Add-fertilizer for leafy vegetables and resowing seeds (Starting a vegetable garden from scratch)
How to start a home garden in winter. Last time, I explained how to sow leafy vegetable seeds and create a grow tunnels. This time, we’ll start by checking how the seeds sown last time are doing.
![Add-fertilizer for leafy vegetables and resowing seeds](https://www.vege-try.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/re-seed-and-additional-fertilizer-a-en.jpg)
First, let’s take a look at the spinach sown in the frontmost bed. (Spinach is relatively resilient to cold, so it is often cultivated in winter garden.)
![The bed of spinach](https://www.vege-try.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/re-seed-and-additional-fertilizer-b-en.jpg)
![](https://www.vege-try.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/re-seed-and-additional-fertilizer-c-en.jpg)
For fertilizing, we use chicken manure. The amount is 2-3 pellets per hole in the mulch. In winter, since the decomposition of fertilizers is slow, this amount of add-fertilizing is sufficient.
![Organic chicken manure fertilizer (fully matured fermentation)](https://www.vege-try.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/re-seed-and-additional-fertilizer-d-en.jpg)
Using your finger, make a hole away from the base of the plant, add-fertilizer, and then lightly cover it with soil. Since direct contact with the roots can harm them, apply fertilizing a bit away.
![Apply fertilizing away from the base of the plant](https://www.vege-try.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/re-seed-and-additional-fertilizer-e-en.jpg)
![Spread 2-3 pellets of chicken manure](https://www.vege-try.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/re-seed-and-additional-fertilizer-f-en.jpg)
In areas where there is no germination or only one seed has sprouted, sow the seeds again.
![In areas where there is no germination](https://www.vege-try.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/re-seed-and-additional-fertilizer-g-en.jpg)
![Sow the seeds again](https://www.vege-try.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/re-seed-and-additional-fertilizer-h-en.jpg)
The biggest challenges in winter vegetable cultivation are poor germination rates due to the cold and slow growth even if germination occurs. We provide insulation with non-woven fabric and grow tunnel, but there’s nothing we can do about the winter cold.
After additional fertilizing and reseeding, we cover the non-woven fabric again, water it, and put back the grow tunnel.
![Cover the non-woven fabric again and water](https://www.vege-try.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/re-seed-and-additional-fertilizer-i-en.jpg)
The middle bed is for baby leaf greens (mesclun greens). Here, similar to before, we perform additional fertilizing, reseeding, and watering.
![The bed of baby leaf greens (mesclun greens)](https://www.vege-try.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/re-seed-and-additional-fertilizer-j-en.jpg)
![](https://www.vege-try.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/re-seed-and-additional-fertilizer-k-en.jpg)
The back row is the bed where we planted komatsuna, baby bok choy, and sugar snap peas.
![The bed of komatsuna, baby bok choy, and sugar snap peas](https://www.vege-try.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/re-seed-and-additional-fertilizer-l-en.jpg)
![](https://www.vege-try.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/re-seed-and-additional-fertilizer-m-en.jpg)
This bed has a low germination rate, so I will replant red leaf lettuce seeds.
![This bed has a low germination](https://www.vege-try.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/re-seed-and-additional-fertilizer-n-en.jpg)
![Red leaf lettuce seeds](https://www.vege-try.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/re-seed-and-additional-fertilizer-o-en.jpg)
I decided to sow seeds again and also plant additional seedlings in the area designated for sugar snap peas. (No additional fertilization for sugar snap peas.)
![Sugar snap pea seedlings](https://www.vege-try.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/re-seed-and-additional-fertilizer-p-en.jpg)
Cover only the leaf lettuce with non-woven fabric, leaving the snap peas uncovered.
![Do not cover snap peas with non-woven fabric](https://www.vege-try.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/re-seed-and-additional-fertilizer-q-en.jpg)
After watering, putting back the grow tunnels completes the process.
![After watering, putting back the grow tunnels](https://www.vege-try.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/re-seed-and-additional-fertilizer-r-en.jpg)
Following is the video for how-to. English subtitles are available.
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