Some advice please.

[SarahJane]

Hi there.

I know I have only been here for a couple of days but I would like to ask all the experts on here for some advice.
I only have a small cottage/courtyard style garden and this year was the first time I have had a chance to have a go at growing some stuff. I only have pots and a small mini greenhouse. ( You know, one of those tiered shelved units, covered over with plastic and a zip up door).
Anyway I enthusiastically planted out and grew a few diff types of chillis, peppers, garlic, tomatos, radishes, I had a couple of purple sprouting broccolli in pots, but went away for two nights to come home and find it had been almost toally devoured!
I also grew cucumbers in pots, (which werent a total success) aswell as a few different types of mint ( garden pineapple, buddhlia, spearmint), chives, parsley and strawberries in a strawberry pot.
What I would like to know is what else I can grow in pots, successfully and what (if anything) I can start off under the plastic, now, ready for spring time.
I also have a lovely cherry tree and a climbing blackcurrant but have little room for anything else large.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and I look forward to any advice.

S-J.

[eccentric_emma]

its not strictly pots, but i did hear of somebody growing carrots in buckets quite successfully - might be quite fun to have a go at?

[glenniedragon]

Before you grow anything else in your plastic greenhouse fix it down! I learnt a harsh lesson a year or so ago when a windy night resulted in the loss of all my seedlings , use a bungee strap or anything that will stop it falling over.

Welcome to the site,hope you like it here

Kind thoughts
Deb

[Thomzo]

Hi
I think we did a 101 things to grow in pots.

Yep - here it is: http://www.selfsufficientish.com/forum/ ... php?t=5206

Do add to it if you can thing of anything else.

Cheers
Zoe

[Dee_Sydney]

I'm growing zucchini and I've seen people growing potatoes in large bags. I've also got a lemon tree in a pot and I'm about to buy a grafted tree which I'll put in a pot. The tree will have 3 or 4 different stone fruits grafted onto it, so one tree 4 fruits! I can't wait. (unfortunately I'm in Aust so the info on the company that grows them would be useless)
I was thinking about trying pumpkin in a pot.

Have fun and good luck.

[SarahJane]

Thanks for the replys and especially the 101 things to grow in pots!

Also the advice re fixing the plastic greenhouse down. It can get pretty breezy up here over the winter months.

Looks like I am going to be pretty busy experimenting.

[Peggy Sue]

carrots work a treat in barrels! Also did radish this year and lettuce, courgettes, strawberries, tomatoes. The only way to survive with SLUGS on patrol!