Agricultural development workers training manual - Volume III Crops: Chapter III: Technical guidelines and references for the crops training component: Guidelines for vegetable growing

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Agricultural development workers training manual - Volume III Crops

Chapter III: Technical guidelines and references for the crops training component

Guidelines for vegetable growing

		Rooting depth of vegetables when there's no barrier to their penetration1,2
		Vegetable production planning chart
		Heat tolerance of vegetables
		Cold tolerance of vegetables
		Vegetable families
		Nutritional value of vegetables
		Calculating how much seed to buy
		Selecting the right type and variety of vegetable
		Storing seed and testing germination
		Choosing a vegetable garden location
		Using the right type of seedbed
		Plant spacing guidelines
		Intercropping
		Succession planting: Systematizing production
		Watering vegetables
		How to grow super transplants
		Tips on transplanting vegetables
		Guidelines for individual vegetables
		When to harvest vegetables

Guidelines for vegetable growing

CONTENTS:	Rooting depth of vegetables
	Vegetable planning chart
	Heat tolerance of vegetables, frost tolerance Vegetable families
	Nutritional value of vegetables
	Calculating how much seed to buy
	A sample seed calculation problem
	Selecting the right vegetable and variety
	Storing seed and testing germination
	Choosing a garden location
	Using the right seedbed type
	Plant spacing and row spacing considerations
	Intercropping
	Succession planting
	Watering: How Much, How Often?
	Growing transplants in a nursery seedbed, damping-off
	Tips on transplanting
	When to harvest vegetables
	Guidelines for individual vegetables