Help for new container gardener.

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Permalink Reply by Jessica on March 1, 2009 at 6:47pm

Oh yeah,
Where to find stuff on a small budget would be great too!

Jessica

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Permalink Reply by Liz & Dan on March 2, 2009 at 6:48am

One of the least expensive ways to get seeds is from friends or neighbors, barring that, the PPG will have another seed swap (not sure when - it's not on the event schedule yet) where you can get some seeds from people involved in the Guild. I buy a lot of starter plants from the vendors at the Downtown Phoenix Public Market. Don't expect too much from that container garden during the wost of the summer. It can be very challenging to keep the soil in a container with a western exposure cool enough to support the root structure of plants (but of course that depends on the material the container is made of, shading, planter size, etc.). Liz

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Permalink Reply by Jessica on March 2, 2009 at 10:44am

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by tenacity on March 4, 2009 at 5:43am

western exposure can be brutal- i suggest plan to shade your plot. the herbs are amazingly easy but it's late- i planted mine in fall. For garlic, I overplanted- since I don't care about bulbs- I like the greens so I planted a billion cloves that are all growing greens. Seeds of Change has great seed, and Native Seed Search has local varieties. Now's the time for your tomatoes, though I planted mine in January. You might want to consider using starts and using the fast-producing Sweet 100, which is a fast cherry tomato with awesome flavor. I think it's too late to plant big tomatoes from seed- it was 88 yeaterday, and big tomatoes can split from the heat.

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Permalink Reply by Jessica on March 4, 2009 at 10:58am

Thanks!

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