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Container Growing

Some notes on Container Sizes for Various Plants

• Carrots Amsterdam forcing & autumn king - sow 1/4 inch apart in 10 inch pot and thin to harvest
• Courgettes - 1 plant per 10 inch pot
• Dill - 3-4 plants per 10 inch pot
• Garlic chives - 1 plant per 4 inch pot
• Iceberg - lettuce generally 3 plants per 10 inch pot
• Lamb lettece - same as iceberg
• Little gems lettece - see iceberg
• Mixed rocket - 3-8 plants per 6-8 inch pot
• Mixed salad leaves - see iceberg
• Parsnip tender and true - not on my list - sorry!
• Radish (Sparkler 3 & mixed salad) - sow 1/4 -1/2 inch apart in 8-10 inch pot and thin to harvest
• Red arrow & early purple sprouting Brocolli - 1 plant per 10 inch pot or 3 plants per 15 inch pot
• Spinach - 12 seeds per 10 inch pot - will run to seed quickly in a pot apparently

There's also some advice on containers on the Pots2Plots website.

Carrot Purple Haze

West Coast Seeds recommend sowing into foot long pipes about 15-20cm across, and adding sand to the soil. You can grow 3 or 4 in each pipe. As with all containers, keep them well watered.

Hopefully, my carrots will turn out like these from the tiny farm blog.

• More on growing carrots in containers from Vegetable Garden Guide
• All you ever wanted to know about carrot varieties, diseases, sowing and soils from the Carrot Museum

Container Gardening Blogs etc.

• http://www.smallkitchengarden.net/