Growing Vegetables From Seeds in a Square Foot Gardening Plan

Vegetables seem to be more enjoyable when you know that you have grown them yourself from seed through your own square foot gardening plan.  Starting with just a handful of seeds, whether it is tomatoes, squash, or bell peppers, you will enjoy the thrill of knowing that your special care helped bring a vegetable garden such life.

Firstly a seed starting to germinate needs water and six to eight hours of sun per day. You must choose a spot in your square foot gardening plan that drains well because all vegetable gardens need a certain amount of moisture. Secondly, you need to add organic soil amendments to make sure that the soil if perfect. And thirdly, it is important to schedule your planting times properly to develop the vegetable when they will grow the best.

Here is a step by step guide to square foot gardening with vegetable seeds from a seed catalogue, outdoors:

 1. Read the information on each seed packet very carefully. It will tell you when to plant your vegetable seeds according to your climate and location, which planting method to use, and how deep and how far apart to plant them.  This is vital in square foot gardening because it will help you to plan out each area in your gardening so that you can maximise the space.

 2. Make a series of holes using a garden hoe. Each one should be the depth recommended on the seed packet for the variety you intend to plant. In general, the larger the seed is, the deeper it will need to go into the soil.

 3. Plant the starting seeds in the hole as per the recommendation on the packet, and use the back of a rake to cover the seeds with loose soil, so that they cannot be seen.

 4. Pat down the row of holes very lightly with the back of the rake - this is so that the top soil won't blow away and expose the seeds.

 5. Water the area regularly but gently, using the fine-spray setting on a hose nozzle.