Container Garden: Making a Start

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

Great stuff Lorna. Looking forward to following along with you!

[@themondaycorner]

Welcome aboard!

[@GrandmaSandy]

Thanks so much for another great video and another inspirational idea about container gardening I do a lot of container gardening myself, so I will be watching how this turns out from the beginning to the end. Thanks so much for sharing it with us.

[@GrandmaSandy]

Thanks so much for some great information and some ideas for next year. Thanks for sharing it with us, my dear friend.

[@themondaycorner]

Thanks for visiting

[@GrandmaSandy]

Thanks for the cute jokes also

[@TheBeginnerGardener]

Just discovered you! Exciting you watch your container garden evolve. SUBBED 🎉.

[@themondaycorner]

Welcome!! I will SUB back to follow your journey as well!

[@Anne--Marie]

Lorna, I pick up disposable foam coolers to use as gardening containers. Here in Florida, USA, they provide excellent insulation to keep the roots from cooking in the heat. Our driveway has nineteen containers with plants. We also have two raised beds.

[@themondaycorner]

That's a great idea! ... in the UK we only get a couple of 'super hot' (for us) weeks a year (being 86°F +) also we've just banned polystyrene food packaging, but I will keep an eye out. What are you growing in them?

[@Anne--Marie]

@@themondaycorner Okra, peppers, chives, onions, lettuce and radishes all do quite well in them. Basil doesn't like to be in containers. Right now I also have five containers with dwarf tomato plants such as Fred's tie dye (which is a fabulous varietal) in containers. I'll see how they produce over the next 75 days. Because we don't get hard frosts here, we have a lot of problems with diseases and root knot nematodes. Growing in containers isolates the problems, especially since okra is so susceptible to root knot nematodes We have such a problem with biting ants here in Florida that growing in containers on cement saves my feet.

[@themondaycorner]

@@Anne--Mariewow! I forgot that your wildlife is more extreme out there than over here. Do you add drainage holes to your containers? or is the sun too quick to evaporate it?

[@Anne--Marie]

@@themondaycorner Yes, I puncture the bottom of the containers and cover the holes with coffee filters. The insects here are just brutal. The pickle worms destroyed my squash and the army worms have decimated my peppers. But I have learned what to look for. Plants here need to be checked twice daily. In the midst of summer they also need to be watered twice daily! If you have such insect activity, how do you control them?

[@michaelsplot]

👍👍👍

[@ChaudharyJalsingh.2004]

Nice ❤

[@themondaycorner]

😊

[@GrandmaSandy]

Couple days ago I put a post up and I shared my round carrots with you guys. If you’d like to go check out the video and see what a round carrot looks like they’re easier to pull and they’re great for eating and great for sliding because they’re small and easy to pull. And you don’t have to worry about them being straight because they’re around.

[@franceswatts4001]

I have just embarked on my own container project, primarily as my long-neglected (and long, neglected) garden is infested by slugs and snails. Please can you tell me what is that conical appearing drill bit? It looks so much easier to use than mine.

[@themondaycorner]

I believe the conical appearing drill bit is called a Erbauer Step Drill Bit- it's like a knife through butter. I hope you win your battle again the slugs and snails!

[@franceswatts4001]

@@themondaycorner Thank you for responding so fast. I will go and hunt for one now.

[@kerryjohnson1249]

Any Concerns on using plastic containers not specifically designated as food safe?

[@themondaycorner]

The sandpit and recycling bins are made from a PP polypropylene that is regulated food safe by the FDA. I checked before using them.