Planting out leafy Seedlings - Arugula, Lettuce and Spinach
Channel: Escaping The Daily Grind
Date: 01/01/2024

I had extra seedlings from my previous planting that I needed to find a place for and I figured this was as good of a place as any in my garden.  Next to some other lettuce, thyme and cilantro.  I also have some onions growing in that bed as well which could help suppress some pest pressure.  I made sure and added some soil acidifier since my soil is extremely high PH.  I also added some nutrients in the form of an organic mixture called happy frog, and also some bone meal and blood meal.  This will help to give the plants a good start, and even more so I added some liquid soluble fertilizer to give them an immediate boost since the organic fertilizer graduals need time to be readily available for the plants to use.  Basically the soil biome needs to break down the fertilizer before the plants can use the nutrients.  

I live in south Texas where we have very mild winters.  We are in hardiness zone 8b which means most of these vegetables will survive all winter long.  while there might be a night or two in the winter where I will need to cover them from a freeze, it is very rare.  And usually it doesn't drop too much to where I cannot protect them with a simple row cover.  I will bring you all back in a few weeks for another video so you can see the progression in growth with these plants.