Container Veggies thread

[Gwen11ian]

Thanks for the reassurance Two_Sheds! I grew up in Pennsylvania.. winter usually involved about three feet of snow for five months.. it's a new experience, this 'growing' things over the winter-time.

[lyndap]

Just had quick read through all the old posts,but cant see anything Im not already growing in tubs and not growing anything different to what is already listed.Any new ideas anyone?

[selfraising]

I've not seen sweetcorn mentioned, so I'll add my twopenneth worth. I grew sweetcorn year before last in a metal dustbin, minipop variety, they did really well.

[Meschuee]

I'm pleased to see some of you grow courgettes in tubs as I was told by a neighbour that they grow too big for this and need much more root room. I have a large garden and don't grow a lot in pots but thought I'd try courgettes and tomatoes this year.

Penny

[zazen999]

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[Gryfon]

This year I have horseradish in a huge pot. I shall have tomatoes in pots and that's about it I think. My mum does lots of lettuce in pots.

[divvy]

I am going to google both of those as I have never heard of Amaranth and can't remember ever seeing Rosebay willow herb .
Dutch , I grow everything in containers except my full size runners . This year we are experimenting . In hanging baskets I have , Hestia runner bean , snow peas , dwarf beans , tomato and 3 different kinds of strwberry . In troughs I have , or will have , cucumber , snow peas ,peas , corgette , chard , Spinach,2 types of tomato , cherry and ordinary ,Mixed salad leaves , chillies , carrot and spring onion .You can't move in my greenhouse at the moment , can't wait to get some outside and make more room .

[Zenithtb]

I'm growing anything I can get my hands on in pots, bottles etc.
Broccoli -> Failed, straight to seed
Raspberry -> Going great guns
Lettuce -> Seems to be pretty good; will try in a sandwich and see!
Grape -> Also seems to be happy (producing little 'bunchlets' (?))
Tomatoes -> Although started nearly dead (outside in winter) are all coming back to life
Radishes -> 100% dead. 3 x over. Using soil agent now to kill fly maggots... Eurgh
About to pot up blackberry, gooseberry, red currant and black currant. Expect them to work

Mark

[SarzWix]

My best successes in pots have been;
carrots - perfect, never managed to get them to grow in the ground though!
salad potatoes - clean, easy to harvest
dwarf french beans - better crop from a big pot than the ones in the ground
petit pois peas - the ones in pots with copper tape round gave us early peas, the ones in the ground got munched

[Jenegade]

Last year in pots I had:

Strawberries - fruited well
Peas - 3 to a pot and had lots of peas, although they were planted a little late.
Courgette - grew well, but no courgettes, probably because I planted late and had too many in one pot!
Carrots - again not a long enough growing season, but were tasty baby carrots when I harvested.

This year I have/ will have in pots/bags:

Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Peas
Courgettes
Carrots
Potatoes
Parsnips
Spinach
Lettuce
Salad Leaves
American Land Cress
Onions (in a trough - only one germinated so far!)
Brussel Sprouts (might not work, but no room in the ground! )
Sweetcorn (possibly...)
Strawberries
Blackberry
Currants (not sure of colour yet )
Gooseberry
Raspberrys
Blueberries

[BumbleB]

Its interesting to see that carrots seem to do well in containers. I also watched a old gardeners world where carrots were grown in deep oil cans and did very well, did not catch the variety though. Maybe it is easier to control the conditions in a container and to keep on top of pests. I think I will search for a suitable container.

[Mi Jardín]

BumbleB....I believe I heard that carrot fly cannot fly above 30cm, so pots are much better!

I only have one bed that has enough sun for growing, I have:
Cobra French Beans
Polestar Runner Beans
PSB
Cauliflowers
Sprouts
Peas
Borlotto Beans
Onions
Garlic
Carrots
Strawberries
Gooseberry
Leeks
Potatoes (earlies and main crop)
pak choi
Lettuce (in a plastic baby bath!)
and shortly tomatoes as well....I'm sure I've forgotten something but you get the idea!

[Mi Jardín]

oh... and the cucumbers, courgettes and corn are in pots at the moment but are going to squeeze into the last remaining bit of soil in the bed soon!

[Bren In Pots]

Up to yet I've set

Tomatoes
Carrots
Parsnips
4 types of Lettuce
Spring Onions
Runner beans
Basil
Parsley

I'd love to grow pak choi but mine always bolts

[Storming Norman]

Hi All,

I started planting out my container veg and flowers today and wondered if this tip might be of interest to someone:

I find that all containers need a lot of watering when the plants are fully grown, or in the warm weather. A way of keeping this under control cheaply for those of you with clay soil [or access to some] is to use a layer of sticky solid clay in the bottom of the container before filling up with planting compost - 2''-4'' will do depending on the container size. This can be dug from a spare part of the garden where the soil is not so good and is better for pots than any water retaining gel.

It still allows for the pot to drain - just much more slowly - so any really dry container will get properly wetted before the water runs off.

I've been practicing this for years and it saves a lot of watering time with my many containers and hanging baskets. It's also fertile so a good source of plant food.

Ann