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Re: Square foot container gardening

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>>>>> "jcosler" == Sammy's huwumin <jcosler@mindspring.com> writes:

 >> Most people seem to do container gardening in individual pots for
 >> individual plants.  I was wondering if I could get a 4 x 4
 >> container from a hardware store, poke some holes in it for
 >> drainage, and do square foot gardening in it as described in Mel
 >> B.'s book.  Does this sound like a viable plan to the more
 >> experienced among you?
 jcosler> well, depends on the depth of the container & the
 jcosler> length/depth of the roots of the plants. 

In my mind I was picturing something about 8-12 inches deep.  Should I
be thinking more like 2 feet deep?

 jcosler> Lettuce will
 jcosler> (practically) grow in a saucer, whereas tomato plants' roots
 jcosler> go very deep!  Somewhere I saw a chart of root depths of
 jcosler> verious veggies, but haven't been able to find it recently.
 jcosler> Anybody know of a source of one?  On this same subject, how
 jcosler> deep a container does Swiss Chard need?  

That sounds like a chart I should look at also.  Ideally I'd like to
grow onions, bell peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, and all my favorites.
:-)

I know I'll need some kind of trellis affair for the cukes, but I
haven't quite planned that far ahead yet.

Thanks for the response.  At least I know I'm not totally insane for
coming up with this idea.


-- 
**************** Melissa Algeo  <melissa@vorlon.mit.edu> ****************
	  "Government does not cause affluence.  Citizens of
     totalitarian countries have plenty of government and nothing
			  of anything else."
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