What to grow in pots?

[busylizzie]

Hello!

I am just starting out with planting a few veg in some lovely raised beds in our garden. Unfortunately, I have got a bit carried away and want to grow a lot more things than I think I will have room for in the beds. But down each side of the house we have plenty of unused, sheltered sunny space where I was going to stick a few pots and grow tomatoes, courgettes and potatoes. I wondered what else of the things I'm intending to grow might do OK in pots? Or what else could I try?
So far I've got

Leeks
onions (red and white)
garlic
carrots
peas
spring onions
cabbage
cauliflower
sprouts
sweetcorn
beetroot

[shirlthegirl43]

Hi and welcome to the vine busylizzie. If you search through the vine there are lots of threads relating to container gardening - try putting container in the search facility.

[gigleypants]

Dont know if it will help but last year (my 1st year) I grew every thing in containers of all shapes and sizes because we had no raised bed or anything, plus didn't know how addictive it was lol.

Carrots - Beetroot - Cabbages - Onions - Lettuce - Peppers - Tomato - Cauliflower ect.

Although we didn't have a huge crop all grew well and tasted great ...

This year we are more organised with the raised beds built and ready to go .. but I would say go for it as long as you dont sow too many together and water when needed should be no problem ..

[moggssue]

I grew alsorts in pots last year - potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, courgettes, french beans, lettuce, carrots just to name a few, oh and herbs too, and they were all fine, I got lovely tasty crops. Now I'm addicted and have a lottie - so watch out!!

[busylizzie]

Great, sounds like anything is fair game then. I like the idea of little cauliflowers in pots.

I think I'll go for anything I have left over once I've sown my beds then, and see how we get on.

[Bren In Pots]

I grow all my veg in pots last year my only real failure was beetroot I think it was because they got waterlogged.
Tomatoes didn't all ripen too well either so I made lots of chutney instead