Things You'll Need:
- Manure
- Balanced Organic Fertilizer
- Compost Makers
- Fish Emulsions
- Mulch
- Vegetable Seeds
- Plastic Storage Containers
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Step 1
Know what organic fertilizers to use for vegetables, and where to place them. Build soil with slow-release, elemental nutrients, then nourish plants at key points in their growth.
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Step 2
Begin a new vegetable garden by feeding your soil and worms at least one month before planting time. See "How to Build Organic Soil," under Related eHows, for specifics.
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Step 3
Start to add organic matter to your established organic vegetable garden early in the season. Spread 1 inch of compost or composted manure over the growing area, and dig it into the top few inches.
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Step 4
Dig in extra manure to a depth of 6 inches, then plant perennial veggies like asparagus, horseradish and artichokes. Water them in with compost tea so they'll be well-established for many seasons.
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Step 5
Plant seeds or transplants of your favorite annual vegetables. Mix up some compost tea or fish emulsion (at half-strength) to water in plants, but wait to use it on seedlings until they sprout to 1 inch tall.
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Step 6
Provide additional fertilizer - called side-dressing - as annual vegetables grow. Read up on the crops you're cultivating, and know that your goal is continuous sturdy growth to flowering and fruit.
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Step 7
Use fish emulsion (mixed full strength) twice a month on leafy greens. Wait for tomatoes and corn to reach 1 foot tall, then 3 feet tall to side-dress twice with a balanced granular organic formula - keep feeding tomatoes after each flush of fruit.
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Step 8
Pull back mulch around the base of plants, then put fertilizer in a circle 3 inches away from the stem. Or open a trench an inch deep along the middle of a double-planted row.
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Step 9
Dig in the debris from beans and peas after harvesting, and grow a green manure crop (see "How to Grow a Green Manure Crop," under Related eHows) in the vegetable garden in the off-season. Let both organic matters nourish your vegetable garden for next season.









