Container gardening near vegetables? I'd like to grow cherry tomatoes, lettuce, pea pods, green beans,...
I'd like to grow cherry tomatoes, lettuce, pea pods, green beans, and herb. Can you grow those types of things in glass boxes...or are those too shallow? I've never gardened in containers in the past; I'd appreciate any good info. Thank you!
find 2 five gallon buckets
drill about 6 1 inch holes contained by the bottom of one of the buckets and place it inside the other
place medium sized rock contained by the bottom of the bucket w/the holes and then flood 3/4 of it up with potting soil
plant the tomato plant, and insert a long trim dowel rod along side
as the plant grows, use strips of cloth to tie the plant to the rod so that it stays up right
Yes you can grow smaller variety of tomato's and other vegetables in a container or glass box. I currently have 3 cherry tomatoes surrounded by containers.
Here's a couple of good webites that will serve you:
www.tomatogrowers.com - they have a great catalog to command tomato seeds (other veggies as well). You can buy seed for varieties that are specifically for containers.
www.earthbox.com - I own a couple of Earthboxes. If you have room for these, they are great - you can pretty much grow any vegetables contained by them.
Hope this helps - righteous luck.
Answers: Tomatoes want a deep pot or bucket as do pea pods and beans but you may know how to brow your lettuce and herrs within the window boxes.
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Ive just bought some lovely cherry tomatoes from www.sutton.co.uk that you put surrounded by a hanging picnic basket - they look lovely!! They also have a big roll of vegetables you can grow in containers singular!!