Page updated
Sun, Oct 7, 2007
|
PLANT YOUR SEEDS...
Planting small seeds into seed trays in the nursery
| Plant seeds from the Planting Material Network to improve your family's health... |
| • |
soak the seed in water for half an hour before planting |
| • |
make a hole that is twice as deep as your seed |
| • |
place a seed in the hole and cover with soil |
| • |
pour some water over the covered seed |
| • |
pour on more water as the plant grows |
| • |
harvest the vegetable to eat when the plant has fully grown and leave the best plants to flower and go to seed |
| • |
collect and save the seed. |
|
|
The Planting Material Network
|
|
The Solomon Islands Planting Material Network encourages saving and sharing seeds and vegetative planting material with farmers.
TO PLANT YOUR SEEDS:
Soak seed before planting.
|
Planting seeds:
|
| • |
plant small seeds into the nursery
|
| • |
plant larger seeds straight in the ground.
|
Harvesting food.
|
|
