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Post by rikita on Apr 29, 2011 16:34:29 GMT
first radish from my balcony for this year...
radishes don't tend to grow that well on my balcony, but at least some of them turn out, and this one was very tasty...
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 29, 2011 17:08:15 GMT
Yaaay ~~ a triumph.
Rikita, I have very limited dirt space in my patio, as it's mostly an expanse of concrete. Any tips on what food crops do well in pots? I think those rectangular planters would look great and would increase my growing space, but don't want to put stuff in them that would suffer.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Apr 29, 2011 18:27:47 GMT
Congratulations ;D you can't beat the taste of home grown vegetables... ;D
How deep will the soil be in your planters Bixa?
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Post by rikita on Apr 29, 2011 19:20:16 GMT
well i suppose your climate is very different from the one here, i bet things grow better there though... but tomatoes are usually doing okay on my balcony, and herbs of course... chili peppers are okay too but sweet peppers never have a lot of fruit. i am experimenting with beans and with mangold again this year, hopefully more successfully than last year...
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Apr 29, 2011 19:28:08 GMT
I grow potatoes in pots...   |
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Post by rikita on Apr 29, 2011 20:14:56 GMT
cool... unfortunately, i wouldn't be able to fit them onto my balcony anymore, especially now, that i have to leave some space for smoking on there...
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 30, 2011 0:12:12 GMT
ow deep will the soil be in your planters Bixa? Depends on what you all advise me to do. I would love to grow some eggplant. Those are nice big pots for your potatoes, Cheery. Does the grid at the top support the plant as it grows tall? Also, do you add dirt as the plant grows? i have to leave some space for smoking on there...  Surely you're not the smoker, Rikita? "They" say tobacco smoke is bad for tomato plants, although I'm not sure that's true. Even so, you could use that as an excuse to discourage smoking around your plant babies. |
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Post by mich64 on Apr 30, 2011 1:55:24 GMT
I tried one year to plant lettuce and carrots. The lettuce came but the carrots did not seem to like the pots. I envy those that can plant vegetables in pots, I think it is a talent.
Mich
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Post by rikita on Apr 30, 2011 7:17:55 GMT
no, i never smoked (cigarettes at least) nor am planning to. but mr. r. does. he stopped while we were in india but unfortunately is starting again now...
thing is, if i tell him not to smoke on the balcony, i suppose he will smoke inside...
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Post by foreverman on May 3, 2011 11:08:15 GMT
That reminded me of an old one.................................
The groom came down to breakfast from the bridal suite on his own, the waiter asked him where his wife was...... "I left her in bed smoking" he replied............
The waiter winked and said "thats the way to do em".............
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Post by auntieannie on May 13, 2011 16:26:52 GMT
potatoes can be grown in bags as well, to use less space.
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Post by rikita on May 16, 2011 10:46:54 GMT
how?
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2011 19:29:49 GMT
My dill is yellowing. Other than that, it looks healthy. My pot of "mixed wildflowers" is still growing well and I can't wait to see what happens. I have no idea what is what. |
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Post by mich64 on May 17, 2011 21:09:42 GMT
I have often wanted to buy a packet of the mixed wildflowers and spread them out in the back of my house where it is not a very manicured piece of the property. I think I shall.
I will be waiting to hear what becomes of your seedlings Kerouac. Why do you think your dill is yellowing?
Mich
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2011 21:11:42 GMT
It might have just been too hot and sunny lately. Dill might prefer a bit more shade, although I have not looked it up.
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Post by rikita on May 18, 2011 11:44:26 GMT
one of my mangolds went completely brown, wonder if it was the rain in the last few days... had more radishes though...
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Post by bixaorellana on May 18, 2011 16:50:48 GMT
Mich, I think if you prepare the soil & fling those wildflower seeds, you will get some stuff that will return for generations. That would be so pretty.
Rikita, was it the leaves of the mangold that went brown, or is the root itself ruined?
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 18, 2011 17:15:41 GMT
Sounds terminal doesn't it....  did the compost dry out? This afternoon I've sown some cut-and-come-again salad leaves seed in 2 shallow pots. |
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Post by bjd on May 18, 2011 18:42:26 GMT
Dill doesn't grow here at all, so perhaps the heat in Paris lately has killed Kerouac's dill.
I finally cracked and bought a couple of tomato plants again. I get almost no tomatoes and swear each year I won't plant any more. This year looks particularly bad because of the lack of rain. The guy who sold me the plants couldn't believe it when I said they didn't grow -- well, they do grow, they just don't produce many tomatoes. Then again, he told me he manages to grow rhubarb too, which I have tried several times with no luck.
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Post by rikita on May 18, 2011 19:23:48 GMT
i think it is just the leaves...
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2011 5:04:42 GMT
Then again, he told me he manages to grow rhubarb too, which I have tried several times with no luck. In Lorraine, nobody has to cultivate rhubarb. It grows as a weed, so when you want some, you just go out into the fields with a knife. |
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Surely you're not the smoker, Rikita? "They" say tobacco smoke is bad for tomato plants, although I'm not sure that's true. Even so, you could use that as an excuse to discourage smoking around your plant babies.
did the compost dry out?