Container Vegetables
Container grown veg have a shorter growing season.
Vegetables to try in containers for the summer are:
- baby cauliflowers
- finger carrots
- salad leaves - pick and cum again
- cherry tomatoes
- spring onions
Containers will dry very quickly, so it is important to keep an eye on them and water them often. Water twice a day in the heat of summer!
Because vegetables can be cycled through faster, due to the shorter growing season, growing in containers can be quite productive.
Containers are a great way to grow tender vegetables! Containers will dry very quickly, so it is important to keep an eye on them and water them often. I need to water mine twice a day in the heat of summer!
Comment by Meadowwood Garden - August 28, 2008 12:15 pm
Hi MeadowWGarden
That is a very important point! Thanks - I will add it to the post
Comment by TopVeg - August 28, 2008 12:24 pm
Hown can we grow carrots without the dreaded pests. Think it’s carrot fly, but not sure. For two years now we have had to cut alot of (holes & black marks) away to be able to eat what’s left.
We only grow in one 3m x 3m raised bed.
Comment by Ros - September 5, 2008 12:16 pm
Hi Ros
It is tragic to loose your carrots to pests - our sympathies.
There are 3 things you can do to protect your carrots grown in raised beds:
1. grow varieties resistant to carrot fly- such as * Resistafly - mid to late season use
* Flyaway - early
* Early Nantes - suitable for early sowing under glass
2. Raise the sides of your beds to over 2 foot - Carrot fly travel close to the ground, and a barrier 2 foot high will interupt their flight path, forcing the fly to take another route. If carrots are planted in a container at least 2 foot off the ground, the carrot flies will just zoom past the side of the container, and not bother the carrots growing inside.
3. Cover the beds with enviromesh which will keep the flies out. This has transformed our carrot growing & would be easy to do with your beds.
Hope that helps!
Comment by TopVeg - September 5, 2008 2:14 pm