Subtitled: For Kim. This is in answer to the question about whether you can have a vegetable garden in containers. The answer is yes. This is one of the raised beds I spent all day yesterday on:
You see those 2 green, square planters? One has mint growing in it, the strategy being that it will be contained and not take over the entire yard. The other one is empty right now but won’t be by next week.
These containers are about 18″ x 18″ & are just the right size for one tomato plant. A couple of years ago, that is exactly what I used those containers for – a couple of tomato plants, basil, and I forget what else.
I only took a photo of 1 of the beds but there’s one right next to it with another 2 containers. In the bed in the photo, there are 2 tomato plants (which is more than enough for our family) with a basil plant in between them. In front of both tomato plants is broccoli and in front of the basil is parsley. I plan on putting cilantro in that other planter. The red weed barrier is supposed to make the tomatoes grow better. We’ll see how that works.
On the other side there will be cucumber, green beans & snow peas. I never grew snow peas before so this should be interesting.
If I think up anything funny to blog about, I’ll be back with a second post but today’s looking to be a pretty boring day. My biggest excitement was driving over to the university to pick up Theresa’s Rx, get it filled, and drop it back to her because she may have strep.
** Editing to add…
I used Miracle grow soil for vegetables but they also have something called Moisture Control that’s supposed to be for containers.
I thank you very much–this is the stuff I NEED to know. Oh wait…there is SO DARN MUCH I NEED to know, on SO MANY TOPICS. Thank you for your help and counsel
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I have been totally unsuccessful with tomatoes until this year. Tried everything from different soils/sunlight levels to containers. Maybe next year I’ll try a raised garden. This year, I planted on a very small, gentle slope in a space that gets less direct sun than the plants would get elsewhere. I think direct sunlight in Georgia is too much for any plant.
So for the first time, I have ‘maters! I have one about the size of a marble on the early-producing tomato plant and one about the size of a dime on the grape tomato plant. I was so excited I ran out and took photos.
Hmm. Maybe the scent of barbecue – or being two feet away from the dumpster – is what convinced my tomato plants to produce fruit!
I have two bell pepper plants, one green and one red, one watermelon, one cucumber and one yellow squash plant. All but the red pepper plant are doing well and flowering. I have cilantro in two containers and it is growing like a weed.
I rock.
I love cilantro. It is the only thing I have never been able to grow. I haven’t given up, though.