Start Gardening

If you are a gardening beginner having some really positive vegetables growing may help not only solve any problems but also provide you with information which will enable you to be eating nutritious fresh vegetables that you have successfully grown.

Begin by preparing the soil and leaving it for a couple of weeks, then dig over once again to help reduce weed seedlings before planting the vegetables. To ensure you make the most of the entire growing season, plant vegetables of the same variety every two weeks this will give you fresh vegetables such as beans, peas, lettuce right through the season.

Vegetables such as lettuces and radishes cannot be stored therefore regulate how many you plant every two weeks otherwise they may be wasted.

For the most successful on-going vegetable gardens it is necessary to use plant rotation, which means not planting the same variety of vegetables in the same location more frequently than once every three years. Block planting will enable smaller vegetables to be planted in between taller crops and maximise the space used. This is particularly useful if the garden is small.

Likewise plant fast growing vegetables, like radishes, alongside slower vegetables growing. This will not only maximise space but also will help to determine where rows have been planted. Keep weeds at bay as much as possible as they will take the nutrients from the soil, ‘choke’ the vegetables.

Strawberries and other plants which span more than one season should be planted near the sides of the garden so that they do interfere with spoil preparation. It may a good idea to use plastic or straw to keep strawberries off the ground to prevent rotting.

Sweet corn should be planted in blocks to provide the optimum amount of pollen in the surrounding air, this will help with pollination. Regular checking of plants for insect damage and disease is required to maintain plant health. Although all plants need to be kept well watered do not over-water them or they will rot.

Vegetables growing in empty plastic pop or milk bottles helps water the roots of vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers and aubergines (egg plants). Cut the base off of the bottle and slide it down over the cane supporting the vegetables, slightly burying the neck of the bottle in soil, this will enable you to pour water into the bottle which will take the water to the roots of the plants.

Learn the secrets to growing a successful organic vegetable garden.

Posted on August 13th, 2008 by Jean-Helene
Filed under: Vegetables Growing