How to Grow Vegetables at Home

• Beetroot seeds are much like Swiss Chard. They are best planted directly in the place you want them.
• It's important to keep the soil moist around the seedlings.
• In five to eight days after planting them, you will see the little leaves• click for more

• The seed are small balls, blackish grey, and they germinate quickly when planted in a seedbed or tray.
• The soil will need a lot of compost. Cabbage is a heavy feeder.
• Transplant the seedlings when they are about 8 - 10 cm tall.
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• It takes 9 months (summer to spring) for an onion to reach maturity from seed.
• Usually you can plant the little black seeds in beds and then transplant them when they are about 3 months old.
• When Onions start to bulb (8 months), you can push the stems over gently, and this will help with the formation of large robust bulbs • click for more

• Potatoes can be planted early in the early season to get the first crop then a later variety to get the late season crop
• They grow in full sun and take approximately 5 months from potato eye wedges to harvest.
• Warm soil helps against rotting. • click for more

• Radish is the easiest, quickest vegetable to grow.
• They can take 21 days under optimal conditions to reach maturity.
• Plant fresh seed every two weeks to ensure you always have Radish ready-to-eat.
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• Swiss Chard is very hardy and a heavy feeder.
• A heavy feeder takes a lot of nutrients out of the ground.
• Swiss Chard needs a lot of compost to help keep the soil fertile.
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• Make sure the soil is loose for their deep roots. The seeds pop out of the ground very quickly.
• They really enjoy lots of rich compost in the soil to thrive.
• You can plant the seeds in rows, about one centimetre under the soil.
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• Loosen the soil up with a fork before you plant so that the carrots roots can move down into the soil easily while growing. • Dampen the soil before you put the seeds in.
• You need to make little drills no deeper than 2cm to plant carrot seeds. • click for more

• The seeds of a cucumber go straight into the soil where you want it to grow.
• Add 5-8 seeds to a hole dug twice the depth of the seed.
• To get a better yield, each cucumber seeds should be planted in hills
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• Pasnip seed is flat round and brown which you can scatter on the ground where you want them to grow.
• Add lots of compost to the soil before you plant your parsnips.
• Use a fork to loosen the ground before sowing the seed, without turning the soil, so the roots can penetrate easily. • click for more

• The pumpkins tear shaped seeds are planted in a mound in the garden.
• Add lots of compost to the mound.
• Four to six pumpkin seeds can be planted in each mound.
• Allow 3-4 meters between the mounds.
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• Sweet Potatoes like a lot of compost added to the soil.
• They need little attention while they grow.
• Make sure you have enough space for them as they can spread far and wide.
• Once the sweet potatoes are established in your garden, they will come up year after year.
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• Choose a tomato variety that is a tall growing and that can be staked if space is limited.
• Choose a tomato variety that will do well in a cage if you have space in the garden.
• A tomato that does well in a cage variety grows in a bush. • click for more

• Plant Zucchini seeds directly in the place where they will grow to maturity.
• Seeds are planted as early as possible in Spring.
• Zucchini don't like their leaves wet, except by rain. Always water them at ground level, taking care not to wet the leaves.
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