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Which vegetables do you want to grow?

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?

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Which vegetables do you want to grow?

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  1. Which vegetables do you want to grow?

  2. Where should the garden be? • Full sun • Fertile/well-drained soil • Source of water • Weed free • As close to back door as possible

  3. Types of Gardens • Container • Raised beds • Conventional

  4. Containers

  5. Raised Beds

  6. Conventional

  7. 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? Garden Tabloid Planting Guide

  8. Garden Plan

  9. Making a Garden Plan • Plant groups • Calendar • Plant size • Trellis • Row width

  10. Calendar • Spring • Summer • Fall • Cool season plants • Warm season plants

  11. Row Width • Trailing plants • Upright plants • Multirow • Bed/container size

  12. Plant Spacing

  13. Cabbage Drainage

  14. Irrigation • Timing • Amount • Type • Sprinkle • Drip • Flood

  15. Drip Irrigation

  16. Weed Management • Soil preparation • Mulches • Herbicides • “Cold steel”

  17. Plastic Mulch

  18. Healthy Transplant

  19. Fertilizer Application • Preplant • Side dressing • Fertigation • Foliar feeding

  20. Signs of Overfertilization • Wilting seedlings • Browning of leaf margins (crispy) • Poor fruit set • Too much vegetative growth without blooming Remedy - Water, water, water

  21. Corrective Pesticide Use • Identify the problem • React to problems as they occur • Integrated Pest Management

  22. Harvesting Interval • Waiting period after pesticide use • May eliminate use of certain pesticides

  23. Mississippi FavoritesTomato Fertilizer • Importance of calcium • Blossom end rot • Do not over-nitrate • pH • Declines during season

  24. Blossom End Rot

  25. Mississippi FavoritesGrowing Peppers • Treat like tomatoes • Usually do not stake or prune • Sweet peppers do not set fruit in hot weather • Takes hot sun to make hot pepper • Susceptible to blossom-end rot

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