First time container gardener! Looking for any and all advice
Cucumber and Zucchini with marigolds in the first, tomatoes and oregano in the second. Anything I should add or remove? I’m worried about the zucchini and cucumbers getting overcrowded. Each pot is about 5-7 gal
In general, I’ve done one tomato plant in a 10 gal pot and one squash plant in a 5 gal pot.
freethenipple420
Add a sturdy wooden pole or two as a support for your tomato (tie it) and 2 or 4 for your cucumbers so they can climb up. Mulch the soil so it doesn’t dry out too quickly under the hot sun.
Fertilize regularly.
Be observant close up to get familiar with all those plants and detect tiny pests and disease on time.
lilly_kilgore
In 5-7 gallons that cucumber and zucchini are going to fight it out for water. I had a zucchini in a 5 gallon bucket last summer and during the hottest days I had to water that sucker multiple times a day.
But they might just send roots out of the pot through the bottom anyway to get to the ground underneath. I started late, and even though my zucchini didn’t have a full season to grow, it’s roots took over the entire bucket and grew out onto the deck underneath.
You could just put the zuke straight in the ground. It doesn’t even need great soil to grow. I also grew some in some severely compacted clay, weeds, and rocks and it did great. The only thing I did for it was plant it with *maybe* a cup of compost. It was a test to see what could tolerate my clay. It’s so sticky and compacted I can barely get a shovel in when it’s wet, and it’s essentially concrete when it’s dry. But the zucchini did great.
CaseFinancial2088
Remove the mi t into a stand alone pot and thank me later
ASecularBuddhist
Tomatoes want to grow roots up to 4 feet into the ground, so when they start struggling, you’ll know why.
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That zucc is gonna eat that cuke for breakfast.
In general, I’ve done one tomato plant in a 10 gal pot and one squash plant in a 5 gal pot.
Add a sturdy wooden pole or two as a support for your tomato (tie it) and 2 or 4 for your cucumbers so they can climb up. Mulch the soil so it doesn’t dry out too quickly under the hot sun.
Fertilize regularly.
Be observant close up to get familiar with all those plants and detect tiny pests and disease on time.
In 5-7 gallons that cucumber and zucchini are going to fight it out for water. I had a zucchini in a 5 gallon bucket last summer and during the hottest days I had to water that sucker multiple times a day.
But they might just send roots out of the pot through the bottom anyway to get to the ground underneath. I started late, and even though my zucchini didn’t have a full season to grow, it’s roots took over the entire bucket and grew out onto the deck underneath.
You could just put the zuke straight in the ground. It doesn’t even need great soil to grow. I also grew some in some severely compacted clay, weeds, and rocks and it did great. The only thing I did for it was plant it with *maybe* a cup of compost. It was a test to see what could tolerate my clay. It’s so sticky and compacted I can barely get a shovel in when it’s wet, and it’s essentially concrete when it’s dry. But the zucchini did great.
Remove the mi t into a stand alone pot and thank me later
Tomatoes want to grow roots up to 4 feet into the ground, so when they start struggling, you’ll know why.