As i did showed yesterday, another planting season is just here, and am really excited because vegetables generally tend to grow and develop pretty well in rainy season unlike the dry season, i got my seedlings yesterday and i showed us different species of veggies i did buy, from lagos & african spinach to pepper seedlings and eggplants vegetables.
First thing i did is to source for a good soil, luckily it rained two days ago so the soil are still wet, which will be good for planting.
- I have a limited space for planting so i started off with a mobile seedbed and also nursery bed.
I source for a good well drained not too loamy soil with bunch of manure gotten from the remains of poultry birds, since I'm sowing different kinds of veggies, i differentiate with the colors of the container so as to identified the vegetable sowed.
Was able to source for soil and apportioned it in the seed bed , the effect of the rain that fell two days ago still keep with soil wet so i had no reaon to wet the soil again.
The first seed I'm planting is the okro seed, okro known for its unique height and edible fruits.
As shown above, i was able to sow some okro seeds in the nursery bed as well.
note that these seeds has been soaked in water for atleast 8 hours to help rehydrate the seeds for speedy germination.
Another plant ot vegetable one can plant alongside the okro plant is the tomato/pepper. This is will be kindda helpful to the okro plant because tomatoes can repel stink bud.
Another seed that is similar to tomato/pepper seed is the eggplant seeds. The eggplant germinates about 4 - 6 days after planting and it is always advisable to start the eggplant in a seedbed with atleast 10 hours light in a day. Eggplant tends to grow well in a well drained organic soil with sun or light.
- So now all the seeds are sown with the necessary details taken, the planting date is 22-04-2021.
And will use the date as a reference to the time the seeds will germinate and when to transplant.
Also when to water them and when to expose to sun or heat should be beared in mind