Today, I started the seedlings for my 2011 container garden. Last year, for the first time, I planted a container garden from seeds that I had saved. I planted peppers in a variety of colors, butternut squash and spaghetti squash. It was a great experience, but I started the seedlings a little late and I didn't follow the rules (didn't thin out the plants). So while my harvest was good (25 peppers) and two squash, I had a lot of really tall plants, but they were too crowded. I wanted to try starting seedlings from seed packs this year to compare how much of difference there is between planting from seeds you save and planting from seed packs.
I just finished up planting: sweet peppers, long sweet peppers, okra, winter squash, cantaloupe, burpless cucumbers, lemon cucumbers, eggplants, lettuce and onions. Oh, and some cilantro. I want to try one of those topsy turvy tomato planters too. Initially, I wanted just a salad garden, but this weekend we bought a garden box, so we could add more options to our container garden.
I'll post photos of the progress as my garden grows!
So glad I read your post! Reminds me that I need to get in gear with my container garden.
ReplyDeleteMy poor seedlings did not fair very well. I pretty much had to start over with already established plants.
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