What you are up against as a home gardener
Very few home gardeners reach the pinnacle of growing food. Many fall by the way side and even more resort to using chemical based materials – a big no- if you want to grow organically and healthily.
Incomplete and unbalance fertilization leads down the path of toxic rescue chemistry. using Vital Veggie Super Soil, and Vital Veggie Visits sees you on a different path.
We have put together this comparison table for you which outlines the features of the Vital Veggies service and what you'd need to do to grow a home veggie garden for yourself. Vital Veggies provides an accelerated and easy start to growing food in your backyard with the ability to change service levels - subject to the requisite notice. This is designed to match your changing needs and knowledge.
Vital Veggies delivers right from the start. Home gardening has never been easier. Check all the ticked boxes for Vital Veggies - we make it simpler than taking a visit to the products aisle of a major hardware store or nursery.
Raised bed garden options and their installation |
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Requirements / Service / Task that needs to be done for successful biological - organic home gardening |
You, the home Gardener |
Other Gardening Services |
Vital Veggies with Visits |
| Galvanized iron raised bed gardens of various lengths | You can buy | % | % |
| Rendered raised bed gardens exclusive to Vital Veggies | You can buy | X | % |
| Timber raised bed gardens | You can make | % | % |
| Other options such as in-ground gardens, terrace gardens | You can make | % | % |
Soil Related |
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Requirements / Service / Task that needs to be done for successful biological - organic home gardening |
You, the home Gardener |
Other Gardening Services |
Vital Veggies with Visits |
| Initial soil testing: at around $185 for a single test, that's out of the league for most home gardeners | X | X | % |
| Soil amendments based on the soil tests | X | X | % |
| Soil that has been remineralized with a selection of rock dusts | X | X | % |
| Tested levels of soil organic matter and a value of > 50 for the cation exchange capacity | X | X | % |
| Soil inoculation with powerful beneficial soil bacterium to provide nitrogen, carbon and mobilized plant nutrients | X | X | % |
| Feeding those bacterium at regular intervals and re-inoculation | X | X | % |
| Annual soil testing of Vital Veggies soil and amendments based on that test | X | X | % |
| Biodynamic preparations added to the soil to boost microbial life and humus formation | X | X | % |
Watering - Irrigation options and who can do them |
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Requirements / Service / Task that needs to be done for successful biological - organic home gardening |
You, the home Gardener |
Other Gardening Services |
Vital Veggies with Visits |
| Watering by hand or by water can | % | % | % |
| Basic drip irrigation system installed-manually operated | % | % | % |
| Automated drip irrigation installed | % | % | % |
Plant care: |
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Requirements / Service / Task that needs to be done for successful biological - organic home gardening |
You, the home Gardener |
Other Gardening Services |
Vital Veggies with Visits |
| Seedlings: | |||
| Grown out from Diggers seeds, organic where available | Possible | Maybe | % |
| Seeds inoculated with myccorhizal fungi populations | Unlikely | Unlikely | % |
| Additions of humic acid to seedlings to stimulate robust, healthy growth. | Unlikely | Unlikely | % |
| All plantings are done in cycle with the phases of the moon | Unlikely | Unlikely | % |
| Seeds are grown in flats, and picked out at a 3 to 4 weeks old into 250ml pots where the seedlings have ample room for growth | Unlikely | Unlikely | % |
| Foliar sprays of fish/seaweed emulsion are used regularly | Possible | Unlikely | % |
| You get what you want with respect to numbers of seedlings and you don't need to buy punnet lots | Possible | Unlikely | % |
| Seedling replacement if they die in any reason | Your Cost | Unlikely | % |
| Transplanting: | |||
| Adolescent plants are transplanted after soaking the root ball in humic acid | X | X | % |
| Companion planting | Not Sure | Not Sure | % |
| Plant densities are boosted by following a hexagonal planting pattern | Not Sure | Not Sure | % |
| Understoreys of nitrogenous legumes promoted | Not Sure | Not Sure | % |
| Succession planting: | |||
| Crop rotations respected | Possible | Possible | % |
| Bio dynamic compost added to the soil between plantings | Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | % |
| Veggies of your choice planted | % | % | % |
Growing out - Vital Veggie Visits services: |
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Requirements / Service / Task that needs to be done for successful biological - organic home gardening |
You, the home Gardener |
Other Gardening Services |
Vital Veggies with Visits |
| Foliar sprays of fish/seaweed emulsion are used on alternate visits | Maybe | Not Sure | % |
| Soil inoculations of mycorrhiza fungi for improved root and hence plant performance alternating visits | Maybe | Not Sure | % |
| Soil inoculations of beneficial soil bacteria with alternating visits | Maybe | Not Sure | % |
| Weeding | % | % | % |
| Plant replacement from accidental damage | At Your Cost | Not Sure | % |
As home gardener, what else may I need or need to do? |
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Requirements / Service / Task that needs to be done for successful biological - organic home gardening |
You, the home Gardener |
Other Gardening Services |
Vital Veggies with Visits |
| Fertilizers | Needed | Maybe | % in the plan |
| Soil amendments | Needed | Maybe | % in the plan |
| Pest control | Needed | Maybe | Not Needed |
| Fungicides | Needed | Maybe | Not Needed |
| Trace Elements | Needed | Maybe | % in the plan |
| Compost | Needed | Maybe | % in the plan |
| Seeds or seedlings | Needed | Maybe | % in the plan |
| Planting | Needed | Maybe | Your Choice |
| Watering | Your Responsibility | Unlikely | Your Responsibility |
Who gardens for you? |
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Requirements / Service / Task that needs to be done for successful biological - organic home gardening |
You, the home Gardener |
Other Gardening Services |
Vital Veggies with Visits |
| Do you have a master gardener, that actually does the gardening? | No | Not Sure | Absolutely |
| Do you have an agronomist to guide you with anything tricky? | No | Not Sure | Absolutely |
| Do you have an expert in soils, plant propagation, growing and problem solving to help you excel? | No | Not Sure | Absolutely |
Listening to what you want… |
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Requirements / Service / Task that needs to be done for successful biological - organic home gardening |
You, the home Gardener |
Other Gardening Services |
Vital Veggies with Visits |
| Can I change things online? ( available during 2013 ) |
No | Unlikely | Absolutely |
| Do you have gardening app for smart phones? ( available during 2013 ) |
No | Unlikely | Absolutely |
| Can I change the vegetables I want to grow? | Use them and then, yes | Use them and then, yes | Use them and then, yes |
| What if I want to stop completely? | OK | Not Sure | Yes, OK and how, depends on your starting plan |
At Vital Veggies we have created the best vegetable gardening service we possibly can where we tick the boxes. We garden for you, exactly the same way as we garden for ourselves. But please remember, gardens are a place where we work with nature. Sometimes things take time and other times we have to respond to challenges that nature throws at us. Our team at Vital Veggies will garden for you as we would for ourselves.
Please check out your garden and service investment for your Vital Veggies garden NOW.