Amazing Health Benefits of Broccoli. Grow In Container At Home

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Amazing Health Benefits of Broccoli. Grow In Container At Home

 

The first thing you need to do is to make sure that the temperature where you’ll be germinating your seeds is around 24 degrees Celsius. put the broccoli seedlings on a seed tray. A soilless potting mix will do as this is one of the best places for seed germination.

Then sow it half an inch deep. You can also sprinkle it on the potting mix. When you’re doing it, cover the seedlings with a thin layer of soil mix. Water it and make sure to keep the soil moist and wet. Place the tray outside so that it can receive direct sunlight. It’s through this that the seed germination process will start.

You’ll wait around two weeks for the seedlings to germinate. During this time, it’s best if you transfer it to a shadier location every noon time so that it wouldn’t be too heated up. When they start to grow, you can then ready the container where they’ll be placed. It’s best if the container has a diameter of around 12 inches. If you want to grow a lot of broccoli plants, it’s best if you use a larger container Put holes in the container as this will serve as the drainage for the plant. You can put the holes on the bottom portion or on the sides. It’s best if the container is 10 inches deep as this will be large enough to accommodate the broccoli plant’s root growth.

Now, it’s time for you to transplant the seedlings. The perfect time to transplant them is when they’re already a few inches tall. This will be around 5 to 6 weeks after planting them. To transplant it, first, loosen up the soil. When it’s already loosened up, gently tug the leaves out. Then slowly lift the seedlings out together with its roots.

Transfer the recently pulled out young plant to another container that has the same depth and dimensions. But don’t immediately put it outside because you first want to harden up the seedlings before exposing it to direct sunlight Now that you’ve already done the planting process, it’s time for you to do the fertilization. It’s by fertilizing it that you make sure that you avoid pests and fungal infections on your broccoli plant.

Apply general purpose fertilize on it once a month as this helps its growth process Water is a vital need for all plants, and broccolis are surely not exempt from this fact. Water it at noon comes as to no surprise because it obviously needs water to keep up with the heat

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