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Now and over the next few weeks is a great time to be planting out your vegetable garden. New potatoes and fresh green peas for Xmas,

When planting potatoes and green vegetable transplants eg lettuce , cabbage and cauliflower add 1-2 teaspoons of Mainphos Guano into the bottom of the transplant hole. This will give the plant a great start .

Once established and growing a side dressing of EarthZing will help growth by adding some additional new biology to the soil in the form of beneficial micro-organisms, which assist the growing process.

Spring planting

Spring is now upon us and planning should be in place for the planting of your garden.

It is good practice to prepare a trench for the burial of your fermented food waste in advance of where you might plant seeds or seedlings.

I have done this, this week in preparation for the planting of sweet corn in about 6 weeks time.

Another method is to create a mound made up of fermented foodwaste and compost and soil for the planting of pumpkins. This is next after the trench has been filled and covered .

Composta in garden corner

During the winter soils often become wet and unsuitable for ease of digging, especially for the trenching and burial of your fermented food waste. Many areas of New Zealand are clay based and are prone to poor drainage and therefore impede aeration which prevents decomposition of added organic matter.

To overcome this a simple and effective method of continuing the disposal of fermented food waste is to mix this either dry soil or a bark based media into a Composta or compost pile. Dry materials should be added at a ratio of 1 part foodwaste to 2-3 parts carbon based media. This can be layered into the Composta or compost pile and covered with a plastic cover to keep rainfall out so as to maintain correct moisture levels.

This week my first tomato plants have germinated so should be ready for planting in the glasshouse by early September.

Early potatoes have been purchased and set out to sprout and should be ready to plant out by end of August.

Heavy rainfall in the past week has saturated the garden soil and onions which I normally sow on the first week of August will have to wait until the soil has dried enough to allow the first plantings. My soil is very well drained, so this exercise should be completed by mid month.

Spring is not too far away and noticed the birds singing this morning. Now is a good time to be thinking about your new season’s garden. Preparation should be underway and a great start to this is an application of Earth Zing.

Applied at least 2 weeks ahead of planting this product will inoculate your soil with some beneficial microorganisms which will in turn help with the release of plant nutrients to stimulate plant growth.

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