The only thing I've tried is tomatoes, and that worked pretty well, even for an inexperienced and sometimes inattentive non-gardener like me. I bet it could've worked even better with a little better care on my part. I'm hoping, if I get moved quickly enough to dabble a little again this year, but obviously I'll be way later than you are.
I was determined that this was going to be the year I got my act together, but ... well... I'll just do my best, and I haven't even started that yet!
I'd recommend "leaf beet", also called "perpetual spinach", which tastes much the same, but is way easier to grow and doesn't bolt like regular spinach. I've not done it in a container, but I think it would probably do really well.
As for bin potatoes - I always put my potato peelings in the compost and I can't stop the dratted things from growing there! So, yes, I've done container spuds, but rather unwittingly :-) They still taste good though...
I'm going to try carrots in containers this year - my soil is too clay for them to grow big otherwise, and we do love to eat them.
I reckon anything copes in a container so long as it's got enough rootspace, so it comes down to have some idea how big the plants in question will grow.
Besides that, lots of things can be eaten small and sweet, before they get big enough to outgrow their rootspace.
Spring? Nowhere near. I've done next to nothing in my patch this year yet - ground too hard and cold, frost most nights, and I don't think we've necessarily seen the last of the snow... but when it comes 'our murdered dreams shall wake, and when it comes all the mute birds shall sing' as the song says.
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I'd recommend "leaf beet", also called "perpetual spinach", which tastes much the same, but is way easier to grow and doesn't bolt like regular spinach. I've not done it in a container, but I think it would probably do really well.
As for bin potatoes - I always put my potato peelings in the compost and I can't stop the dratted things from growing there! So, yes, I've done container spuds, but rather unwittingly :-) They still taste good though...
I'm going to try carrots in containers this year - my soil is too clay for them to grow big otherwise, and we do love to eat them.
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I reckon anything copes in a container so long as it's got enough rootspace, so it comes down to have some idea how big the plants in question will grow.
Besides that, lots of things can be eaten small and sweet, before they get big enough to outgrow their rootspace.
Spring? Nowhere near. I've done next to nothing in my patch this year yet - ground too hard and cold, frost most nights, and I don't think we've necessarily seen the last of the snow... but when it comes 'our murdered dreams shall wake, and when it comes all the mute birds shall sing' as the song says.
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