Help...too ambitious?!

[adnin1@yahoo.com]

After five years as a "grown-up" (ie not living with parents, married with two kids) I finally have a flat which has some outside area, 3 balconies one of which I am attempting to grow things on. The balcony is approximately 3'x4/5' and 10 metres away from a canal. I have on it a four tier plastic greenhouse which I am currently sheltering some plants which I only planted mid-march and a tomato greenhouse which I bought from Wilko. From Sunrise to mid-day it gets full sun and then shade for the rest of the day.

I have one Kenyan Dwarf Bean plant, two Marketmore cucumbers, four Rio Grande tomatoes, three and a half Dorset Nagas (which are tucked up inside at night with the kids), 1 Honeydew Melon and two sunflower plants (planted by my two evergrowing toddlers). Am I being over ambitious? How do I continue growing these plants...what type of pots, soil, fertilisers,any trailing devices?

Sorry for going on but having got this far I don't want anything to go...Help!!

[IgglePiggle]

Not really about your post, but your user name. Its not a good idea to use your email addy as a username, as the spam bots will soon (if not already) pick it up and your get flooded with spam! I know its yahoo, but it gets annoying trying to find a real email in amongst spam

Just trying to help

[adnin1@yahoo.com]

Thanks...I accidently typed it in and hit register without realising and now can't find a way of changing it. Any ideas?

[IgglePiggle]

Don't know if you can... Maybe admin could do it, but not sure how you get hold of them

[ckfe]

might be easier to just set up a completely new profile with a new user name

[adnin1@yahoo.com]

I've just e-mailed the 'webmaster', see how that goes. I am ashamed to admit that in my previous life (before marriage and kids) I was an IT teacher lecturing on correct internet usage! Now I'm more familiar with...Igglepiggle and co.

[IgglePiggle]

Now I'm more familiar with...Igglepiggle and co.

Welcome to the club

[Two_Sheds]

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[Two_Sheds]

As to your plants, keep doing what you're doing. As they get bigger, they'll need bigger pots. Multi-purpose compost is fine, choose peat-free if you care about the peat bogs.

Container plants need a bit of a feed when they get bigger. Make your own from comfrey leaves (there are loads of posts, do a search for recipes etc), or get some tomato feed.

Your container plants will get very thirsty, so put a saucer under each container, and possibly mix some water-retaining gel into the compost (or shredded washing up sponges)