Outdoor growing - Tips to get started

Are you planning to grow plants outdoors? Let's answer a few essential questions together and take the first steps toward creating a plan for establishing a planting.

With a good plan, on a small scale

If you plan things well, growing outdoors can be very rewarding and also fun. First, it would be good to obtain the equipment you'll need for your cultivation project.

Then answer the following questions:

• Which plants do you want to grow? You will need to obtain seeds or cuttings of the given species – you can obtain these materials for establishing your planting at specialized stores or order them online.

• Will you grow in open ground (in a field, etc.) or in pots? Both methods have their advantages and disadvantages. It is essential to answer this question as soon as possible. The growing method will determine the needs and tools required to cultivate the planting. For example, if you are growing plants from seed, it is appropriate to first germinate the seeds in a box intended for this purpose and then transplant the seedlings into larger pots until they are ready to leave the comfort of indoor spaces and move to outdoor areas (beds, etc.).

• Do you have suitable soil conditions? If quality soil is missing at your chosen location or there is none at all, it is ideal to secure your own substrate. If you plan to frequently tend your plants and enrich the substrate with fertilizers, a lightly pre-fertilized substrate will suffice—for example BioNova SoilMix. For those who cannot fertilize regularly, heavily pre-fertilized substrates are ideal, releasing nutrients for your plants for up to 6 weeks—for example Plagron Royalmix.

• Do you already know where you will plant them? For growing in open ground, location is crucial – later it will not be possible to move the plants without damage. If growing in pots, you will not face this problem. On the other hand, the limited space of a pot also limits the maximum size of the plant. The site for establishing the planting should have good access to sunlight, at least 6 hours a day.

• When growing in pots it will be necessary to protect the plants (at least initially) from strong wind. A natural windbreak from nearby shrubs or other vegetation is ideal. The situation changes at the end of the flowering phase, when wind helps prevent mold from forming on the fruits/buds of the cultivated plant.

• Will you have time to fertilize? Not everyone has time to fully devote themselves to plants and fertilize them regularly. There are several solutions for these cases. One of them, organic and slow-releasing, are the tablets from the manufacturer BioTabs. One tablet is sufficient for 5L of substrate. For volumes greater than 40L, one tablet per 10L is enough. You can read more about BioTabs in our article HERE.

Do you want to ask us something? We are here for you at our known e-mail address info@higarden.cz. We will be happy to advise you, for example, on selecting suitable products and accessories.

We also recommend these products:

• Pure Pot fabric pot with handles, 26L
• Guanokalong granules - bat guano
• Organics Nutrients MYKORIZA premium

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