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re: 2024 Spring Garden Thread
Posted on 4/29/24 at 3:39 pm to Loup
Posted on 4/29/24 at 3:39 pm to Loup
I feel like container gardening is just hard. You're trying to maintain soil and nutrient quality that changes so quickly. Plants will suck up nutrients fast. And when you water, you're washing some of it out anyway.
Tough little environment to sustain...
Eta sorry that wasn't very helpful
Tough little environment to sustain...
Eta sorry that wasn't very helpful
This post was edited on 4/29/24 at 3:40 pm
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Posted on 4/29/24 at 3:54 pm to Devious
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Tough little environment to sustain...
Eta sorry that wasn't very helpful
No worries
. I've been pretty successful with it for peppers. I compost all the leaves in my yard and mix that in every year. Also got some horse shite from a friend and composted that. After I grow one plant in it I dump it back in to the compost bin to get mixed back with leaves and horse shite. If I have too much I dump it in the flower beds.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 2:55 pm to Devious
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I feel like container gardening is just hard. You're trying to maintain soil and nutrient quality that changes so quickly. Plants will suck up nutrients fast. And when you water, you're washing some of it out anyway.
I am doing container peppers and tomatoes as well. I used the Osmocote 14-14-14 slow release fertilizer. Its says this should last 3-4 months do to is slow release of the nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. Anyone use this fertilizer with any success in container plants?
This post was edited on 4/30/24 at 2:56 pm
Posted on 4/30/24 at 6:41 pm to Devious
quote:
feel like container gardening is just hard. You're trying to maintain soil and nutrient quality that changes so quickly. Plants will suck up nutrients fast. And when you water, you're washing some of it out anyway.
Yeah my squash trap plants are in pots. I fed them the same amount of calcium nitrate as the rest of my raised bed garden and the leaves are yellowing.
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