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title: "Any tips for a newbie growing in garden bed? I’ve got some onions as…"
description: "Any tips for a newbie growing in garden bed? I’ve got some onions as well as some different bell peppers and a jalapeño pepper. As well as some spearmint in a…"
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# Any tips for a newbie growing in garden bed? I’ve got some onions as…

_Posted by Kysh on 2024-04-27_

Any tips for a newbie growing in garden bed? I’ve got some onions as well as some different bell peppers and a jalapeño pepper. As well as some spearmint in a pot.

## 5 comments

### Ji11 commented on 2024-04-27

You can use something like grass clippings or straw to mulch the bed. This helps drastically with water retention and weed control. Peppers will be easy because they will self pollinate so no work there. Onions love nitrogen in the beginning so you’ll get a larger bulb/onion, I use blood meal about every other week.

#### Kysh replied on 2024-04-27

Blood meal? What’s that??

#### Ji11 replied on 2024-04-28

Exactly what it sounds like lol 💁‍♀️ Its a nitrogen rich fertilizer, it will keep bunnies out too.

### Heather commented on 2024-04-28

Listen to the Joe Gardener podcast- he is amazing. The Neptune fish and seaweed fertilizer is amazing. You can plant some bush beans in between the peppers while you are waiting for them to grow- they will take a while to produce unless you started them in Jan/Feb, and beans will also pull nitrogen into the soil especially if you innoculate them. Or some herbs or marigolds.

#### Kysh replied on 2024-04-28

Ooo marigolds might be fun! 🤔😊

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