Container Vegetable Gardening
No room for a vegetable garden? Then container vegetable gardening is your answer. Do you live in an apartment, condo or have a shady backyard? If you have a roof-top, windowsill, patio or just a doorstep then you can grow vegetables in containers. You can even harvest all year round! Advantages to growing in containers: - Take up little space.
- Need less weeding.
- They can be moved with the movement of the sun.
- The soil heats up faster so heat loving plants grow really well.
- They can be large or small, depending on your space and what you want to grow.
- Vegetables can be grown in hanging baskets.
- Fun to grow in.
- Can be decorative.
Disadvantages to growing in containers: - Hard to leave as they usually need daily watering.
- Containers can be expensive.
- Cost of soil mixture.
So what vegetables grow best in containers? Check out my list on
container candidates.
Just about anything you can grow in a garden bed you can grow in a container. For a successful container garden you will need to consider the following: Please take the time to subscribe to my monthly newsletter "Vegetable Gardening Hints".
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