Get the best from your Organic Food Garden
Well the rain’s disappeared again and the days are really starting to warm up. The warmth is great in the garden to get the warm season plants growing vigorously. I took a few photos this morning and it made me realize how important succession planting is.
If you’re not sure what that means, it basically means planting the same kind of plant, a few weeks apart so that you’ve got a continuous supply of that particular vegetable. I’ll show you my zucchinis.
This zucchini is the variety “lebanese”. The seed was sown directly in the ground on 10th Oct, so about 4 weeks ago. It hasn’t formed any flowers yet.
The zucchini (blackjack) plant pictured below is about 3 times the size of the lebanese, planted about the same time and already has flowers forming. So it will be yielding much sooner than the lebanese variety.
Basically growing vegetables in successions means that I’ll been enjoying them from my organic garden for much longer than if I’d only planted at one time. If you have the space it’s a great way to get better yields and to have your own chemical free produce for more of the year. Some plants you can grow successively all year round – such as lettuce, spring onions, beetroot and carrots.
Others you have to grow as much as you can depending the growing season in your area. Give it a try – you will be rewarded.
Warmly,
Julie
Filed under: Uncategorized, vegetables on November 9th, 2007
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