I just bought some pepper plants and some various vegetable seeds. I've never been able to keep things alive, and I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how often to water, how much, best environments, etc. I'm totally clueless when it comes to plants.
2007-04-07 14:56:15 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
To speed up pepper growing roll out a 3 foot wide roll of black plastic on your garden. Lay dirt around the edges. Slit 3in. x 3in. x marks 16 in apart and plant pepper plants in the soil. The black plastic heats the soil during the day, keeps it warmer during night hours, will not allow weeds to germinate and keeps soil moist. When weather gets warm water twice a week. Peppers should not be planted until there's no danger of frost. Use black plastic with sweet corn for the same reasons. You can plant onion sets and peas now no plastic is needed. Cold frosty weather will not harm either peas or onions. Potatoes can go in the first of May along with corn under plastic. Potatoes require a lot of fertilizer 5-25-25 is best If you cant find that 10-20 -20 will work you'll need to dump a whole cup 16 inches around the cut potato to make grow and thrive. Water Potatoes 3 times a week. Potatoes like slightly acid soil 5.0 -5.5 is good.
Set tomato plants a week after the threat of a frost under plastic. As soon as they start to grow spray the leaves a minimum of once a week with calcium chloride. Although calcium chloride ia a type of salt combined with warm water combats blossom end rot on tomatoes ( black leathery areas on the bottom of the tomato).
Have Fun!
2007-04-07 15:35:29 · answer #1 · answered by Country Boy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very easy to do,buy pottingmix,few pots find an area in you home that has alot of sun,and moisten the plant mix but not soak it,Then place the seed 3at a time same hole.as the plants grow you cut away the weekest plant keep two if can,water tomatoes Once a week,peppers twice awk and squashes like water twice a week,when the plants reach 3inch high,place them outside for 1hr firt week then 2hrs second week third week trans plant them out side I hope this helps .
2007-04-07 15:12:31 · answer #2 · answered by beneryberlecco 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get seed starter kits at places like Wal-Mart, Lowes, which have peat pellets and are kind of like mini-greenhouses. Follow the directions. Once you've got the plants started and thinned, you need to transplant them. Don't over water. Feel the soil, if it feels dry water the plants, but don't soak it. Water early in the mornings so the plants get the most water. You kill more plants over watering. I don't know your location, so anything I tell you is general. Plant your plants as far apart as recommended on the seed packets. Every so often you might fertilize your plants. Miracle Grow makes good products(there are generic brands at like
Wal-Mart)and you can also buy time released fertilizer, too. No muss, no fuss. Good luck.
2007-04-07 17:02:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi there, to be green fingered it does not always come naturally to everyone and in some case it is a learning curve. But the best way is back to basics. It is time to be getting your seeds in now, into warm seed trays under cover and you can pot your pepper into a grow bag, which will grow quite happily in there. Plants and seedlings need to be kept out of the winds and frost, moist but not soaking, for seedlings i water with a pump mister (£1 from Wilkinsons) which give the seedlings moisture but not a bath. Seedlings and all plants need warmth, light, moisture, time and a good soil/compost to take its nutrients from.
I have an allotment/gardening group if you are interested your welcome to join.Its a place to share ideas, advice, and stories of our gardening exploits as well as having useful links and more.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carrot_AG
2007-04-07 20:37:13 · answer #4 · answered by carrot_mash 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where do you live? What is the "last frost" date for your area? You can ask at your local nursery. It may be too early to plant pepper plants outside!!! Peppers should be planted in full sun. They are very tender and cannot take cold weather! In order to give you good advice, it would really help to know where you live.
2007-04-07 15:03:02 · answer #5 · answered by Cindy B 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
heres a few easy tips. buy plants that are already a month of two old. use fertilizer spikes when you replant. miracle grow is your friend. listen to "In the garden with Ron Wilson" on Sunday mornings. He has an 800 number and you can call to ask him questions , good luck!
2007-04-07 15:13:17 · answer #6 · answered by doogie006 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to hgtv.com. They have all the tv gardening shows, & can give you all the info you need on planting, soil, plants for your area, how to care for them, etc. Everything you want/need to know is there.
2007-04-07 18:03:54 · answer #7 · answered by barbara m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peppers are super easy to grow. Water once daily very lightly and make sure that they get full sun.
2007-04-07 15:09:35 · answer #8 · answered by Joseph 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't over water...This kills more plants than anything.
Water when you plant then try to leave them alone as much as you can, only water if they start to wilt.
2007-04-07 15:06:55 · answer #9 · answered by bob shark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋