Containers for planting...

lightisfading

I got a few large plastic tubs from the poundshop last year, grew tomatoes, beans, strawberries and courgettes. The only issues i had with them was that if you allow the plants to get too big, come a windy day they can be blown over. I had to repot my tomatoes 3 times last year cus of this :rolleyes: Have to think of something for this year to stop that!

kethry

brick in the bottom. just make sure you don't block the drainage holes.

*grins and waves*

keth
xx

ScoobieGirl

These potato sacks look quite cool. Not as MS as tyres, but I am still tempted...

Looking forward to the gardening section :j

lil_me

For 3 full kits that is pretty tempting, haven't seen that site before, saying that my gardening interest has only just started, thanks will have a look

soba

I want to grow some potatoes. I've got bags, containers etc. but no seed potatoes. I don't want to use supermarket potatoes that have gone a bit 'sad' like I've tried before. Can anyone recommend a variety, and a good place to buy? I have seen them on a website, but they come in 3 kilo bags, and that seems like a helluva lot to me!!

pboae

troll35 wrote:

The black plastic buckets that supermarkets display their flowers in are great for tomatoes and peppers.

That's what I use, my local grocer gives them away free, and I have a little bit of copper pipe which I can heat on the stove to easily poke some drainage holes through.

Personally I wouldn't bother with grow bags, they are an expensive way of buying compost and they don't give the plant much support. It you grow them in deeper pots they will crop a lot longer.

See if you can get some of the clear plastic bags that dry cleaned clothes come in, you can make a little mini greenhouse by popping them over a plant. If you have say 4 tomato plants and bag 2 of them, you should get a crop that lasts months. Just remember to take the bags off in the daytime when the flowers set so they can be pollinated.

You could also look at some of the trailing varieties of tomatos and strawberries. They both grow well in hanging baskets and free up your floor space.

I think you will have to grow the peppers inside. I use normal largish plant pots for them, but they are only bi-annuals so you won't get fruit till the following year, and they are big and not pretty plants so I think I might not bother with them this year.

Have you considered courgettes? You need 2 plants to get the best crop but they are so easy to grow. They want a wide-ish container (50cm min), so old storage box type things are ideal for them, but a tyre would probably work just as well.

JanetG

soba wrote:

I want to grow some potatoes. I've got bags, containers etc. but no seed potatoes. I don't want to use supermarket potatoes that have gone a bit 'sad' like I've tried before. Can anyone recommend a variety, and a good place to buy? I have seen them on a website, but they come in 3 kilo bags, and that seems like a helluva lot to me!!

Soba

Try Wilkinsons for smaller amounts of seed potatoes. My local Wilkinsons have bags of 10 tubers in a few varieties (definately Charlottes, but I can't remember the other ones). They cost about £1.50 per bag.

Janet

tink1981_2

pboae wrote:

Have you considered courgettes? You need 2 plants to get the best crop but they are so easy to grow. They want a wide-ish container (50cm min), so old storage box type things are ideal for them, but a tyre would probably work just as well.

I heard courgattes need lots of sunlight... is that right??

tink x

angelavdavis

You can grow courgettes in a hanging basket. Just make sure they are kept watered.

angelavdavis

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