7 tips to start a veggie garden in high rise building?

Start small. Most of us stay in high rise apartments. And our government in Singapore gave us free seeds. If not it’s easily purchase from supermarkets or online.

Tip 1: start seeds in seed tray. Not only you can reuse the tray, you know which seed is a success.

Tip 2: plant either free seeds (Kang kong or bak Choy) or buy curly kale or Red amaranth which are superfood. Use your time wisely to plant high value crop.

Tip 3: buy soil meant to start seeds. It’s easier that they already premix the soil for you

Tip 4: transplant with are – three to five true leaves

If I transplant too early, my kale will die

For those without hydroponics system, transplant into a bigger pot and space according to the package instruction.

Example of transplanted plants

Tip 5: water it sufficiently, too much water kills and let it grow. Fertiliser them weekly according to instructions. Too much fertiliser will kill your plants.

As a start pot is ok. Just a pilot project

Tip 6: allocate two to three plants per family members. I have a system that produces 48 plants so it’s easier to harvest in batch.

Enjoy

Tip 7: enjoy the whole process. Gardening is not about the end result, like a archer who takes control of his aim, the arrow may end up somewhere but you have done your best.

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