Royal Creations Blog

Planning and Starting your Spring Vegetable Garden

With groceries increasing in price, this is a great year to start growing your own vegetables.  You do not even have to have a dedicated vegetable garden.  Vegetables grow great in containers or as part of a landscape bed.   

Pick Familiar Vegetables 

When planning a new garden, the choices of vegetables you can grow may be overwhelming.  Start by picking vegetables you already eat. Once you become proficient at growing those plants, you can expand into new vegetables that you might like to try. 

Cool Season Versus Warm Season Crops 

Some plants grow best in the cool weather of the spring or fall, while others like warm weather.  Lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, beets, turnips, rutabagas, and radishes need cool weather to grow. When the weather turns hot, they tend to bolt, or flower, and stop tasting good. 

Warm-season plants are things like corn, beans, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, cucumbers, and squash.  These plants do not germinate until after the soil has warmed up for the year.   

Where To Grow Your Vegetables 

Vegetables need full sun. Find a place in full sun that is well-drained and fertile.  If you can grow them in a raised planter with a frame around or even a mound, it can be easier to have great soil with organic amendments and provide better drainage. 

Watering 

They are also water hogs, so need to be close to a spigot or integrated into your irrigation system. Vegetables need to stay moist but not soggy. 

Fertilizing 

Vegetable plants need lots of nutrients to build the vegetables we enjoy.  Most vegetables need a balanced fertilizer at planting and every four weeks or so after that until the vegetables are harvested. 

Weeding 

Weeds steal sunlight, nutrients, and water from your vegetables.  Remove weeds when they are small when they are easier to get out.   

Grow Hydroponically 

An easier method of growing vegetables is to use a Tower Garden, a special type of hydroponic system where the roots are in rock wool instead of soil.  This aeroponic growing system is easy to use and maintain.  A special nutrient solution is mixed with water and put into the Tower Garden.  This solution flows over the roots and keeps them moist and fed.  Vegetables grow 30% more, 3 times faster, and with 98% less water.   

You can use the Tower Garden outside in any sunny spot or inside anywhere you have a grow light.  If you place your Tower Garden inside, you can grow the vegetables you enjoy any time of the year.  All you need to do is keep the water and nutrient solution topped off. 

Preparing Your Vegetables 

You can pick your vegetables at peak ripeness and eat them the same day. From leafy greens to tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash, you can have the healthy produce you and your family deserve.  Everyone should get at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day.  Most produce loses approximately 30% of its nutrients within 3 days.  When you grow your own food, it will have the highest nutrient density possible.  

Let Us Help  

We can help you decide which Tower Garden is right for you and get you started growing your own fresh veggies at home this Spring.    Contact Royal Crown Architectural Landscaping to get started today.