March is the month of restart for the garden and the vegetable garden. With the arrival of spring, the temperatures rise and the ground awakens after the winter cold. Now it’s the perfect time to sow and plant new vegetables!
March marks the beginning of a new season for the garden and the vegetable garden. After months of rigid temperatures, the sun returns to warm the earth and nature awakens. If you love cultivating vegetables and aromatic plants, this is the ideal time to start! But where to start? The secret for healthy growth is to prepare the ground wellchoosing the most suitable crops for the season. Some vegetables can be planted directly outdoors, while others still need protection under tunnel or greenhouse.
In this article you will discover which plants to cultivate in March, how to take care of the ground and what precautions to adopt for an abundant harvest in the months to come. It’s time to get your hands in the earth and make your vegetable garden blossom!
Preparation of the ground in March: the first step for sowing plants and vegetables
After winter, the ground needs to be regenerated To offer the best possible support to new crops. The rains have softened the soil, making it more soft and easily workable. However, to obtain healthy and productive plantsit is essential to intervene with some essential practices. Start with one Deep rhizolizationan operation that allows you to move the earth and improve soil oxygenation. This promotes the development of the roots and helps to retain water better. Immediately after, it’s time to enrich the ground with compost or well mature stable: This natural addition improves fertility and provides all the nutrients that plants need to grow strong and luxuriant.
After fertilizing, it’s important Leave the ground to rest for a few days Before sowing, so that the fertilizer intact perfectly in the soil. In March, with the increase in temperatures, watering must also become more frequent. To avoid thermal shocks to plants, USA water at room temperatureso as not to damage the young roots. In the end, Beware of weeds! The heat and humidity promote their growth, therefore it is essential to eliminate them regularly, using a hoe or eradicated them manually. A clean and well -kept vegetable garden allows your crops to develop without obstacles and better absorb nutrients from the ground.
Plants and vegetables to be sowed outdoors
With temperatures that are around 14 e i 18°Cyou can start cultivating several vegetables directly in the open field. These plants resist well with spring conditions and offer abundant harvest in the following months.
Here is what vegetables you can sow or transplant immediately:
- Biit: in the varieties with green, red and compact coasts.
- Carrot: perfect for direct sowing on the pitch.
- Chicory: From Puntarelle to Catalonia to the sugar pan.
- Onion: white, golden or the fine red of Tropea.
- Strawberries: ideal for anticipating summer production.
- Endive: smooth, curly or in the most valuable varieties.
- Lettuce: Canasta, Romana, Iceberg and many other crunchy varieties.
- Peas: easy to grow and perfect for spring.
- Further: resistant and suitable for the first hot ones.
- Parsley: a classic always useful in the kitchen.
- Rocket: grows quickly and is perfect for fresh salads.
- Celery: cutting green or coast.
- Spinach: excellent for the last fresh weeks before the summer.
These vegetables develop well outdoors, thanks to the increase in sunlight and the most stable climate.
Vegetables to be grown in greenhouse or under tunnel
Some plants more sensitive to cold still need protection to grow without stress. Night temperatures can be unstable, therefore the use of greenhouses or tunnels is the ideal solution to ensure healthy development. Among the vegetables that benefit from this technique we find the basilin all its varieties, i cucumbersboth short and long salad, and nani beanwhich can be successfully anticipated undercover. Also the eggplantin the Violette, white or stripe variants, they need heat to develop, as well as i pepperssweet or spicy, which require more stable temperatures.
The same goes for i tomatoesfrom cherries to San Marzano, who find in the greenhouses an ideal environment to start growth. Among the crops to be protected are also the pumpkinslike the long of Naples, and the zuchiniswhich grow faster in a repaired environment. Protecting these plants in the early stages reduces the risks related to temperature changes and guarantees more robust and productive plants.
Preparing the soil carefully, choosing the right vegetables and protecting the most delicate plants will help you get a rich and abundant harvest.
Don’t wait: put your hands in the earth and enjoy the magic of spring!
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