Hydroponic Systems and Indoor Gardening Guide
The Home Gardenby: Charles French The Home Garden
The garden should be near the house and away from trees. If it's some distance away from the house, it will not be as well looked after, nor will most use be made of vegetables grown. Vegetables near trees cannot get full sunshine; even more important, tree roots will rob them of water and fertilizer they need to do their best.
If you can, move the garden spot every 10 years or so to help keep down diseases. Proper rotation and use of disease-resistant varieties will help, but sooner or later the old garden spot becomes so full of various disease spores and nematodes that you cannot grow a good crop of many vegetables without use of special soil fumigants.
Soil should, of course, be well drained. Few vegetables can stand "wet feet." A sandy loam with a clay subsoil is best. Heavy clay soils may be made quite suitable by adding heavy quantities of stable manure or compost, or by turning under cover crops, preferably legumes such as vetch, clover soybeans.
Since the best quality quantity of vegetables cannot be duced on anything but a fertile soil, do whatever is needed to make it fertile.
Requirements for growth.
1. Proper degree of heat.
2. Moisture.
3. Oxygen in the air is essential for seed germination and good growth.
English peas, for example, will sprout when soil termperature is only a few degrees above freezing, while seed such as tomatoes will not germinate at all.
To start these tender vegetables for early crops, artificial heat, as in hotbeds, is needed. Otherwise, for early crops, buy plants from commercial growers, or from local growers who produce them with artificial heat. Tender vegetables that do not transplant such as melons, cucumbers, cantaloupes, and squash, should not be planted outdoors until soil has warmed up. These may, however, be started earlier in small pots in a hotbead.
To make the most out of your gardening efforts, take time to do some planning. Also keep a record of wheather you had too much or too little of certain vegatables at any time during the season for a continuous supply. Don't trust it all to memory.
Things to consider when planting.
1. How much of each vegetable to grow to supply your family needs.
2. Which vegetables are most need for good health.
3. How much extra to plant for storage
4. Which varities are best to plant.
5. When to plant for continuous growth and supply.
6. Which pesticides are best for control of insects and diseases.
7. Supplies needed such as, sprayers, dusters, tools, fertilizer, or mulching material.
Jotting this down on paper, plus any notes made during the season about special pest problems or how a new variety or practice turned out, will be valuable the next season when planning and planting time roll around.
About the Author Charles French is a freenlance writer and webmaster for Decorating Country Home
Welcome to our hydroponic article directory, the virtual library
of various product lines and information from various sites. This
section is intended to make it easy for you to browse through
the many types of hydroponic systems, lighting options and even
plant fertilizers and supplements.
If you find any other site with a large quantity of hydroponic,
indoor lighting or greenhouse gardening related tips or reviews,
let us know so can add it to this page.
hydroponic - Live Search News
Search results
Atkinson bans hydroponic equipment in SA cannabis crackdown - News.com.au
22 Jul 2008 at 12:51am
THE State Government has stepped up its war on hydroponic cannabis, making it illegal to possess the lamps and reflectors used to produce crops. Equipment used in clandestine drug laboratories also will be targeted by new laws aimed at stopping ...
Big Maine greenhouse expanding - Greenwich Time
23 Jul 2008 at 7:48pm
MADISON, Maine?New England's largest greenhouse grower of vine-ripened tomatoes plans to build a second greenhouse at its central Maine site, nearly doubling its year-round growing space. Backyard Farms LLC is scheduled to begin construction this ...
Economy drives business to D.C.-area supermarkets - Thepacker.com
23 Jul 2008 at 1:36pm
(July 23, 12:55 p.m.) The stagnating economy has sent more consumers to grocery stores. To save money, distributors in the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore region say more people are eating at home. That shift has benefited the mid-Atlantic region?s ...
Dagga most used drug in SA, tik is greatest threat - Witness
23 Jul 2008 at 2:26pm
PRETORIA ? While cannabis is the drug most abused in South Africa, amphetamine-style stimulants like tik pose the greatest threat, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said yesterday. Presenting the annual World Drug Report 2008 in Pretoria ...
Altamonte cop, wife charged in drug plot - Orlando Sentinel
23 Jul 2008 at 4:32am
Clay Adams lived two lives: one as an Altamonte Springs cop, the other as a painkiller-addicted, marijuana grow-house operator who was scheming to kill a former supervisor. That's how authorities described it Tuesday when Adams, 36, and his wife ...
Buyer's Guide for Hydroponic Supplies
|
Navigation
Grow Lights
Hydroponic Systems
HPS systems
MH systems
Growing Accessories
Brand Directory
Buyer's Guide
What's New?
Hope you enjoy the new layout
181 182 183 184 185
|
