Scorchio asks: How do you plant vegetables? like carrots and tomatoes?
I am interested in learning lots of things, especially things that are important and help me and groups survive. Like planting food. Is there a certain way you have to plant the tomato or carrot seeds? Can I just take a slice of tomato I get from a Carl’s Jr famous star burger and then bury it, and have it grow?
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Answer by styrckt
grow the seeds into small plants in a 70-80 degree room than put them in the ground once they are big enough.
seeds need a different temperature range to sprout, than the temperature plants need to grow
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Best way to grow a tomato is to get a start at the plant nursery. You’ll need to amend your soil with compost and non water soluble fertilizer before you do any planting. Amend where you’ll plant, not your whole garden. You’ll need a strong tomato cage, not the weak thin wired 99 cent ones, get ones that are at least 3 dollars. As for the carrots, plant those in the shade of the tomatoes.
Saving seeds from hybrid tomatoes aren’t as reliable as starting off with some reliable, heirloom varieties (and if they’ve been cooked or otherwise processed, they won’t be viable anyway). I’d recommend investing a dollar or two in some packaged seeds of a couple of varieties.
I use seed trays and a grow room to start new varieties of tomatoes. Tomatoes need hot weather and a fairly long growing season, so it’s often easier to plant seedlings instead of dropping seeds into the ground and hoping for the best. However, once a specific variety has been successful in my fields, I simply throw old tomatoes into a compost pile each fall, and sort out the strongest seedlings the following spring. I’ve grown my own “volunteers” now for 6 years this way.
Tomatoes require full sun and fertile, well-drained soil. I grow 200-300 plants each season, and I usually run fencing (welded wire) and stake them straight to that instead of messing with cages and stakes. A large cherry tomato plant will grow up to 7′ – and no cage on the market can support that. You can also try bean tepees for added support.
For one or two plants, you can even try growing them in a container. Many “patio” varieties do very well in pots with minimal support. You might consider starting with a few of these to gain some confidence in your gardening ability.
Carrots don’t transplant well, and do best in very rich, very well-tilled soil with plenty of moisture. I often mix carrots in with radishes to discourage carrot maggot from invading (planting radishes “confuses” some pests, and the radishes are ready in about 30 days, where most carrots take 75-85 days or more). Carrots also require plenty of sun, and make sure you keep up with your weeding.
I also like to leave some behind to flower – carrots are bienniels and can be allowed to set flowers, which some beneficial insects LOVE (especially parasitic wasps that will keep your tomatoes free of tomato horn worms!) You can do alot of good in establishing a garden if you avoid the need for chemical applications. Encourage beneficial insects, practice crop rotation, and enrich your soil with natural compost instead of fertilizer, and let nature do most of the work for you.
Without going through the entire “garden 101” online, I’d recommend you pick up a copy of Eliot Coleman’s “The New Organic Grower”. This has been my garden “bible” for years – lots of great information and how-to.
Hope this helps and good luck with your new garden.