Question About Vegetable Container Gardens?
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 at
4:27 pm
I've started a container garden, in an attempt to become more self reliant. I have several Rubbermaid storage bins that are about the 25 gallon size (28X19X16.5). Would I be able to combine plants in this? My ideal combination for one bin would be something like...onions, carrots, spinach, and lettuce. Could I fit all this in one bin together and would it grow properly? Would a mixture of herbs work in a bin or are they best grown separate? Thanks for all the help, in advance!
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I use all kinds of containers to grow veggies and herbs, citrus and avocado. Here are some hints. You have to drill drainage holes in the bottom of the containers. If they are deep, use some gravel in the bottom as well so that you don’t lose dirt as you water and it helps keep the roots from becoming waterlogged. I would do onions and carrots in one container and spinach and lettuce in another due to each plants water and sun requirements. And, I mix several species of herbs together in dish containers all of the time. You just have to read the instruction tags so that you plant ones with the same requirements together.
First thing that comes to mind is sun and water. The plants you mention love full sun and produce better in full sun, which means the pot will get hot and dry out quickly. Watering everyday will be required starting about mid summer. Not a real issue. You could get around this by using a drip system that waters for you.
Too grow all of those plants in a single bin it would have to be huge. Which kind of defeats the purpose of planting in pots. Different designs, shapes and sizes will help with planting more than one plant per pot. The more room the plant has the better it will grow. Planted too close together the spinach would shade the carrots. You would need to turn you pots so they get even sun.
Save the huge container for plants that NEED something that deep. Lettuce, spinach, and most herbs can grow in window-box sized containers….a mere 8 inches deep. 12-14″ would be plenty for onions and carrots, and even corn.
Tomatoes, peppers and eggplants need deeper pots. And of course, remember to drill drainage holes in the bottom!
You can put onions carrots spinach and lettuce together. The lettuce and spinach will be up and ready to eat first and the onions and carrots will keep the soil loose when you pull ‘em.
I would line up moth balls around the area you want to protect or you could also use chyenn pepper hope this helps.
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