Container Garden Tips You’ll be Glad you Have
One of the best ways to start gardening is through the use of containers. Even if you only have a small space, you’ll find that a container garden can be beautiful and fun, and can add the visual interest that you’re craving, while offering you a touch of the great outdoors. You can grow virtually anything in containers, so whether you love fresh tomatoes and don’t have the space to put them in the ground, or you’re wild about flowers, container gardening tips can help you to grow anything you want perfectly.
– If you’re growing veggies, make sure that you have a container that is large enough for a full grown plant. For instance, tomato plants won’t produce as many tomatoes if they are crowded, so make sure that you don’t have too many plants in one container and give them the space they need to flourish. Cucumbers are a vine, so providing the space they need to spread out will be important.
– Many flowers can be grown in containers and you can mix and match according to your tastes, but if you want to plant like a pro, consider getting taller plants that offer just greenery for the middle or back (depending on where you’ll be placing them), different colours and shapes of flowers to go around the greenery at different heights and to finish off the look, consider using vines or plants that trail over your container.
– Container gardens need to be watered often. Consider the light requirements of the plants and the light you have and keep shade loving plants in the shade and sun loving plants in the sun.
– During the hottest months, it might be necessary to offer your containers water on a daily basis. Plants that are in containers can wilt more quickly than their counterparts in the ground because the root systems can be much shallower, so you will have to keep a close eye on the soil in your containers and don’t let it get too dry.
– Be careful of over watering your container garden, too. You never want to leave your plants in standing water. You can check the soil by sticking your finger in it to see if it’s damp. Freshly watered plants will have wet soil, but the soil should always be relatively damp and slightly cool to touch for the best growing results.
These are just a few container gardening tips, but there are many more ways that you can make sure your container garden is beautiful through all the months, so keep your eye open and get your hands dirty – you’ll be glad you did.
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