Does anyone grow veggies in containers?

[miles]

I'm planting tomatoes, parsley, basil, and oregano...just can't handle those fake store bought 'maters anymore.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

No, I use raised gardens.




Makes them kinda uppity though...

 

[miles]

No, I use raised gardens.




Makes them kinda uppity though...

Don't know their place, do they?

Doesn't that require like...digging dirt?

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Nope, just pouring it out of the bag!




Almost like a container. Now, if you want to know about growing purple sticky punch indoors, then I'm your man!

 

[miles]

Nope, just pouring it out of the bag!




Almost like a container. Now, if you want to know about growing purple sticky punch indoors, then I'm your man!

Makes my eyes red just thinking about it.

 

[DIYerUK]

I'm planting tomatoes, parsley, basil, and oregano...just can't handle those fake store bought 'maters anymore.

We grow all our own herbs ('erbs if your american) at home. We use the bottom off coke (other brands available folks) bottles with store brought soil. Really quick and easy to grow. Just put them on a windowsill and let them grow.

Nevet tried vegetables inside though, thought you'd need pretty big containers for that.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Makes my eyes red just thinking about it.

Tomatoes ought to do well if you get a nice light and have a good dedicated spot for them, but pollinating them by hand might be a pain...

 

[miles]

Sounds like a Far Side Cartoon:

Local man arrested for pollinating neighbor's tomato plants.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Indeed.

 

[klippert]

I start all my veggie'tables indoors. I use egg cartons to begin, then graduate to cardboard milk cartons. As they grow, I transfer them to lager containers. This is the sneaky little trick too grow strong 'stalked' veggie plants.

When they begin to leaf....Gently pull the plant, for transplant. lay the little fella on it's side, slightly angled up ward...and rotate away from the sun. The plant will begin too root from the stalk, no kidding... as the plant grows, repeat this process....

The reason I start indoors, I can pick earlier in the season. Prevent the plant from un-seasonable cold weather. When I finally plant, my 'plants' are strong and ready for deep roots. I may even plant them deeper than normal to help establish better rooting.

This process has produced wonderful tomatoes, cucumbers etc. The only change I have made...I use Mirracle-gro, soil for veggies.

Don't forget, Hunting and fishing will save you even more money than making sure your tires are inflated properly.....

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I started peppers, herbs and tomatoes this winter and the early spring allowed me to get them out before Easter.



I put a sensitivity plant in each one of my little herb pots just for fun...

 

[piccicatopolka]

Sounds like a Far Side Cartoon:

Local man arrested for pollinating neighbor's tomato plants.

That's a serious issue when someone really cares. I think cross pollinated tomatoes are pretty entertaining actually. My best accident was those lil' yellow lightbulb looking cherry tomatoes crossed with Romas. They were tasty and certainly odd looking.

Drainage is key to potted veggies as well as not over feeding. Did you have some specific questions? I could blather on...

 

[warrior queen]

I grow vegetables in pots each year - tomatoes, capsicum and chillies.
I mainly do it to feed the local possums and wallabies, which somehow manage to get to my pots despite them being in a greenhouse, under netting.

 

[Frizzle_Fry]

Nope, just pouring it out of the bag!




Almost like a container. Now, if you want to know about growing purple sticky punch indoors, then I'm your man!

Using MH/HPS light's or LED?

If you don't already have LED's might I suggest these for your 12/12

http://www.hydrogrowled.com/

And these for your veg cycle

http://www.stealthgrow.com/advantages.htm#Advantages_in_Vegetative_Growth

I got one about 9 mo ago and the proof is in the pudding. I had the biggest yield ever and my fruits/flowers are the best I have ever had. I will never go back to HID for anything but a back up. They are spendy as fuck up front but far cheaper in the long run and the plant's...oh the plants love them.

 

[CandiCame]

Right... vegetables...

You know what I did and got really good results? You can actually make pretty bad-ass hydroponic planters out of 2-liter bottles. It sounds stupid, but it totally works. What you do is you cut it in half, and paint the bottom half black- or do whatever to keep the light out of it. Then you turn the top upside down and tape it to the bottom, and fill it with potting soil, and fertilizer- I use the little sticks because they're easier. Then you plant your seeds however they need to be planted, you know, after you're past the stage where they make shoots in the paper towel or whatever. Then you pour a glass of water over the seedling. Now, the water will flow through the dirt and through the place where the lid once was and form a pool in the bottom. If you left it where light can hit it, it'll grow algae and poison the plant. But if you did it right, you never have to water that bitch ever again. You set it in a window- or under the lights, and just leave it. The roots suck the water up from the bottom and will eventually grow all the way down into the water. It's pretty neat.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I use 5 & 7 gallon buckets to grow a variety of veggies: Tomatoes, lettuce, onions, peppers. I use milk crates to grow scallions and carrots.

Crates and buckets do not work well with cabbages, broccoli, melons, okra, corn, or squash. These guys need lotsa room to spread out. Beans are reputed to grow well in buckets but do not. In fact, if I plant a cabbage by itself, away from its siblings, it will weigh 2x as much as the others planted in 2x2 spaces. Especially red cabbage; theyre small by nature, but weigh twice as much off by themselves.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

That's a serious issue when someone really cares. I think cross pollinated tomatoes are pretty entertaining actually. My best accident was those lil' yellow lightbulb looking cherry tomatoes crossed with Romas. They were tasty and certainly odd looking.

Drainage is key to potted veggies as well as not over feeding. Did you have some specific questions? I could blather on...

The essential problem with containers is how they drain. The water drains tween the soil and wall of the container (water takes the path of least resistance). The middle is dry as sand.

 

[Shagly]

I started my pot plants indoors 3 weeks ago.

Nothing like growing a cash crop.

 

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[Wat_Tyler]

Thanks for sharing.

 

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[miles]

That's a serious issue when someone really cares. I think cross pollinated tomatoes are pretty entertaining actually. My best accident was those lil' yellow lightbulb looking cherry tomatoes crossed with Romas. They were tasty and certainly odd looking.

Drainage is key to potted veggies as well as not over feeding. Did you have some specific questions? I could blather on...

If you only have one plant does it have to fuck itself to make 'mater babies?

 

[about_average]

Sounds like a Far Side Cartoon:

Local man arrested for pollinating neighbor's tomato plants.

Or the movie "Léolo"

We do containers, raised beds and a bit of just regular garden. Limited on space, hence the variety.

 

[JohnnySavage]

I have a topsy-turvey


It's actually a piece of shit, but it makes a nice deer feeder. They don't have to bend over as far.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I have a topsy-turvey


It's actually a piece of shit, but it makes a nice deer feeder. They don't have to bend over as far.

*spew*