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Hi All,
Three weeks into allotment ownership (and with very limited previous gardening experience) we're already worrying that our half plot may be too small for us and we are looking for ways to maximise the space we have got.
Since getting the plot, we have embarked on a skip diving spree which has so far netted 4 of the old recycling bins which the council replaced with wheelie bins a few years ago. Not sure of the exact dimensions but picture below.
I've also got a small steel dustbin (30cm x 45cm), various buckets, rubble sacks, fertiliser bags etc.
From my research on here and elsewhere, plastic 30 litre tubs seem to be the optimum size for growing potatoes in (about what my steel dustbin is) and I'm wondering how to make the best use of what I've accumulated so far.
Questions (so far)
1. Would the green recycling bins be better used for tomatoes in the greenhouse (and possibly outside later) or would they be suitable for spuds.
2. Drainage holes - the green bins already have 4 small drainage holes on the base. Is it better to add more holes in the base or 1.5" up the sides as I've seen suggested.
3.Watering - is there any point in putting a bit of pipe (I've got my eye on some in a local skip) into each of the containers to improve/speed up watering?
I'm sure there will be other questions and apologies if they are dim or have been done to death elsewhere - if so please point me in the direction of other threads.
Many thanks,
Mr & Mrs C.
Three weeks into allotment ownership (and with very limited previous gardening experience) we're already worrying that our half plot may be too small for us and we are looking for ways to maximise the space we have got.
Since getting the plot, we have embarked on a skip diving spree which has so far netted 4 of the old recycling bins which the council replaced with wheelie bins a few years ago. Not sure of the exact dimensions but picture below.
I've also got a small steel dustbin (30cm x 45cm), various buckets, rubble sacks, fertiliser bags etc.
From my research on here and elsewhere, plastic 30 litre tubs seem to be the optimum size for growing potatoes in (about what my steel dustbin is) and I'm wondering how to make the best use of what I've accumulated so far.
Questions (so far)
1. Would the green recycling bins be better used for tomatoes in the greenhouse (and possibly outside later) or would they be suitable for spuds.
2. Drainage holes - the green bins already have 4 small drainage holes on the base. Is it better to add more holes in the base or 1.5" up the sides as I've seen suggested.
3.Watering - is there any point in putting a bit of pipe (I've got my eye on some in a local skip) into each of the containers to improve/speed up watering?
I'm sure there will be other questions and apologies if they are dim or have been done to death elsewhere - if so please point me in the direction of other threads.
Many thanks,
Mr & Mrs C.
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