Hello Everyone! Very Excited to be making my first post on this most excellent website… all of my gratitude and appreciation goes out to Jackson for inviting me to be a part of the team and to all of you wonderful Superforesters around the world for being so beautiful and optimistic!!!
This post is about growing food. In a container.
Step 1: get your supplies from a gardening store or wherever you can find these things.
-The best potting soil you can find.
-Container with drainage (at least 1 foot cubed)
-Seeds. (in this case… Rainbow Chard)
-Peat Moss.
-Fertilizer to add to the soil (more nutrients for the plants to “eat” while they’re growing up)
Step 2: Fill the Container
-Mix in some of the Fertilizer into the Potting Soil (the box of fertilizer tells you how much) as you fill the container up to the top.
Step 3: Create the Holes for the Seeds and fill em half way up with Peet Moss.
-refer to the bag of seeds to see how much space you should put between each little hole and how deep you should make the hole.
-if the seed bag says to plant the seeds 1/2 inch deep… then dig out a 1 inch hole with your finger because you’ll add a 1/2 inch of peat moss to the hole so the seeds get good water drainage.
Step 4: Put the Seeds in the holes
-put at least 2 seeds in each hole to increase the chances of healthy seedlings.
Step 5: cover the last 1/2 inch of the holes with more Peat Moss and then WATER!
-you don’t want to drown the seeds… so water lightly and just enough to make the soil damp a few inches deep (2 minutes or so depending on water flow… use your intuition.)
-you’ll need to water every morning… it’s best to water in the morning before the sun gets blazing hot.
Step 6: Trim out the extra seedlings
-after just over a week or so, you’ll have little cute seedlings… cut out the tinier ones just below the soil and leave the healthiest biggest seedling from each hole you planted… they’re gonna get huge!
-P.S. the seed packet should tell you how many hours of direct sunlight the plant wants every day… (usually at least 6 hours)
Step 7: Keep Watering and 6 weeks later (give or take a few depending on your plant type), ENJOY!
As we are rapidly moving into the seasons of spring/summer here in this North America region of the world our window of time for planting from seed certain plants that don’t like a lot of hot heat is almost up… but you could follow these first couple steps and use already started transplants that you can get from a farmers market or a gardening store and save yourself a couple of weeks.
Whatever happens it should be a fun experiment and I’m sure you’ll agree it’s a wonderful feeling to help something grow. They feel like your children… until you cut them up and eat them…
Hope you’re all having a magical day.
until next time…
aloha
jrc
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