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Easy Ways To Plan Your Container Garden

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Written by Tom Johnson

Saturday, 10 May 2008

by TomJohnson

Are you among the group that think container gardening is only for growing plants indoors or under a covered patio? You're not on your own, I used to think that way too until I read this: "Think of your fruit, flower, and veggie "pots" as a mobile garden, suitable for the deck, porch, balcony, driveway or yard!". So release your imagination and realize that you can decide where you want your container garden inside or outside.

Containers are great for growing almost any type of plant, because they offer great versatility. If you plant your garden in containers and you need to move it later, it's easy to do it. Not so if you have a traditional garden!

Your traditional garden has to endure any bad weather that occurs. If you grow in containers they can be moved to a safer location away from the weather when necessary.

Likewise if you find the position of your containers is causing your plants distress because of too much shade or sun, you can move them around to find a better location. This is another thing you can't do once you've planted a normal garden.

You also get to choose where you place your container garden, it needs to be in a convenient position that provides the right amount of sun for your plants and is also easy for you to get access. Nothing reduces your enthusiasm like having to drag everything you need to work on your garden about 100 to 200 yards away every time.

Be sure to locate your plants as far away from streets as you can. Pollution from cars, as well as the dust they kick up, can damage your plants and contaminate them. You don't want to be eating all of that pollution, so locate plants as far away from those roads as possible.

If you have your plants indoors, you'll need to be sure to select a very good spot. Most plants need to be fairly warm, so you'll need to choose the warmest spot in your house if you use air conditioning.

Many plants won't do well in very chilly homes, so you might need to choose a room for your plants and keep the vent closed in that room so it stays warmer there. If you can, choose a sunny room with a lot of natural sunlight.

If you're trying to grow some exotic varieties of plants you'll find they often need either high or low humidity. This will require you to purchase specific equipment that deals with humidity levels, so you need to take this into consideration.

Don't fall into the trap of trying to grow too many varieties of plants, it often becomes to difficult to look after them. Better to choose plants that are often expensive at your local grocery store.

Stick to growing fruits and vegetables that you really enjoy and have a hard time locating locally, or those you find too expensive or too low quality. Tomatoes are a favorite for home gardeners, because their quality in stores if often very poor.

In a controlled indoor environment, you can quite easily grow your plants organically if you wish. Outdoors isn't so simple, organic gardening is a little more challenging, but still worthwhile. You need to do some extra research on pest control in your outdoor garden, so if growing organically is important to you, be prepared to put in some effort to learn how it's done.

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