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How to grow vegetable? 

Before we delve into vegetable growing, it must be known that vegetable growing method and technique shown here are basic steps which applicable for most type of crops. Besides that, growing vegetables need patience and time before we can reap the reward of the harvest.

Growing vegetables is not as easy as bury the vegetable seeds and let the nature takes care of it and you will reap the reward. It needs more sweats than you think, and I have been through the process of vegetable growing with my father and each day seeing the vegetable plants growth is such a joy. The fresh, greenery and crispy look of the healthy vegetables makes you feel proud and full of satisfaction. Not to mention the feeling when it is time to harvest.

So, how to get this vegetables plant to grow? You need a few things before growing vegetables.

You need a piece of land. It can be a small piece of land, your backyard garden, large piece of land for commercial vegetable business, it can even be just a small pot. (Exception for those aqua vegetable plants).

If the land is used for the first time, the chances are that the soil have sufficient nutrient for the vegetable growth. However, if it has been used before, the mineral and nutrient needed for the vegetable plant may be scarce and it needs fertilizer or organic compost. Refer to Organic Composting article for more detail.

Next, vegetables plant needs water. It is especially crucial for large plantation that water infrastructure must be established. Vegetables are like human, no water, there will be no life for the plant.

Of course, we will need the vegetable seeds. And not just any vegetable seed, the seeds need to be healthy. Normally, healthy seed body shows bulging and fat.  It indicates plenty of food supply inside to provide the seed growing needs.

Gardening tools are essencial, because we need the right tool to carry out the work to prepare the soil, the drainage, etc.

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