Vegetables in Pot

Vegetables are best planted, grow large, receptive to nutrients, easy to grow fast. But in many cases, someone must be vegetable in a pot. No backyard, for example, must vegetables in terrace, or to save space, vegetation types in the basin. For some say, vegetable species in the basin is easier to control, do not have to open up large tracts of land for vegetable gardens.

Often vegetables are planted in the basin is the harmonious classes, like spinach, lettuce, and so on. And most often as a potted cilantro like herbs, shallots, leeks, parsley, Coriander, foreigners of coriander: Rosemary,Thyme,Basil basil, and so on. But many vegetables can be grown in pots, as long as the pot is large enough, you can grow tomatoes, peppers, Eggplant eggplant or melon.

Planted beans in the Bowl below, can be seen behind barbed wire bracket, and climbing plants. Planted in front shorter Basil Basil. Shallow basin is kind of Italy parsley parsley. Another basin are cucumbers, there is barbed wire bracket.

The good news is that, more and more mini-plants are ideal for pot, including corn, pumpkin classes are adapted for patio varieties. You can find online seed catalogues or seed sector to look for in the garden shop and ask.

Potted vegetables, like other plants, selecting pots, soil, fertilizers should pay attention. Pot of vegetables and other plants is not the same as the place is, you need to harvest within a quarter, so that the soil fertilizer fertilizers cannot, sunshine and water should be sufficient. So it is definitely a high-maintenance job, or careless.

Basin:

First, it must be large enough. So-called big enough is the largest volume to select plants in the future. For example, tomatoes must be supporting the full weight of fruit in the future. If this is the kind of Italy, United Kingdom and cucumber, to estimate future volume and weight. Meanwhile, nor greater than needed too much, otherwise the soil easier to water will rot.

If class is a lettuce or spinach, cabbage, you can use smaller pots, are not too deep. But if the big basin, you can also plant many trees, seeds scattered on the surface. Lettuce and vegetable categories soon plant or harvest soon. A lot of people with old plastic tube, just below the hole, are very good.

Species is not limited, the only requirement is that the drain hole, while not blocking the drainage hole. If this is the kind of tomatoes, melons, beans need a season to harvest, to be sustainable, can hold enough soil for the roots to grow, and load it. This category at least five gallons of basin 5 gallon pot/barrel. Preferably the earthen pot, or even made of cement. If this is the kind of lettuce, cilantro, small roots, will soon harvest what can be. Gardening shop specifically for coriander designs, also bought a try.

Unveiled some of the bowl is very large, you can grow corn, pumpkin, Italy. This type of basins with wooden, very well drained, remember to often fill with water.

If you grow is tomatoes or beans, remember when placed in brackets. In accordance with your choice of beans and tomato category support. For example, some tomatoes are fruit, such as Beefsteak, is hard, takes a strong stand. Some tomatoes are small fruits, but hundreds of more Sweet 100,Tiny Tim, longer, requiring a higher bracket.

Soil and fertilizers:

Potting soil pot of vegetables preferably with potting soil, especially on the terrace when, as are light potting soil, and sterile. Potting soil is rarely in soils, but is composed of the following components: mud Moss (Sphagnum peat moss), bark compost, volcanic rocks and vermiculite (vermiculite or perlite) and clean sand. This type of potting soil characteristics is to maintain the moisture does not get lost, but not water. This allows plant roots remain moist. If your pot is placed outside the ground, you can add a good organic soil compost, animal manure compost, peat moss and mud sedge. All is mixed well before use. Principle is not to dig the garden soil to use, so as to avoid the bug or insect pests.

Because no soil in potted soil, so no food, began to grow when you can add organic fertilizer, preferably fat blood bone meal and blood meal bone fertilizer, promote the growth of roots and stems and leaves. Also used a variety of organic fertilizer: seaweed seaweed meal, fish emulsion fish fertilizer, mushroom manure mushroom compost, buy what they buy. Shoots after fertilization. General average fertilizer used can, collect fruits, such as tomatoes, peppers, high content of phosphorus and potassium can be used later.

Use of fertilizers can be used once every two weeks. Granular fertilizer can be placed in the topsoil and moistened after watering. If powdered or liquid form, you can use when watering. Principles are a few times, never excessive. (Preferably a half lower than the description indicates the dosage. ) Under: parsley plant herbs suitable for this kind of small pot plant, left for Arugula Bowl, planted at least three kinds of Arugula Arugula and right for a pot of Chinese parsley, Cilantro.

Sunlight and water:

Vegetables need most is one of the elements of light, even on the balconies, needs at least six hours of light a day. In the North the Sun not enough places, even more is better. But if noon time Sun is too strong, it is best to add some shade.

Vegetables also need adequate moisture, because the roots are not deep, even if planted in the soil, have or water, if it is a pot, more often to add moisture. Principle is about one centimeter of soil surface is dry, water. Due to better drainage, be sure to let excess water out, don't have water within the basin.

Watering and fertilizing is best when the soil water, do not water in the leaves, so much opportunity to mold and insects. Water preferably morning and evening. Fear of cold plants such as tomatoes, beans, like the heat, so don't pour cold water. The ancient Romans used warm water poured so that the tomatoes can be cooked. (But not too much, in too hot water is harmful. )

Seen flower shop recently launched potted vegetable, similar vegetables in a pot, mostly leaves class are herbs herbs. Because this type of shallow roots, should not be too large, and because there is no long before harvest, you can kind of pick. Below is a gardening store sells pots of lettuce, lettuce planted in a pot, harvest the leaves from each plant out of a larger starting, small leaves will continue to grow within the after, so you can harvest for several weeks in a row. Course can continue to seed, so that new plants could continue to grow. Fits without garden apartments and terraces cultivation.