What is the best way to grow an abundant container garden?

Cjl9696714
by Cjl9696714
I usually try to grow vegetables in containers on my deck. I'd like some ideas to make the garden more abundant.
  4 answers
  • Janet Pizaro Janet Pizaro on Apr 17, 2017

    Are you asking for container flower ideas?How big are the containers,and what is you lighting?

  • Cheryl Markus Reynolds Cheryl Markus Reynolds on Apr 18, 2017

    The obvious answer is to add more containers. If you are unable to add more containers, we need to look at what you already have and what you're doing. What vegetables are you trying to grow? What is the climate like? How many hours of sunlight versus shade do they get a day? What have you tried so far? What are you putting in the containers? I know this might seem like a lot of questions but they all contribute to how bountiful your plants will be.

  • Nancy Turner Nancy Turner on Apr 18, 2017

    Make sure they get enough sun. If you do tomatoes they like lots of room, so use pots that are big and stick with patio tomatoes that will do better in large pots. I use ten to twelve inch pots for herbs and always have an overabundance of herbs. Make sure you use a sustained release fertilizer since they aren't getting nutrition from the ground soil. I use Miracle grow and don't have to worry about doing it again for months, sometimes not again out in the garden.

  • Linda Hunt Linda Hunt on Apr 18, 2017

    To increase the amount of produce you can grow in small spaces check out the book Square Foot Gardening from your library. Trust me, this will change your gardening immensely. I found it so useful I bought a used one as soon as I could find it. Superb advice and the gentlemen is certainly qualified to give us advice. I have been gardening for fifty years now and I learned so much I was very surprs