Hello! My name is Bethany and I grow things in my rooftop container garden in Chicago, zone 6a. I am by no means an expert, just someone who enjoys sharing my garden journey.
In today’s video, I’m sharing the container gardening tips that seem like they should have been obvious to me but were not. Let me know your tips below in the comments!
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I love turning my containers 😆
I also have a rooftop terrace for my containers. How do you go about hauling new soil up, and old soil down, from your rooftop? Also, do you re-use your soil from season to season? If so, how do you go about it? Thanks.
Yup! I have so many ah hah moments since this is my first year container gardening. Sometimes I just shake my head. Lol. 😀
Lots of helpful advice! Many thanks from a fellow Chicago (suburban 😊) gardener!
I'll never get tired of you telling the story about turning the bags. It was a really funny a-ha moment.
If you want to try fruit trees you might want to check out columnar varieties. I've seen them available for apples, cherries, and pears.
Nice tips on gardening in containers. I never thought of turning containers but it does make sense. To help my plants in containers drain better I place a layer of river pebbles in the bottom of the planter pot. I have seen improvement in my plants with drainage..
Funny about watering in the rain. I learned after 2 years of gardening to never wait for the rain.
One morning I was watering even though a bit of rain was expected, and while I watered the skies opened up and it was downpouring like crazy. I was drenched standing there with the hose. I just kept watering like I don't care. I looked like a lunatic!
👋🏻Bethany, I find that my husband turns the containers all the time…I didn’t know to water even if it rains. Thank you, for that info.😊
I doubt there's a gardener alive that has not had one (or more likely many!) of the moments. For me, it was the first time I mulched a garden bed and didn't realize you had to edge. I guess I just thought the grass would magically not grow into the wood chips 😂
the more decorative pots that don’t have holes are meant to hold the plant in a nursery container so you don’t make things a mess wherever you put it in the house! I use mine that way if I happen to have a plant in a nursery container that fits. Otherwise my husband drills holes with a masonry bit and he finds it really entertaining 😂. You could also get micro dwarf or dwarf tomatoes!
Great video! What brand of fertilizer do you use?