Vertical Vegetable Garden

In my humble opinion, now comes the hardest part of the kit: picking which of these amazing seeds I’ll use. There are so many great choices here – they’re all organic and grow really well in our grow bag (or if you choose to put it elsewhere, they also grow great in a pot or in the garden)! Burpee makes my favorite seeds because they’re a great company whose seeds have a high success rate, meaning little to no dud seeds! And, they provide really great information about all the seeds (I’ll share with you guys the links just click on the name of the plant if it appears in blue) from how deep, to how much water, to when to plant it for your zone. Also, if you’re having trouble getting one of their plants to flower, bear fruit, etc., they have really knowledgeable horticulturalists that will quickly answer your email with the exact advice you need to help your plant.

The types I have in my DIY kit are:
Scarlet Nantes Carrot – This carrot has a really yummy flavor.
Tendergreen Cucumber- They are sweet and they don’t need to be peeled.
Salad Bowl Lettuce – This lettuce has really large leaves.
Cherry Belle Radish – Radishes that grow really fast.
Bloomsdale Long Standing Spinach – This spinach is a slow grower.
Baxter’s Bush Cherry Tomato – My kids eat these tomatoes like candy.
Sweet Basil – My favorite basil for pesto.
Single Italian Parsley – I love this in soup.

Because I’m growing this in the office, I’m going to mostly choose plants that my coworkers will be able to pick off the wall and eat. So I chose four cherry tomatoes because they are so popular, two basil plants, two parsley plants, and two carrots (because why not?). Here’s a video with some tips for container gardening. And by the way, one of my favorite tips for planting is to use a tweezer, especially on the really tiny seeds like basil.

I like how nicely this seed tray clicks closed, because I’ve used other ones that don’t stay closed at all. Now I’ve got to wait 2 to 5 weeks depending on the seed type to watch it grow. Remember to water it every few days. And if there isn’t condensation on the clear plastic top, then your seeds are too dry.

Some of my seeds are ready to move. I just wait till I see four leaves to transplant them, but you can click on the links for each veggie (above in blue) to learm exactly how long to wait.

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