I want to plant some vegetables that’ll do well in above ground planters (I’ve got turf and rocks for a yard lmao). Any tips/suggestions? In North Texas
by Distinct-Crab-272
I want to plant some vegetables that’ll do well in above ground planters (I’ve got turf and rocks for a yard lmao). Any tips/suggestions? In North Texas
by Distinct-Crab-272
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Tomatoes and peppers do well in pots and they’re pretty easy to grow
If you count herbs: rosemary, thyme, lavender, and sage will do great and should look good year round for you.
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I know nothing about Texas weather, but there is a lot of vegetables that can grow on a trellis. Some climb on their own and some need help, som needs a lot of pruning, but it saves space.
Sugar snaps, green beans, runner beans, zucchini, pumkins, malabar spinach…
I would remove the Astro turf and go all rock.
Then put different planters of all shapes and sizes. The Astro turf will get incredibly hot for plants, and the rocks will provide better drainage from watering runoff.
Which direction does this face? And is this a picture from today? I live in WA, so I am trying to figure out if the area next to your house always has sun or if at some parts of the year the fence casts shadow against it. Are you going to do a raised bed (wood framing) or grow bags? Regardless, you’re going to want a watering system on a timer to protect your plants and their soil quality. Do you use your mini split a lot in the summer? That will be heating up the air around it if you do, so keep that in mind and only put heat loving plants near its vicinity.
Heat loving plants: Peppers, tomatoes, melons (look at smaller varieties as full sized melons will perform poorly without a lot of soil)
You can grow pretty much anything in containers. Its all a matter of keeping your plants watered and fed. A container provides a very finite amount of both with no avenue for the roots to search beyond the container.
In a limited space like this your going to want to think vertically.
The fence posts on the left and at the far end would be a perfect place to attach cattle panels or something similar for trellises for anything that grows in a vine like cukes, squash or indeterminate tomatoes.
Id put a row of narrow beds or containers down both sides of the space and then go crazy. Peppers, tomatoes, herbs.
The only issue I forsee is that your house will absorb heat and radiate it back to your garden. Id invest in some shade cloth before next summer.
Could see a lot of vining plants like cucumbers. Tomatoes though not vining are always a good option. Purple hulled cowpeas are semi vining. I would put something behind them though if put against the fence just to keep it from breaking down the wood with the moisture. Could make a great garden in a space like that.
Are some new home builds including this as a backyard?