Gardening Tips no 1: Unusual Containers

in #blog6 years ago (edited)

You dont have to stick to conventional pots to frow vegetables anything will do so as long as it has adequate drainage holes and enough room for the crop to develop properly.

Old fruit crates, olive oils tim metal troughs make fun container that are large enough for crops such as baby beetroots and turnips, salad leaves and all sorts of leaves, or as here, develop a kitchen theme with edible pot marigold flowers and salad leaves bursting out of an old bread bin or a colander of radishes.

Make sure the container drains properly by drilling a few holes in the base, if they arent any, ad adding a layers of crocks over the bottom before putting in the compost, some containers may be too well drained, such as crates and colanders, in which case you need to line them with perforated polythene in the same way as you hanging in the basket.

tips: Use a multi-purpose compost rather then garden soil, which contain weed seeds.
time to plant: Spring-summer

references: BBC 2011 gardeners book
image credits: http://mxtrianz.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/vegetable-garden-container-ideas-12-vegetable-container-gardening-ideas.jpg
image 2: https://jessegarden.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/drill-hole-copy.jpg
image 3: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5f/cf/55/5fcf5591afd224f628fa4d176cb83886.jpg

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great tips to try


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Awesome. I've always wondered if it is ok to plant in plastic containers though? Do you think the chemicals can contaminate the produce?

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