Container Planting
Container planting involves the use of an assortment of items in the home to grow vegetables or ornamental plants. Items which would otherwise be discarded as garbage can be used in your home garden. Since plants are confined to a small, isolated volume of rooting media, water and nutrient reserves can be quickly exhausted. Therefore, you must maintain soil fertility levels, for container planting to be productive.
Type of Containers
You can use almost any receptacle – wooden crates, boxes, troughs, bottles, drums/barrels, flower pots, milk tins, broken crockery (teapots, etc.) old baskets, old shoes/boots, paint cans, biscuit tins, PVC piping.
Choice of Containers
Make use of containers that are easy to handle, easy to clean, durable, non-corrosive and non-toxic, or which contained edible material.
- Porous containers such as clay pots, are cooler and more suitable than non-porous containers such as plastics.
- Black containers absorb light which causes heat to build up in the media.
- Black plastic bags which are exposed to strong sunlight can overheat and cause root damage. If black bags/black plastic containers are used, keep the soil moist to avoid root injury.
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