Home Grown

Tip:Seed is normally expensive and should not be wasted.
Plan carefully and buy only seed that is needed. If seed is left over,put it into a dry container and refrigerate for use later. Gardeners may be successful in using one-year-old seed,but old seed loses strength. Germination tests will not indicate seed strength,which is sometimes called “vigor.”(USED)

Tip:Use of good seed is very important.
Buy only from dealers who have a reputation for handling good seed. Saving vegetable seeds grown in Arkansas is not a good practice. Many vegetable diseases are transmitted through seed and planting diseased seed often results in severe losses.

Tip:If it’s nice,grow it twice!
Many gardeners tend to stop after they have harvested their spring-planted crop. This is a serious mistake. Many crops that are normally planted in the spring grow as well or better in the fall. While insects and diseases are sometimes more of a problem in early fall,yields and quality are often better than in the spring.

Tip:Spacing of vegetables will be different with various cultivation methods.
Tractors need wide rows. Rows in small gardens may be placed close together since weeding may be done by hand. To assure a good stand,it is often better to plant seed thickly and thin later.