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Vegetable Farming From its Beginnings
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    Vegetable Farming From its Beginnings

    By Ines Hajdu | Agronomy, Blog Comments are Closed | 20 April, 2017 | 0

    Vegetable farming is a type of crop production intended primarily for human consumption of the crop’s edible parts such as the shoot, leaves, fruits, and roots. According to the consume part of the crop, vegetables are divided into the following groups:

    • Leaf vegetables (lettuce, cabbage, spinach)
    • Fruit vegetables (pepper, cucumber, tomato)
    • Root vegetables (carrot, radish, sweet potato)
    • Bulb vegetables (garlic, onion, fennel)
    • Flower vegetables (artichoke, cauliflower, broccoli)

    Crops Leaf Fruit

    Global vegetable crop production has consistently increased in recent years. The growth of vegetable production is shown in the table below.

    Global vegetable crop production

    Despite the fact that vegetable farming is a labor-intensive practice, it’s very popular among farmers as a high-income branch of farming. The secret to vegetable farming profitability lies in its high market price of crops, as well as in high demands for vegetables year-round.

    Moreover, growing of vegetables is a preferable farm practice in developing and food-insecure countries. Since vegetables are rich in vitamins, minerals, and fibers, they play an important role in diet improvement.

    Differences in the Sowing and Planting of Vegetables

    Growing of vegetables starts with sowing or planting. Vegetable sowing means putting a seed directly into the prepared soil. On the other hand, vegetable planting includes the practice of putting already grown seedlings into the soil. Seedlings can be grown in the field or in greenhouses.

    There are two types of seedlings:

    1. Bare root seedlings are grown in the field from the seed. As the name implies, their roots are separated from the soil when they are moved to the planting site.
    2. Root ball seedlings are grown in pots or blocks and moved to the planting site with the soil attached to the roots.

    Sowing and Planting

    Sowing is a recommended practice for vegetables with delicate roots and taproots, such as carrots, turnips, and radishes. Growing of vegetables from seedlings is more appropriate in cases such as slow-growing perennials, crops with fine and expensive seed, and warm-season crops. Planting is recommended for annual vegetable crops when the soil is too cold or moist for direct sowing. For example, onion and asparagus are vegetables that are usually planted.

    Factors that Determine Successful Vegetable Production from the Early Beginnings

    Whether the growing of vegetables is intended for fresh consumption, processing, or seed production, it can be a profitable business. However, there are a few factors that may influence the profitability of vegetable production from its early beginnings:

    • Seed quality; sowing of quality, clean, labeled, graded to size, viable, and healthy seed can make all the difference between success or failure in vegetable farming
    • Optimal time of sowing/planting; depends on climate and environmental conditions of the specific area, as well as requirements of each crop
    • Method of planting; the secret to successful vegetable farming lies in the managing of optimal crop requirements, by combining production of transplants in the greenhouses with planting in the field

    Finally, considering effective farm management is the first step in creating profitable vegetable production. In essence, farming of these colorful crops can be a profitable business.

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    Text sources: Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

    Image sources: Statista Inc.

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