Seeding sounds easy, however, it actually involves many steps. Mr.Hong taught us to directly sow the seeds of white radish into soil. Turnip is one of the vegetables that don’t like to be moved around. We also learned to transplant the seedlings of cabbage and chrysanthemum greens. Here are the steps for sowing seeds and transplanting seedlings.
Earth's Children were working in the fields
Seeding
Step 1: Prepared all the tools (e.g. hand spade)
Step 2: Plowed the field
Step 3: Built the seed beds
Step 4: Made shallow holes with distance of 60 cm
Step 5: Put 3-5 seeds into the holes
Step 6: Watered the seed beds
Step 1: Prepared all the tools (e.g. hand spade)
Step 2: Plowed the field
Step 3: Built the seed beds
Step 4: Made shallow holes with distance of 60 cm
Step 5: Put 3-5 seeds into the holes
Step 6: Watered the seed beds
Watering the seed beds.
Transplanting seedlings
Step 1: Prepared all the tools (e.g. hand spade)
Step 2: Plowed the field
Step 3: Built the seed beds
Step 4: Made shallow holes with distance of 60 cm
Step 5: Place the seedlings into the holes
Step 6: Filling the holes with some soils
Step 7: Watered the seed beds
Step 1: Prepared all the tools (e.g. hand spade)
Step 2: Plowed the field
Step 3: Built the seed beds
Step 4: Made shallow holes with distance of 60 cm
Step 5: Place the seedlings into the holes
Step 6: Filling the holes with some soils
Step 7: Watered the seed beds
Our Discoveries
- We learned that we should not put too much seeds into a hole. We have to save some spaces for vegetables to grow up.
- Bagasse powder could be used to prevent the ants from stealing the seeds.
- The odor of Chrysanthemum greens can repel bugs that will eat cabbages. It is smart to put two kinds of plants together.
Making holes for the white radish seeds
<Pictures were taken by Grass Hope Taiwan Foundation and Earth's Children>