Common Vegetable Garden Problems
To avoid repeating mistakes in the vegetable garden it is helpful to take note of them. Here are some common garden problems and recommendations for preventing them:
- Seedlings die shortly after emergence – This problem is most likely to occur with beans, peas, vine crops, and sweet corn. The presence of soil-borne fungi and planting in cold, wet soil are the main causes. The situation can usually be avoided by planting treated seeds in warm soil.
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A Quick Guide in Planting Tomatoes
Tomatoes are one if not the easiest to grow in a vegetable garden. Anyone can do it if they know the basic rules of tomato growing. One of these rules is to always stake the plants you’re growing and to water only the bottom of the tomato plant rather than the whole plant. Wet plants are more susceptible to burn and dry up rather than dry ones.
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Maintaining Soil Fertility Through Crop Rotation
Maintaining soil fertility can be done various ways. Proper drainage can be installed in the garden. Soil moisture is maintained at optimum levels. Each species of crops can also be planted in different plots each year. This method of planting crops in different plots each year is called crop rotation.
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Planning: A Garden Essential
Setting up a home vegetable garden isn’t as simple as picking up your tools, digging and planting some seeds. It entails careful planning before starting growing vegetables. This ensures that you’ll have a harvest at the end of the season. Planning for setting-up a home vegetable garden consists of major steps: selecting a site; and planning the garden.
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Fall Vegetable Gardening
Many varieties of vegetables can be planted in midsummer to late summer for fall/winter harvests. Succession plantings of warm season crops, such as corn and beans, can be harvested until the first killing frost. Cool season crops, such as kale, turnips, mustard, broccoli, cabbage, etc., grow well during the cool fall/winter days and withstand light frosts. Timely planting is the key to a successful fall vegetable garden.
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Vegetable Gardening as a Hobby
One of the more popular hobbies nowadays is vegetable gardening. As a matter of fact, 1/3 of the population is currently engaged in this pastime. Vegetable gardening isn’t a difficult task. To begin with, even little children can try this hobby because of the simplicity of the rules that must be followed in order to fully enjoy this pastime.
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Appropriate Sites for Vegetable Gardening
Selecting the best site for vegetable gardening is said to be the most important thing you must consider when planting a garden in the backyard or inside the home. There are five simple factors to look at in choosing the best site for the garden despite the size of the location itself.
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