Friday, December 28, 2018
Having a house with large land and yard is a pleasant thing. But, large space not oftenly used properly. In fact, even in a small space we still can use it to grow some vegetables. There's nothing wrong to grow your own vegetables.
Besides you can save your money a lot when you are trying to plant your own vegetables need, of course, health and hygiene will be guaranteed too. You can sell out too if the stock is too many in your house.
But unfortunately, not everyone knows, and understands how to grow pant well. Especially for the beginners. Do you think Planting Your Own Vegetables and Fruits at Home is a difficult thing to realize? Limited space and lack of knowledge about planting crops is indeed an obstacle, but not impossible!
Now, we will discuss tips and tricks in growing vegetables or fruit at home. For you who want to cook from your own crops, like the style of an overseas chef. Come to see the following tips.
Vegetable gardening tips and tricks
1. Choosing the right planting media
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| choose media that are fit in your garden |
Maybe you really want to have your own garden, but if the space are very narrow or even you don't have a garden at all, what should you do? There are two types of planting media that can be used according to the land area you have:
- If you have large land, you have the ability to experiment with planting various types of plants. But before planting seeds, don't forget to spill the soil and clean the soil from the weeds. Soils can also be helped by sprinkling fertilizer to enrich soil fertility.
- For those who have a small garden area or narrow land, you can try planting using polybag planting media. Polybags are soil wrapped in black plastic, which is also equipped with pores for air and water circulation. The goodness of polybags is sold in various sizes so you can adjust the type size of the of plant you wanted, later.
*However, if you plant using polybags from seeds, prepare at least two polybags. Because one will be used as a seedling media before being planted.
2. Determine the types of vegetables
After deciding which planting media is right, now consider first the type of vegetable or fruit that you can plant yourself. The most easily grown vegetables at home include chili, tomatoes, and ginger. The following is information about several types of plants that you can plant in your garden.
a. Chili (Chili)
How to grow chili is quite easy. Create vertical soil lines and plant chilies on the ground with a distance of 10 cm per seed. Shower with water and cover it with a wet gunny sack for 4 days. Yes! You have successfully planted chili in your garden now. chili plants will start to bear fruit after 2.5-3 months depending on the type of seeds you use.
b. Tomatoes
To plant tomatoes it is recommended to use polybags rather than on large land. First, do seed seedlings by planting tomato seeds in your polybag. Water it regularly every morning twice a day for 30 days. if you have started to grow and have at least five leaves, move the candidate to plant your tomatoes into a bigger polybag. When removing plants from the first polybag, do it carefully! Do not let the roots of your tomatoes become damaged or broken.
c. Onions
Onions can be planted on large land or in polybags. The process is also not much different from the process of planting chili and tomatoes. But, planting onions is recommended to be done in the morning. This is because these plants need a cool atmosphere in order to grow optimally. So, put the pot from your onion in a cool place.
d. Celery
The process of planting celery requires more effort so that the results can be maximized. The problem is beside the seed nursery process, which is planting seeds in the ground for 15 days and watering with water mixed fertilizer for 5 days, you also need the process of giving lime or dolomite to the soil. More effort is needed in the first stages but if you already have seeds with 3-4 leaves and wait for about 1-3 months then Now you can pick the celery from your own garden.
e. Ginger
Ginger plants do not need a large area of land so it is very suitable for you who only have a plot of land. However, before planting you need to provide a soil mixture with manure (the ratio is 3: 1) and do the cultivation of ginger by storing it in a damp and closed place. The goal is to grow shoots from the ginger seeds. If you already have a minimum of 2 shoots, now just plant them in a polybag or garden behind your house. It's easy, right?
3. Keep The Plant Fresh
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| Fresh plant will grow healthy |
Already have succeeded in planting crops now, haven’t you? Now it's time for you to wait the plants to be harvested and produced. Good results must be treated well, of course. Therefore, we will discuss 3 main tips in treating plant freshness:
- Water your plants regularly at least once a day.
- Continuously doing soil scrubbing and giving fertilizer to add nutrients. But you should use natural fertilizers. There are already many natural fertilizers for sale and are easily available.
- Give natural pesticides to keep plants from intruding pests. You can buy natural pesticides or make your own if you have time or you can just buy it on the internet...
So how is it? It's easy to grow vegetables or fruit at home, isn’t it? You also must not have large land to be able to enjoy the harvest from your own garden. Enjoying the harvested vegetables yourself and you also can apply a healthier life.