[stompy]

Im going to start growing veg at home and wondered what i can grow in 18" to 2' pots.

I know i can grow climbing beans/peas, courgettes, carrots and lettuce but waht else have you guys grow (successfully) in pots?

Andy

[Diddy Gardener]

I've got garlic growing really well in a large tub... beetroot seems to do well for me too. Just about to plant a couple of gooseberry bushes in a couple of half barrels as well. Oh, strawberries are good.

[FN]

I have yet to find anything I can't grow in pots! (only have a balcony).
As well as what you've mentioned, I have also had good results with dwarf broad beans, kale, cabbage, purple sprouting, leeks, cucumbers, salad potatoes. Any soft fruit bushes / canes are also good - autumn fruiting raspberries have been really prolific. If you've got somewhere sheltered to put pots more exotic things like pomegranate and loquats work very well.

[Yorkie]

Parsnips (with careful choice of container and variety), beetroot, tomatoes.

Have you seen John's book?
http://www.allotment-garden.org/book/small-space-growing.php

[arugula]

Herbs..

[tosca100]

Just about anything if you feed and water regularly.

[JayG]

Subject to you actually liking them, it makes sense to grow things which are either prolific for the space they occupy (eg runner beans) or expensive to buy (mixed cut-and-come-again salad leaves, rocket.)

Most of the smaller herbs grow quite well in pots and can be crammed in fairly close together if you keep the more spreading types from swamping the others.

Sorry, not suggesting anything new here, but "value-added" and "can't do without" would have to be my guiding principles given the extra work involved in pot-growing.

[ulsterfairy]

Radish and spring onions seem to do well for me in the past. edible flowers like nasturtium as well.

[jay001]

Subject to you actually liking them, it makes sense to grow things which are either prolific for the space they occupy (eg runner beans) or expensive to buy (mixed cut-and-come-again salad leaves, rocket.)

Most of the smaller herbs grow quite well in pots and can be crammed in fairly close together if you keep the more spreading types from swamping the others

Sorry, not suggesting anything new here, but "value-added" and "can't do without" would have to be my guiding principles given the extra work involved in pot-growing.

hey my wise and wonderfull furry friend i have john,s book and please tell me it is easier in containers cos just trying this wears me out 

[JayG]

hey my wise and wonderfull furry friend i have john,s book and please tell me it is easier in containers cos just trying this wears me out 

The extra work is really in keeping the plants watered and fed according to their needs - not really a problem unless you plan to leave them unattended for long periods during the height of summer (please don't ask me for a definition of "summer"!   

[Auntiemogs]

Courgettes! 
Adding water retaining gel is helpful too. 

[jay001]

hey my wise and wonderfull furry friend i have john,s book and please tell me it is easier in containers cos just trying this wears me out 

The extra work is really in keeping the plants watered and fed according to their needs - not really a problem unless you plan to leave them unattended for long periods during the height of summer (please don't ask me for a definition of "summer"!   

ooh wise and wonderfull sage and he who knowest best --- please tell me when we have a summer in this  country        of much rain and cold most of mine are in containers and a few veggies spread around the shrubs in thje comunial garden

[Auntiemogs]

hey my wise and wonderfull furry friend i have john,s book and please tell me it is easier in containers cos just trying this wears me out 

The extra work is really in keeping the plants watered and fed according to their needs - not really a problem unless you plan to leave them unattended for long periods during the height of summer (please don't ask me for a definition of "summer"!   

ooh wise and wonderfull sage and he who knowest best --- please tell me when we have a summer in this  country        of much rain and cold most of mine are in containers and a few veggies spread around the shrubs in thje comunial garden

Bonkers! 

[jay001]

now then  i donnt think i am bonkers but am trying my best to grow something so i can put it in the pot and say to myself --- i did that -- dont care if it,s it,s a radish or a coli -- but i will have grown it myself -- makes me happy and hey --- i am easily pleased 

[bazh]

If you want to grow courgettes and cucumbers in pots try lining the pot with a few layers of cardboard or you'll be watering (at least) twice a day in hot spells (should we ever have one)