Which fruit and veg are easily grown in pots and grow bags?

[joymaker]

Hi All,

My garden as it stands is largely taken up with plants, flowers and shrubs but
I would like to grow some fruit and veg ( which I've never done before) I need options for a shady/partially shady back garden and a sunny front garden.

Additionally can you tell me when in the year the fruit and/or veg you recommend should be planted/sown?

TIA

Would love potatoes, courgettes, marrows, sweet peas, runner beans, peppers, carrots, blackberries, plums (and more) but not sure if any of these are possible.

plums I would say know, peppers really need to be in a greenhouse

all the others I would go for it!

Potatoes are certainly possible - I've grown them. Courgettes too. Also tomatoes, lettuces, herbs and peppers. You could possibly grow carrots in potato bags too.

Plums grow on trees, so you'd need a big old pot to grow a tree in.

oh and from seed thenmarch/april indoors, then plant out may

potatoes it depends on variety but they tend to go in very early spring (feb time)

I've grown butternut squash in a pot before - they were fantastic!

Ballerina trees grow in pots.

You can't go wrong with peas. Even I can grow them. We have a tiny north facing garden in a wet and cold city. Sow seeds in to pots in April. Peas in August. Yum.

Great! Thanks everyone
And OldLady thank you for the link, they're lovely..

Anything else?

Ive had success with potatoes in a big bag this year, had loads of them and the kids (and me) had so much pleasure rooting around in the bag looking for them.

I had carrots growing, those were nice and Ive also grown spring onions in a pot too and radishes...

The possibilities are endless. I only grew a few things this year and next year I'm doing a lot more!

Tomatoes do really well in growbags, and my courgettes have done well in BIG pots (one plant per pot). Plant the seeds inside/greenhouse march ish, plant out after first frost, restrain your desire to plant all of the sprouted seeds otherwise you will end up with 19 tomato plants and 9 courgette plants (who? me?)...and that's after giving plants to everyone I know.

Then water RELIGIOUSLY every day, twice a day if it's really hot. You will not believe how much water these plants can drink.

And I recommend using heritage seeds - if you are going to bother to grow veg might as well buy ones you can't get in the shops. I had a lot of success with seeds from www.realseeds.co.uk/ (apart from the fact that none of my tomatoes have ripened because of the terrible weather).

I do peas, strawberries and radishes in pots and do well with them.

I do peas, strawberries and radishes in pots and do well with them.

I've been trying out Autopots (will come up if you Google) for vine crops in the greenhouse and am a total convert. Thy make growing things so easy as you don't have to constantly water.

We've got an allotment but was saying to DH earlier, I want to put some courgettes, beans and peas in Autopots on kitchen steps next year as I think they'll do well. They are expensive to buy but should last and save hours on watering.

Chillis. On a windowsill, not outside.