If you do not have enough space in your garden, then grow vegetables in a garden pot or container. For a successful garden season, you need pots, six hours of sunshine, a mixture of soil and a good amount of water and drainage to grow well.
One of the advantages of growing vegetables in a garden pot is that hybridized vegetable varieties grow best in pots because the name requires less space. In the continuation of this article you will get a list of 8 ideal vegetables that you can easily grow in garden pots and containers.
Cole Crops
Cole crops include cauliflower, broccoli and cabbage; these are the most easy vegetables to grow in pots. However, you should not plant lot of types in a single pot otherwise, they will not be able to grow.
Cucumber
Cucumbers are called ‘heavy feeders’ and require regular watering routine as well. You can grow them in a medium-to-large sized pot (depending on the cucumber variety) placed in full sun. In this easy way, you can have your own homegrown crunchy cucumbers within just a few months.
Chilies and peppers
Chilies and peppers are super-productive, excellent ‘candidates’ for growing in pots. They also look great in pots.
They need a sunny and warm place to thrive. If you keep the container in a sunny spot, and provide the right soil and fertilizer, it will fruit richly. A large pot, at least 12 inches deep, is optimal for peppers.
Potatoes
It is always fun to grow potatoes, and specially fun growing potatoes in a container. You need a pot, which has up to 12 inches, and plant 3 to 4 potato es in the pot. Keep on giving it enough water so that plant starts to produce; make sure all the stems are fully covered with soil. Within a few months, you can get early potatoes and later you can take out the larger ones.
Beets
Perfectly suited for growing in small spaces, beets are nearly un-beet-able in this category.
The only consideration is that they need a fairly deep pot to be able to develop freely. A pot with 10 to 12 inches of depth is ideal to encourage adequate root growth.
Most varieties of beets will happily grow in pots. Here are a few favorites to choose from.
Beans
There are two ways to approach growing beans in pots. You can either choose a “bushy” variety of bean, which will grow happily in a pot without any extra support, or you can choose to grow a climbing variety, and run pole beans up a trellis. This is ideal for making the most of your vertical space, as you can run them up walls and fences.
Chard
In a competition for the best crop for container gardening, it’d be hard to beat leafy greens and lettuces. Fast-growing and productive, these undisputed kings of the realm of edible potted plants make an easy and delicious potted crop.
Even better, leafy greens and baby lettuces need hardly any space to thrive, and have shallow root systems so they will happily grow in smaller containers.
What’s more, greens are one of the few potted veggies that don’t need much sunlight, and they will happily thrive somewhere a bit more shaded. Growing salads sure isn’t “rocket” science.
To start, there’s chard. This underrated plant offers a beautiful leafy and (sometimes) colorful bouquet, and it’s superb for growing in containers.
Radishes
Radishes are one of the quickest-to-grow veggies, and are very suitable for container vegetable gardening. You can grow them in both small and wide pots.
A planter that is just 6 inches deep is enough for radishes, but if you are keen on larger varieties, you should use an 8-10 inches-deep pot.