Sunday, August 29, 2010

A New Garden With Seed Starting Containers

Once you decide on your personal preferences, then can think about how much time you want to devote to taking care of your plants. For example, can you water citrus trees on a weekly basis? Do you have the time to pluck out weeds from your garden?

A bigger garden will increase the potential for weeds, creating more work for you. Knowing your needs and the amount of time you have to care for growing plants, will help to narrow down your seed choices and help you make better buying decisions for your garden.

You can buy seed starting containers at your local garden nursery store for a few dollars or you can use egg cartons or plastic cups to begin the growing process. If you use a pot that you have planted in before, then you should clean and disinfect the pot thoroughly by soaking it in one part bleach to ten parts water.

The potting mix you use, must include nutrients that will enrich the soil, helping to grow healthy plants. For example, vegetable plants need soil that is rich with nutrients and darker in color, while some flowers that do well in the spring and summer, need soil that is not so heavy with nutrients.

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