Container Gardening

mmremshard

If some of you experts don't mind, can you give me some tips on container gardening?

I just posted my current veggies/herbs in my blog (click below). What else works well in a container?

I wanted to try lettuce and cucumber so I'd have all the major ingredients for a salad, but I'm not sure if they'll work well. 

dirtyred

My back "yard" is literally all concrete and gravel--no dirt anywhere, so i grow everything in pots.

Cucumber does well in a pot; I'd recommend having it climb a trellis instead of staying on the ground.  Lettuce is super easy in pots as long as you can keep it watered well.

mmremshard

thanks. maybe i'll try it out. 

~NB~

I grow many things in containers: trees, shrubs, bulbs, annuals, perennials- but the only edible things I grow are herbs, and out of those I only eat the Rosemary. The mint and oregano are used for groundcover and trailing greenery in hanging baskets (respectively).

Diamond_Doll

I planted lettuce and spinach in pots, because they'll last longer in containers than in my garden. Many people also have success growing tomatoes in containers or with Topsy Turby. You could also do a small herb garden.

scatterbrainliz

You can grow anything in pots as long as the pots are big enough so the root system can grow.  I've been container gardening for almost 10 years.  I've grown peppers, eggplants, cucumbers, tomatoes, peas, chard, watermelon.  Last year I grew squash for the first time and had no luck as the bees never came.  Tried hand pollination which didn't work.  This year I'm trying a new variety of squash: sunburst and the globe ones so hoping I get some.  Lettuce is super easy.

mmremshard

thanks for the tips! i'll have to remember to post with my progress.