Hey everyone, I went out today and bought myself a tomato plant and a sage plant and a greek oregano plant, asside from the plants(flowers) I already had, but they're not looking too hot, the shasta daisy may survive... I moved twice within a month so they died in my mom's back porch. I'm planing on building a nice size planter for my flowers and while clearing our backyard of overgrown bamboo we found a large square of concrete and we were thinking we would build a big square planter on it so i can have vegetables so, how big/deep should the vegetable planter be? and what are some easy veggies to grow? I live in St.John's Newfoundland. Thanks!
I have a friend from another board that lives in St. Johns! She grows a lot of flowers, so I'm not sure about veggies. Most veggies are technically annuals when you're this far north though, so you should be able to plant just about anything. If you know when your average first day of frost is, you can count backwards from then to see what there's still time to grow - that's how I do my garden, here in MN to avoid things like frostbitten green pumpkins. You can plant just about anything, in a single square-foot. One square foot will grow: 8 pole-beans or 9 bush-beans 1 broccoli plant 16 carrots 4 cucumbers 9 leeks 16 leaf-lettuces (or 4 head-lettuces) 1 melon plant 16 onions (or 32 scallions) 1 pepper plant and I'm TOLD you can plant tomatoes in a single square-foot, though that didn't seem enough for mine... I grow mine in 5-gallon buckets & they're quite happy. So I guess it depends on what you want to grow, what size you want to make your container. Most people seem to think that a 4' square container is a good starter-bed though. As for depth, it depends on the plant. Herbs, lettuces & non-root veggies all seem to do well in as little as 6" of soil. Something like a tomato, pepper or carrot will need a full 12-15" to really be happy. Hope that helps! love, mom
I am not sure what you mean by concrete square. Is a border or a solid square? That makes a difference.
it's a solid flat concrete square, like you could put a table on it and call it a floor i guess haha... i was going to build up from that so none of that bamboo can come up through and sabbotage my veggies... I would like to plant some carrots, i bought a tomato plant and am hoping it will do well, I would like to also grow cucumber and butternut squash but i can't seem to find the seeds. Potatoes, peas, soybeans and alfalfa sprouts would also be nice... things i know i would eat, I'm a vegetarian so growing food would cut grocery bills back so that i can afford things like tofu and soymilk and veggie nuggets I know of a girl here who grows potatos in her kitchen... what veggies and or herbs can i grow indoors all year round... and how? where in NL does your friend live? I don't have many friends and I've been trying lately to change that because since my fiance and I are very in love but are very different and I kind of need friends that see eye to eye with me so that I have other people to talk to about things and share life with. ...TOTALLY off topic I know but it never hurts to try and find fellow "hippie" like people who love earthy things and hate what the world has become and are just trying to enjoy life and forget about all that stuff...
If you want seeds, try the seed exchange at the top of the Gardening thread someone there could help Tomatoes are realy easy to grow, I'm growing them for the first time and I've got about 5 of them all in sepearate 8 litre tubs and they're doing great I am also growing squash, carrots, beetroot, chilli's and peppers and all doing fine
