Straw Hay Bale Garden
One of the coolest things about straw bale gardening is that it combines the best of container gardening with vertical gardening.
Straw hay bale garden. The bottom line to remember is that straw wont compete with your plants but hay will. Ill walk you through the set up process and how to know when your bales are ready for planting. 22 comments wheeping willow2 4u says. Home gardening for beginners how to begin hay bale gardening or how to start a straw bale garden how to begin hay bale gardening or how to start a straw bale garden.
So hay bale gardening differentiates from straw bale gardening in several ways. Thats a huge plus. June 4 2020 at 740 pm you said first 6 days you put nitrogen then. Karsten recommends erecting seven foot tall posts at the end of each row of bales and running wire between them at intervals of 10 inches from the tops of the bales.
The hay will say hey to your plants and you dont want them socializing. Hay bales are grasses that have been dried and baled together. Straw bale gardening works because the straw just composts giving all its nutrients to your seeds. If you use hay bales chances are good youll end up growing hay rather than vegetables.
How to start a straw bale garden learn how to set up your straw bale garden. Think of it this way. Straw bales are stalks of plants typically corn that are dried and baled together in various shapes and sizes. Straw bale gardening problems.
One of the major benefits of hay. The most important detail is that you dont have to worry about seeds in hay bales. Straw bales should be used for your vegetable garden because straw unlike hay does not contain seeds. As a result these bales usually contain timothy and alfalfa seeds which can sprout into plants when wet.
As your seeds sprout you can use the bottom wire to drape a plastic tarp to create an instant. Straw dries out more quickly compared to regular garden soil straw tends to dry out more quickly especially in warm dry climates so be prepared for frequent watering or install a drip feed system as explained in step 7 of chapter 2. June 4 2020 john gardening for beginners 22.