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Container Gardening: Vegetables
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Container gardening is a great innovation of gardening. Build a container garden on a balcony, patio, deck, or sunny window and other places where a backyard is not available. Flowers, vegetables, herbs, trees and some fruits can be grown in containers and pots. Containers can be hung from porch railings and some can be used as windowboxes.
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Selecting the right plants is the key to successful container gardening. Let the Floracle help you choose what plants are right for you. Answer 5 easy questions about the types of flowers, vegetables, herbs, and plants you'd like in your container garden, and see what the Floracle recommends. Or search by plant name to get information about a specific plant.
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If you want to have fresh vegetables over the winter, or if you don't have an outdoor space in which you can place containers, it is worth trying indoor container gardening. A bright, sunny window can be the site for growing fresh food all year. Small- fruited tomatoes and peppers, several types of lettuce, radishes, and many herbs are among the plants you can include in an indoor garden.
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Plant breeders have helped to make container vegetable gardening more practical by breeding plants with compact growth habits and relatively high crop yield. Almost any vegetable can be adapted to container culture. The following is a listing of some of the common container-grown vegetables, container sizes, and recommended varieties:
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Gardening in containers offers flexibility for people with limited garden space or a lack of time for gardening. Containers provide splashes of color throughout the yard and can be planted with mixtures of flowers, herbs and vegetables.
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Your container garden will need at least five hours of direct sunlight each day, and many plants will benefit from even more. As a general rule, leafy vegetables such as cabbage and lettuce can tolerate the most shade, while root crops such as beets and carrots will need more sun. Fruiting vegetables such as tomatoes and cucumbers need the most sun. The amount of sunlight needed by flowers varies depending on the varieties grown. Check the flower guides for sunlight requirements.
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