Pot Gardening For Beginners
There are many rewards for growing your own vegetables from watching the first seeds emerge to harvesting.
Pot gardening for beginners. Many containers can be found at home such as plastic bottles milk cartons yogurt cups and even the plastic tubs of salad mixes. Spinach and leaf lettuce are among the many greens that you can snip to eat one day and then snip again a few days later. It smells awful but really helps to give plants the nutrition they need. If you choose to go with a 24 inch pot use it for larger vegetables like squash plants or pepper plants.
You ll also have. One of the most vital steps in finding success when container gardening is to pick the appropriate pot. However it s worth knowing how give your plants the best conditions possible as container grown plants need a little extra care than those growing in the ground. A trellis in the pot will supply support for the fruit and allow air to flow around the plant.
Then fertilize every week or two with a liquid fertilizer usually a fish emulsion seaweed blend. For beginners looking to start gardening or those with only small patio spaces or yards to grow in container gardening can be one of the best ways to garden and you will be amazed by just how much you can really grow in containers. And egg cartons or plastic trays can be used to start seedlings. The most common pot sizes range from 10 inches in diameter to 24 inches in diameter.
Keep the cool season crops in partial shade. To do this either mix up a big batch of potting soil mixed with fertilizer in a bucket or fill your pot with potting soil and then mix in the fertilizer.