Get Ready For Healthy Spring Vegetables
Now is the time to start planning your Florida vegetable garden for late February planting. If you already have an existing garden or want to start a new one, it’s time to prepare for spring season crops.
Here are some helpful tips for producing healhty plants for a successful fresh vegetable garden!
Begin by clearing out your garden area by removing declining winter Vegetables, Weeds, and Grass. Turn the ground over by digging using a Shovel.
Use a Garden Rake to clean out beds of debris and level the ground for proper grading. The sooner this is done, the less weed’s your garden will have. Some weeds can come back so wait 10-Day’s before planting. Weeds that pop-up can be treated with a weed killer.
Mix in the ground organic material so the plants will receive the proper nutrients needed to be healthy. Use Cow Manure, Compost, or Organic Peat.
I recommend to Mix 1-Part Cow Manure or Organic Peat to 2-Part Top Soil.
Depending on the size of your garden will determine how much you need. Use at least 25 Pounds Per 100 Square Feet.
Apply Fertilizer for healthy growing plants. You can mix it in the soil with the organic material used. A Fertilizer with the numbers 5-10-10 can be put down. Check the label on the bag’s or boxes and make sure it’s for “Vegetable Gardens”. Read the label to know how much to apply.
As a General Rule, 2.5 PDS. ( pounds) of Fertilizer Per 100-Square Feet.
Best Vegetable Planting Tips:
Vegetables such as onions, lettuce, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Broccoli, Beets, and Spinach need to be planted Early because they love cooler weather. After a chance of a Frost or Freeze has passed, then plant Tomatoes, Beans, Peppers, Corn, Squash, Eggplant, and Cucumbers.
Vegetable Gardens can be grown from Seeds or by using “Starter Plants”. Both can be found at your local Garden Center or Nursery.
By using “Starter Plants”, your garden will establish quicker.
Using Seeds:
Vegetable Seeds are usually sold in packets which should have a Picture and Information about the vegetable. Before you buy seeds, Always check the Expiration Date to make sure they are New and Not old ones left on the shelf collecting dust. Seed companies should replace them when the new season starts.
With proper preparation and Good quality plants and care, You should have healthy vegetables for everyone to enjoy!
Till next Time… Keep On Growing Florida!
Kurt Kmetz
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