Thu, 26th April 2007
Growing Vegetables in Pots & Containers
Recently I attended a talk on container growing vegetables, which sparked me into writing a couple of articles on growing vegetables in containers. We used to do this when we had a concrete garden and it’s really surprising what great results you can get.
The first article – Growing Vegetables in Containers – Getting Started does what it says on the tin and covers the basic set up you’re going to need. There are quite a few products on the market nowadays designed for patio and small space vegetable growers and I’ve touched on these as well as the importance of good compost, feeding and watering.
The second part – Growing Vegetables in Containers – What to Grow and How covers some of the different vegetables you can grow at home including links to various seed varieties that are suitable for container growing.
It also covers how to make the most of your containers, successional sowing etc and how to protect your crops. Unfortunately slugs and other pests don’t care where you are growing their food!
Hopefully the advice will be of some help to those without much space who still want to enjoy the taste of home grown vegetables.
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Denise @ 4:53 pm
Thanks, your container articles have been most helpful, especially as I have a small space and I’m trying to grow as much as I can
John @ 8:21 pm
Thanks for letting me know – sometimes you write these things and wonder if anyone read them.
Lawn Mower Man @ 10:20 am
Don’t lose faith… I’m reading it too!!!. Its good to find useful information and hear about other peoples experiences.
Carole Cottier @ 6:19 pm
I have for the first time started growing lupins, tomatoes, parsley, lettuces and peppers indoors as seedlings. Adding plant food once a week and water every day, but all except the peppers are withering and dying and I don’t know what to do to save them.
I am very dissapointed. The compost I am using is from Haskins for seedlings. Can you advise me please? Thanks Carole.
John @ 8:44 am
Carole – difficult to know for sure. Usually you move from seedling compost to multi-purpose compost in larger pots when the seedlings are large enough to handle and the nutrients in there are enough to keep them running for 6 weeks or so.
With tomatoes, you don’t usually feed until the fruit starts to set. I suspect you’re over watering and feeding.
Beej @ 3:33 pm
Have I left it too late to start growing this year? Can you suggest anything I could start now that would help for next year? I know nothing about growing veg etc and have a concrete yard, but have time and enthusiasm. (I’m hoping to start a degree in Environmental Studies, so I want to be as green as I can!)
Thanks
Beej
nicki @ 8:04 am
Could you tell me what veg I could grow in pots as my garden is a sun trap but is all slabbed and have nowhere to plant anything other than in pots.
John @ 9:09 am
I cover container growing in my book Vegetable Growing Month by Month as well as on the site in the articles on Container Growing