Buzzing Greens Seedlings have been started with care just for you!
Below you will find information on your new vegetable baby:
How to transplant it, how to nourish it, how to harvest and how to use it.
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While some seeds need as much sunlight and heat as you can offer - think tomatoes and peppers - others are able to grow quite well with some shade. Indeed, too much heat can cause early bolting or poor fruit production. West Coast Seeds provides a Gardening Guide that is full of useful advice on growing conditions.
Also think about the size your plant will ultimately be and allow for lots for room for both the roots and what is above ground. Some plants need trellising or other supports, so take this into account too. -
Healthy food plants need quality soil with no contaminants - free from plastics, paint chips, wildlife scat etc. The happier and healthier your soil the happier and healthier your plants will be. Thriving plants need gentle and balanced organic fertilizers and compost that provides all the micro- and macro- organisms like fungi, yeasts and arthropods that create healthy soil ecosystems that facilitate nutrient and moisture uptake into the plant.
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Your seedling has been hardened off (gently encouraged to get used to life outdoors).
Choose a location for your plant that suits its size and light needs. When you’ve selected your planting site, dig a hole larger than the root ball. Add a trowel full of aged compost, some organic fertilizer and water. If your plant came in a plastic pot, turn up carefully to remove the plant, gently tugging at the whole plant rather than just the stem if it needs help coming out. Gently tickle the roots to free them from the pot shape that they’ve grown into. Place into the planting hole at the same depth at which it was growing (exceptions to this rule are tomatoes and members of the Brassica family that can be planted deeper). Replace the soil carefully, gently tapping it into place to ensure that no air is trapped around the roots.
Water well and plan to water daily (even twice daily if it’s very hot) for 7-10 days till the roots have had a chance to develop. At this stage, applying some liquid kelp will encourage strong root growth. After this initial stage we want to ensure that roots grow deep down into the soil rather than staying close to the surface where they can easily dry out. We do this by deep, slow watering less frequently. Always check the soil moisture by putting your finger deep into the soil to see that the roots are receiving enough water and that the ground has an opportunity to dry out between waterings.
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Seedlings are available seasonally in Roberts Creek. Email buzzinggreens@gmail.com for details.
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