Most of it is doing well. Onions and radishes are going nuts, 'maters are doin fair but both cucumber plants seem to be whithering away................not sure why.
Question....can you grow romaine lettuce completely in big potting buckets (I don't know what they are called)? Also same question with tomatoes?
Long story short, I'd like to grow romaine and tomatoes but I don't have a garden and my back issues make working a traditional garden impossible so I'm limited to containers if I do it.
Long story short, I'd like to grow romaine and tomatoes but I don't have a garden and my back issues make working a traditional garden impossible so I'm limited to containers if I do it.
Tomatoes will do good in containers if you can shade the soil to keep it cool and water sufficiently.
I've grown romaine in a pot before. I had really good luck when I was living in an apartment in my younger days. I was on the 2nd floor, so no rabbits! it was great!
Romain is my favorite lettuce. The bugs get it in the garden. We have some 10 gallon pots around the pool, I'll see if the better half will let me try some. It might be too late in the season for it though? Don't know, never grew it.
We changed our garden this year and made raised beds (wifes idea), we planted potatoes and onions a week ago and just got the tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash in this past weekend. The potatoes and onions are looking really good, but too early to tell for the others. Here's a not so good pic of the pallet garden. I like the way we used to have it just tilling up the ground, but this keeps our big dog from pissing on our veggies. lol
In the last 24 hours, all the peas, beans, and corn we planted a couple weeks ago have popped up, and a few of the watermelons too. We need rain bad though.
My tomatoes have grown too tall too fast and are top heavy now. I have the grow light as close to them as I can get it so they don't "reach" for the light and I have them supported by tying them to skewers that I staked in the soil next to them. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get them to fill out? So far the only idea I've got is to get bigger pots and plant them deeper, basically burying the excessive height.
Plant them outside? I am for real. Transplant outdoors and use the trench method for the plant.
My Sweetie has given orders to make some raised beds. Sooooooooooooo I'm going to have a garden this year to keep up all summer instead of drinking beer. Probably start this weekend so we can enjoy the fruits of my labor.
