Anyone on here grow CONTAINER VEG ?

[NomDePlume]

I'd love to try it. They'd have to be in pots in by back garden as a) I don't have very good soil and b) the beds etc are all ornamental so we have no room for veggies.

What should I start with ?

Can I grow carrots in containers ?

When is best to sow seeds for a crop next year ?

Do I have to start the seeds off indoors (no greenhouse) ?

Cheers

my back garden, not by

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Hi Nomedeplume,
We only have a small back garden but have managed to grow a variety of container veg.
Grow bags are great too.
My main ones are-tomatoes,lettuce, runner beans, peppers, onoins and a rather dodgy looking cucumber-oh strawberries too.
Im only a novice but dwarf runner beans were faboulous in a pot and had enough for plenty every couple of days.We grew them from seed and had 3 pots.Tomatoes lots too and lettuce. Im not sure what you can sow this time of year though-maybe lettuce and some herbs ?
Hopefully someone with a bit more " know " will answer that for you.
DH bought me one of those plastic greenhouses about 6 foot tall by 3 or 4 foot wide and I`ve used it lots.

We grow lettuce in an old zinc bath tub-- does that count? Got utterly sick of buying bags of salad in the shops that come from 5 drought-ridden countries and are washed in chlorine.

mooshy, that's really helpful. Lol @ your dodgy cucumber . Thanks

we are growing potatoes in a black plastic dustbin, it's great!

we had toms (by the ton!), strawberries, blueberries, physillis,beans, peas carrots, lettuce,peppers, chillies,herbs

Oh, we want to do this too - did toms, herbs & strawberries this year ... REALLY want to try potatoes next year - tell us more about your black dustbin approach, anniediv - what do you put in the bin ito compost/manure etc mix
And also keen to do peas next year ... any hints/tips on container size etc??

I'm assuming there's not much we can be doing now ... or is someone full of exciting ideas for brussel sprout growing?!

We used larger containers (30cm across?) and had 3-4 pea plants in , grew them up the wall/trellis

we did potatoes in a black bag! FAB