General information and discussion about cultivating all other edible garden plants.
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March 29, 2007 | #16 |
Tomatovillian™
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This topic is a few months old but I wanted to reply. I'm very limited on space so I grow a lot of things in containers. I have several pots of green onions going. I've grown bok choy, lettuce, collard greens, okra, and summer squash in containers. My favorite containers are some styrofoam coolers, a little over five gallons apiece, that I painted with some UV-resistant spraypaint to keep the little styrofoam balls from flaking apart. I grow on concrete, and the styrofoam seems to help insulate the soil in the summer.
This year I'm growing melons for the first time in containers. I grew them inground last year but was frustrated at the way we kept getting heavy rains just before every ripening period. It meant bland watery melons. |
April 3, 2007 | #17 |
Tomatovillian™
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http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/HG-44.pdf
dont know if this helps Grub, but I think its a smashing idea! |
May 18, 2009 | #18 |
Tomatovillian™
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I am wondering what others would suggest gallon wise for bush cucumbers and summer crookneck squash?
Kat |
May 18, 2009 | #19 |
Tomatovillian™
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I've grown squash in 10 gal containers or larger with allot of success....just letting them sprawl or training them on a trellis. Depends upon what you want the squash to look like.
I've grown bush cukes in 5 gal containers or larger with allot of success. I've even grown them in about half that size. But I found that they dried out too much if they were regular sized cukes, even if they were a compact bush habit. On the whole, I'd say 5 gal is a preferable minimum, and you can go larger if you've got the space and the containers. Smaller and you'll be watering and fertilising more. |
May 18, 2009 | #20 |
Tomatovillian™
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Thanks Zana. I am just trying to decide if I can fit more veggies. I have seeds for bush pickling cucumber and want to pickle them while little hmmmm sweet pickles!
Kat |
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