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VEGETABLE

vegetable production is not only applicable in the wild or in gardens, but now grown in the heart of the city or just in your home with only limited room

If your house has an area of large sun terraces -. Requirement for the cultivation of vegetables, you can grow them successfully. What are the places that can be used for container gardening? You can make your patio, balcony, terrace, roof terrace, window sill, roads, etc.

Be aware of the need for sunlight for each culture. For leafy vegetables, should sunlight for about four hours each day for fruit vegetables at least 7-8 hours of sunlight a day is needed, and root vegetables require more than 6 hours of sun per day.

And produce your own vegetables in a safer way, the attack of pests and diseases will be greatly reduced. You can also improve soil conditions by adding some soil amendments;. Manure as compost and other essential nutrients from plant food

All required

in your home that can be waste by those used in compost. Even your domestic waste water can be used to water your plants.

In other words, pot culture, the practical use of the useless things considered.

? The containers are ideal for Container Gardening

Growing vegetables can be in any kind of containers such as boxes, buckets, tires for vehicles distributed bags, cement bags will be carried out, food, water, plastic bottles, cans, gallon, engine blocks, the milk contain cuts, of bamboo or container that have been discarded. Also, coconut shells, banana bract, leaves, coconut potting soil is an ideal material, especially for short-season vegetables, such as pechay, lettuce, mustard, etc.

Good growing container have proposed three important features such as Relf ( 1996 Owner).

You have to be large enough to support mature plants, they must have a drainage, they may not be held products that can be toxic to plants and people

container, drain have bad influence are. . a successful container garden. It is therefore essential to your containers on the ground or other medium, containers, how “would have;. Lattes, hollow blocks, or to offer some space below, so that the excess water to flow freely

For larger plants, you need to use large and small containers, the use of small plants.

In most plants need, the container of at least 15 inches minimum depth, shot especially for vegetables.

Recommended container size and nature / culture

5 gal window box – beans, lima beans

1 plant/5gal.pot, 3plants/15 gallon. Cup cabbage, Chinese cabbage

5 gal window box of at least 30 cm deep – Carrot

1 plant / gal pot – Cucumber

5 gal pot window – plant/2gal salad

1. jar, 5 gal plants/15. Cup – onion

5 gal window box – pepper, spinach

The combination of ideal soil for vegetable crops in container grown as follows:

Let there be light and porous to be, it should be easy for the excess water has a high capacity have retention of water, it must be free from soil-borne diseases, nematodes and insects, it should give the right …. . and the amount of the balance of nutrients for plants

The best soil mix media should be the following;. synthetic mixture of vermiculite horticultural quality, peat moss, limestone, fertilizer, superphosphate and complete

compost can serve as an excellent way of growing.

In your country, where the media are not available, you can your own potting soil by mixing 1 part loam and compost, 1 part fine river sand, dust and coconut to make coconut.

If your country is the production of rice, you can replace the coconut powder coconut (charred) wood charcoal with rice husk. But it must be carefully sterilized some deadly germs that are harmful to plants to kill.

The sawdust is another option that could be used in the preparation of your culture medium in the absence of coconut fiber and dust should also be sterilized.

sowing and transplanting

Before going into the seeding process, please give your full attention to the selection of seeds, planting material as you will. good quality seed should be your first concern

good quality seed and has the following features:.

damage caused by free mixing with other varieties of other seed-borne disease-free and with good strength and viability.

For a high quality and reliable seeds, you need to buy from the producers of certified seed or suppliers.

All the vegetables that are undergoing a transplant excellent for pot culture. : Transplants can be purchased at local nurseries or other successful gardeners in your community

Before transplantation, plastic or a tray filling germinating in preparation of culture media with the following ratio. 60% rice husk charcoal (char), 30 % Coconut powder, coconut, chicken manure 10% ratio (60-30-10)

In the absence of these materials up in your country, the old earth media preparation – 1 part sand, 1 part compost, garden soil and 1 part ( 1-1-1 ratio). Be sure to sterilize them before the seeds are sown. To kill some microorganisms that can cause damage to plants.

You can also receive assistance ready Growell sold in the shops of local agriculture in their respective countries. Ask your agricultural experts in your area.

After the culture medium is prepared to fill the holes in the germination and potting containers. Press is the middle ground with his fingers in every hole filled with the medium. Then comes the sowing of the seeds

With the sowing of the seeds followed certain techniques to ensure germination needs.

I watermelon (seeds removed) (Citrulis lunatus). Enjoy seeds 30 min .- 1 hour in water above. Incubated with a damp cotton cloth. Distribute the seeds and cover. Place in a comic improvised for 24-36 hours. After this period, the seeds I seeds per hill. The seed should be kept to 1 cm deep in the ground level with a finger or a stick. For the kind of seed is the same procedure as above seed, but near the tip of the embryo must be cut into the ground with the use of nail clippers before insertion. Cut the tip of the seed hastens germination.

bitter gourd s / ampalaya (Momordica charantia). Enjoy seeds for 30 minutes-1 hour. Cut the tip near the embryo and sow the seed depth of ¾ of the bottom seeds per hole.

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Upo (Lagenaria siceraria) and Patola (Luffa cylindrica). Cut the tip, which only covers the embryo and sow 1 seed per hole.

min the pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.) Enjoy Seed 30-1 hour. Then pinch the tip near the embryo and sow 1 seed per hole.

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Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.), eggplant (Solanum melongena) and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum). Sow the seeds germinate directly into the tray to 1-2 seeds per hole.

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Fishing / Pechay (Brassica fisheries), lettuce (Lactuca sativa), cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var botrytis) and broccoli (Brassica oleracea var Italica). The seeds are sown directly in germination at 1-2 seeds per hole.

The cucumber (Cucumis sativus), Honey Dew / melon (Cucumis melo). The seeds are sown directly into the tray, sprout a seed per hole.

The carrot (Daucus carota) and radish (Rafanus sativus). Direct sow the seeds on the ground to 2-3 seeds per hill.

The asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) and beans (Phaseolus limensis). The seeds are sown directly in the field to 1 seed per hill.

The maize (Zea mays). The seeds are sown directly in the field to 1 seed per hill.

The papaya (Carica papaya). Enjoy seeds for 30 minutes-1 hour prior to planting the grass seed germination to 1 per hole.

The okra (Abelmoschus esculentus). Direct sow seeds in the field, 1-2 seeds per hill

size containers for certain crops s.

Middle -. Beans, lettuce, carrots, cabbage, broccoli Large – Cuccumber, eggplant, tomatoes, peppers, okra, pumpkin, papaya small – onions, parsley, radishes

Light requirements

– beans, cucumbers, eggplant, tomatoes, peppers, carrots, okra, pumpkin, cabbage, Chinese cabbage, broccoli, papaya penumbra – lettuce, onions, parsley, radishes <

Fertilizer requirements

to the right amount of fertilizer for vegetables, you should analyze your soil mix media. And if you can use any organic or inorganic fertilizers are used.

Fertilizer combination of organic and inorganic matter would be much better with the right proportion to plant needs.

The use of inorganic fertilizers, you need to prepare a base solution of nutrients by dissolving 2 cups of fertilizer in 1 liter of warm water.

A solution is prepared by diluting 2 tablespoons of the more basic solution of 1 liter of water.

Application begins with the payment of 2-3 tablespoons of the solution more and more media of soil around the plants when transplanting.

This practice is the accumulation of pollutants in the soil media is prevented. If you want to use organic fertilizer, you need to clean or supply 2 / 3 compost in growing media.

When the organic and inorganic fertilizers are used, at least part of the media should be more compost and a tablespoon of the solution are always used at least once a day.

If you are a mixture of synthetic nutrient solution which is already enriched with fertilizer superphosphate fertilizer and completely may not be necessary for early maturing crops.

At the end of maturation culture, the daily application of the solution increased need, or shortly before harvest.

Water Management

Water is the life of container garden plants. It is that one should not neglect this important requirement. Good management of water resources is critical to a successful pot culture.

is basically a watering per day is enough for growing in pots. But demand for vegetables grown in small containers can, watering 2 times per day.

plants grown in clay pots require more frequent watering because the pots are more porous and make-up water is permitted, its pages blank.

When the culture medium seems too dry and the plant shows signs of wilting, the container should be aggregated, the foliage creates a canopy to shade and cool the earth can hold.

This gives you a strong plants, always check the container at least once daily and twice-daily hot, dry, or windy and feel the ground to determine if the discharge.

To reduce evaporation of water for potted plants, you have to apply to materials such as plastic mulch or windbreaks.

You can also use a system of drip irrigation and drip at the base of plants, if you care to think of your plants every day.

Pests and Diseases Control

Control of pests and diseases in the containers for your needs careful assessment because of the misuse of pesticides can cause damage, the environment, especially children which often can get closer to your plants in pots.

To be safe, you should implement pest management (IPM) integrated. This approach focuses on the management of pest called systematic way to prevent problems appear, the pests and diseases.

How can you do?

It is by monitoring pest populations, pest identification and selection of a combination of methods to control the pest population done to minimize. These methods include cultural, mechanical, biological and chemical processes (which is the last resort is to be applied when the state is seriously noticeable).

Choose the insect and disease resistant varieties of vegetables. No insects and plants in the garden or for interference-prone. Beans, peas, cucumbers, spinach, lettuce and squash resistant to pests.

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remove the weeds in the soil moisture to maintain and to eliminate hiding places for pests.

promotion of the natural enemies of pests such as predators and parasites. Attract beneficial insects such as; Western Damsel bugs, ladybugs, green wing tip, and minute pirate bug in your garden by planting small plants such as flowers, daisies, cosmos, marigolds, and clover. Make sure they are flowers blooming throughout the growing season.

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increasingly the same kinds of vegetables a year to the same place year after year. A rotation cycle of 4 years recommended.

Exclude pests by plant fiber materials using the coverage immediately and other barriers such as plastic bottles and necklaces plant.

Remove the infected part of the system immediately. Remove all plant debris from the containers after harvest all crops.

With the fall of mating cycles are disturbed by insects. Yellow adhesive surfaces to catch winged aphids, whiteflies and leafhoppers.

the pests by hand picking or dropping of the plants with a jet of water from a garden hose. Kill the insects by soapy water.

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Upon the failure of all other means of control, the least toxic insecticides control contains botanical like neem and pyrethrins. Insecticidal soap can be used horticultural oil well to control insects. Always identify the pest before choosing a pesticide, and use according to label instructions.

harvest

harvest varies with the vegetables. Leafy vegetables can be harvested when the size of the required sheet for any use they are intended, is necessary. Other harvesting leafy vegetables after the age requirement responding. For vegetables such as fruit, loofah, cucumber, eggplant, beans, okra and Upo they are harvested when their size is large but delicate. For pumpkin varieties are harvested when mature or large, but offers based on user preferences.

cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli should be harvested when the heads are already compact. Peppers and tomatoes can be harvested when fruit began to ripen.

If you are growing vegetables grown in containers for domestic consumption only, you can collect only a portion of the plant and the rest for later use. But if you think you have more than enough for family use, you can harvest them all and sell them or give them to your neighbors.

Let your vegetables, flowers produced before the harvest, unless your goal is to collect seeds for the upcoming planting

Indices of maturity in certain vegetables

White potato, onion, garlic -. Tops dry down and vice versa cowpea sitao, beans, batao, sweet pea, bean, winged – employs pod that really snap Okra – fruits of normal size with tips that can be easily broken lima beans, pigeon peas – pods begin well filled with it, their Green Upo, Luffa loose – Immature (can if thumbnail penetrate more easily) tomatoes – slip seeds, if a fruit or green turn pink pepper – dull deep green turning melon – color of the bottom turns into creamy yellow arises when dull holy his Beat cauliflower – compact Curd (mature when the cluster of flowers growing and begin to solve) Broccoli – compact cluster Bud (more so cowardly attack) Cabbage – s compact heads (most of maturity, when a crack head) Sweet corn – radiates milk juice when thumbnail of the core of the eggplant, ampalaya enters – size is desirable still reached delicate Honey Dew – creamy white with a fragrance squash – large enough, with the dried leaves of watermelon – seem dull hollow when he and the ground color changes to yellow water spinach – leaves the widest and longest

problems in Container Gardening

In pot culture, we come across some problems that could affect your daily activities. This can occur if you are not participating in the plants due to negligence.

However, you can prevent these problems if your plants closely watch religiously. Animals and diseases can not be seen clearly if you do not want to see the look of the plant closely. You will not see that affected plants to close immediately and you actually touch

Some of the symptoms, causes and remedies, you should consider.

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Tall, slim and unproductive. The plant receives insufficient sunlight and an oversupply of nitrogen. To fix this, you need the container to a place where there is sufficient sunlight to transfer.

yellowing of the background color is wrong, and lack of vitality. The plant receives too much water and low birth rates. To correct this, you should reduce watering and check the pots for good drainage.

Plants of the

you still with enough water. The plants have poor drainage and aeration. To fix this, you need to use a soil mix with a high content of organic matter. Increasing the number of holes in the container for good drainage.

Burning

or the firing of the leaves. The middle ground is rich in salt. To resolve this problem, you have to leaching of the container with tap water at regular intervals.

inhibited the growth, poor health and violet leaves. The temperature is low and low phosphate content. To fix this, you must move the container to a warmer place. Increasing the phosphate content based solution.

the holes in the leaves and distorted. Affected plants are pests. To fix this, you do not need chemical pesticides or other biological control insects.

the spots on the leaves, dead spots or dried powder or rust. The plants are suffering from an illness. To fix this, you have the affected parties or the illness of the whole plant in a serious condition. You can non-chemical pesticides, if the disease at an early stage of infection.

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Crisologo Ramasasa, freelance writer, writes articles on home and gardening tips and internet marketing. Obtain a copy of his latest free eBook , entitled “Getting in Flower Gardening Started” and Vegetable Gardening Made Easy “and Free Articles, tools, tips and bonuses: www.crisramasasa.com

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