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    Rasta Subtropical Vegetable Planting Guide

    By ras | September 11, 2008

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    Spring is a very special time for gardeners. It’s not called the growing season for nothing and is time to get into your rasta garden and start planting your home grown ital organic vegetables.

    If you have been preparing compost it’s time to dig it in and prepare the beds to plant your herbs, seeds, seedlings and divisions.

    It is very important to plant vegetables in the right season and to get in tune with the lunar cycles for growing. Get into natures flow and it will assist your efforts. The Rastas know about the rhythmns and cycles of nature and follow them

    Rastafarians also save their own seed so remember to look for open-pollinated seed and seedlings so you can save your own seed at the end of the season and replant it again and again each year. This way if you get a bumper crop of something you can repeat it the next year by saving some seed from the crop. My idea of the perfect rasta garden is to get the fertility high by using organic soil building practices and then have the vegetables just reseed themselves all through the garden.

    The planting guide below will give you an idea of the planting times. This guide is for the subtropics in the southern hemisphere. Get a local planting guide for your climate or ask some experienced gardeners in your area and create your own.

    When planting your seeds, seedlings and divisions remember to water them well every day to get them established and use rain water if you can.

    Swap seeds and divisions with your gardening friends or local community garden, if you have one, and benefit from the superior taste, nutrition and pure joy of growing your own fresh food.

    Subtropical Planting Guide

    plant all year round
    Perennial Herbs
    Lemongrass, Mints, Oregano, Rosemary, Thyme, Sage, Sorrel
    Amaranth - except dry times
    Carrots - except really dry times
    Radish     - except really hot times
    Lettuce - except really hot times
    Sunflowers
    Leeks by division
    Spring Onions by division
    plant in autumn
    HerBS
    Angelica    , Borage, Chervil,Chives (divide),Coriander
    Edible Chrysanthemum    ,Fennel,Garlic Chives (division is easiest)
    Lebanese Cress    ,Mitsuba - Japanese Parsley, Parsley, Rocket
    Watercress
    Salads
    Celeriac    ,Celery,Chicory,Dandelion,Endive,Mustard, Lettuce
    Spinaches and other greens
    Amaranth
    Asian Greens - Bok Choy, Chinese Cabbage, Mizuna, Wong Bok,
    English Spinach    , NZ Spinach, Orach, rainbow chard.
    Silver Beet    , Cabbages - e.g., Borecole, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cauliflowers, Collards, Kale
    fruiting
    Broad Beans
    Cucumber to the end of March
    Cereals - Barley, Oats, Rye, Wheat
    Globe Artichokes
    Peas
    You can also try tomatoes,beans and zucchinis
    roots
    Beetroot    , Burdock, Garlic (regular and Elephant)
    Jerusalem Artichoke    , Leeks,Oca,Onion,Parsnip,Potatoes
    Salsify    ,Spring Onion,Turnip
    Green Manure
    Lucerne / Alfalfa,Lupins,Woolly Pod Vetch,Tick and Faba Beans
    Miscellaneous
    Rhubarb crowns and seed
    Strawberry crowns

    PLANT IN WINTER

    Herbs
    Corn Salad,Dandelion,Chives
    GREENS
    Lettuce    ,Silver Beet,Spinac
    FRUITING
    Tomato (From July)
    Plant in spring
    herbs
    Dill,Basil,Salad Burnet
    Salads
    Lettuce
    Spinach greens
    Basella    ,Hibiscus Spinach Ibika.Water Spinach
    fruiting
    Beans - French, Hyacinth, Lima, Snake, Soya, Sword, Winged
    Cape Gooseberry    ,Capsicums,Chick Pea,Chillies
    Cucurbits - Bitter Gourd, Choko, Cucumber, Gourd, Gramma, Luffa, Marrow, Melons, Pumpkins, Squash, Zucchini
    Eggplant    ,Maize,Okra,Rosella,Sweet Corn, Tomato
    roots
    Cassava    , Ginger(s), Peanuts, Sweet Potato,Taro,Tumeric, Yam
    GREEN MANURE
    Cowpeas, Soya Beans, Dolichos Lab Lab, Mung Beans, Pigeon Pea
    Miscellaneous
    Asparagus
    PLANT IN SUMMER
    FRUITING
    Sweet corn    , Eggplants, Capsicums, Okra, Paw Paw, Pumpkin
    Cucumber    , Snake beans
    GREEN MANURE
    Bean
    Cowpeas

    You might even end up with a crop like these dedicated young farmers in Ethiopia. They were sent one packet of seeds by us and this is what they grew.

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    Topics: Organic Gardening |

    One Response to “Rasta Subtropical Vegetable Planting Guide”

    1. ann Says:
      January 16th, 2009 at 7:20 pm

      Nice subtropical veggie garden article. Thanks for sharing, I’m sharing it around.
      Ann
      ps I wish you a bumper crop, peace and love!!!

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