Container Growing

If you're limited in space and still want to grow some flowers and plants, container growing may be for you. Rather than setting up a full size garden bed you could set up a container garden. Container gardens take up less space and require less time to maintain than either a raised or in-ground bed.

You may wish your container garden to be as small as a single container with a variety of plants, or you could set out several containers close together and give the effect of a larger garden area. Using the containers to create the effect of a larger garden area will still allow you the flexibility of becoming even larger by adding more containers or removing containers and becoming a smaller area again if you wish. It will also allow you greater flexibility if you wish to change the flowers or plants often.

There are many new lightweight containers now that are able to handle weather extremes better than other types of garden pots. Gardener's Supply has some beautifully colorful Cortina Planters. You can also save 15% at Gardener's Supply if you decide on the Cortina Planters or any of the other containers they carry.

If you'd rather use something other than a planter, you can use almost any type of container to put your flowers and plants into. With container gardening, you're able to put plants in any type of container available as long as it has drain holes or you're able to punch drain holes into the container.

• When transplanting to your container, use good nutrient rich soil to supplement the soil your potted plants came in. A premium grade potting soil works best for growing flowers and plants in containers. A mix that includes sphagum peat moss and perlite is good.
  
• Water your container plants only as needed because as the water drains out of the container it will be taking nutrients with it.
  
• You may wish to replant your items with fresh new soil from time to time or you may choose to use an organic time-released fertilizer to help keep the soil in your containers healthy longer.
  

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