Best soil and fertilizer for eggplant, green pepper, Korean lettuce (Growing eggplant, pepper, etc)
Growing white eggplants, green peppers, and Korean lettuce in home garden. Using organic fertilizers, we’ll create soil suitable for cultivating white eggplants, green peppers, and Korean lettuce. （Best soil and fertilizer for white eggplants, bell peppers, and Korean lettuce.）
For cultivating green peppers, white eggplants, and Korean lettuce, the bed size is approximately 60cm x 120cm (2 feet x 4 feet). Here, we’ll mix compost and fertilizer to create soil suitable for cultivation.
Fertilization and bed preparation for white eggplants, bell peppers, and Korean lettuce
Green peppers, white eggplants, and Korean lettuce are grown through pesticide-free, organic cultivation, so we use only organic fertilizers for them. The base fertilizer (applied before planting) consists of 1.5 liters (50 oz) of fully ripened cattle manure, 80cc (2.86 oz) of canola cakes, and 80cc (2.86 oz) of fully matured chicken manure. (Best organic fertilizer for eggplants, peppers, and Korean lettuce.)
For the organic fertilizers used in growing eggplants, peppers, and lettuce, cattle manure is primarily used as compost rather than as a fertilizer. Mixing cattle manure compost into clayey soil can be expected to improve the soil quality. Cattle manure compost is compost made from cattle manure, but it is fully matured and fermented, so there is almost no unpleasant odor.
Canola cake and fully matured chicken manure are included as the base fertilizer. Canola cake, which is the residue left after squeezing soybeans or canolas, is rich in nitrogen as a fertilizer component. (Nitrogen is essential for the growth of vegetable stems and leaves.)
Chicken manure is an organic fertilizer made by drying and fermenting chicken droppings. I am using granulated chicken manure. Chicken manure contains a balanced mix of nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, which are essential fertilizers. As for its usage, chicken manure is commonly used not only as a base fertilizer like in this case, but also as a supplementary fertilizer for additional-fertilizing.
Cattle manure compost, canola cake, and chicken manure are spread and mixed into the plots for white eggplants, bell peppers, and etc….
After adding the fertilizer, dig the section of the plot to a depth of 30cm (1 ft). You can use the length of the shovel blade, which is about 30cm, as a guide for the depth. If digging is difficult, you can simply cultivate the soil with a hoe. (Since the drainage of the plot I am renting is not very good, I decided to dig deeper than usual to improve it as much as possible.)
Return the soil to the dug area and create raised bed for white eggplants, bell peppers, and Korean lettuce. The trick is to gently mound the soil while allowing air to be incorporated. This increases the “fluffiness" of the soil and creates height in the raised beds.
To prevent soil from collapsing, shape the bed with a trowel and wooden boards. Make the top of the bed flat and compact the sides slightly for added strength.
Afterward, cover the bed with black polythene mulch, and secure the mulch with mulch pins. The bed for white eggplants, bell peppers, and Korean lettuce is completed.
Following is the video for how-to. English subtitles are available.