Container Gardening

You can grow almost anything in a pot if you have the creativity, desire and space. Tomatoes, eggplant and peppers all seem to do well. Creativity is the key. Since your tomatoes and other container plants are going to be small... Why not plant items that can be harvested sooner in the containers as well. Lettuce, radishes and herbs are great companions to be harvested earlier. I've seen cucumbers and zucchini in hanging baskets.

I love to start contrainer gardening too... spring will be here soon. I have a gardening kit given by my step-daghter, it's herb. I guess you may want to start with herbs (if you like herbs) because it is easy to manage and you can put in near the kitchen sink and you will not forget to water it, just in case. It can also come handy when you are cooking your food.

nope havent done that yet..but its a good idea i guess and very rewarding..during harvest time...

I love gardening, but I am quite awful at it. One of the things I have had great success with was sage in a container. I forgot I had planted it, and found it growing like crazy half-way through the season. Now it comes back every year without me doing much of anything to it.

Obviously, herbs work great. Yes, tomatoes also work really well. My grandfather has alot of success with green bell peppers and radishes in containers. The only things that I have in pots are my herbs, a couple of miniature fruit trees, and bougainvillea...

So far me and hubby have done tomatoes, bell peppers, and hot peppers in containers, along with strawberry plants. I have a gadening magazine that says you can do cucumbers in a container (a larger size container), just leave enough room so the vines can spread. Not sure exactly how much room you have, so yes, it might be an issue.

All I have been doing is container gardening or rather trying to grow seasonal flowering plants with mixed success. Veggies I havent tried yet. Its actually this Indian sun which has already started to blaze in all its glory and removing so many tubs and keeping in the shade and then again putting them out in the evening is a real pain. so the plants are struggling and so am I. my mom though had quite a collection of veggies on our terrace (when she was younger). we had tomatoes, peas, bean and onions too. mostly winter veggies because again due to the sun factor, its difficult to grown veggies is not on direct land. She used to plant the seens around mid-October and by Jan we had the harvest ready lol! what fun it was to see red tomatoes, young velvety beens, dewy peas and swaying onion leeks on our very own terrace. She used to loosen the soil twice or thrice a week, water them as per the wet condition of the soil, put in tea leaves and other vegetable skins as manure (her own speciality). Rather she used to pile up the tea leaves and skins in a bit broken bucket on the terrace and it was like a continous supply of natural manure.

Seems to me you have quite a bit of info on growing container veggies, Ldy. Carrots can also grow in containers. I've had great success with them and beets. My garden soil is still pretty rocky even thou I've been removing them as I see them so root crops don't do very well in it yet. They have been doing great in containers thou. Anyone can start a compost pile anywhere. If you happen to have an excess of 5-gallon buckets, use one just for compost. Put in a shovelful of soil or horse/cow/chicken/goat manure along with shredded newspaper and your kitchen scraps (no meat or dairy products thou) and your well on your way to a small compost pile. If you manage to get a bucket with a lid, put the lid on it and give it a couple spins on the ground every few days to mix it. Also adding worms to it will help as well. FYI..if you can't find plenty of worms in the ground, a bait shop will have red wigglers at a decent price. Should only need a few dozen to start if you plan on adding worms. Hope all this helps ya. http://www.nwf.org/backyard/compost.cfm http://www.cityfarmer.org/wormcomp61.html http://www.metrokc.gov/dnrp/swd/composting/wormbins.asp This one is the best one with the most info, I think... http://www.compostsantacruzcounty.org/Home_Composting/Backyard_Composting/by_bins.htm

Yep, I have done tomatos, they are easiest. You could also do pole beans, cucumbers, onions.. those are what we have tried and were able to raise easily. Good luck. Keep us updated!

I have grown a few things in container gardens sprouts is probably the most common item I have grown in small containers (mason jars) next common item would be tomatoes which I have grown in 5 gallon buckets - a large aquarium that had a leak - and get this, I have even used the inside drum of a dryer! I have done peppers, but the only ones that have done well for me are the hot pepper varieties to include cayenne, tabasco and banana.

I have a regular garden so I do not grow vegetables in containers. I do however have container gardens with water lilies and other water plants as well as giving some of my tropical fish a summer vacation in these containers. I use the round tubs that have ropes as handles for my container water gardens. If I wanted to grow vegetable in containers , I would not have them in small containers , especially heavy feeding plants like the tomatoes but rather would have them in something that has at least 5 gallons or more space for the plants to grow in. Another trick to get larger tomatoes is to plant the tomatoes with only a few leaves above the ground, the rest will grow roots so that they can get more nourishment to make better fruits. Just take off the lower leaves when you plant them.