It's certainly no surprise that vegetable gardening is becoming so popular, you too can begin growing your own tasty vegetables at home no matter how big your garden is. With the amount of nasty chemicals and the high cost of vegetables (especially organic ones) vegetable gardening has proved to be a hobby that has extremely good rewards, you can begin harvesting your own vegetables in just six weeks from now in containers.
Growing vegetables in containers certainly is the easiest way to get started growing your own vegetables. There are so many different crops that grow really well in containers such as tomatoes, peppers, lettuces, radish, baby carrots and even potatoes. In this article we will share with you some details of how to grow these crops and the containers and special care they will need to be grown successfully.
Growing Tomatoes In Containers
This is certainly one of the most rewarding vegetables to grow in containers, tomatoes grow very well in pots and hanging baskets and if you select the right tomato variety you can expect hundreds of tomatoes from a plant. The bush tomatoes are perfect for containers as they grow so small and are even ideal for a windowsill too. Tomato plants will need regular care especially if your growing tomatoes from seed.
Potatoes In Pots
Growing potatoes in large pots is a very common practice by gardeners, you can also use large compost bags to plant you seed potatoes in too! To grow potatoes in this way you will need a reasonable size area as a large pot will be needed. As a guide, if your growing your potatoes in a standard compost bag you can plant 3-4 seed potatoes depending on the size of these. There are a lot of varieties available and each have their own cooking purpose but salad potatoes are really best for growing in containers. Potatoes in containers are very easy to grow but will need watering regularly in the summer months.
Growing Salad Crops
Salad crops are easy to grow, these include lettuce, radish and baby carrots that are ideal for salads. These are all easy to grow and you don't need a large amount of space to grow them. Lettuce can be grown to be small as can carrots and the taste is at it's best when small too! Radish are extremely fast growing so you will get a crop very fast!
Herbs On The Windowsill
This is a quick and easy way to begin your own little garden and will provide you with fresh herbs over the summer months. Many herbs such as parsley, basil and mint can easily be grown in a container on a windowsill. These will be perfect to add a little extra taste into your cooking! You can often buy special packs that have some small pots and herb seeds that can be used to grow herbs on a windowsill.
There are a number of other different vegetables that grow well in containers but these are the easiest to begin with. You don't even need to have a garden to begin growing your own vegetables as many plants can grow perfectly well in a small pot on the windowsill. It's well worth trying your hand at growing vegetables in containers as the rewards, the fun you'll have, the money you save and the taste of the fresh vegetables is well worth the effort.
