How To Plant A Garden Container

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How to plant a garden container. Many containers can be found at home such as plastic bottles milk cartons yogurt cups and even the plastic tubs of salad mixes. A Step by step guide on how to start a container garden and get huge harvests using homemade soilUSED THIS VIDEOAmazon Affiliate Link. If you are starting your garden from seeds then sow the seeds according to the directions on the seed packet.

Container gardening really is all about the containers and choosing the right size for each plant is essential to ensure that you can grow a healthy and productive container garden. Work out which herbs to place adjacent to one another taking into account contrasting leaf colors textures and shapes. You dont need to dig down into the dirt or press on the plant to put it further in the pot.

The best part is you dont need fancy pots from a garden store to begin. Finally add your spiller a vine that spills over the edge of the pot making your container. For a mixture of plants look for containers at least 12 inches wide.

Design Your Container Garden Decide on a plan for your container garden. Try bush beans or tomatoes or dwarf conifers cannas or dahlias. Lemon balm chamomile and apple mint for a tea garden.

Then every couple of weeks add diluted liquid fish emulsion or liquid seaweed to give the plants the nutrition they need. Merrifield Plant Specialist and Container Expert Peg Bier will show you step by step how to get your container gardens going strongUpdate December 2020. Another way to add nutrients is to make or buy compost which helps feed the plants.

Dwarf varieties grow well in containers. When a plant starts looking dreadful you have a couple of choices. Fill to within 6in 15cm of the brim with compost that is specially formulated for container growing.