Topic: what are you pot planters going for?

[Vegemite]

just wondered about starting a thread for those saddos like me stuck with planting in pots- either as still waiting for a lottie/ only got a balcony or whatever.

I am number 17 on the eddington lane list in herne bay- they have a clear out after easter so am guessing i might be number ten (ish) by may, but until then i only have my garden and for edibles am stuck with pots due to my male dog peeing everywhere.

I am doing:
carrots
potatoes
rocket
peas
spinach beet
lettuce
spring onions
coriander
chives
parsley
oregano

all in pots from seed. will also do tomatoes- cherry and beef, once mother in law drops the seedlings down to me.

.. love to hear more ideas, or if this is a thread someone else has going, feel free to merge it!

kylie

[Chris Graham]

Courgetts
Lots of tomatoes
Carrots
Parsnips
Rocket Potatoes
Butternut Squash

Think thats all...............?

 ::)

[Vegemite]

butternut squash in pots? tell me more!

[saddad]

Window boxes are good for salad leaf mixtures and above spraying range!
 ;D

[Chris Graham]

butternut squash in pots? tell me more!

Well my courgetts did so well last year i thought i would give Butternut squash a try.

Not sure if it'll work, but hey why not give it a try.  ;)

[Hyacinth]

Have you got cucumbers on your list? Mine did really well last year.
And runner beans. Wire a wigwam of canes to a wide pot and it'll be really stable.

[lauraladybird]

Hi thirty something mum! I'm forty something mum, new to this site,   It must be very frustrating waiting for an allotment you obviously very keen. Is there anybody local who doesn't use their garden who would give it over for a few free veg?  I think the government should wake up and give local councils more money to develop new sites.  They want us to be healthy and eat 5 a day.  I was lucky I only waited a few months,  kept popping in and chatting up the site manager!

[Cat]

Here's mine...

Potato
Tomato
Carrot
Spring Onion
Radish
Salad leaves
Chives
Corainder
Dill

[manicscousers]

just potted  6 strawberry runners up, will be doing tumbling tomatoes as well  :)

[Marymary]

And my list:

Swift potatoes
Lots of different lettuce
Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Melons
Aubergines
Peppers
Chillies
Courgettes
Various small squashes & pumpkins in very big pots
Early Strawberries
Apple, olive & pear trees
Blueberries
Peach tree
Lots of herbs
Raddish
Spring onions

Last year I also did dwarf beans, runner beans & peas but didn't get enough to bother again this year. I have tried most of the above [apart from the squashes] so I know they work. 

Good luck & welcome. 

[Vegemite]

so are we conducting a squash in pots experiment then? I'm game!

what on earth do you all do with your radishes- i mean one or two in a salad goes a long way- I'm not doing them this year as it was just a waste.

thanks for the welcome folks.

Laura ladybird it is frustrating in one sense, but in the last twelve months i have managed to
:
adopt a toddler
move house- across county
go back to work part time in another part of the county to where i live

so, i guess a few more/six/twelve months of waiting won't kill me. I am used to pot growing due to the dog, and i plan to keep myself busy in here reading up and getting allotment/veggie books out of the library. 


alishka i am going to try cucumbers now as well!!

[Larkspur]

Hi, I grow squashes every year in dustbins and the results are spectacular. Give them a go ;)

[Marymary]

Haven't got any spare dustbins & they won't let me have the wheelie bin  :) but I've got several really big plastic pots which I'm hoping will be big enough for squashes.  Last year I grew courgettes in black flower buckets & they were fine.

PS the raddish are in a half seed tray as recommended on another thread - a big pot of them all at once might be a bit much I agree.  ;D

[Vegemite]

yippee rocket and lettuce and peas all sprouting now.  some action on the potatoes too. i am very impatient!

[allaboutliverpool]

Pot!

Well I do live in Liverpool and we have to make a living.

http://www.allaboutliverpool.com

[Hyacinth]

Radishes are worth growing just to let them go to seed. The seed pods are sooooooooo delicious - that's something I learned about here. Can't remember who told us, but bless whoever it was for it ;D

[Amazin]

In assorted cheap planters and good ol' Morrisons black buckets:

Onions - Spring; Silverskin; Welsh
Peppers- Sweet; Jalapenos; Windowsill Chillies
Cucumbers- Salad Bush; Fat Baby Achocha; Cassabanana; Mexican Gherkins
Tomatoes - Beefsteak; Cherry; Tumbler (in HBs); Green Stripey (?)
'Exotics' - Melons; Pomelo; Passionfruit; Cape Gooseberries; Tomatillo Courgettes - Patty pan-type
Aubergines
Rhubarb
Herbs - dill (for all the pickling later), parsley, parsley, parsley and parsley

and in big containers:

nectarines, pears, blueberries, feijoa, oranges, lemons and limes.

 ;D
 

[potterfanpete]

I'm growing some stuff in the ground, but I'm growing the following in containers;

onions
potatoes (in re-used compost bags)
salad leaves (mixed)
radishes
tomatoes
melons

Ineteresting to see what others are growing in pots though - some of your patios must look something like an allotment with a jungle of veg on them :)

[miniroots]

AllaboutLiverpool  -
Did you speak at a conference last year, about digital technology?
Or is there another blog called Arts about Liverpool?

Sophie

[Vegemite]

see i do listen to you all- been out and bought butternut squash and cucumber seeds.

and blow me if i can find pea sticks anywhere!!???

i will have to resort to making some sort of a contraption out of bamboo canes and netting methinks.

some kind freeccler is giving me loads more pots too, so my pot garden is growing lots!