Help Please

[ron pettaway]

I planted these like 2 months or so ago..nothing really sprouting..What do I need to do..pictures attached.. This is a patio garden and the planters you see is all I have for veggies..

 

[baymule]

Ron, it would help if you identified what the plants were, but even not knowing what they are, to me they look way over crowded. It hurts my feelings to have to thin plants out, but you might have to pull some up so the healthiest plants have room to grow.

 

[Smart Red]

What @baymule said. If you are starting these veggies from seed, they are doing really well and are ready to be transplanted into their forever homes. If you are planning to have a container garden, you have the seedlings way, way too close for healthy growth.

Container gardening is certainly possible in small areas. I have a tenant the grew all her veggies on the small porch of her 2nd floor apartment, but you need to keep the 'adult' size of each plant in consideration when starting seeds. That might be 6 carrots to a pot or one cabbage to the same sized container.

If that last container is onion starts, you need to know that rows are not necessary for them. I just broadcast (or scatter) the seeds over a given area and transplant when they are growing well.

I don't remember if I welcomed you properly to TEG. Welcome to The Easy Garden if I didn't. This is a great site for gardeners of every age and experience level as well as having down-right nice people.

I so happy that you are willing to garden with such a small space. I hope that we can help!

 

[Nyboy]

Welcome!!! Lots of people here more then willing to help you.

 

[ron pettaway]

It is a patio garden and cant transplant things. I am growing squash, cucumbers, jalapenos, habaneros, onions and bell peppers. So I need to get rid of half in each pot?

 

[ron pettaway]

Forgot Lettuce

 

[ninnymary]

Hi Ron and welcome to TEG. I do some container gardening and for me it's a little difficult growing veggies in them. My problem is trying not to have the container completely dry out. Otherwise the soil will be so dry that it doesn't absorb the water and the water just runs off threw the holes in the pot. It's kind of hard to see what size your containers are in but I would plant the lettuce in that rectangular one that I see. You can plant a mesclun type and then just pick outer leaves from there. The other containers seem to be a medium size or slightly bigger. I would only plant 1 cucumber, squash, or pepper in those. You will need to fertilze them once a month. I use fish fertilizer with kelp that I've found at Home depot. I like it because it's organic.

I think it's great that you are not letting your limited space keep you from gardening. Just keep trying different things to see what will grow for you in those conditions.

Mary

 

[ron pettaway]

Thank You Ninnymary and everyone..I understand I need to thin things out but they soooo green now even though nothing producing ...But tomorrow I will then them out by half..see how that goes

 

[Carol Dee]

Welcome Ron. Good advice so far.

 

[annageckos]

It is a patio garden and cant transplant things. I am growing squash, cucumbers, jalapenos, habaneros, onions and bell peppers. So I need to get rid of half in each pot?

Like the others said, you need to thin your plants. Most of those will probably do best to one per pot, depending on the size of the pot. The squash, what kind? There are bush type and vine type. They get big, I grow both types. In a really big pot you could probably do one bush type or maybe two vines. Cucumbers are vines, they like to climb. You could probably do a few per (large) pot. I really don't grow these though because no one here eats them. Peppers, I only grow bell peppers. You could probably do one to a med. size pot, maybe a 1-2 gallon pot. Or in that longer pot you have, just make sure to space them out. I tend to plant close together. I would put about a foot between the pepper plants. Onions I can't help you with, I hate them. Lettuce, that is easy to grow in a pot, just thin it so there is a bit of space between each plant. The good thing with them is you can eat the ones you have to pull.
A lot of veggies come in 'patio' varieties. At Lowes the other day I found a mini sweet bell pepper, so I picked one up to try. A big thing with container gardens is to make sure the plants don't dry out. But also make sure you do not over water, let the plants dry out a little between each watering. I think more people kill plants by over watering then under watering. And a big part of it is trail and error. I'm always trying things people say not to do or won't work. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it's a huge failure. Good luck with your garden.