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You can still have vegetables even if you
are without a garden plot in which to grow them. An ordinary plastic
bucket with holes punched in for drainage, some good potting soil, a
packet of seeds and a little care and attention and you will be able to
grow carrots that are long, straight and juicy.
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Sowing a circle of carrot seed within 1-2
cm of the rim of one of these pots.
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Within 11 weeks the planted-up container
was returned to the studio and the soil bowl carefully tapped out to
show a yield of 27 good-sized, long young carrots.
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The same pots are ideal for a single
tomato plant which, if a tall type, can be supported on a stake wired
to the individual pots or the latter placed alongside a wall with
trellising for their support.
However, there are now good
self-supporting dwarf types that need no staking and so are ideal for
pot growing.
Three to four plants of climbing beans can be allowed to one of these
bucket-size plastic pots and supported against a wall with trellising
as suggested for the taller tomatoes. One rooftop gardener has an
excellent semi-mobile-type garden and trellis suitable for climbing
beans. Sixteen to 20 L (kerosene tin-type) brown painted metal
containers are enclosed in a redwood frame open except for the base
board and another covering the tops of the cans. The uprights at the
back extend 2 m or more to support a light, lattice-like framework for
supporting the beans. The same idea could be used for climbing peas,
tall-growing tomatoes, or for training the more viney types of
cucumbers.
More about Growing Vegetables in Containers:
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