grow your own, nevada! fall 2012: hillbilly gardening

Hillbilly Gardening

By

Randy Robison

AKA J.M. Gardener

A little history

RetiredParamedic/ Engineer Nevada State Fair

Champion Gardener

Addictive behavior.

• If a little is good and a lot is better

So what is Hillbilly Gardening?

• A very old idea that’s become new again.

• Times have changed as they do, and people have relocated to smaller locations

• We still want to have a garden no matter where we live.

• So let get started.

We have moved from this lifestyle

To this

But we still desire to have freshVeggies

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• Just think inside the box or can or bucket or pool or rain gutter.

• Anything can now be your garden.

• Its movable. Ez to maintain and water

• Its low cost

• Its FUN

How do I start

• Soil is always the foundation of any garden.

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• Buy Soil

Mix it yourself

1/3 Composts, 1/3 Peat Moss, 1/3 Coarse Vermiculite

Vegetable beds

• Now get creative

But you don’t under standthat wont work for me.

• Try this

Ok how about this

Just saying. Get started

Now what can I grow

It all Starts with great seeds

Read the seed packageit’s loaded with great information

Soil temp for germination

Planting depth

Days to germination

How do I plant

Seed depth two to four times the thickness of seed

Soil temp for germination

When Do I Plant

Hardiness of plants

Care for your plants

• Salt build up

• drill hole so water can drain them out

• Fertilization

• Watering

• Pest protection

• Frost protection

Salts

• It depends on the soil mix in your containers and whether or not your containers have drain holes in them. If you are using a fast draining mix, such as the gritty mix, and your containers have proper drain holes, then the salts will leach out easily.

• If you are using a heavy mix with components like peat and compost it will not leach as easily and the salts can easily accumulate.

• Of course if your containers do not have drains, then the salts will accumulate regardless of how well draining the soil mix is.

Fertilization

• Apply water-soluble fertilizer every two weeks to supplement the slow-release fertilizer. Water-soluble ones deliver nutrients directly to plant roots and are easy to apply. Just dissolve them in water and pour the liquid into the container for a nutritional boost. Follow package directions for dilution rates

• Organic choices such as fish meal emulsion and liquid kelp work well, too

• Alfalfa pellets also contains a hormone, triacontanol, which promotes plant growth

Pest protection

Frost protection

Watering

Keep an open mind and have funQuestions