Digging Garden Trenches & Planting Our Capsicum Seedlings.
Come, welcome, take a look at our latest endeavour. We spent the last two afternoons digging garden trenches and planting our capsicum seedlings.
With vegetables we buy that have seeds in them, we tend to keep the seed and either dry them out for future use, put them in the compost bin (you'll end up having some growth that you can then work with) or sometimes, we plant them straight away. A month or so ago we planted a capsicum bottom with seeds straight in a pot. We knew if they grew we'd end up having to transplant them as there would be a lot in one pot.
Well here we are, now spending our afternoons replanting. We decided the best outcome for them would be to dig a trench and plant (well and also we didn't have enough pots to pot them all).
The first day we managed to dig one trench and plant 26 seedlings. The ground where we are is quite hard to work with. It is clay like in areas, some areas not worth trying to work with. Once we've manage to soften and dig the drenches we added a simple mulch, but mainly we just use our horse manure that has been decomposing for some time. The manure is rich in smell and looks like beautiful soil. If any of our plants need anything more we normally just add an all-rounder pellet fertiliser.
Our second day saw us digging another trench and planting 19 seedlings. Now the reason for planting a smaller number on this day was not because we ran out of seedlings but because we decided to spreed them out further having a larger gap between plants.
We also ended up potting 13 seedlings. We lost a few seedlings in the re-planting however we are thinking with the amount we have planted, even if we lose half due to all the re-planting stress, we would still have plenty that do survive. Hopefully not all of them will die. Fingers crossed we did it right!
One thing we discovered with some previous capsicum (I believe Americans call them bell peppers) plants is that you do not water them too much or the leaves will discolor then drop off and die. Keep watering limited, if you water every day only give a small amount to this plant.
Although the work was hard physically we thoroughly enjoyed doing it. The progress and the future harvesting makes working on your land all worth it. Thank you for coming, see you again soon.
Top Job!
Can't wait to get into this when we move to our Bush Block permanently.
Bit tricky at the moment with not being there all the time to water them in the dry season.
That's key. We've planted these right next to a water tank.
Great work and choice with the capsicums. i agree that planting is very rewarding. When the capsicums are larger, you can plant other things underneath like carrots and onions. The capsicums last a couple of years and don't need to be pulled up in winter. Mine are on their third and final season and have flowers and small fruit developing. its great to see what your doing, all the best :)
That's interesting actually. We have some potted that have lasted years. They are only small capsicums but I think that's because the plants are potted.
So you use the space between the plants for winter crops do you? How efficient!
Absolutely, companion planting works great. Capsicums cope with the extreme heat and harsh sun and don't wilt and die like some plants do. They offer good shade in summer and drop their leaves in winter allowing the other plants to push up, or down if its carrots.
I read this article just to find out what capsicum was, I leaned something new today, thanks!!! Good luck!
There you go! So was I correct with the "bell pepper" term then? Thanks @svfarms 😊
Planting your own capsicums is a good idea. Once need them you just get them fresh from your garden. You also save time and money by not visiting your grocer for what you can grow. Good initiative there.
That's what wevr always aimed for. You really need quantity to start saving on the shopping hopefully these rows will start providing some decent food.
I wish your seedlings grow healthy and strong !!! And the results have borne fruit!
Keep it up!!!
Thanks! We'd like to plant more eggplant and tomatoes too.
Good luck in growing!
Tomatoes are one of my favorite vegetables!
Om-Nom-nom!
It looks like you planted them right so you should a good crop in a couple of months. Perhaps more than you bargained for but that is a good thing.
That would be a good problem to have @cecicastor, thanks! Will need to post again when they're more mature.
you are nature loving person , I love gardening too, when seeds turn into tiny plants , I can;t express my feeling og that time
It's an enjoyable and rewarding passtime for sure!
healthy hobby also
we all should learn to grow our own vegetables. Nice pics with details.
Thanks kindly. It is a skill. Knowing how to protect them, the natural and environmental obstacles and learning to plant excess as you'll always lose some production. Planting one of our banana trees from a pot may be next!
awesome i love these plants and gardens.IN my home there are MANY plants keep it up @nolnocluap
That's great, thank you!
welcome.Have a nice day
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