Kitchen Garden

Start Vegetable Garden

How can I start a vegetable garden?

You start a vegetable garden by first making a plan. How much space do you have? Which vegetables, fruits, and herbs do you want to grow, and do you want to garden all year round? Moesmeisje has written a nice guest blog with all the ins and outs for building your own vegetable garden. In any case, make sure that you have sustainable and peat-free soil to plant in, have Vegetable Garden AZ to feed your plants, and control pests in a natural way with, for example, nematodes. If you want a nutritious and healthy harvest, choose organic GMO-free seeds.

Everything for your vegetable garden? Consciously choose ECOstyle

A vegetable garden full of tasty vegetables and herbs does not happen by itself. But with your green fingers and our natural products, success is assured. ECOstyle has everything in the field of sustainable vegetable gardening and vegetable garden construction, such as vegetable garden soil, soil improvers, fertilization, and the prevention and control of pests. With ECOstyle products, you can also quickly and easily start your own vegetable garden. Whether you are experienced or a beginner, everyone can create their own vegetable garden with ECOstyle products. ECOstyle also has a solution for the maintenance of the vegetable garden, from vegetable garden food to vegetable garden soil.

Vegetable garden maintenance and deficiency diseases

Sometimes it happens that a certain crop shows a deficiency disease. Always make sure to feed the soil well because what you put in the soil, you get back in your harvest. We are happy to explain to you which defects you can find in your vegetable garden and what you can do to remedy them.

Straight fertilizers
Straight fertilizers are fertilizers that consist of 1 raw material. Blood meal for nitrogen (N), bone meal for phosphate (P), vinassekali for potassium (K), and magnesium (Mg). If plants are deficient in certain elements, this can often be seen in the plant or the leaf.

Nitrogen deficiency (N)
Nitrogen is an essential building block for plant growth. It also promotes photosynthesis. If a plant has too little nitrogen, it is easy to see. Older parts of a plant lose their green color. The leaves are yellowing instead of green. To prevent nitrogen deficiency, sprinkle with blood meal.

Phosphate deficiency (P)
Phosphate is necessary for the energy management of a plant. Phosphate is used to convert sunlight into food. A shortage of phosphate is therefore quickly visible. A plant grows less quickly (dwarfism). In addition, parts of plants can die, which is quickly visible because parts of the leaf take on a dark color. To prevent phosphate deficiency, sprinkle with bone meal.

Potassium deficiency (K)
Potassium is necessary for the water balance of the plant. Potassium ensures that a plant can retain water better, even in difficult circumstances (such as drought). A potassium deficiency can be recognized by the drifting of the edge of the leaf. Do you have a vegetable garden? A shortage of potassium also has a major influence on, among other things, the taste, smell, and shelf life of fruits. If you have a potassium deficiency, sprinkle with vinassekali.

Magnesium/Iron deficiency (Mg)
Magnesium promotes photosynthesis. It also stimulates the production of chlorophyll. A magnesium deficiency can therefore be recognized by green leaves that turn yellow between the veins of the leaf. With magnesium deficiency, sprinkle magnesium.

The straight fertilizers from ECOstyle
By fertilizing sufficiently with the AZ fertilizers, you can prevent the various deficiency problems. However, if you do have a deficiency, you can always supplement with the simple fertilizers.