New to this forum but not growing!

[shell]

I am probably going to be the most boring member in the world ever!

I used to have an allotment but had to give it up because of work commitments! Now I grow my veg. in my Mum's garden in pots.

Hopefully some kind soles out there will be able to advise me on what works better in tubs as I am used to growing in the ground.

[zazen999]

Welcome shell

We have lots of container gardeners on here. I started off in containers and in my first year grew onions, carrots, purple sprouting broccolli, courgettes, cucumbers, loads of herbs and salads and about 120 tomato plants that I picked up from someone on freecycle who told me there were about 20 seedlings in the tray and it turned out there were 165 [I gave the rest to friends at work].

Perhaps let us know what you want to grow and we'll try and give you suggestions as to how to grow it in pots.

[Irie Jan]

Hi Shell!
Welcome to the vine. I do hope you had a lovely Christmas day and Boxing day! Enjoy your New Year. Look forward to seeing you about on here!

Take care
xx Jan

[Snadger]

Hi shell and welcome to the vine! You are effectively 'downsizing' then! Good luck with your veg in pots!

[FionaH]

Hi there and welcome to the Vine

[SarzWix]

Welcome to the 'Vine Shell I started off growing in pots too, you can get some good crops - apart from tomatoes & peppers/chillis I think my best crops came from peas & beans.

[shell]

Thanks for the kind welcome. Hopefully I will be growing plenty!

[shell]

Happy New Year to you too. Hopefully I'll be about lots if I have time away from growing!

[shirlthegirl43]

Hello and welcome to the vine.

You can grow all sorts in pots and buckets - there are lots of threads on here if you search about a bit.

[shell]

Didn't really think of it as downsizing but I guess you're right! At least I won't have to do all that spade work! But I'll miss the space I had for my plum and damson trees.

[BrideXIII]

welcome to the vine, I grew in containers last year.
peas
beans
tomatoes
radish
rocket
mustards
carrots
potatoes
strawberries
lettuce

and there are plenty of others you can try.