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| Here are the results of my container garden experiment. I grew many types of tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, cucumbers, okra, and a lot more in various sizes of planters last summer and kept track of all fruit we harvested. If you're looking for data on what type of yield to expect given a certain planting situation, hopefully this will help! I am also pretty active on there posting pictures, experiences, etc. if anyone is interested. The link is included below: |
Here is a link that might be useful: Link to the results chart
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| That's very informative and impressive. Thanks for sharing. I grow many of the same vegetables in containers. For the first time last summer, I grew my heirloom tomatoes with only one per 25 gallon container. Since I only have six containers for tomatoes, it was very hard not to grow my usual three per pot. But I definitely had much better yield per plant and a lot less disease. Eggplants and peppers don't seem to mind a little crowding, but big beefsteak types need a lot of room (and food) to produce well. |
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| Lots of neat pictures and information. You have done a lot with a sunny porch- I hope my in ground garden does half as well! Thanks for the tips. |
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| Thanks, CR. Can you tell more about the mix you used in the containers? Fertilizer? Thanks |
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- Posted by emgardener 9 BayArea CA (My Page) on Wed, Feb 6, 13 at 23:16
| Check his April 2012 post. Sta-Green potting mix. Miracle Grow fertilizer. |
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- Posted by CaptiveRoots 6A (My Page) on Thu, Feb 14, 13 at 1:08
| I did use Miracle Grow fertilizer at first, but then I switched over to Tomato Tone and I liked it a lot better. For one thing, the Tomato Tone seemed to lead to a massive growth spurt. Also, (I'm not sure if this was due to the Tomato Tone or not) but when I started using Tomato Tone the problems with Blossom End Rot pretty much went away. I was losing peppers and tomatoes left and right before that. As far as the dirt, I used the Sta Green primarily because it was relatively light (we live in an upstairs apartment so it all has to go out on the porch) and seemed to have a good consistency. I liked the results, so I will probably use it again this year. |
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- Posted by CaptiveRoots 6A (My Page) on Thu, Feb 14, 13 at 1:09
| I am adding two neat things to the garden this year: a prickly pear cactus and a meyer lemon! I'll be blogging quite a bit about those things this spring, as well as the normal garden stuff! |
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- Posted by CaptiveRoots 6A (My Page) on Sat, Feb 23, 13 at 16:16
| I revamped my seedling table and posted some pictures if anyone is interested. I'm currently working on getting a prickly pear cutting, which will hopefully be the subject of a post in the relatively near future. |
Here is a link that might be useful: New seedling table setup
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