Petee Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 This is my container garden on the deck with the greenhouse in the rear. It has been so lovely this year and I'll even have tomatoes and peppers to can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snellma Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 That's a lot of plants Petee!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jettavwdrvr Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 That is a lot of plants! Must be a full time job to water and care for everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted August 1, 2008 Author Share Posted August 1, 2008 Nope, not a lot of work or I wouldn't be doing it. Once a day I go through with the hose and water everything. Then I go back and water anything that needs fertilized with a can. It takes 20 minutes max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracy96 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 I think you need a bigger deck Petee...LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted August 5, 2008 Author Share Posted August 5, 2008 I hinted to hubby but he's still working on the "Honey-Do" list that accumulated till he retired this past spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracy96 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 I hinted to hubby but he's still working on the "Honey-Do" list that accumulated till he retired this past spring. Don't be to hard on him or your beautiful plants might start dying off...hee hee. I'm just joking around w/ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snellma Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Hubby's thoughts are probably "Bigger deck means more plants" so he isn't going to rush on that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted August 5, 2008 Author Share Posted August 5, 2008 Actually he (surprisingly) offered to still get me the larger greenhouse but I'm not doing anything till I find out the verdict on the knee, and then there's the other one that hasn't declared war yet. I fell several times on them several years ago and now the damage has come home to roost. The larger one will not be on the deck so it would require some regular climbing down stairs and walking into the lawn. Maybe next year. I love propagating and dividing new plants. We'll all need bigger Perennial beds if I ever manage to start cuttings successfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikingPrincess Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 petee, what kinds of vegs can be successfully grown in deck containers? i have grown peppers, tomatoes, and lettuce but that is all. I'd like to do a bigger selection next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted August 17, 2008 Author Share Posted August 17, 2008 You grow almost anything that you have room for. My deck is about ten feet off of the ground and the only thing I found was that I had to provide some air flow between the floor boards and the bottoms of the containers because even though there are cracks between the boards they still heat up the bottom of the container too much. Also, you have to feed about twice as often as in the ground because when you water daily the nutrients wash out the bottom. I feed from a five gallon bucket (it warms the water a little) and water from the hose in between. I have squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, Swiss Chard, a couple different kinds of peppers, 10 different kinds of tomatoes, a Birdhouse Gourd, and several kinds of flowering vines including a Moonflower, two colors of Sweet Peas, climbing Snapdragons and an assortment of other odd stuff I'm trying out. I'm going to try three corn plants in a long container next year just to see what happens with good feeding and lots of water. It's fun to see what works. I've done better this year than many in the past few so if this continues we're going to do some square foot gardening next year. If I can get my belligerant camera to work again I'll take an updated picture and post it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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