By Kent Rogers | March 2008

• Introduction
• Prepare your bales
• What to plant & how to care for it
• Resources
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Prepare Your Bales

It takes 10 days to prepare your bales.

Days 1–3: Water the bales thoroughly and keep them wet.

Days 4–6: Sprinkle the bales with ½ cup of ammonium nitrate (34-0-0) per bale per day and water it well.

Days 7–9: Cut back to ¼ cup of ammonium nitrate per bale per day and continue to water it in well.

Day 10: No more ammonium nitrate, but do add 1 cup of 10-10-10 fertilizer per bale and water it in well.

Day 11: Transplant your plants into the bales. I used a spatula to make a crack in the bale for each plant. Place the plant down to its first leaf and close the crack back together as best you can.