the major culprit responsible for inflammation-inducing damage. By block the effects of TNF, better control of RA can be achieved.
3 anti-TNF drugs are currently available: etanercept (Enbrel), adalimumab (Humira), and infliximab (Remicade). Another biologic drug, anakinra (Kineret) blocks interleukin, a different cytokine.
These drugs allow patients to have their disease controlled to such an extent that most are able to enjoy a normal work and leisure existence.
Second line biologic agents such as Rituxan and Orencia allow rheumatologists to treat patients who have failed anti-TNF drugs.
On the horizon are other biologic drugs that work at different points in the immune system- on different cytokines and on different pathways- to allow even greater as well as more specific control of disease. Since rheumatoid arthritis is a disease with many different cytokine and cellular mechanisms responsible for damage, attacking the disease at different points makes sense. In the future it may be possible to identify patients through specific tissue signals (called “biomarkers”). These biomarkers will allow physicians to type patients and give patients the specific therapy that will work best for them. Once that’s achieved, the possibility of a cure becomes a reality.
Everything, though, starts with early accurate diagnosis. If damage is allowed to occur the chances for remission drop dramatically!
Dr. Wei (pronounced “way”) is a board-certified rheumatologist and Clinical Director of the nationally respected Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center of Maryland. He’s a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and has served as a consultant to the Arthritis Branch of the National Institutes of Health. He’s a Fellow of the American College of Rheumatology and the American College of Physicians. For more information on arthritis and related conditions, go to: Arthritis Treatment
The good news is that a tremendous amount of progress has been made within the last 10 years in identifying patients earlier and treating the disease more aggressively. Patients with RA, if treated appropriately, can lead a relatively normal life. This is in stark contrast to the wheel-chair bound existence common as recently as twenty years ago!
Experts in the field consider early rheumatoid arthritis to be a medical emergency with mortality and morbidity equal to that for diabetes, asthma, heart disease, and other life-threatening conditions.
Rheumatoid arthritis attacks the joints in a symmetric fashion (both sides of the body affected equally) with the most common areas being the hands, wrists, ankles, knees, and feet. In addition to the swelling and pain, patients with RA often have profound fatigue and stiffness.
All of this is really important part of this specific subject matter. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that attacks not only joints, but internal organs such as the blood vessels, lungs, heart, and eyes. Patients with RA are at increased risk for heart attack, stroke, and lymphoma.
Since many other types of arthritis such as gout, lupus, and osteoarthritis can look like RA a careful diagnostic approach is needed.
Laboratory testing has its pitfalls. The rheumatoid factor, a blood test found to be positive in about eigthy per cent of individuals with RA, may also be positive in other disease conditions. Couple that with the fact that twenty per cent of patients with RA will be rheumatoid factor negative, then it becomes clear a diagnosis shouldn’t hinge on the results of blood tests alone.
Imaging procedures can also be misleading. Conventional x-rays often miss the erosions found with early disease. Newer imaging technologies such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound are much more sensitive.
After the diagnosis is made, there is even more hope for a patient today. In the past, non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) used to be considered a cornerstone of therapy. That’s no longer true.
Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDS) are being used earlier. Among the DMARDS currently being used are methotrexate, leflunomide (Arava), azathioprine (Imuran), sulfasalazine (Azulfidine), cyclosporine, and hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil). These drugs attack the immune cells responsible for chronic inflammation. While DMARDS alone in combination are effective, they’re relatively non-specific. Most times, combinations of DMARDS are required.
Biologic Response Modifiers (BRMS) can target the disease more specifically than DMARDS. RA is a disease that’s dependent on the signaling that occurs between immune cells. The signaling takes place through the use of special chemical messengers called cytokines. BRMS act at both the cytokine (chemical messenger) as well as the cellular level allowing the disease to be better controlled and in some instances put into remission.
Biologic response modifiers, which include drugs that suppress tumor necrosis factor (TNF), appear to be particularly effective.
Tumor necrosis factor is a protein that’s produced by the immune cells. TNF is the major culprit responsible for inflammation-inducing damage. By block the effects of TNF, better control of RA can be achieved.
3 anti-TNF drugs are currently available: etanercept (Enbrel), adalimumab (Humira), and infliximab (Remicade). Another biologic drug, anakinra (Kineret) blocks interleukin, a different cytokine.
These drugs allow patients to have their disease controlled to such an extent that most are able to enjoy a normal work and leisure existence.
Second line biologic agents such as Rituxan and Orencia allow rheumatologists to treat patients who have failed anti-TNF drugs.
On the horizon are other biologic drugs that work at different points in the immune system- on different cytokines and on different pathways- to allow even greater as well as more specific control of disease. Since rheumatoid arthritis is a disease with many different cytokine and cellular mechanisms responsible for damage, attacking the disease at different points makes sense. In the future it may be possible to identify patients through specific tissue signals (called “biomarkers”). These biomarkers will allow physicians to type patients and give patients the specific therapy that will work best for them. Once that’s achieved, the possibility of a cure becomes a reality.
Everything, though, starts with early accurate diagnosis. If damage is allowed to occur the chances for remission drop dramatically!
Dr. Wei (pronounced “way”) is a board-certified rheumatologist and Clinical Director of the nationally respected Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center of Maryland. He’s a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and has served as a consultant to the Arthritis Branch of the National Institutes of Health. He’s a Fellow of the American College of Rheumatology and the American College of Physicians. For more information on arthritis and related conditions, go to: Arthritis Treatment
How to Make a Year Round Vegetable Garden?
Have you ever wished for a year round vegetable garden that produces cherry tomato during winter or lettuce or broccoli during summer?
Vegetable Garden Planner: The Garden Planner makes it simple to create the perfect plans for your vegetable garden. It includes detailed growing information on all commonly grown vege…
If you’re staying in those parts of the world that have short seasons, you’ll find it difficult to grow a vegetable garden. This is because the next season will fall upon you before the plant bears fruit and thus stunts the plant growth. If you’re living in areas with short summer season, the winter will come when warm weather vegetables like tomatoes, egg plants etc starts bearing fruit and the adverse climate will stop the produce. So how can you grow a year round vegetable garden?
The solution to the short season is to extend the season that’s favorable for the growth of your plants. As it’s not possible to lengthen a season naturally, the best you can do is to simulate an environment similar to that season by artificial means. This could be done using green houses; or growing the vegetable garden indoors.
Be sure to evaluate this diligently, the matter and the alternatives have number of variations. Green houses are of three types – cold, cool and warm. This classification is based on the temperature that’s maintained in the greenhouse during night. Cold green house is warmed during the day time by the sunlight. A temperature of about twenty-eight degrees Fahrenheit’s normally maintained here. Frost sensitive plants couldn’t be grown here. Cool greenhouse has a temperature of fourty-eight degree Fahrenheit and during cold season the temperature is maintained by artificial means. Warm greenhouse should have a temperature of fifty-five degrees minimum and to maintain this temperature at night, the house has to be heated by artificial means. The temperature is usually maintained by using hydroponic lights. In cool greenhouses, vegetables that are frost sensitive could be grown and in warm ones all type of vegetables could be grown.
All of this is really important section of this specific issue. Depending on the type of green house and the types of vegetables that you plan to grow, seeding dates may vary. While selecting seeds for your greenhouse garden, choose the ones that are specifically made for greenhouse production. The crops that could be grown are tomatoes, cucumber, pepper, egg plants, squash, beans etc and lettuce, carrots etc. The seeds are sown on seedling mix with light consistency. This is for the roots to develop. Once the first 2 leaves come out, the sapling is transplanted to its pots. Regular garden soil is not normally used as it’s heavy and has poor drainage. Instead potting soil is used. It has to be watered daily and fertilizers have to be added regularly.
Though you could have your year round vegetable garden using green houses, there are some draw backs. The heating cost for warm greenhouse is very high especially if the winter season is too long. In summer seasons the temperature in the green houses has to be brought down for the proper growth of plants. Another draw back is that in the absence of bees for natural pollination, you yourself have to help in pollination.
With the help of greenhouses your year round vegetable garden can be grown.
Why don’t we go on with this post. Zack Wilson is an avid organic gardener, for more comprehensive information on how to alternative gardens visit my website where you’ll also find many articles on organic gardening, problems with gardening, easy steps to organic gardening, making money with your garden and much much more
Vegetable Garden Planner: The Garden Planner makes it simple to create the perfect plans for your vegetable garden. It includes detailed growing information on all commonly grown vege…
If you’re staying in those parts of the world that have short seasons, you’ll find it difficult to grow a vegetable garden. This is because the next season will fall upon you before the plant bears fruit and thus stunts the plant growth. If you’re living in areas with short summer season, the winter will come when warm weather vegetables like tomatoes, egg plants etc starts bearing fruit and the adverse climate will stop the produce. So how can you grow a year round vegetable garden?
The solution to the short season is to extend the season that’s favorable for the growth of your plants. As it’s not possible to lengthen a season naturally, the best you can do is to simulate an environment similar to that season by artificial means. This could be done using green houses; or growing the vegetable garden indoors.
Be sure to evaluate this diligently, the matter and the alternatives have number of variations. Green houses are of three types – cold, cool and warm. This classification is based on the temperature that’s maintained in the greenhouse during night. Cold green house is warmed during the day time by the sunlight. A temperature of about twenty-eight degrees Fahrenheit’s normally maintained here. Frost sensitive plants couldn’t be grown here. Cool greenhouse has a temperature of fourty-eight degree Fahrenheit and during cold season the temperature is maintained by artificial means. Warm greenhouse should have a temperature of fifty-five degrees minimum and to maintain this temperature at night, the house has to be heated by artificial means. The temperature is usually maintained by using hydroponic lights. In cool greenhouses, vegetables that are frost sensitive could be grown and in warm ones all type of vegetables could be grown.
All of this is really important section of this specific issue. Depending on the type of green house and the types of vegetables that you plan to grow, seeding dates may vary. While selecting seeds for your greenhouse garden, choose the ones that are specifically made for greenhouse production. The crops that could be grown are tomatoes, cucumber, pepper, egg plants, squash, beans etc and lettuce, carrots etc. The seeds are sown on seedling mix with light consistency. This is for the roots to develop. Once the first 2 leaves come out, the sapling is transplanted to its pots. Regular garden soil is not normally used as it’s heavy and has poor drainage. Instead potting soil is used. It has to be watered daily and fertilizers have to be added regularly.
Though you could have your year round vegetable garden using green houses, there are some draw backs. The heating cost for warm greenhouse is very high especially if the winter season is too long. In summer seasons the temperature in the green houses has to be brought down for the proper growth of plants. Another draw back is that in the absence of bees for natural pollination, you yourself have to help in pollination.
With the help of greenhouses your year round vegetable garden can be grown.
Why don’t we go on with this post. Zack Wilson is an avid organic gardener, for more comprehensive information on how to alternative gardens visit my website where you’ll also find many articles on organic gardening, problems with gardening, easy steps to organic gardening, making money with your garden and much much more
Should You Be Composting?
Since there are a variety of uses for compost, you’ll find that people with assorted hobbies and occupations taking advantage of this eco-friendly resource.
Composting: Michelle from Pure2raw is making her first compost using organic soil, coffee grounds, juice pulp and shredded paper.
A home owner can utilize a compost bin or pile to decrease the amount of trash they’re discarding. An additional advantage is that they’re creating fertilizer for their potted plants or vegetable garden. Given that compost bins need green food (grass clippings) and brown food (organic waste) you can gather up clippings from your yard and toss them in your bin as well.
Also, crops on a farm can produce a large amount of waste. Farmers can take crop waste that’s not consumable and add that to a compost bin in conjunction with manure from any animals they’re raising. After the compost matures, and is ready, the farmer can use this substance for adding need nutrients to their soil; building up dips and low spots in their field; and to maintain healthy soil.
Composting: A mix of used coffee grounds,used coffee filters,shredded paper and leaves.
Mature compost also prevents those pesky weed seeds from growing.
Remember to evaluate this informative article with care, the matter and the options have alot of differences. Professional landscapers can make compost for their clients that request only natural or organic materials be used on their lawn and flower beds. This is a low-cost material for a landscaper to make use of that provides his customers with eco-friendly options that also have a low overhead cost.
If composting is something that would benefit you, but you do not have the time or space to maintain a compost heap, contact your local cities recycling center. Some of them will accept your organic waste and grass clippings for their city compost pile. The resulting compost will then be used in your city’s parks and gardens. A number of recycling centers will also let local residents use the cities mature compost for their own needs as well.
Let’s go on with this content page. In spite of this, schools will utilize compost to enlighten the students on the process of decomposition and to show children things we can do to help keep our planet healthy. Another added benefit’s the cost savings for the school in up keeping the grounds and parks.
Composting: Michelle from Pure2raw is making her first compost using organic soil, coffee grounds, juice pulp and shredded paper.
A home owner can utilize a compost bin or pile to decrease the amount of trash they’re discarding. An additional advantage is that they’re creating fertilizer for their potted plants or vegetable garden. Given that compost bins need green food (grass clippings) and brown food (organic waste) you can gather up clippings from your yard and toss them in your bin as well.
Also, crops on a farm can produce a large amount of waste. Farmers can take crop waste that’s not consumable and add that to a compost bin in conjunction with manure from any animals they’re raising. After the compost matures, and is ready, the farmer can use this substance for adding need nutrients to their soil; building up dips and low spots in their field; and to maintain healthy soil.
Composting: A mix of used coffee grounds,used coffee filters,shredded paper and leaves.
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Remember to evaluate this informative article with care, the matter and the options have alot of differences. Professional landscapers can make compost for their clients that request only natural or organic materials be used on their lawn and flower beds. This is a low-cost material for a landscaper to make use of that provides his customers with eco-friendly options that also have a low overhead cost.
If composting is something that would benefit you, but you do not have the time or space to maintain a compost heap, contact your local cities recycling center. Some of them will accept your organic waste and grass clippings for their city compost pile. The resulting compost will then be used in your city’s parks and gardens. A number of recycling centers will also let local residents use the cities mature compost for their own needs as well.
Let’s go on with this content page. In spite of this, schools will utilize compost to enlighten the students on the process of decomposition and to show children things we can do to help keep our planet healthy. Another added benefit’s the cost savings for the school in up keeping the grounds and parks.
Carrots: Easy to Grow & Children Love Them
What we know today as carrots started out centuries ago as a bitter, pithy root. Since then, they’ve been bred and selected to grow orange and sweet, popular all around the globe. They date back at least 5,000 years. Pollen from carrots dating back even further has been found at neolithic sites.
Allotment Diary : Sowing Planting Carrots using Seed Tape: Just a quick video of me sowing Carrots on the allotment using Seed Tape rather than Seed for the first time. I have never use…
The Latin name for carrots is Daucus carota, a member of the Umbelliferae family. The word “carota” appears in writings dating back to two hundred AD.
Carrots started out as red, purple or yellow in color. The Dutch, in an effort to pay homage to their royal family, The House of Orange, bred orange carrots. These Dutch-bred orange carrots are the ancestors of our modern carrots.
Carrots will grow in soil that’s left unimproved after harvesting another crop for which the soil was improved. They like a sandy, well-drained soil free from rocks. If you have clay soils you will have better luck with round or “half-long” type carrots.
All of this is an important piece of this specific subject matter. Rototill or hand-dig the soil in your garden before planting carrot seeds. This will loosen up the soil, and make it easier for the carrots to grow down into it. They’ll also be more likely to grow straight. Bent and twisted carrots are the result of rocks or other foreign impediments in the soil that the carrots must find a way to grow around.
Let me continue with this story. Carrots even grow well in containers, as long as the container is twice as deep as the length of the carrots at maturity.
One other intriguing fact about this study. Sow seeds 2 weeks before your last frost. The seeds will germinate faster and at a higher rate the warmer the soil is when they’re planted. Make successive plantings every 2 weeks until mid-summer. Sow rather thickly and thin successively to a final spacing of two to three inches apart. The later, larger “thinings” can be eaten as baby carrots.
We should continue with this writing. Feed carrots plenty of potassium, (the third number on the fertilizer label), and go easy on the nitrogen (first number on the fertilizer label). Too much nitrogen can cause the carrots to branch and fork and makes the roots hairy and fibrous.
Carrots are a good companion plant for tomatoes. Both vegetables will benefit, growing lush green foliage and producing succulent tomatoes and carrots.
Home grown carrots are remarkably better tasting than grocery store varieties. Children often dig them up, brush the dirt off, and eat the carrot with the greens hanging down, like a certain cartoon bunny. I know I did
Allotment Diary : Sowing Planting Carrots using Seed Tape: Just a quick video of me sowing Carrots on the allotment using Seed Tape rather than Seed for the first time. I have never use…
The Latin name for carrots is Daucus carota, a member of the Umbelliferae family. The word “carota” appears in writings dating back to two hundred AD.
Carrots started out as red, purple or yellow in color. The Dutch, in an effort to pay homage to their royal family, The House of Orange, bred orange carrots. These Dutch-bred orange carrots are the ancestors of our modern carrots.
Carrots will grow in soil that’s left unimproved after harvesting another crop for which the soil was improved. They like a sandy, well-drained soil free from rocks. If you have clay soils you will have better luck with round or “half-long” type carrots.
All of this is an important piece of this specific subject matter. Rototill or hand-dig the soil in your garden before planting carrot seeds. This will loosen up the soil, and make it easier for the carrots to grow down into it. They’ll also be more likely to grow straight. Bent and twisted carrots are the result of rocks or other foreign impediments in the soil that the carrots must find a way to grow around.
Let me continue with this story. Carrots even grow well in containers, as long as the container is twice as deep as the length of the carrots at maturity.
One other intriguing fact about this study. Sow seeds 2 weeks before your last frost. The seeds will germinate faster and at a higher rate the warmer the soil is when they’re planted. Make successive plantings every 2 weeks until mid-summer. Sow rather thickly and thin successively to a final spacing of two to three inches apart. The later, larger “thinings” can be eaten as baby carrots.
We should continue with this writing. Feed carrots plenty of potassium, (the third number on the fertilizer label), and go easy on the nitrogen (first number on the fertilizer label). Too much nitrogen can cause the carrots to branch and fork and makes the roots hairy and fibrous.
Carrots are a good companion plant for tomatoes. Both vegetables will benefit, growing lush green foliage and producing succulent tomatoes and carrots.
Home grown carrots are remarkably better tasting than grocery store varieties. Children often dig them up, brush the dirt off, and eat the carrot with the greens hanging down, like a certain cartoon bunny. I know I did
How to Grow Zucchini the Practical Way
If you want to start a vertical garden, learning to how to grow zucchini could be the first practical step to do so. Not only does Zucchini grow nicely into a vine, it does not take too much trouble to grow as well.
Zucchini belong to the family of pumpkins. The curious thing with this vine is that you can also cross breed this with squash and pumpkin. You can save the seeds resulting from the breed and have it planted the following year.
This vegetable are known to contain a good amount of Vitamin C. It also contains useful amounts of potassium, folate and vitamin A. The darker the zucchini, the more packed with nutrients it’s. And its color does range from yellow, light green to a more darker hue of gray and almost black.
Growing Zucchini Squash
To be able to successfully grow this vegetable, follow these simple yet practical steps detailed below:
Preparation:
The first step includes preparation of the area where you’re planning to plant the zucchini as well as preparing the seedling for planting. For the former, you need to choose a very good area to plant the zucchini seedling. If you already have an existing garden, you may want to plan carefully the layout of the crops as zucchini could grow broad leaves and it might overshadow other crops you may have planted.
How to Grow Organic Zucchini in Your Home Garden
As for the seeds, you need to have it planted in peat pots indoor a month before. This will ensure that the vines are germinated nicely and you would not have any trouble planting the vine without disturbing the roots. These preparation has to be done during the winter months so that by the start of spring, you’re all ready to plant in your garden.
Sowing:
Zucchini has to be spaced in such a way that they will not overrun each other and other smaller crops which you may also plan on planting. If you’re short on space, I strongly suggest that you plant the zucchini near the fence, trellis or lattice. Zucchini makes a beautiful vine. You just have to make sure that the poles are strong enough to support the weight of the vine.
Growing Zucchini In Containers
Adding some well rotted manure to the soil will help in the growth and development of the vine.
Care:
When watering the zucchini, you have to see to it that you avoid watering the leaves so as to prevent fungal growth. And at the first sign of mildew or insects on the vines, you have it off immediately. Some other pests and problems you need to be on the lookout for includes pests such as Cucumber Beetles and Vine Borers.
You also need to cultivate the ground regularly to deter the growth of weeds. However, adding some mulch will help preventing the growth of weeds as well as keeping the fruits clean.
Zucchini belong to the family of pumpkins. The curious thing with this vine is that you can also cross breed this with squash and pumpkin. You can save the seeds resulting from the breed and have it planted the following year.
This vegetable are known to contain a good amount of Vitamin C. It also contains useful amounts of potassium, folate and vitamin A. The darker the zucchini, the more packed with nutrients it’s. And its color does range from yellow, light green to a more darker hue of gray and almost black.
Growing Zucchini Squash
To be able to successfully grow this vegetable, follow these simple yet practical steps detailed below:
Preparation:
The first step includes preparation of the area where you’re planning to plant the zucchini as well as preparing the seedling for planting. For the former, you need to choose a very good area to plant the zucchini seedling. If you already have an existing garden, you may want to plan carefully the layout of the crops as zucchini could grow broad leaves and it might overshadow other crops you may have planted.
How to Grow Organic Zucchini in Your Home Garden
As for the seeds, you need to have it planted in peat pots indoor a month before. This will ensure that the vines are germinated nicely and you would not have any trouble planting the vine without disturbing the roots. These preparation has to be done during the winter months so that by the start of spring, you’re all ready to plant in your garden.
Sowing:
Zucchini has to be spaced in such a way that they will not overrun each other and other smaller crops which you may also plan on planting. If you’re short on space, I strongly suggest that you plant the zucchini near the fence, trellis or lattice. Zucchini makes a beautiful vine. You just have to make sure that the poles are strong enough to support the weight of the vine.
Growing Zucchini In Containers
Adding some well rotted manure to the soil will help in the growth and development of the vine.
Care:
When watering the zucchini, you have to see to it that you avoid watering the leaves so as to prevent fungal growth. And at the first sign of mildew or insects on the vines, you have it off immediately. Some other pests and problems you need to be on the lookout for includes pests such as Cucumber Beetles and Vine Borers.
You also need to cultivate the ground regularly to deter the growth of weeds. However, adding some mulch will help preventing the growth of weeds as well as keeping the fruits clean.
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