Learning Objectives. At the end of this unit, the student will be able to:

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2 Learning Objectives At the end f this unit, the student will be able t: Describe blck style layut in a raised bed garden design. Describe garden planning and planting times. Describe sil preparatin and fertilizatin fr the vegetable garden. Describe rutine garden care including mulching, irrigatin, and water cnservatin. Describe rutine care fr tmates. List hints fr grwing ther vegetables. Describe frst prtectin and micrclimate mdificatin. Vegetables Curriculum develped David Whiting (CSU Extensin, retired), Carl O Meara (CSU Extensin, Bulder Cunty) and Carl Wilsn (CSU Extensin, retired) Clrad Master Gardener Training is made pssible, in part, by a grant frm the Clrad Garden Shw, Inc. Clrad State University, U.S. Department f Agriculture and Clrad cunties cperating. Extensin prgrams are available t all withut discriminatin. N endrsement f prducts named is intended, nr is criticism implied f prducts nt mentined. Cpyright Clrad Master Gardener Prgram, Clrad State University Extensin. All Rights Reserved. Revised Octber

3 References / Reading Clrad State University Cperative Extensin CMG GardenNtes Blck Style Layut in Raised Bed Vegetable Gardens #713 Frst Prtectin and Extending the Grwing Seasn #722 Grwing Vegetable in a Hbby Greenhuse #723 Irrigating the Vegetable Garden #714 Mulches fr the Vegetable Garden #715 Sample Planting Guide fr Raised-Bed Garden #721 Sample Vegetable Garden Seed Catalgs #712 Tmates Early Blight f Tmat #718 Tmates Grwing Tmates #717 Vegetable Garden Hints #719 Vegetable Garden: Sil Management and Fertilizatin #711 Vegetable Gardening in Cntainers #724 Vegetable Planting Guide #720 Water Cnservatin in the Vegetable Garden #716 Climate Summary: Bulder and Lngmnt #741 Climate Summary: Castle Rck, Littletn and Parker #742 Climate Summary: Clrad Springs, Puebl, and Cannn City #742 Climate Summary: Dilln #744 Climate Summary: Eagle and Glenwd Springs #745 Climate Summary: Frt Cllins, Greeley and Estes Park #746 Climate Summary: Gunnisn #747 Climate Summary: Nrtheast Clrad #748 Climate Summary: Nrthwest Clrad #749 Climate Summary: Suthwest Clrad #750 CSU Extensin Fact Sheets Crn Sweet Crn fr the Hme Garden #7.607 Eggplants Peppers and Eggplant #7.616 Flea Beetle #5.592 Grasshpper Cntrl in Yards and Gardens #5.536 Herbs Grwing, Preserving and Using Herbs #9.335 Hrticultural Oils #5.569 Insect Cntrl: Hrticultural Oils #5.569 Insects Flea Beetle #5.592 Insects Grasshpper Cntrl in Yards and Gardens #5.536 Insects Greenhuse Whitefly #5.587 Insects Ptat r Tmat Psyllids #5.540 Leafy Vegetable Crps fr the Hme Garden #7.608 Onins and Related Species fr Hme Gardens #

4 Peppers and Eggplant #7.616 Ptates Seeds Saving Seeds #7.602 Preventing E. cli Frm Garden t Plate #9.369 Psyllids Ptat r Tmat Psyllids #5.540 Rt crps Vegetable Rt Crps #7.604 Seeds Grwing Plants frm Seed #7.409 Seeds Hme Strage f Vegetable and Flwer Seeds #7.221 Strage f Hme-Grwn Vegetables #7.601 Tmates Recgnizing Tmat Prblems #2.949 Vine Crps Cucumbers, Pumpkins, Squash, and Melns #

5 Review Questins 1. Describe hw adding rganic matter imprves a sandy garden sil. A clayey garden sil. 2. List techniques t manage sil cmpactin in the vegetable garden. 3. What are the limitatins n using manure and cmpst made with manure in the vegetable garden? 4. Describe the prs and cns f hmemade cmpst, f cmmercial cmpst. 5. Describe the standard applicatin rate fr cmpst. Hw des it change with incrpratin depth and ptential fr salts in the prduct? 6. If the sil is lw in rganic matter, will a rutine applicatin f cmpst and/r manure supply the nitrgen needs fr crps? Explain why. 7. Hw the fertilizer applicatin rate change based n sil rganic cntent? 8. What is the purpse f a starter fertilizer? List examples f cmmn fertilizers that culd be used as a starter fertilizer. 9. What is nitrgen side dressing? List examples f cmmn fertilizers that culd be used fr side-dressing. 10. In Clrad, what types f sils will likely have deficiencies f phsphrus and ptassium? 11. Why are the advantages f a blck style garden layut? Of raised bed gardens? 12. Describe hw t design a garden in blck style layut. 13. Describe hw t make a raised bed garden. Hw high shuld the beds be raised? In rutine raised bed gardening, where are the crp s rts? 14. Explain duble digging. 15. Describe hw t set up a saker hse drip irrigatin system in a raised bed garden. 16. Describe prcedures and limitatins n using grass clipping mulch in the vegetable garden. 17. Can wd/bark chip mulch be used in the vegetable garden? Explain. 18. List gardening techniques t cnserve water in the vegetable garden. What happens t vegetable quality with inadequate water supplies? 19. What is the critical water perid fr varius vegetables? 20. Describe the ideal tmat transplant. Hw shuld tall, leggy transplants be planted? 21. What are the advantages f trellising tmates? Hw far apart shuld tmates be spaced? Give examples f trellising methds. 22. What are the advantage and limitatins n using black plastic mulch n tmates, peppers, eggplants and vine crps? Describe techniques fr using plastic mulch. 23. Tmates are ften referred t as being a lw nitrgen crp. Mre crrectly stated, they are fussy abut nitrgen levels. Explain the fertilizer needs at planting and as the crp nears harvest

6 24. Explain the management ptin fr early blight n tmates. Will a fungicide stp the disease when leaves have turned yellw late summer? 25. Why will vine crps blm but nt set fruit? 26. When shuld beans be planted? 27. Beans have a higher water use than ther vegetables. What happens when they get a little dry? Hw can yu tell when bean plants need irrigatin? 28. Explain the grwing techniques fr quality cle crps. 29. Bacillus thuringiensis, Bt, is the standard bilgical cntrl apprach fr wrms in cle crps. Describe the criteria in using Bt. (See fact sheet #5.556.) 32. What cultural practices are needed t cmpensate fr the nin family s pr, inefficient rt system? 33. What is the difference between English peas, snw r sugar peas, and snap peas? 34. Describe hw t get ptates ff t a great start. 35. What are the different temperature requirements f hardy, semi-hardy, tender, and very tender vegetables? 36. Hw des a gardener knw when t plant varius crps? 37. In cvering plants fr frst prtectin, what is the heat surce, i.e., where is the heat stred? 30. What is islatin required in grwing Super Sweet crn varieties? 31. Gardeners ften list pr quality as the reasn mst dn t grw leafy vegetables. What are the keys t great quality lettuce, spinach, chard, and ther leafy vegetables? 710-6