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Re: central wisconsin apartment dweller

Dear Sue,
Thanks a lot for the advice.  Once I get a minute I plan to take a trip
to the library.  What kind of extra nutrients do you recommend?  Now if
it would only warm up up here...I could get started!
Sean Meister.

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>From:  scpd & ced[SMTP:c-s-drake@WORLDNET.ATT.NET]
>Sent:  Thursday, April 17, 1997 9:44PM
>To:    Multiple recipients of list SQFT
>Subject:       Re: central wisconsin apartment dweller
>
>Hi Sean:
>
>Most anything can be grown in a container -- you just have to pick
>appropriate varieties (i.e., smaller/more compact) of plants and
>sizes of containers. Sweet corn probably wouldn't work very well,
>unless you had a REALLY big tub of some sort, but I can't think of
>much else that you couldn't do readily. The main concerns I've found
>with containers are making sure that the plants don't dry out (in the
>heat of summer, you may have to water once or twice a day) and
>supplying some extra nutrients to make up for the smaller area for
>the roots to draw from. And stability -- I've had some spectacular
>tip-overs when plants got top-heavy and it was windy out!
>
>You say you live in an apartment, so I'm assuming you have a balcony
>of some sort? (If you're thinking in terms of parking plants in front
>of a south-facing window, you're going to have problems with
>insufficient light for a lot of things, unless you supplement with
>fluorescents or something.) Depending on how large your growing area
>is, you could have a very productive garden. There are quite a few
>books available now on container gardening -- one I got from the
>library not too long ago was called _The Movable Harvest_ (I think!)
>and it was quite good; sorry, I don't have author info at hand.
>Anyway, I'd recommend that you make a trip to the library and/or
>bookstore for some relevant books and magazines like "Organic
>Gardening", "Kitchen Garden" and "National Gardening", in addition to
>the section in Mel's book about "Special Gardens" -- just apply the
>principles to a series of smaller SQFT units like pots, half-barrels,
>or whatever you've got. I haven't done a search of the Web on the
>topic, but I'm sure there are LOTS of sites with good information, if
>you have access. Hope this helps and good luck to you.
>
>Happy trails.....
>
>     Sue Drake
>     Southeastern WI -- USDA zone 4b/5a
>... An immaculate house is the sign of a mis-spent life ...
>
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>On Thursday, April 17, 1997 6:08 PM, you wrote:
>>
>> I am a college student in Central Wisconsin who wants to grow some
>> vegetables but I think I am limited to container growing (now that
>is
>> squarefoot gardening!)  I have southern exposure, so sunlight isn't
>a
>> limiting factor.  Does anyone have any advice in general about
>container
>> growing and what should and should not be grown?
>>
>> Sean Meister
>
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