507-388-4877 281 Saint Andrews Drive Mankato drummersgardencenter.com Vegetable Gardening 101 General requirements - Full Sun, at least 8 hours of unfiltered sun each day. - Well-drained soil that doesn't hold puddles. - Soil amended with as much organic matter, like compost, that you can afford or have time to do - Regular fertilization - A source for supplemental water - Horizontal or vertical space to allow plants to grow wide and tall, allowing for plenty of air circulation and providing room for you to walk between rows and mature plants - Mulch to suppress weeds or regular cultivation or hand weeding to keep weeds at bay - A yearly rotation plan so different groups of plants grow in only one area of the garden every three years. - Taller plants should be grown to the north side of the garden - Protection, if possible, from wind and hungry animals Row Crops partial or mixed rows are OK beets brussel sprouts C bush bean bush cucumber, squash cabbage C carrot cauliflower C corn cutting flowers eggplant W garlic (fall) herbs kohlrabi C leek C lettuce, leaf crops C okra onion C pepper W potato W radish C spinach C Swiss chard C Vine or Crops Requiring Support these crops ramble on the ground or on supports which saves space cucumber W gourds W melons W pumpkin W squash W watermelon W Give these something to climb on peas C pole beans tomatoes W Rotation Groups Grow in one area only every 3 years to limit damage caused by disease & insects Nightshades tomato pepper potato Cucurbits cucumber melon squash zucchini Seeds or plants? Here are crops you will get the best resuls seeding directly into the garden. beets, beans carrots, corn kohlrabi, lettuce radish, peas potato, spinach swiss chard. There are a number of crops that benefit from the head start of putting plants in the garden rather than seeds. In this case you have two choices: to start plants yourself at home or purchase them at a garden center. Such crops include peppers and tomatoes. C, W & When to plant outdoors? On the list above, C = cold-season crop, plant after April 1 or after Aug. 15 for a second crop, still protect tener foliage from hard frost. W = warm season crop, plant out around May 31 after soil and air temps warm. For the rest, plant after danger of frost is past - about May 15. The back of the seed packet is a wealth of information! Here learn how deep to plant the seeds. Days to germination gives you an idea how long it takes the seed to come up. Days to maturity = the number of days from planting to harvest. Thinning and spacing directions tell you how much space to leave for the plant to grow to maturity. Most seed packets will offer tips for growing and harvest too. Problems They can happen, and many are minor but others can be remedied. Bugs, animals, fungal disease may cause some damage to your plants but we can help you learn how to overcome them with natural or chemical solutions. Problems will be minimized with proper sun, watering, fertilization, rotation and sanitation. Perennial Patch These plants will come up again year after year asparagus horseradish rhubarb strawberry You'll need to thin your rows when the plants emerge!

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Vegetable Gardening 101

General requirements- Full Sun, at least 8 hours of unfiltered sun each day.- Well-drained soil that doesn't hold puddles.- Soil amended with as much organic matter, like compost, that you can afford or have time to do- Regular fertilization- A source for supplemental water- Horizontal or vertical space to allow plants to grow wide and tall, allowing for plenty of air circulation and providing room for you to walk between rows and mature plants - Mulch to suppress weeds or regular cultivation or hand weeding to keep weeds at bay- A yearly rotation plan so different groups of plants grow in only one area of the garden every three years.- Taller plants should be grown to the north side of the garden- Protection, if possible, from wind and hungry animals

Row Cropspartial or mixed rows are OKbeets brussel sprouts Cbush bean bush cucumber, squashcabbage Ccarrotcauliflower Ccorncutting flowerseggplant Wgarlic (fall)herbskohlrabi Cleek Clettuce, leaf crops Cokraonion Cpepper Wpotato Wradish Cspinach CSwiss chard C

Vine or CropsRequiring Supportthese crops ramble on the ground or on supports which saves spacecucumber Wgourds Wmelons Wpumpkin Wsquash Wwatermelon WGive these something to climb onpeas Cpole beanstomatoes W

Rotation GroupsGrow in one area only every 3 years to limit damage caused by disease & insectsNightshades tomato pepper potatoCucurbits cucumber melon squash zucchini

Seeds or plants?Here are crops you will get thebest resuls seeding directly into the garden.beets, beanscarrots, cornkohlrabi, lettuceradish, peaspotato, spinachswiss chard.There are a number of crops that benefit from the head start of putting plants in the garden rather than seeds. In this case you have two choices: to start plants yourself at home or purchase them at a garden center. Such crops include peppers and tomatoes.

C, W & When to plant outdoors?On the list above,

C = cold-season crop, plant after April 1 or after Aug. 15 for a second crop, still protect tener foliage from hard frost.

W = warm season crop, plant out around May 31 after soil and air temps warm.

For the rest, plant after danger of frost is past - about May 15.

The back of the seed packet is a wealth of information!Here learn how deep to plant the seeds.

Days to germination gives you an idea how long it takes the seed to come up.

Days to maturity = the number of days from planting to harvest.Thinning and spacing directions tell you how much space to leave for the plant to

grow to maturity.

Most seed packets will offer tips for growing and harvest too.

ProblemsThey can happen, and many are minor but others can be

remedied. Bugs, animals, fungal disease may cause some damage to your plants but we can help you learn how to

overcome them with natural or chemical solutions. Problems will be minimized with proper sun, watering,