Container Garden Guide

by Tom Johnson

Are you among the group that think container gardening is only for growing plants indoors or under a covered patio? You’re not on your own, I used to think that way too until I read this: “Think of your fruit, flower, and veggie “pots” as a mobile garden, suitable for the deck, porch, balcony, driveway or yard!”. So release your imagination and realize that you can decide where you want your container garden inside or outside.

One of the advantages of a container garden is the ability to move it around if the need arises, something you can’t do with a traditional garden. You can also grow just about any type of plant in a container.

Your traditional garden has to endure any bad weather that occurs. If you grow in containers they can be moved to a safer location away from the weather when necessary.

Also your potted garden can be moved around to take advantage of the best growing conditions for your plants. That’s not possible once your plants are in the ground and you find that the position you picked is either too shady or sunny.

If you choose to have your container garden outdoors, you need to be sure to choose a good location for it. You’ll want to choose a place that has the proper amount of sun for the plants you wish to grow, but it also needs to be a place that’s very accessible. It’s easy to lose motivation to work on your garden if it’s several hundred yards away from the house!

Be sure to locate your plants as far away from streets as you can. Pollution from cars, as well as the dust they kick up, can damage your plants and contaminate them. You don’t want to be eating all of that pollution, so locate plants as far away from those roads as possible.

What about your indoor plants? Choose a good, warm position for your plants, especially if you use air conditioning. Most plants prefer to be warm and a nice spot with filtered sunlight is often best.

Many plants won’t do well in very chilly homes, so you might need to choose a room for your plants and keep the vent closed in that room so it stays warmer there. If you can, choose a sunny room with a lot of natural sunlight.

Try to avoid some of the more delicate or exotic plants, unless that’s what you want, because they will often require high or low humidity. This means investing in special humidity equipment that can raise or lower the amount of moisture in the air to suit the plants.

Don’t fall into the trap of trying to grow too many varieties of plants, it often becomes to difficult to look after them. Better to choose plants that are often expensive at your local grocery store.

As an example, tomatoes are often of poor quality or expensive in the stores, so they’re a great plant to grow yourself. So the rule of thumb is, if it’s expensive, hard to get or low quality, try growing it at home in a container.

Finally, decide whether or not you want to grow your plants organically. If you’re growing indoors, this will probably be very simple to do. But if you’re growing your plants outside, you could get frustrated with pest control. Don’t worry if you find organic gardening a bit difficult. Like anything, it requires some research to gain experience, but is worth the trouble in the long term.

Want to fill your small garden with plants and perfume? Tom Johnson has a Free eBook for you titled Container Gardening Secrets.

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