Veg planning with greens
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Comments (4)To truly optimize a nutrient solution, you'd have to check the various amounts of nutrients at regular intervals and then balance them with what your plant is consuming (somewhat dictated by what is missing). This, of course, is somewhat ridiculous on a small scale or hobbyist level. the next best thing is to provide a balanced nutrient at near the appropriate concentration and plan on changing the whole thing periodically. Periodically, depending on how often you want to and how well you want the plants to grow. Change once a week can be a lot of work and is possibly bad for the environment, but your plants will grow at their optimal level. you're just flushing good nutrient. change it once a month or bi-monthly may be easier on your back and/or wallet, but your plants growth will be slower (but still probably better than in soil)because as certain nutrients become scarce the plant will not be able to develop as needed. Of primary importance when using a generic formula for growing various fruits is concentration. some plants (tomatoes) like a really strong nutrient while others (lettuces) like a weaker nutrient solution. so you have to make a choice. either grow them in seperate reservoirs, grow them in a strong concentration and deal will tip burn on your lettuce, or grow them in a weaker solution with slower growth....See MoreSFG Planning Website and Online Veg. Seed Database
Comments (23)Hi, I just found this thread looking for different resources and information about square foot gardening and I think that its a wonderful idea to create such a system to facilitate and give to the SFGers more resources. If you need more people to test your website and/or software you can count me in. I have good experience working with website development using some open source CMS software. I also have excellent computer and Internet skills. I had been practicing the SFG method for some time and right now I am creating a SFG program in my country to teach in schools and communities. I am really interested in helping you develop this project for free. I already went to your web page and sign up for an account. My name is Marcos A. Cappa and my email is marcos_a_cappa(at)hotmail.com...See Moresuggestions for green or veg--must stand up to travel & wa
Comments (6)I use a marinated veggie recipe from an Italian restaurant. It's easy and delish! 1 pound vegetables (carrots, zucchini, cauliflower, celery or vegetable of your choice) 4 small cloves of garlic, light crusted with a heavy knife and peeled. Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste 1 teaspoon oregano 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar 1-2 cups olive oil Peel and cut vegetables into desired shapes and cook them in boiling salted water until tender but quite firm because the marinade will continue to soften them. (I steam the veggies, celery gets steamed for 2 min., and carrots and cauliflower are steamed for 3 min.) Drain the vegetables and place in a deep storage dish with a securely sealed top. Bury the garlic in the veggies. Add salt and pepper to taste, oregano, vinegar and olive oil to cover the bottom 1/4 of the veggies. Refrigerate, but occasionally shake container and rock back and forth to cover all veggies with light coating of oil. Allow to marinate at least overnight, removing the garlic after 24 hours. Serve at room temperature....See MoreHELP- Is it TOO LATE to grow Green Veg seeds indoors? (3 month Delay!
Comments (5)I am not answering a, b, c, etc. because I just have some general points to make. First off - we are lucky over here in that our seasons are very elastic. If you look at the backs of seed packets there is often a period of 3 months over which you can sow seeds. So don't count your delay from the first possible sowing date. It is often far too cold and wet to start sowing in March. Count it from the end and you are only a couple of weeks out. 2. You can't reliably grow apples from seed - are you sure that's what you meant? (You can grow apple trees from seed but there is no way of knowing if they will have fruit worth eating and you won't find that out for years.) 2. What sort of Broccoli is it? Summer or Winter? I haven't sown my Purple Sprouting or Kale yet. I should have done but I know from experience that it really doesn't matter that much. I'll just get the crop a bit later next year. I'm still picking last year's. 3. Celery is very tricky for a beginner. You can certainly try sowing it now. Spring has been quite cool so give it a go. I don't even try to grow it now. It's such a faff and we don't eat that much so it isn't worth it to me. 4. Cucumbers are touch and go outdoors. You can still sow inside and transplant into the ground. Or you can sow outside under a jam jar or plastic bottle. 5. There are cabbages for all seasons so you need to follow the instructions for the ones you have. I suggest you Google each of your vegetables and 'RHS' to get instructions for each type. Here's an example: https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/grow-your-own/vegetables/cucumbers I would also suggest you direct sow some easy stuff like Peas, Runner Beans and Lettuce because you have picked some challenging types for your first attempts and it would be nice to get some successes. You can also start some Courgettes under a jar or indoors. People are only just planting them out now so you are not too late. p.s. note that most people on this forum are in the US. Many of their seasons are much more sharply delineated than ours. Many of them have far hotter summers than we do and far colder winters. For example, you cannot germinate Aubergines outdoors here, at least not until about mid July, under a jar, when it will be too late to get any fruit. In fact you can't really grow them outdoors at all with any degree of success. When US posters talk about 'cool weather crops' they are talking about stuff we can grow throughout the summer. UK seed packets don't give days to maturity. Given our weather that could easily be 100% out. I still have my central heating on and am still sowing peas....See Moreplllog
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