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Rob

Hello all Iā€™m brand new here from Wisconsin and just as new to gardening! Any plant I have ever tried to keep/grow. have resulted in a slow miserable death. Despite all of these failures I have always wanted to grow my own fruits and vegetables in a raised garden bed. However, understanding that I am the furthest person from a green thumb that could possibly exist, I have resisted the urge. Fast-forward a number of years and several attempts at growing Mint, and Basil from the supermarket my 13-year-old son asked just last Motherā€™s Day if I would get him a raised garden bed so he could start growing fruits and vegetables like one of his friends does. I couldnā€™t shove him in the car fast enough as we spent to the Local Home Depot to pick up a Small starter, raised garden bed, some soil and a number of different plants, including strawberries, tomatoes, basil, and some jalapeƱos for for fun. We got home, planted all these beautiful lush plants in this amazing looking raised bed. You couldnā€™t be happier. Fast-forward two weeks and the reality of my inability to grow green things itā€™s starting to set in and the plants are not looking as nice as they once did so I decided in a last ditch attempt to figure this out I would download this app. I kept seeing all over the Internet. Here we are today writing our first post and I couldnā€™t be more excited and hopeful to finally learn how to grow our own delicious fruits and vegetables. If you made it this far, I truly do want to say thank you. Any help itā€™s greatly appreciated and if there is someone out there, thatā€™s willing to take the time to work with me one on one it would be forever grateful.

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  1. Wolfen šŸŗ

    Do you have any pictures? The 3 biggest things I've found with food gardening, is Sun level, water frequency, and fertilizer. Too much sun can scorch and over dry, to little sun can leave them to wet and low photosynthesis. Watering is usually my worst part, but if you add them to the app it will help with that. And fertilizer is very important. Plants generally have enough energy to produce their first cotyledon leafs, but past that they will need food, if you want a robust plant. And depending on the plant, they may need it more or less frequently

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    • Rob

      What specific brand of fertilizer should I use? I have added them all to the app and there should be photos there if you click on me right? I believe the spot they are in gets full sun all day long, is this bad?

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    • Wolfen šŸŗ

      I personally use FoxFarm, type depending on the plant. I'm about to go into a briefing, so can't take a gander yet. The full sun would depend on the plant too. They should have had tags indicating their needs?

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  2. Koval gardening

    Hi rob full sun is not super bad but some plants do prefer shade Therefore it would be wise to build them a shade tent of some sort with shade clothe especially when the super hot summer arrives Also fertilizing should be done in my experience only once a month or bi weekly I personally like to use slow release fertilizer like osmocote so then I just fertilize like every 2 to three months depending on my garden bed size. Too much watering can also be problematic therefore you wanna make sure youā€™re soil dies a bit before watering again I live in Oregon in high altitude and am constantly fighting the weather animals and what ever else. But always manage to have something if you like I am more than happy to help and work with you one on one. I have been gardening for more than 10years and am still learning something new every year. So I believe you got this first year might be a challenge and chaotic but you got this.

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