[Dodo]

We have recently moved to lincolnshire and the garden here has a lot of hard landscaping so am intending to grow veg in containers.  My husband has made me a 6ftx3ftx1.5ft wooden container and I have been told that I could put earth as well as bagged compost from garden centre into it. Is this a good idea? I would be grateful for any comments -dodo

[Jo-n-Neil]

You might be best asking in grow your own, or one of the lovely mods will move it there for you    

Jo

Welcome by the way

[Val H]

Moving you over to Grow Your Own. And Welcome to the Forums - you might like to say hello in there as well.

[woodburner]

We have recently moved to lincolnshire and the garden here has a lot of hard landscaping so am intending to grow veg in containers.  My husband has made me a 6ftx3ftx1.5ft wooden container and I have been told that I could put earth as well as bagged compost from garden centre into it. Is this a good idea? I would be grateful for any comments -dodo

Don't know whether it's a good idea or not but that's what I'd do.  
I have a friend whose garden is largely underlain with concrete just an inch down, and recently she's mounded up home made compost and what soil she can spare from elsewhere into beds about 15" deep and had some good crops off them, so I reckon it would work.  

[poultrygeist]

Hi dod and welcome

Just keep an eye on the drainage, maybe put lots of crocks in the bottom. I'll let the experts advise on what to grow and how.

Rob

[Parsnip]

I grew my green beans in large containers last year and they were very successful. I also grow my toms in them too ( just tip the gorw bag in) last years yield was poor ( mainly due to the lack of sun) but generally it works very well.

There are others on here that grow in pots, they'll be along soon I'm sure..

Oh yes ....Welcome

[mumofstig]

If your beds haven't got bottoms then i suggest lining with weed surpressant material or the soil tends to leach out over the surrounding concrete or paving....not a good look.
Yes you can put any spare soil you've got (you can buy by the bag as well) in and use multipurpose compost. The soil gives the compost a bit of 'weight' behind it. Compost on its own needs changing too often IMO

[philskin]

Hiya dodo welcome to the forum ,you will get some seriously sound advice of the folks on here . I myself like growing in containers and after some sound advice of john and others grew spuds in containers using compost and old horse manure and also carrots cant beat them ,heres a few pics  for you
               
           
       just 1 potato in each of these but to be honest found that 2 spuds in each gave better results . Keep them inside till risk of frost has gone then move them outside

                 

                heres the result lovely earlies

               

[Parsnip]

Wow Phil, that's seriously impressive...!!

[philskin]

thanks parsnip buts its only due to the sound advice of you people , one thing i forgot to say is that i drilled 3 half inch holes in the bottom of each container

[AdsaM]

What containers are they Phil. ?

Did you buy them from a store.?

[philskin]

the containers are what flower shops import there flowers from abroad in ,if the lorries full they cant take the empties back so 9 times out of ten there only to happy to give them away found half of these in the skip of the flower shop

[Dodo]

Thank you to all who responded to my question - I do not know how to work this web site or how to reply individually so hope this will go somewhere to be read! Dodo

[Kate and her Ducks]

I also grow quite a lot in containers as my space is pretty limited. Spuds in containers and my runner beans did really well in a planter up a trellis. Going to do almost all my toms in hanging baskets this year as did one like this last year and got more from it than I did the three in the growbag put together!

[Gwiz]

We grow quite a lot of veg in large pots in any-old-space around our garden. We even do our runner beans in huge comercial pots with a wigwam of bamboo canes. so far we've had no problems at all (provided I remember to keep watering them!)