kevin101 said:
I did till the soil.
Water occasionally, in between, I can see the soil is try. That is why I was thinking mulching.
How did you till it?
I roto-till my garden to a depth of at least 8 inches; unless I cannot get back in and have weeds growing, I do it only once now, not three passes vert., horiz. and diagnal as I used to .
I plant as soon after doing it as I can as waiting can make a huge difference depending on weather and how many weeds were in the garden in the fall.
I now mulch, in one form or another as much garden as I can depending on mulch available to me. That control weeds better but is not a cure-all.
I have just thrown seeds out when I have planted all that has to have its orderly place and then taken seeds that I did not want to take up space in th e seed box out haphazardly.
Results were what you can expect when you just toss some thing out, lousy Only squash or vining veggies can some times be a nice bonus that way but planting is like shopping , you get what you pay for, little effort , little reward.
Watering, if I think it is too dry before plants sprout or are just coming up I will water for at least one full hour once a week.
With mulch, not as much to worry about as unlike soil, mulch will not dry and crack.
I have seeded, up here in the countries ice-box, tomatoes , onions and other such things that are usually planted live and have had mixed results depending on how warm it was, and howearly and long it stayed warm but all produced usable fruit.
Some plants just take longer than one wants to come up.
An outdoor garden is not like an indoor seed sproutng lab or even close.
Soil is better than the bagged stuff, is taken care of but it works at its own pace, not yours.
Up here carrots take a long, long, long time to come up as do some other veggies where as radishes are here and gone in very short order; though letting them grow and go to seed makes nice flowers the bees love.
