Container Gardening

WHere are you jmsadare? Must be somewhere hot if you have fresh flowers on your wisteria!

Its not a very prestigious plant, are you sure that is what you want in your garden planter?Nice flowers in Spring ... but it grows in a rather straggly fashion I reckon it would grow in a minuscule crack in a rock face! so a planter will be fine. Plant it at the same depth it was...

That is so inventive. It has inspired me to consider some eccentric containers of my own. I have been growing potatoes in plastic dustbins but didn't like the look of the bare black plastic so dressed it in hessian sacks tied at the neck with rope from the diy shop. It looked better but I'm...

Not all "maples" like windy sites so buy with where you are placing it in mind

Hello Lowrider. That's a good conservatory you have there and you've done very well with your plants in there.The problem trying to grow in winter is not all about temperature but the lack of light. November through to January is the worst time. The light gets much better in February.There...

Aldi do some sturdy black plastic buckets at under a pound they'll last for years.

As above I have ordered a Grapevine "Blue Dream" from Suttons Seeds which I want to grow in a container on a balcony against some black railings which is South-South/East facing and gets full sun for most of the day in the summer and I want to get fruit from the vine eventually... it comes in a...

Thats really pretty.

Good evening. Does anyone know of an weevil insecticide to use in garden soils not only containers. Moment they are knawing at my buddliea, good as dead. I am using bug killer. Does not mention weevil:mswhl: beetle.

Thanks again Karl, I'd seen the types that hang off the tops of walls but I don't think the hooks would be wide enough to go over the top of the bricks... I might have a go at making your second suggestion, with the roofing laths. How would you bond them? I was thinking of PVA glue...

Good link there karl D, thanks. I grow a fair bit in containers, do have problems with things like pak choi bolting if not watered enough though.

I wonder if purple sprouting broccoli would work ? I love that

Then makesure it cannot fall off.

yeah I read they are pretty slow growing. I'd have to buy a more mature plant if I chose to use one.There's no chance of the shrub getting wet being beside the pond, the waterfall is facing away from the area the shrub will be placed.Another note, it'll be in full sun too.

they might do but strawbs are hardy and they might just make it so i would leave them to it for now. if the frost does kill them off then is the time to remove them loopy

Tomatos can tolerate a range of soils, but the key is organic matter, so heavy on the compost I'd say. Go deep with it, because toms have deep roots and are hungry! Also a basic fertiliser might be an idea. They need high phosphorus and low nitrogen levels Something I didn't realised and had...

i have some tin baths and old galvanised pots - dont know how much they would cost but they might be good for growing blueberrys in, try a junk yard or reclamation site? loopy

I have done it once or twice. I used those black boxes which Garden centres use for plants as a base, but have also go some polystyrene fish boxes covered in it too. Never managed it using wire covered carboard boxes though, they tend to go mis-shaped for me. Mix I used was standard one part...

Thanks PeterS , it's already against a wall, but once I've dug up the begonias I can swap the pots around and bring it closer to the door where it'll be more sheltered.

If you build your own, put plenty of drainage holes in, and put about an inch of gravel/pebbles in the bottom. That way if the roots find themselves sitting over a bit that doesn't drain well, the pebbles/gravel will help keep them just above the actual water proof liner.If you're going to put...