Specialty Gardening: Balcony garden Help please!, 1 by clairsflowers

clairsflowers wrote:
Hi, I container garden all the time. Tomatoes, beans, peppers, lettuce, cucumber and on and on.

I use the light weight Polystyrene containers. All kinds of sizes and colors. This is a form of exterior grade insulation. You water less often and it doesn't weigh as much as terra cotta or concrete. It has the same look.

I have 13 inch to 30 inch containers. What I do is add the NON-biodegradable packing foam peanuts about 1/3 full in the pot and then I add my composted dirt mixture.

Much easier to move around and the plants don't mind.

These containers are made in Montgomery, Alabama. I am about 7 miles from the plant.

Have a great week.

Clair