A seedbed is a plot of garden set aside to grow vegetables.It is best used when you can control the temperature, soil quality and water in the bed.You can make a seedbed in a greenhouse several months before planting your garden.
Step 1: Understand your climate.
You should make your seedbed inside a greenhouse if you have a short vegetable growing season.It is possible that you will need to bring in soil and compost from outside.
Step 2: There is plenty of light.
The seedbed should be placed in an area with the least shadows and the most consistent light.
Step 3: Pick an area that is free of wind, animals and flooding.
Purchase or make a small plastic hoop house in which the seeds can be protected, if these are big risks in your yard.
Step 4: If you had a heavy weed problem, don't choose a plot where you grew tubers.
The weeds can crowd out the seeds.
Step 5: The base soil needs to be prepared.
Use a rake to break up the soil.Allow the soil to dry out.
Step 6: It's time to amend the soil.
If the compost is sandy, add it.If there is a lot of organic matter in your soil, add store-bought sandy soil.A consistency of breadcrumbs is what you want in your final soil mix.
Step 7: Before you plant your seedbed, make sure the soil is clean.
Get rid of weeds and debris.You can shake the soil with the one-quarter inch holes in the garden sieve.
Step 8: To fill 8 to 12 inches of soil, you need enough soil to transport.
Put it on the area until it is level.pat it down lightly with the back of the garden rake.
Step 9: Make the soil firm by watering it.
Sprinkle it first to break the surface tension.The water should be more deeply.
Step 10: Put a plastic sheet over the soil for 10 days.
The flies will disappear when they are attracted to fresh soil.If weeds start to grow, remove the area.The plastic sheet will warm up the soil.
Step 11: The lip of the trap should be flush with the soil level by burying a small yogurt container.
It's a good idea to fill with beer.The beer will be drowned in by the segulls.If you have problems with slugs, you should check it regularly.
Step 12: You can drill in the soil with a hoe.
You can use these lines to separate seedlings in your seedbed.You can use drills to see the plants amidst weeds and other plants.
Step 13: There is water along the length of the seedbed.
The seeds need moist soil to grow.
Step 14: Plants are just barely into the soil along the drill/row.
They should be planted according to the directions in the seed package.
Step 15: Rake a thin layer of soil over the "v" lines to keep the soil level the same as the rest of the garden.
Place it on the other side of the rake.
Step 16: The row should be labeled.
Step 17: After the seedlings start to grow, thin them.
Before you transplant, this will keep your seedbed free of overcrowding.The unwanted plants should be composted.