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How to Grow your own Vegetables in a Pot

2 July 2020
Corporate Communication and Alumni Relations Center (CCARC)
People interested in strengthening their immune system and their health in general would like to limit their exposure to toxic chemicals found in fresh produce, and as fruit and vegetables grown in Thailand contain many pesticides, one suggested option is to grow your own vegetables in a pot.

CMU’s Agricultural Resource System Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, is promoting this very idea and has provided an easy guideline on how to grow your own vegetables in a pot:

First start by choosing vegetables that can be harvested within 30 – 45 days. Such vegetables include kale, cantonese, morning glory, spinach, and leafy lettuce.

Prepare the soil by mixing 1 part of chicken waste, 1 part of burnt rice husk, 3 parts of rice husk together with 3 parts of mold or fertilizer mix. Add the soil mix into 12 inch pots and then sprinkle in half a teaspoon of your chosen vegetable seed. Use mold to cover the seeds and then soak them with water.

Plan to plant in a new pot every 5 -7 days and put them in an open area where the pots can receive sunlight all day long. Water the pots thoroughly once per day and after 5 – 7 days the seeds should begin to germinate.

Young plants mature around 15 – 20 days and should be trimmed to reduce overcrowding. Mature young plants should be re-planted in their own pots and any weak plants should be discarded. Fertilizer may be used such as “46-0-0”, where 1 table spoon is added to 10 liters of water.
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