Comments on: Got Container Gardening Questions? http://www.containergardeningtips.com Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:02:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: Liz Copeland http://www.containergardeningtips.com/got-container-gardening-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Liz Copeland Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:02:33 +0000 http://containergardeningtips.com/questions/#comment-51 @lars, Thanks, I stomped the plastic bottles and used shipping peanuts.......... Liz @lars,
Thanks, I stomped the plastic bottles and used shipping peanuts……….
Liz

]]> By: dee http://www.containergardeningtips.com/got-container-gardening-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-50 dee Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:41:43 +0000 http://containergardeningtips.com/questions/#comment-50 @Liz Copeland, supplement your potting soil with perlite, vermiculite, and peat moss. fill the pot where it will stay, or get casters to put under your pots if you must move them. @Liz Copeland,
supplement your potting soil with perlite, vermiculite, and peat moss.
fill the pot where it will stay, or get casters to put under your pots if you must move them.

]]> By: Deborah http://www.containergardeningtips.com/got-container-gardening-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Deborah Sun, 30 May 2010 13:54:09 +0000 http://containergardeningtips.com/questions/#comment-49 I have planted tomatoes and cucumbers in plastic buckets, I also drilled holes near the bottom for drainage. My plants started off growing and looking really good. But when they started blooming most of the blooms dry up and fall off. What am I doing wrong? I have planted tomatoes and cucumbers in plastic buckets, I also drilled holes near the bottom for drainage. My plants started off growing and looking really good. But when they started blooming most of the blooms dry up and fall off. What am I doing wrong?

]]> By: lars http://www.containergardeningtips.com/got-container-gardening-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-48 lars Mon, 24 May 2010 18:48:43 +0000 http://containergardeningtips.com/questions/#comment-48 @Raja Could it be that the manure is too fresh and strong, and providing too much nitrogen and burning up your plants? Fresh manure can burn plants, so that is my best guess. @Raja

Could it be that the manure is too fresh and strong, and providing too much nitrogen and burning up your plants?

Fresh manure can burn plants, so that is my best guess.

]]> By: raja faisal http://www.containergardeningtips.com/got-container-gardening-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-46 raja faisal Sun, 23 May 2010 09:08:59 +0000 http://containergardeningtips.com/questions/#comment-46 dear lars i lived far away from your country i live in karachi, pakistan and i am fond of home gardening my problem is first i had started using 2 liters empty bottles of fresh water bottles. i cut them from top and fill with dirt and manore and make holes on bottom. but my plants started to die after week or so. i was watering regularly. the leaves getting burn. what is cause. i had normal sunlight. please guide. dear lars i lived far away from your country i live in karachi, pakistan and i am fond of home gardening my problem is first i had started using 2 liters empty bottles of fresh water bottles. i cut them from top and fill with dirt and manore and make holes on bottom. but my plants started to die after week or so. i was watering regularly. the leaves getting burn. what is cause. i had normal sunlight. please guide.

]]> By: Sharon Swanson http://www.containergardeningtips.com/got-container-gardening-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Sharon Swanson Mon, 17 May 2010 23:39:51 +0000 http://containergardeningtips.com/questions/#comment-44 Each year I plant 20 feet of wave petunias in planter boxes along my deck. For the last few years, by mid-July, they are over run by aphids. I have sprayed them w/ Lemon Joy Dish Detergent & water to no avail. I'm afraid that if I try Ladybugs, my deck will be over run w/ them or they will fly off to another deck. Does anyone have the name of a good deterent for aphids? Thanks! ------- Remember you can try to spray them off with a water hose, too, and knock them off. Also, here are some organic aphid sprays: http://www.cleanairgardening.com/aphid-control.html. Each year I plant 20 feet of wave petunias in planter boxes along my deck. For the last few years, by mid-July, they are over run by aphids. I have sprayed them w/ Lemon Joy Dish Detergent & water to no avail. I’m afraid that if I try Ladybugs, my deck will be over run w/ them or they will fly off to another deck. Does anyone have the name of a good deterent for aphids? Thanks!
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Remember you can try to spray them off with a water hose, too, and knock them off. Also, here are some organic aphid sprays: http://www.cleanairgardening.com/aphid-control.html.

]]> By: Trish http://www.containergardeningtips.com/got-container-gardening-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Trish Mon, 17 May 2010 15:00:43 +0000 http://containergardeningtips.com/questions/#comment-43 I would like some planters in my holiday house in the south of France, but I'm only there twice a year. Is there anything at all that could survive without me there to water? I would like some planters in my holiday house in the south of France, but I’m only there twice a year. Is there anything at all that could survive without me there to water?

]]> By: lars http://www.containergardeningtips.com/got-container-gardening-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-40 lars Fri, 07 May 2010 18:16:00 +0000 http://containergardeningtips.com/questions/#comment-40 @Lynda Jo, I think that if you are getting good drainage now on those pavers, then it should probably be okay to build the raised bed right on top. If it slows down the drainage a little bit, it's no big deal. You just don't want it to sit there with water in the bottom, waterlogging all of your plants. It would also work to take them up and build the raised bed on the soil instead, but I don't think it would be necessary. @Lynda Jo,

I think that if you are getting good drainage now on those pavers, then it should probably be okay to build the raised bed right on top. If it slows down the drainage a little bit, it’s no big deal. You just don’t want it to sit there with water in the bottom, waterlogging all of your plants.

It would also work to take them up and build the raised bed on the soil instead, but I don’t think it would be necessary.

]]> By: Lynda Jo http://www.containergardeningtips.com/got-container-gardening-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Lynda Jo Fri, 07 May 2010 17:38:39 +0000 http://containergardeningtips.com/questions/#comment-39 I have a vast paver patio, you know the one with sand in the cracks to promote draining. I want to plant a raised garden on top of them. Do I need to give attention to the pavers, take them up where I will be placing my planter or can I just build my planter right on top of them. Will the drainage be adequate for the plants? I have a vast paver patio, you know the one with sand in the cracks to promote draining. I want to plant a raised garden on top of them. Do I need to give attention to the pavers, take them up where I will be placing my planter or can I just build my planter right on top of them. Will the drainage be adequate for the plants?

]]> By: lars http://www.containergardeningtips.com/got-container-gardening-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-38 lars Wed, 05 May 2010 13:32:27 +0000 http://containergardeningtips.com/questions/#comment-38 @Rebecca, Yes, they are safe to use. You'll just want to make sure you have some holes drilled in the bottom so that you can get drainage. Otherwise, they'll fill up with water at the bottom and rot the roots. @Rebecca,

Yes, they are safe to use.

You’ll just want to make sure you have some holes drilled in the bottom so that you can get drainage. Otherwise, they’ll fill up with water at the bottom and rot the roots.

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