Vegetable container gardening

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I am a complete gardening novice but want to make an effort this year.

I am thinking of buyings these

garden trugs

Is that a good price?

Would they be suitable for growing some lettuce or rocket in? I want to use the type that cuts and comes again.

What else could I grow in these pots and what type of compost do I need.

Im pretty boring when it comes to food...carrots, onions, potatoes, but think if I had it outside the back door growing it might inspire me and my DS would enjoy it too!

Any help or advice appreciated!

Bumping for the morning crew!

These aren't for planting in, they're for using round the garden. I have some like that and swear by them, but mine are made from recycled plastic (virtuous emote) and are boring black.

If you want to use them for planting they would be great for potatoes because they are nice and deep.

For those lettuce etc you don't need anything so big or deep - just something about 6" high would do for that. For carrots I use old wine boxes because they look nice, and they are deep enough for them.

Your big problem is going to be space/quantity - you can grow potatoes/carrots/onions in containers but you aren't going to get enough to feed you for long. Containers are great for those cut-and-come again salad things, or tomatoes, or garlic.

Although designed to carry stuff around in I'm sure that if you made holes in the bottom they would be fine. A friend of mine grew all sorts in pots last year,spinach, tomatoes, mange tout, courgettes for example.

I might do some veg inpots this year and am going to drill some holes in the lid of a platic lemonade bottle, cut off the end and bury the bottle in soil with the cut end up so that the water can be delivered slowly directly to the roots as a diy irrigation thingy.

And you can always whack things directly into a grow bag (obviously not root veg!)

Thank you everyone!

Plan of attack is grow bags for lettuce..nice and easy but not very attractive

Mate has a plastic tray I can use of rocket and going to find a something for radishes!

I was going to buy the trugs and drill holes in them. Then I realised how expensive it would be to fill them wth soil and compost!

Been to the library and got a few books on veg.

May even progress on to beans!

Thank you everyone!

Plan of attack is grow bags for lettuce..nice and easy but not very attractive

Mate has a plastic tray I can use of rocket and going to find a something for radishes!

I was going to buy the trugs and drill holes in them. Then I realised how expensive it would be to fill them wth soil and compost!

Been to the library and got a few books on veg.

May even progress on to beans!