Transcript Vegetables - MSU Cares

Which vegetables
do you want to
grow?
Where should the
garden be?
 Full
sun
 Fertile/well-drained soil
 Source of water
 Weed free
 As close to back door as possible
Types of Gardens
 Container
 Raised
beds
 Conventional
Containers
Raised Beds
Conventional
How big should the
garden be?
 Which
vegetables do you want to grow?
 What is your family size?
 How much of each vegetable desired?
 Fresh or preserved?
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Garden Plan
Making a Garden Plan
 Plant
groups
 Calendar
 Plant size
 Trellis
 Row width
Calendar
 Spring
 Summer
 Fall
 Cool
season plants
 Warm season plants
Row Width
 Trailing
plants
 Upright plants
 Multirow
 Bed/container size
Plant Spacing
Cabbage Drainage
Irrigation
 Timing
 Amount
 Type
 Sprinkle
 Drip
 Flood
Drip Irrigation
Weed Management
 Soil
preparation
 Mulches
 Herbicides
 “Cold steel”
Plastic Mulch
Healthy Transplant
Fertilizer Application
 Preplant
 Side
dressing
 Fertigation
 Foliar feeding
Signs of Overfertilization
 Wilting
seedlings
 Browning of leaf margins (crispy)
 Poor fruit set
 Too much vegetative growth without
blooming
Remedy - Water, water, water
Corrective Pesticide Use
 Identify
the problem
 React to problems as they occur
 Integrated Pest Management
Harvesting Interval
 Waiting
period after pesticide use
 May eliminate use of certain pesticides
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Tomato Fertilizer
 Importance
of calcium
 Blossom
end rot
 Do not over-nitrate
 pH
 Declines
during season
Blossom End Rot
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Growing Peppers
 Treat
like tomatoes
 Usually
 Sweet
do not stake or prune
peppers do not set fruit in
hot weather
 Takes hot sun to make hot pepper
 Susceptible to blossom-end rot