The cheapest way to grow your own vegies
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
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
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
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.
