| Permanent Raised Bed Gardening: Feeding the Growing Garden |
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Introduction
Bed Layout
Site Selection
Site Preparation
Plot Layout
Recycled Auto Tire Beds
Rubber Board Fabrication
Multiple Tire Design
Recycled Auto Tire Bed
Plastic Mesh Beds
Material Preparation
Bed Assembly
Corrugated Sheet Metal Beds
Material Preparation
Bed Assembly
Preparing Beds for Planting
Soil Preparation
Seed Bed Preparation
Installing a Drip Irrigation System
Plastic Mulch Application
Planting Techniques
Water Management
Feeding the Growing Garden
Selection and Use of Fertilizer Injectors
Overcoming Weather Woes
Low (Mini) Tunnel Plans
Growing Vertically
Soil Solarization
Appendix
| Table 4. Home Garden Fertigation Schedule for Selected Vegetable Crops | ||||||||||||||
| Crop/Fertilizer1 | Weeks after Planting | |||||||||||||
| 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | |
| Tomato | ||||||||||||||
| 34-0-0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| 18-18-21 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 8.0 | 5.5 |
| Pepper | ||||||||||||||
| 34-0-0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| 18-18-21 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 8.0 | 5.5 |
| Eggplant | ||||||||||||||
| 34-0-0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | -- |
| 18-18-21 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | -- |
| Okra | ||||||||||||||
| 34-0-0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | -- |
| 18-18-21 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | -- |
| Sweet Corn | ||||||||||||||
| 34-0-0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 18-18-21 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 8.0 | 5.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Cantaloupe | ||||||||||||||
| 34-0-0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | -- | -- |
| 18-18-21 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | -- | -- |
| Squash, bush | ||||||||||||||
| 34-0-0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.5 | -- | -- |
| 18-18-21 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.5 | -- | -- |
| Squash, vining | ||||||||||||||
| 34-0-0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.5 | -- |
| 18-18-21 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.5 | -- |
| Cucumber | ||||||||||||||
| 34-0-0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 18-18-21 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 8.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Watermelon2 | ||||||||||||||
| 34-0-0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | -- |
| 18-18-21 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | -- |
| Pumpkin2 | ||||||||||||||
| 34-0-0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 18-18-21 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 11.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Broccoli | ||||||||||||||
| 34-0-0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 18-18-21 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Cauliflower | ||||||||||||||
| 34-0-0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 18-18-21 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Collards | ||||||||||||||
| 34-0-0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 18-18-21 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Cabbage | ||||||||||||||
| 34-0-0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 18-18-21 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Lettuce | ||||||||||||||
| 34-0-0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 18-18-21 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 11.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1 Fertilizer rates (level tablespoon) per 100 square feet (40-inch by 30-foot bed). 2 Because vines are large, plant every other bed. Do not fertilize unplanted beds because the amount of nutrients received by planted beds will be reduced. |
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