Veg in pots

[Clarea1]

For cheap pots you can't go wrong at Wilko's - they did have 3 for price of 2 but think that may have finished. They have got some great gardening stuff in store and very good prices too. Vericulite £1 for a 5ltr bag, growmore £1 a box etc

[SueA]

Doggler, I don't think you'd get very far with asparagus in pots unless you had a giant pot as they need quite a lot of room & need to be left undisturbed. I wonder if anyone has ever tried it though? Asparagus peas are supposed to taste a bit like asparagus, I asked about them in an earlier thread & have been advised to pick them very small as you eat the pod & they can become stringy & tough if you leave them. Chillies work well in pots also.

[lyndap]

£Land good sorce for pots and troughs at this time of year. They also sell quite a bit of gardening stuff as well.SueA,i tried butternut squash in pot last year but not very successful. They grow like mad in the ground. Other people on our allotments tried various squashes in pots,but only with very limited success.

[veggiechicken]

Cheap Pots

A good source of bucket-size pots are florists and other places that sell bunches of cut flowers. Our local greengrocer sells on the buckets at 10 for a pound and I have acquired stacks of them in the past from a nearby florist who just gives them away. I cut off the bottoms and use them for ring culture in the greenhuse, drill holes in others for planting or add a bit of wire for a handle and turn them into "real" buckets.

Its worth asking around!

Happy gardening!
Carole

[Strepsy]

A good source of bucket-size pots are florists and other places that sell bunches of cut flowers. Our local greengrocer sells on the buckets at 10 for a pound and I have acquired stacks of them in the past from a nearby florist who just gives them away. I cut off the bottoms and use them for ring culture in the greenhuse, drill holes in others for planting or add a bit of wire for a handle and turn them into "real" buckets.

Its worth asking around!

Happy gardening!
Carole

I have a load of them too, they're very handy. Got mine from Morrisson's 10 for 99p so it might be worth looking out there or asking.

[SueA]

Thanks for the tips about where to get cheap buckets from.
Lyndap, I'm only trying a couple of butternut squashes because I had the free seeds from GYO mag. & have nowhere to put them in the ground.I thought they would probably need a lot of room but figured maybe if I try training them up some kind of support I might get somewhere, but am not expecting much!

[Mel]

I am also trying the same with butternut squash in large pots Sue. Will report back on how I get on over the course of the year. I'm doing heaps of stuff in tubs - tomatoes, peppers, spuds, carrots, broccoli, herbs, squash, courgette.

[Clarea1]

I cut off the bottoms and use them for ring culture in the greenhuse, drill holes in others for planting or add a bit of wire for a handle and turn them into "real" buckets.

Its worth asking around!

Happy gardening!
Carole[/QUOTE]

whats a ring culture if I may ask?

Clare x

[Katinkka]

I have a load of them too, they're very handy. Got mine from Morrisson's 10 for 99p so it might be worth looking out there or asking.

Try Wilkinsons too. Poundland actually expensive for pots which are pence everywhere else.

[Doggler]

Think I've gone a bit mad! Aside from the onions and six varieties of potatoes I started out with, I've now got parsnips, spring onions, basil, rosemary, parsley, mint, tarragon, thyme, oregano, cucumber, dwarf french beans, chillies, tomatoes, radishes, dwarf cabbage, dwarf cauliflower, carrots, butternut squash, lavender, peas, and sweet peas - all growing in pots! Our little garden is becoming quite an obstacle course.

I've definitely made mistakes with some of them but thanks to the advice on this site I've been able to start again in some cases. Really looking forward to seeing what works and what doesn't.

Oh, did I mention the melon that I'm growing too!

[Alice]

Good for you Doggler, wish you every success. Keep a record so that you can repeat your successes and avoid the mistakes next year.

[SueA]

Sounds great Doggler, just watch out for the slugs & keep eveything well-watered.