Help with organic container gardening?
March 27, 2010 by admin
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I’m starting organic container gardening. What fruits, vegetables, and herbs can be grown in what type of containers? How huge does a container need to be for dwarf size blueberries?
I’m probably going to grow: carrots, tomatoes, blueberries, strawberries, broccoli, lettuce, corn, peas, basil, thyme, cantaloupe, celery, cauliflower, and other stuff.
Help with organic container gardening?
March 27, 2010 by admin
Filed under Questions and Answers
I’m starting organic container gardening. What fruits, vegetables, and herbs can be grown in what type of containers? How huge does a container need to be for dwarf size blueberries?
I’m probably going to grow: carrots, tomatoes, blueberries, strawberries, broccoli, lettuce, corn, peas, basil, thyme, cantaloupe, celery, cauliflower, and other stuff.
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tomatoes: at least a 12 or 14 inch pot with one plant to a pot. you could get away with smaller but as the plants get big and produce fruit it might be hard to keep them wet.
herbs: doesnt have to be a huge pot but give them room to grow a bit. you could probably put a couple in each pot in a pinch.
strawberries: can depend on the variety but a straberry jar can do the trick and looks a little nicer than a regular pot. (strawberry jar/pot are clay pots shaped kind of like a large vase and it has several holes all around the pot that you put the plants in to.)
i could probably go on for days, but what it all comes down to is giving each plant plenty of room. blueberries might be tough, not to grow in a pot but to grow them in a pot big enough to let the plant produce lots of berries. maybe it isnt an option, but what about doing a couple of raised beds. raised beds would give you more square feet to plant in without having a couple dozen pots spread out everywhere. ive even seen new landscape timbers that are made out of recycled plastics and can be used for a raised bed. just a thought.