Welcome

Gardens With Purpose

Joanne Ng

joanne@Gardens-With-Purpose.comHP 90021190

Yes, You CAN ! ! !

Where to Buy

World Farm : for all your Gardening Needs, cheap and lots to choose from

6752 0500 or 9751 0100 Alfred

Hydroponic Stuff : Sponge & Nutrients

9851 8913 (Ai Ling)

Both are at Bah Soon Pah Road (along Sembawang Road, near Khatib)

What is the Secret to Green Fingers ?

3 Tips to The magic touch1. ______________2. ______________3. ______________

Why Gardening ?

• Your Reasons

Our Gardening Progfor Schools

Vegetables or Orchids

4-Lesson which incorporate Care, Character & 21st C Skills

2-hour Easy Start

Pot-Of Hope $8-$18 per student

Gardening Starter Kits : $8, $18, $28For teachers to teach their students

Why Home Gardening ? Survey : Happiest People Nature Therapy Grounded : Good Lessons about Growth Family Bond

Important Life Lessons : Care, Responsibility, Protect,

Observation, Environment, Delay Gratification (Patience)

Why Gardening ?

Green Economy

Video-1

Home-GrownRevolution

What do you like in this video-clip ?

Why Vegetables ?

• Familiar• Useful - can eat• Healthy - Nature’s Best Food• Beautiful

What is Organic, WHY ?Staying away from Pesticides &

Chemical Fertilizers

Healthy Vegetables rich in Beta Carotene ?

Mostly Red & Yellow.

Sweet Potatoes Red Carrot Cauliflower Cabbage Broccoli Spinach

Cruciferous Vegetables

Detox, Anti-Inflammation,Cancer-Prevention, etc

Cauliflower Cabbage Broccoli Tumeric, Bittergourd Cucumbers Turnips, Aloe Vera

How to Start ?

Some Vegetables do not have Seeds

Sweet Potato Yam Ginger Beet Root

Where to Get your Seeds ?

Farmers Seed Wholesalers online Seed Retailers NTUC, Cold Storage

Garden Nursery

Where to Get your Seeds ?

Eat the Fruits andKeep the Seeds

Lime & Lemons PumpkinsTomatoes Avocado Papaya

Pumpkin Seeds

Tomato Seeds

Where to Get your Seeds ?

Grow them yourself

Ladies Fingers Cucumber

Turnip Radish

Ladies Fingers

What is the other name for Ladies Fingers

aCucumber

Plant

Seeds are IMPERFECT

Seeds must be kept cool & dry

Not all SEEDS will germinate

No 2 Seeds are Identical

Lifespan of seeds

Requirement for Germination

• Fresh Water

• Oxygen

• Temperature• ____________________________• Darkness or Light (Lettuce)

• Special Requirement to break Dormancy

Secret : NO Fertilizers

Video 2Germination

How to Grow Wheatgrass

Wheat Grass Sprouting

Young Plants – Easy Transplant

Total System (the Environment)

Node

AirWater

NutrientsSupportSpace

Sunlight 100% for most vegetables

AvoidRain

Strong WindsInsects

Sunlight for Vegetables

• Good Sunlight (50-100%)

• Using Nets

• Artificial Light : 98% Blue Light & 2% Red Light

Watering (Like Raining)

• Plants take water from Roots & Leaves

• When to Water : evening & early morning

• How to Water ? ? ?

• Never Splash Water on the Plants during HOT SUN, check tap water before spraying (HOT HOT)

• Remove Chlorine in Water

Soil or Soil-Less

Soil Preparation Loose Soil for aeration Cool & Dark Before you can plant, soil

preparation is a must. Dig the soil to a depth of at least 6-10 inches.

Add a two to four inch layer of organic matter and incorporate it into the soil. Organic matter will improve your soil structure and will add nutrients to the soil.

Pots for Planting Holes for drainage

Deep

Ventilation

your opinion of those “self-watering pots”

Propagation (Ti Wan Miao)

Fertilizers

• About Organic Fertilizers (Dirt Farming)

• InOrganic Fertilizers

• Overdose of Fertilizers kills Plants

Plant Nutrition• Primary Nutrients Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen• Macro Nutrients Nitrogen - Leaves Phosphorous - Roots Potassium - Flowers• Secondary Nutrients – Cell Wall Calcium, Mg, Sulphate• Micro Nutrients - Trace Element Enzyme Systems for Bacteria : Zinc, Iron, Cu, Sodium

Cucumber PlantationWhy Rows of Raise Beds ?

Cucumber PlantationWhy Rows of Raise Beds ?

Drainage, Drainage, Drainage Cooling Max Land Space Bigger SunLight Surface Area, Walking Easy Harvesting Neat Rows

Propagation

New Node

AirWater

Nutrients

Propagation

Diseases• For Vegetables, don’t use

Insecticides & Fungicides

• Use Nets : Green House• Pests, Rain & Wind

• Neem Oil or other repellents• Video-3 : Neem Benefits

• Use Natural Home-made Pesticides (See Notes)

Pesticides• Pesticide for Human : DEET

Video : Toxic DEET

Ingredients used in some Organic Pesticides

Dish Soap Oil Garlic Chilly Repellent Plants Neem Oil

Plant Nutrition – Hydroponic Methods

• Solution A & B

• 1 part to 100 parts

• Change water every 3-5 Days

Any Containers

• Allows Water & Air Flow

• PVC - non-LEAD, white Air-Cond Duct - NO

• Dark - non-transparent

Farm Visit : The Environment

NodeAir

WaterNutrientsSupport

Sunlight 50%

AvoidRain

Strong WindsInsects

Hydroponic Systems4. Passive System

Capillary Action

Hydroponic Systems4. Passive System

Hydroponic SystemsNutrient Film Technology

Hydroponic Systems1. Drip System

Soil- Less

Hydroponic Systems2. Nutrient Film Technique

Hydroponic Systems3. Flood & Drain System

CommercialHydroponic Systems

CommercialHydroponic Systems

Video 3 : Growing Lettuce Commercially