Getting started on growing food
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Potatoes
The easiest way to grow your own spuds is by planting seed potatoes in large tubs or bags on the patio. As long as you protect them from frost, you can plant your tubers in plenty of organic matter or compost from March onwards. Just remember to water them well and ‘earth up’ your potato shoots as they grow. Harvesting is extra easy - simply tip the container out onto a sheet of plastic and hunt through.
Onions and Garlic
Onions and garlic are virtually maintenance-free vegetables! You can start onions off from seed between February and April ready to transplant outside in May. Alternatively, you can buy onion and garlic sets that are ready to be planted straight outside in spring. Either way, choose a sunny spot. Onions and garlic are ready to harvest when their foliage starts to yellow and flop at the very end of summer. Make sure they’re completely dry before you bring them inside to store.
Tomatoes (natry ko na magtanim neto sa bahay) :>
The easiest way to grow your own tomatoes is by planting grafted and garden-ready tomato plants straight into tomato grow bags. If you choose a low-maintenance bush variety (not a cordon), it won’t require a support cane or the removal of side shoots as it grows. Young tomato plants do need plenty of water, and you should apply a high potash feed every couple of weeks.
Spring Onions
Spring onions produce a quick crop just eight weeks after sowing. Sow your seeds between March and July, and if you want to make next year's crop even easier, leave a couple of spring onions to flower and they'll happily self seed! These compact but tasty vegetables can be grown in patio containers, window boxes or the ground. Top tip - grow your spring onions next to mint to deter onion fly.
Chillies and Peppers (Highly recommend)
The plants will do just fine in a small pot by your window. You can grow a variety of different types by seeds. Just stick to one per pot and water them little and often. Easy peasy.
bell peppers and hot chili peppers not only add visual appeal to culinary dishes, but they add vibrant color to your patio garden. Peppers are easy to grow in pots — they grow upright and produce good yields while taking up minimal space on your balcony. Select compact varieties of bell peppers for container growing or incorporate tomato cages into a deep 14-inch pot to support taller plant varieties. Hot peppers typically grow more compact in size and are highly suitable for container gardening.
Lettuce
Looseleaf and romaine are the best lettuce varieties to plant in containers since they need less growing space than head or stalk lettuces. The ideal soil mix to use when growing lettuce in pots contains peat or compost, soil, and perlite to keep it from drying out. Sow seeds shallow, no more than one-half inch deep. Keep the soil moist, but not wet.
How to grow? here's sums guide
Know Your Location
The most important thing to do before you start your garden is conduct a little research. Most vegetables and fruits have different zones where they're able to grow. For example, as much as you love lemons and limes, you might not have the right climate to grow a supply of your own.Understanding which season to grow your crops is also important. Do a quick search for your zone and start making a list of what you want to plant, and when is the best time
Know Your Soil
Knowing which kind of soil you have is also important. If you have a lot of clay in your ground, you may have to add in topsoil, fertilizer, and plant food to help your seeds grow. Potted plants or raised garden beds are a great option, as you can control the type of soil you have.
Many plants grow easily in large pots or raised planters, such as tomatoes, blueberries, blackberries, and other vine plants. Blueberries prefer more acidic soil than other plants, which makes large pots perfect for them. Research nutrient-rich soil and fertilizer, such as mushroom soil, manure sold from a local farm, or fertilizer.
Compost
Composting is a great organic alternative to all the various garden soils available, and again, cuts down on your food waste and is good for the environment. You can start with a simple countertop compost bin or, if you have a large garden, invest in a turning bin. To begin, all you have to remember is “mix browns and greens.” This means brown things, like dead leaves and sticks, mixed with green things, like lawn clippings and newspaper. Add in your coffee grounds and loose-leaf tea. You can then add in eggshells, fruits, and vegetables. It's not recommended to put citrus, meat, dairy, or animal products (eggs, grease, etc.) into your compost.
Find Your Seeds
Most hardware, grocery, and home improvement stores have relatively inexpensive seed packs to get your garden started. However, you can look online for organic or specialty seeds. On Etsy, you can find organic, rare, and even hand-grown seeds, and customize which seeds you want.
Learn the Best Time for Planting
Now that you've researched and prepped your soil, and know what you want to plant and when, it's time to get started. Early spring is often best to begin planting indoors to ensure your plants have warm temperatures and will thrive. Keep them properly watered and in a warm and sunny spot. look for biodegradable seed containers (like newspaper seedling pots) can be easily transferred to the ground when you're ready.
Transfer Plants Carefully
When it's time to transfer your baby plants into the ground, pick a time when the ground is moist and soft. When you take out your plants, be careful not to break any of the small roots. Gently place them in the ground or pot, cover with potting soil, and water them well so the plants can root down into the soil.
Try Hydroponic Gardening
Hydroponice Gardening -aka swapping soil for nutrient-rich water to grow produce—is on the rise. Many people that want to garden don't have access to big backyards, and options like gardyn and lettuce grow. make it easy to grow veggies in small spaces. You can even use them indoors!
Buy Starter plants
If you don’t have time or think you won’t be successful with starting from seed, you can buy baby plants. Visit your local greenhouses or farmers' market, or look for local events from farmers in your area who may be selling baby plants.
This is a good idea if you're new to gardening or want to make sure you have healthy plants from the beginning. It's also a good opportunity to purchase harder-to-find varieties, as well as helps you easily buy plants that thrive in your zone.
Start with Herbs
Starting with herbs is great when you're new at gardening. They're great plants that can be grown indoors or out, and once they start they'll usually thrive.
You can reduce wasting herbs by drying or freezing them. You can also chop them up and put them in ice cube trays with olive oil and freeze to create instant flavor boosts for any meal. Freshly-cut herbs mixed with garlic and olive oil also make a simple but delicious dipping sauce for bread.
HOPE IT HELPS SAYO KATZMATE! <3
The easiest way to grow your own spuds is by planting seed potatoes in large tubs or bags on the patio. As long as you protect them from frost, you can plant your tubers in plenty of organic matter or compost from March onwards. Just remember to water them well and ‘earth up’ your potato shoots as they grow. Harvesting is extra easy - simply tip the container out onto a sheet of plastic and hunt through.
Onions and Garlic
Onions and garlic are virtually maintenance-free vegetables! You can start onions off from seed between February and April ready to transplant outside in May. Alternatively, you can buy onion and garlic sets that are ready to be planted straight outside in spring. Either way, choose a sunny spot. Onions and garlic are ready to harvest when their foliage starts to yellow and flop at the very end of summer. Make sure they’re completely dry before you bring them inside to store.
Tomatoes (natry ko na magtanim neto sa bahay) :>
The easiest way to grow your own tomatoes is by planting grafted and garden-ready tomato plants straight into tomato grow bags. If you choose a low-maintenance bush variety (not a cordon), it won’t require a support cane or the removal of side shoots as it grows. Young tomato plants do need plenty of water, and you should apply a high potash feed every couple of weeks.
Spring Onions
Spring onions produce a quick crop just eight weeks after sowing. Sow your seeds between March and July, and if you want to make next year's crop even easier, leave a couple of spring onions to flower and they'll happily self seed! These compact but tasty vegetables can be grown in patio containers, window boxes or the ground. Top tip - grow your spring onions next to mint to deter onion fly.
Chillies and Peppers (Highly recommend)
The plants will do just fine in a small pot by your window. You can grow a variety of different types by seeds. Just stick to one per pot and water them little and often. Easy peasy.
bell peppers and hot chili peppers not only add visual appeal to culinary dishes, but they add vibrant color to your patio garden. Peppers are easy to grow in pots — they grow upright and produce good yields while taking up minimal space on your balcony. Select compact varieties of bell peppers for container growing or incorporate tomato cages into a deep 14-inch pot to support taller plant varieties. Hot peppers typically grow more compact in size and are highly suitable for container gardening.
Lettuce
Looseleaf and romaine are the best lettuce varieties to plant in containers since they need less growing space than head or stalk lettuces. The ideal soil mix to use when growing lettuce in pots contains peat or compost, soil, and perlite to keep it from drying out. Sow seeds shallow, no more than one-half inch deep. Keep the soil moist, but not wet.
How to grow? here's sums guide
Know Your Location
The most important thing to do before you start your garden is conduct a little research. Most vegetables and fruits have different zones where they're able to grow. For example, as much as you love lemons and limes, you might not have the right climate to grow a supply of your own.Understanding which season to grow your crops is also important. Do a quick search for your zone and start making a list of what you want to plant, and when is the best time
Know Your Soil
Knowing which kind of soil you have is also important. If you have a lot of clay in your ground, you may have to add in topsoil, fertilizer, and plant food to help your seeds grow. Potted plants or raised garden beds are a great option, as you can control the type of soil you have.
Many plants grow easily in large pots or raised planters, such as tomatoes, blueberries, blackberries, and other vine plants. Blueberries prefer more acidic soil than other plants, which makes large pots perfect for them. Research nutrient-rich soil and fertilizer, such as mushroom soil, manure sold from a local farm, or fertilizer.
Compost
Composting is a great organic alternative to all the various garden soils available, and again, cuts down on your food waste and is good for the environment. You can start with a simple countertop compost bin or, if you have a large garden, invest in a turning bin. To begin, all you have to remember is “mix browns and greens.” This means brown things, like dead leaves and sticks, mixed with green things, like lawn clippings and newspaper. Add in your coffee grounds and loose-leaf tea. You can then add in eggshells, fruits, and vegetables. It's not recommended to put citrus, meat, dairy, or animal products (eggs, grease, etc.) into your compost.
Find Your Seeds
Most hardware, grocery, and home improvement stores have relatively inexpensive seed packs to get your garden started. However, you can look online for organic or specialty seeds. On Etsy, you can find organic, rare, and even hand-grown seeds, and customize which seeds you want.
Learn the Best Time for Planting
Now that you've researched and prepped your soil, and know what you want to plant and when, it's time to get started. Early spring is often best to begin planting indoors to ensure your plants have warm temperatures and will thrive. Keep them properly watered and in a warm and sunny spot. look for biodegradable seed containers (like newspaper seedling pots) can be easily transferred to the ground when you're ready.
Transfer Plants Carefully
When it's time to transfer your baby plants into the ground, pick a time when the ground is moist and soft. When you take out your plants, be careful not to break any of the small roots. Gently place them in the ground or pot, cover with potting soil, and water them well so the plants can root down into the soil.
Try Hydroponic Gardening
Hydroponice Gardening -aka swapping soil for nutrient-rich water to grow produce—is on the rise. Many people that want to garden don't have access to big backyards, and options like gardyn and lettuce grow. make it easy to grow veggies in small spaces. You can even use them indoors!
Buy Starter plants
If you don’t have time or think you won’t be successful with starting from seed, you can buy baby plants. Visit your local greenhouses or farmers' market, or look for local events from farmers in your area who may be selling baby plants.
This is a good idea if you're new to gardening or want to make sure you have healthy plants from the beginning. It's also a good opportunity to purchase harder-to-find varieties, as well as helps you easily buy plants that thrive in your zone.
Start with Herbs
Starting with herbs is great when you're new at gardening. They're great plants that can be grown indoors or out, and once they start they'll usually thrive.
You can reduce wasting herbs by drying or freezing them. You can also chop them up and put them in ice cube trays with olive oil and freeze to create instant flavor boosts for any meal. Freshly-cut herbs mixed with garlic and olive oil also make a simple but delicious dipping sauce for bread.
HOPE IT HELPS SAYO KATZMATE! <3