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Vegetable Gardening

Vegetable Gardening. In the Ground or In Containers?. Getting Started - Planning. Space requirements What to grow Location – enablers and barriers to success Anticipated yield Required resources; tools / expense / budget Available resources. Space Requirements.

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Vegetable Gardening

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  1. Vegetable Gardening In the Ground or In Containers?

  2. Getting Started - Planning • Space requirements • What to grow • Location – enablers and barriers to success • Anticipated yield • Required resources; tools / expense / budget • Available resources

  3. Space Requirements • Growing room for each plant • Ground space for a row garden • Grow some plants in containers • Types of containers • Maintain containers • Maintain rows

  4. What would I Like to Grow? • Bell Peppers, Tomatoes, Eggplant, Cucumbers, Squash, Carrots, Zucchini, Beets, Hot Peppers, Melons • When do I start? • How do I start? Seeds or seedlings?

  5. A Beginning

  6. Location – Where to put it? • Room needed for each plant • Appropriate sized container • Hours of direct sunlight • Access to water • Appropriate soil • Aesthetics / Landscape incorporation

  7. Anticipated Yield • Expectations of the Garden • Expectations from each plant • Number of plants needed • Varieties • Plants complement / compete with each other

  8. Fruits of your Labor

  9. Required Resources • Space – ground or containers • Needs • Tools, plant material, seed material, stakes, cages, soil amendments, soil, containers, water hose, fertilizer, soil test, ….. • Current inventory / need to secure • Expected costs / budget • Network for frugal ideas and sources

  10. GroundPros • Plants can have room to grow • Consistent soil conditions • Easy to stake or cage plants • Watering frequency • Fertilization frequency and method • Easy to mulch

  11. GroundCons • Easy access for critters and pests from ground • Access to work; bending, kneeling, stooping… • Maintenance; raking, hoeing, mulching (rows and middles), watering • Ground temp – cool early, hot late

  12. Rows

  13. Ground Plantings • Row organization and planning • Plant locations; Larger ones shade smaller ones • Turn the soil or put in prepared mixture, raised beds • Soil test • Amend the soil as needed • Fertilization

  14. ContainerPros • Expand the garden • Long term, multiple uses • Use them anywhere; Movable / portable • Décor items with functional use • Easy to reach and maintain • Similar cultural fundamentals • Difficult access for critters and some pests

  15. ContainerCons • Water more often • Early season soil temp modifications • More easily affected by wind • Some challenges for staking of caging plants • Potential for root binding

  16. Caged - plant in a pot

  17. Containers

  18. ContainersPots etc. • Any container that will support the plant without getting root-bound • Pots, buckets, boxes, old tires, anything that will hold soil and allow it to drain • Pot saucers; yes / no • Easy to manage; same cultural methods as ground – soil mix, fertilizer, water, stakes, cages

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