I Have a Couple Questions Regarding Growing Vegetables in Containers, Can Someone Give Me Some Tips?
I realize that this isn’t one question, but a few really, and I thank anyone who takes a moment to help me out here.
I live in Ontario Canada and the spring and summers here are great for getting a good garden in. Except, we’re about to move into a house that has literally no lawn! We do however, have a fantastic sun room that gets a good portion of sunlight everyday. I am attempting to grow some vegetables to grow in containers. So far I have seeded in peat pods some herbs: chives, sweet basil, thyme. Some Wando peas, some radishes and some zucchinis. The only thing that I have grown before are the zucchinis. But not in a container….
so here are my questions:
For the herbs, can I put more than one pod into a pot? I have some six inch diameter pots for each herb and I’m wondering if I can get three or four plants in one, or if it’s even necessary to put more than one plant in.
For the peas: What sort of container should I use for these? I understand that they need something deep but how deep? Do I put just one pea plant per container?
For the zucchinis, what sized container do you recommend? And just one zucchini plant per container?
For the radishes, is it okay if I put many of them into one pot?
Thanks for any advice and suggestions. My husband builds wooden planter boxes so I can make/build anything that we need. Our sun room is massive so I really wanted to capitalize on the space and get a garden room growing.
Thank you
Thanks rude ‘just guessing’. We. Don’t. Have. Anywhere. To. Grow. Outside. Read it slowly and you might understand.
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Zuccini’s have a very extensive root system and get quite large. You should go for half a barrel planter and you can have three plants in a mound. The roots of three plants will be crowded, but they will survive as well as one plant in the barrel planter.
Radishes can be sown in any container about a 9 – 10 inches deep. They only need a couple of inches between each plant to produce an edible radish. Onions can be sown like grass in a gallon container and pulled when you need green onions.
For Tomato’s and Peas use 5 gallon pots. One Tomato per pot. A dozen or so pea plants per pot. The Herbs Plants need at least a one gallon pot with one plant per pot.
I don’t understand why you would think that veggies would be better grown indoors than outdoors. Having said that, peas, radishes, onions, carrots and many other things can go outside now. Tomatoes, peppers and other tropicals can be started in pots inside and put out after frost. If you still with to grow in pots/boxes, it’s still far better to grow vegetables out rather than in. Use the ‘fantastic sun-room’ for flowers and indoor plants.