Five Things I Learned About Planting Vegetables

Posted on Jun 3 2009 - 5:00am by Mike Lieberman

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Self Watering Containers

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This whole experience is all new to me, especially the part about actually planting. Here’s five things I learned about how to plant vegetables in a self watering container:

Be gentle. Pop the vegetable out of it’s cell. Push it from the bottom and gently pull out.

There are many plants in a cell. A lot of the cells contain multiple plants, so you have to thumb around the soil line to see the separation of the plants.

Pry apart with thumbs. Use your thumb to gently pry them apart. You’ll wind up breaking up some of the roots, but don’t worry. Be gentle.

Plant deep enough to secure plant in soil. Once the plants are separated, dig a hole about 3-4 inches in the soil (depending on the plant) and insert the plant.

Support plant with soil Cover it with soil and make it compact to support the plant.

Check this video on how to plant celery in self watering containers.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LrCc31i_OU

9 Comments so far. Feel free to join this conversation.

madpanic June 4, 2009 at 5:57 am -

cool
Raw Food Nation June 10, 2009 at 3:06 pm -

Very cool urban garden you've got there! Can't wait to see the fruits of your labor!
Mike Lieberman June 15, 2009 at 5:30 pm -

Thanks for visiting. Sorry it took a while to get back but, was away for a few days on a vacation and just returned. The containers are looking good. I'll get up a post in the next day or so.
Mike Lieberman June 16, 2009 at 12:30 am -

Thanks for visiting. Sorry it took a while to get back but, was away for a few days on a vacation and just returned. The containers are looking good. I'll get up a post in the next day or so.
Jonathan September 7, 2009 at 4:03 pm -

Keep up the good work man. I linked to your website from your YouTube bit on self-watering containers and I love your project. I’m an urban gardener myself, but I never planted in self watering containers before. Anyway, keep up the good work! The season’s over for me in Toronto now but next spring I’m building self-watering containers… love it.
J_alan April 10, 2012 at 5:16 pm -

I am constantly impressed with the quality posts. Really, your posts are entertaining, informative, and concise. Keep up the good work!
Mike Lieberman April 11, 2012 at 7:45 am -

Glad you are enjoying.
pon January 29, 2013 at 2:15 am -

I love the trees in Thailand as well. I planted everything. I planted everything. Especially vegetables. Nice to meet you.