Make The Most Out Of Your Space With Organic Container Gardening

If you want to try your hand at growing your own organic flowers and vegetables but have no garden, don’t worry. Many people grow organic products successfully using a container. You can keep the container wherever is convenient or move it around if you need to.

It only stands to reason that for any successful venture in organic container gardening, one would need organic soil. A regular, outdoor garden begins with the soil or dirt that you already have and then organic materials are added to increase nutrients. But you’ll be ahead of the game if you start with organic soil to begin with.

The first thing to deal with is the container. Containers should be large enough to give plants plenty of root space for healthy growth. Pots and containers that won’t fall apart when they get wet and that will also drain properly work best for organic container gardening. It might be natural, such as a clay or wooden container, or you can use an old wheelbarrow, plastic carton or bucket. It is important that your chosen container can drain because most plants dislike being over-watered. If the container does not have holes in it, you can make some with a drill or knitting needle, depending what the container is made out of. You can grow whatever you like in it, depending on the size of your chosen container.

Depending on the size of your chosen container, you can grow whatever you like in it. As long as the pot is big enough, you can choose from herbs, tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, lettuce and many other vegetables. Organic seeds and plants should be used for organic gardening to produce a true organic product, but as long as you don’t plan to sell the product, it is up to you. It can be fun to experiment!

Another important component of a container garden is the soil. Living, organic soil is very important in organic container gardening. Choose a soil mix that contains sphagnum moss and peat. A good organic gardening practice is to feed the soil each season with nutrients (using compost) so that the soil can provide those nutrients to the roots of the crops being grown. The soil must be worked with at the start and end of each growing season to ensure an abundant output of healthy organic plants and flowers. You can buy special organic container mix at many garden centers, or you can make your own by amending dirt from your garden for container gardening; simply mix together one part garden soil, one part compost and one part sand.

Ideally, you should use organic seed and/or plants for organic container gardening. If this is your first venture into container gardening, try to choose drought resistant plants. Over watering and under watering are both bad for the plants. Over watering prevents the plants from creating deep root systems. Most container plantings tend to dry out quickly and will need very regular watering; during hot spells they may even need to be watered twice a day.

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