The cheapest way to grow your own vegies

You’ll also find a much wider range of varieties. - by Roger Fox

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The cheapest way to raise vegies is to grow them from seed, and you’ll also find a much wider range of varieties this way.

But transplanting seedlings into the garden can be tricky, so grow vegies the easy way – in Jiffy Pots. You’ll find them at nurseries and garden centres.

Here’s how

STEP 1

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Buy them as a kit which contains the pots of compressed, dried peat, a tray and a clear cover.

STEP 2

Pour warm water over the pots in the tray. In a few minutes they expand into little cylinders.

STEP 3

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Place one seed in the hollow in the top of each cylinder and press into the moist soil.

STEP 4

Drain any excess water, then put the clear plastic cover over the tray to make a mini greenhouse. Put in a warm spot out of full sun.

STEP 5

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When seedlings emerge, remove the cover and place the tray in sun. Keep moist. When seedlings are about 8cm tall, simply plant out, peat pot and all.