Leave a reaction | Ayanda Kunene | Last modified January 21, 2024
Prepare a nursery bed for vegetable DIY.
Beginning with healthy and vigorous transplants is the key to a successful crop. Vegetable seedlings are very sensitive to seedling diseases and must be protected. Use of solarization to disinfest the nursery bed is highly recommended as solarization kills many of the diseases of lettuce seedlings as well as weeds.
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Construct raised seedbeds of 1m wide where no eggplant, potato, or tomato have been grown for at least 3 years
Incorporate 5 kg/m2 of good compost into the bed.
Solarize the plant bed to kill diseases if possible.
Form shallow furrows.
Sow seed and cover lightly with soil ( Don't burry the seed!)
ProTip: 1 ha of tomato will require 150 to 200g of good seed.
Pat firmly with a rake, mulch, and then water.
Do not use fresh manure on a seedbed as it burns seedlings.
After seedlings emerge, push mulch off the seedlings to allow sunlight.
Young seedlings require sufficient water. Reduce water 1 week before transplanting to harden seedlings.
ProTip: Tomato seedlings will be ready to transplant with 3 to 5 true leaves. Onion seedlings will be ready with 3 to 5 well-formed leaves.
Transplant on a cloudy day or late in the afternoon.
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