Comments on: Container Vegetable Garden - Update http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2008/06/26/container-vegetable-garden-update/ Domesticity by Trial and Error Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:49:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Sonya http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2008/06/26/container-vegetable-garden-update/#comment-20904 Sonya Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:46:38 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2008/06/26/container-vegetable-garden-update/#comment-20904 Not sure if you're a wine drinker or not, but I've found that a wine bottle filled with water and inverted into the soil waters my containers more slowly and for a longer duration. The water doesn't seem to come out the bottom when I water this way. I poked the top of the wine bottle into the soil first, before filling and inverting. Also, I threw a 1-2 in cover of cedar mulch on top of the soil to help prevent some moisture loss on each plant. I was looking into some of those waterballs, but they would have cost me over $100 for all my containers. This free and green method works well for me (plus, it's a good excuse to drink more wine). Not sure if you’re a wine drinker or not, but I’ve found that a wine bottle filled with water and inverted into the soil waters my containers more slowly and for a longer duration. The water doesn’t seem to come out the bottom when I water this way. I poked the top of the wine bottle into the soil first, before filling and inverting. Also, I threw a 1-2 in cover of cedar mulch on top of the soil to help prevent some moisture loss on each plant.

I was looking into some of those waterballs, but they would have cost me over $100 for all my containers. This free and green method works well for me (plus, it’s a good excuse to drink more wine).

]]> By: cheryl http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2008/06/26/container-vegetable-garden-update/#comment-20617 cheryl Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:58:02 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2008/06/26/container-vegetable-garden-update/#comment-20617 Wow, your growing season is well ahead of mine. I also swear by drip systems - we have several thousand drippers and 10 zones on our system, but started out small many years ago. I like it for the pots because it will reliably water them twice a day. And the bigger the pot, the better. I use whiskey barrels for some of my tomatoes. The summer squash is blooming so soon we'll both be having it coming out of our ears. Wow, your growing season is well ahead of mine. I also swear by drip systems - we have several thousand drippers and 10 zones on our system, but started out small many years ago. I like it for the pots because it will reliably water them twice a day. And the bigger the pot, the better. I use whiskey barrels for some of my tomatoes. The summer squash is blooming so soon we’ll both be having it coming out of our ears.

]]> By: Hadley http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2008/06/26/container-vegetable-garden-update/#comment-20607 Hadley Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:58:15 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2008/06/26/container-vegetable-garden-update/#comment-20607 I am so jealous of your yummy looking zucchini! This is our first summer in our house, and we don't have enough sun to have a garden! I might try some pots next year. I swear by drip irrigation systems. You can get the stuff at Lowe's I think. I got mine from a local irrigation company. It is simple to set up, and we hooked ours to a timer. I am so jealous of your yummy looking zucchini! This is our first summer in our house, and we don’t have enough sun to have a garden! I might try some pots next year.

I swear by drip irrigation systems. You can get the stuff at Lowe’s I think. I got mine from a local irrigation company. It is simple to set up, and we hooked ours to a timer.

]]> By: yayanana http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2008/06/26/container-vegetable-garden-update/#comment-20590 yayanana Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:55:45 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2008/06/26/container-vegetable-garden-update/#comment-20590 I didn't mean the top of the plant...don't have the water level as high as the top of the plant's pot. :-) I didn’t mean the top of the plant…don’t have the water level as high as the top of the plant’s pot. :-)

]]> By: yayanana http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2008/06/26/container-vegetable-garden-update/#comment-20588 yayanana Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:54:32 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2008/06/26/container-vegetable-garden-update/#comment-20588 Bigger pots will hold more water. Also, If you sink the pots into the ground, they won't dry out as fast either. Sink your pots in big planters(like mine) or big pots - or heck - trash bags or a child's wading pool - filled with wet cedar mulch will reduce evaporation and the plants will pull water up through the holes in the bottom of the pot. Just don't have the water level as high as the top of the plant. It isn't unusual for pot plants to need watering twice a day and your's look like they're doing well. Bigger pots will hold more water. Also, If you sink the pots into the ground, they won’t dry out as fast either. Sink your pots in big planters(like mine) or big pots - or heck - trash bags or a child’s wading pool - filled with wet cedar mulch will reduce evaporation and the plants will pull water up through the holes in the bottom of the pot. Just don’t have the water level as high as the top of the plant.
It isn’t unusual for pot plants to need watering twice a day and your’s look like they’re doing well.

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