veg growing Newbies- Feb 2010! lets learn together!

gazza975526570

littleme96 wrote: »

Does anyone know if you can grow raspberries and/or broccoli in pots and containers? If so, has anyone successfully done so?

Im sure someone has done both but i wouldnt recommend for either as they would be top heavy.

Raberries grow tall and brocolli (if its sprouting) grows bigger than most people think

gilly1964

Well after two days in the garden looking forward to a day of rest tomorrow - although housework is calling

Planted butler sink with rosemary, kitchen bay, coriander, oregano, sage and some mint, Before you all cry no - the mint is in a pot and the pot is sunk into the sink.

Planted hanging basket with Tumbling Toms and French Marigold - read somewhere the marigolds will keep the greenfly off the toms. Now indoors to bring them on

Transplanted runner beans into bigger pots - still trying to work out when to put them in their final spot - going into a big pot with canes and net.

Looking forward to reaping the benefits

heynonnynonny

gazza975526570 wrote: »

Im sure someone has done both but i wouldnt recommend for either as they would be top heavy.

Raberries grow tall and brocolli (if its sprouting) grows bigger than most people think

Oh dear, my rasp cane is in a pot, a big 36cm one, hope it goes ok. Am going to grow up a trellis affixed to shed.

hesjane

littleme96 wrote: »

Does anyone know if you can grow raspberries and/or broccoli in pots and containers? If so, has anyone successfully done so?

Hi

I was looking into growing raspberries in a container - and found this on the web (link to full article here). HTH

Container growing

Single raspberry plants can be grown in 38cm (15in) diameter containers of 80 percent multipurpose compost and, to add weight for stability, 20 percent loam-based potting compost, training the canes up bamboo poles.
Keep the compost moist (using rainwater in hard water areas) and feed with a liquid general-purpose fertiliser on a monthly basis during the growing season.

RoxyK

I'm another newbie gardener I'm doing everything organically in containers/pots apart from strawberry seeds that I couldn't find. I got some nice organic compost from a local hardware shop - 6 bags for £10. I tried a B&Q organic growbag but thought it was awful.

So far outside I have potatoes, strawberry's in a 3 tier basket that stands alone (Wilko's), raspberries, blackberries, mixed lettuce & garlic.

Some books say don't do berries in containers & some say go ahead. Mine are each in a 50cm plus size container. This is really the minimum they need. I don't want blackberries taking over my garden so they're staying potted.

Indoors on the windowsill I have alpine strawberries, chives, cherry toms. All doing very nicely and the toms will need potting shortly.

Everything is organic apart from Strawberry seeds.

I've bought 99p fleece from poundland, buckets from Morrisons, 4 tier greenhouse from Wilko's which is brilliant. Bought no seed containers as have used old mushroom packaging and plastic bags for lids. Works a treat I got a great book 'Organic Crops in Pots' which tells you to reuse old stuff rather than buy new.

I also planted bulbs last year for the first time and have 2 lovely containers of crocus with 2 pots of tulips waiting to come up when spring finally arrives!

Isn't it magical when you're seeds start growing. I used to be able to just look at a plant to kill it off lol Don't know what changed but I'm glad it did. It's a lot of fun.

heynonnynonny

Oh dear, not sure how my 36cm pot will take thr strain then. Ah well trial and error and all that I guess

heynonnynonny

Have put my wilkos 4 tier housing by a drainpipe and cable tied it to the drainpipe too so no blowing away into next doors garden I hope

twiglet98

My growhouse (and growbag houses) blew away when I first had them up, the growbag frame and cover were wrecked but the growhouse was fixable and now it has a paving slab on the bottom shelf to keep it in place, and the cover is held on with cable ties poked through holes made with a skewer!

elantan

finally finally finally today we have finished digging the house up in the garden ...hubby then flattned and levelled(ish) the plot and then he got out the spray paint ...

we sprayed out the size of the polytunnel trying different directions etc till i got a position i was happy with ...then we sprayed out the beds and thestrawberry planters etc ... i sat for ages just staring at it to see if it was where i wanted everything ...then imagined how it will look ... my imaginary garden looks amazing he he ...

i finally feel as if we are getting somewhere ...hubby and i have been digging this garden with a mini digger for nearly a month now ... the soil level is down a good few feet from where it started due to all the bricks (i kid you not more than one brick was over 2 mtr in length 1 mtr thick and 1 mtr wide ...blonde sandstone)

s have spent the last few hours drawing out my beds for my plant rotation gonna now plan it all out on paper so that when the polytunnel arrives it should just be a case of getting the beds in (gonna start to collect the wood for that next week) and planting what i can

littleme96

hesjane wrote: »

Hi

I was looking into growing raspberries in a container - and found this on the web (link to full article here). HTH

Container growing

Single raspberry plants can be grown in 38cm (15in) diameter containers of 80 percent multipurpose compost and, to add weight for stability, 20 percent loam-based potting compost, training the canes up bamboo poles.
Keep the compost moist (using rainwater in hard water areas) and feed with a liquid general-purpose fertiliser on a monthly basis during the growing season.

Thanks for that - that's a really handy link. Looks like I may have missed the boat this year as it says to plant between Nov and Mar, but will bear it in mind for next winter. Not sure what loam-based potting compost is though!?