If you have a big garden and a tiller, use this method to plant vine crops and you’ll save a lot of time.
- I till the planting area about 6 to 8 inches down. Then I slip my furrowing attachment onto my tiller and plow a 4- or 6-inch furrow where the row will be. The straighter the better.
- I sprinkle in compost or other natural fertilizers, or place a thin band of 5-10-10 fertilizer at the, bottom of the furrow. Vine crops like fertilizer; put it where the roots will find it.
- I cover the fertilizer with soil from the sides of the furrow and level it out. (Whenever I plant seeds, I get the soil as smooth and level as possible.) Read the rest of this entry »
