Site Search

Course Navigation


Home| Course Catalog| Career Planning

FREE online courses on Vegetable Gardening - Maintaining Vegetables

 

If your garden gets enough sun, then about all you really need to do is make sure your veggies get about an inch of water every week, supplementing rainfall with watering as needed.

 

But to keep the soil relatively moist and cool and to keep down weeds, we mulched between our plant rows with a layer of newspaper (which decomposes) covered with grass clippings to hold the paper down. That also keeps you from churning up mud when you work in the garden. Certain vegetables will grow better with a little boost of fertilizer during the summer:

 

Tomatoes benefit from a low-nitrogen mix high in potassium and phosphorus to promote flower and fruit growth. Just work a small amount into the soil around the plant's roots. Corn will grow faster with a couple feedings of a high-nitrogen fertilizer, once at about a foot high and then at about 2 feet high.

 

And here's a tip we picked up: Give your tomato plants a gentle shake once the flowers appear to help the pollination process that leads to juicy tomatoes.

 

 

Our Network Of Sites:
Apply 4 Admissions.com              | A2ZColleges.com  | OpenLearningWorld.com  | Totaram.com
Anatomy Colleges.com                | Anesthesiology Schools.com  | Architecture Colleges.com | Audiology Schools.com
Cardiology Colleges.com            | Computer Science Colleges.com| Computer Science Schools.com| Dermatology Schools.com
Epidemiology Schools.com         | Gastroenterology Schools.com  | Hematology Schools.com     | Immunology Schools.com
IT Colleges.com                | Kinesiology Schools.com  | Language Colleges.com  | Music Colleges.com
Nephrology Schools.com             | Neurology Schools.com  | Neurosurgery Schools.com | Obstetrics Schools.com
Oncology Schools.com    | Ophthalmology Schools.com | Orthopedics Schools.com       | Osteopathy Schools.com
Otolaryngology Schools.com| Pathology Schools.com  | Pediatrics Schools.com  | Physical Therapy Colleges.com
Plastic Surgery Schools.com| Podiatry Schools.com  | Psychiatry Schools.com   | Pulmonary Schools.com 
Radiology Schools.com| Sports Medicine Schools.com| Surgery Schools.com | Toxicology Schools.com
US Law Colleges.com| US Med Schools.com | US Dental Schools.com

About Us Terms of Use | Contact Us | Partner with Us | Press Release | Sitemap | Disclaimer | Privacy Policy


©1999-2011 OpenLearningWorld . com - All Rights Reserved