Cheap and Easy Container Gardening: Step by Step
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No space? No problem! This week, Ben takes us step by step through the process of making a BIG impact in a small space.
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What’s wrong with peat moss? I use it and mix vermiculite and composted cow manure and garden soil,which is a clay soil and it comes out great
I did the same thing with comfrey. I ended up with a container of comfrey plants! Not that I mind, but it was a surprise!
You should be a presenter on Gardener's world. I love your channel.
I'm wondering why it should peat free? I had planned to use compost, peat. And perlite. Will that not be successful?
Living in a appartment so I appreciate this video alot . Hope to see more on container gardens as well tips and tricks for very small space garden solutions.
How do you get rid of the gnats 😩
I saw a pic with someone growing vegetables in blue jeans
What I don't get. Lot 5l container ideal for tomatoes. Yet there's tiny growbags for those 🤔 it's a minefield out there
I love your Gardening Video you seem really knowledgeable on the subject PS Your Blue Forget me nots look Amazing in your Garden 😊thankyou!
Was that greenhouse a diy built? Would be interested in learning how or some insight what kind of greenhouse works best.
Is there a reason for avoiding peat?
I have a small yard and grow fruit and vegetables in pots and grow bags. I never thought to add perlite to the mix! I’ll do that this year!
Notes to self ❤
✨Food grade plastic
✨drainage
✨light colored containers in hot climates
✨do soil research per plant (I’ll buy in store )
✨rocks under the pots to keep drainage open
Thank you! So helpful. Could i use old tefal pots or they will not be safe because of their coating?
when i whas 13 years i build a planterbox out of lego i grew carrots (very small) and cherry tomato
why peet free?
Question to the gardeners out here. I bought plastic bins on sale to grow potatoes in. Is there a way I can cover the inside to prevent the plastic chemicals to leak in ?
Is peat not good ?
I love this channel! I'm so grateful that you are sharing your knowledge! Thank you.
Why no peat?
Thank for sharing such a wonderful video, I have a small space and love growing vegetables. 🥦 I use only potting mix. Now ill think of adding another source of mineral like bone meal or perlite
Why peat free?
Thanks to you and your videos I am going around my house finding every possible container in which to plant seeds and plants. Cereal boxes and yogurt containers are being called to a higher purpose, lol!
I go to the dump and retrieve metal bathtubs. I now have 8. Gave them a good scrub, used plastic pain to touch up any rust and filled with lovely well rotted horse manure and topsoil with some peat moss. Cheap usually free or $3 each, place on bricks so it can drain well and your off.
Very useful video, thanks. I've grown a lot of tomatoes and my first cucumbers this year in plastic containers salvaged from the estuary nearby (washed and drilled for drainage). Question: what are your thoughts on the potting mixes with moisture retaining additives?
I bought two sets of black fabric "raised beds" – each consisting of four pockets. These got filled with potting mix, and then planted with very happy tomatoes. However, they are in sun for much of the day, so I have since wrapped them round with lengths of white bubble wrap left over from the house move. This helps protect from excess moisture loss, and also stops the black fabric absorbing too much heat. Not the prettiest addition to the garden, but so far it seems to be working !
The dog should not inhale that stuff
I once converted an old lamp into a planter for my scindapsus!
Wow! I enjoyed this video SO much! Thank you🌱🌱🌱
Weirdest I’ve seen was a bathtub
In the past I've used stones in the bottom of my pots, so I appreciate the info about that. I'm curious about other types of "space fillers" besides the sticks you mentioned (which I have limited access to) that could be put in the bottom. For example: grass clippings, straw or hay, dirt etc. What would you recommend?
Thank you so helpful….
Your container gardening tips have been a lifesaver for my small patio.
You’re fun & informative! 🤓👍🍓🪴🌽🍎🍅🥕
I used a car tire as a bottomless pot
I work at a research and extension center for a state university, so I have access to all kinds of weird planters. Swiftdrains (used for trench drains, they look like robust gutters) make GREAT planters for salad greens, the bottom third of a blue plastic barrel (the sump of a decommissioned recirculating aquaculture system) saw dahlias and tomatoes, with my favorite being an old stainless steel drum (from a raingarden mesocosm) used for flowers under one of my building's gutters. I have also seen the Styrofoam inserts of shipping coolers used for peppers.
can you grow courgettes in plant pots?
Very good info thanks but it looks like you shot the holes through the bottom of the galvanized was tub…
Each growing season i use what we call in FR ´une vieille casserole ´ 😂 grz from 🇧🇪 and go on!
I grew some leeks in a calsberg can opened the top with a can opener and eventually transplanted into the garden ….was quite an talking point 😅
I grew in a homemade toddlers bed that used their crib mattress after they had out grown the crib.😂 It was painted bright pink and really put a pop of color in my garden, made all my lettuce and radishes really stand out.
I once moved to a new place in the middle of (canadian) winter and come spring there was an old BBQ that appeared under the snow. It wasn't working but made an amazing bed for wild flowers which I later switched to strawberries. I'm so sad my current tint balcony is north facing I miss growing things
People put old broken furniture on the side of road for bulk trash. I helped by repurposing bed spring & mailbox post for trellis. Dresser drawers for containers & side boards for raised beds. If color matters just get cheap spray paint & paint the exterior. Also used a neighbor’s fallen wood fence they were going to throw away.
Nice video! The oddest containers I've grown veggies in are: Potatoes in old tires. One stacked on top of the other, filled with dirt. The next is herbs in an old boot. A giant size man's work boot works well and it's a novelty you can show your friends.
I wouldn’t say it’s odd, but I cut the tops off of 96 fl oz (2.84L) almond milk jugs and plant strawberries, chives, greens or similar in them.