uniqueenigma
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My gardening zone is 9, and I live in Lehigh Acres Florida. Regarding the growing season when should I try to grow cucumbers and bush green beans? I would like to try and do so in summer, I'm just afraid that if I do, it'll be too hot for the veggies I want to grow (even though cucumbers and bush green beans prefer warm weather). Should I start to grow these types of vegetables in late spring due to living in a southern area of the united states?
This summer I would like to attempt to grow the compact varieties of cucumbers and green beans in containers.
The compact variety of cucumbers are known as "spacemasters", patio pak, and pot luck. It says to grow them in a 1 gallon pot. As far as the compact variety of green beans, they're simply known as bush beans.
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Are there any specific needs that a veggie grown in a container needs as opposed to growing it in the ground? Should I use a soiless variety of soil? The reason I ask this is because I know it will be more compact for the vegetables I'm growing, since I'm growing them in pots/containers. I was thinking of just using a mixture of peat moss (since it helps retain moisture)
and the soiless variety of soil since every bit of research I've done on container gardening with veggies recommends to use that type of soil.
As far as growing bush green beans I just have one question. I have a found a recommendation to grow them in a
5 gallon window box. However I find two problems with this; while it specifies to grow bush green beans in a 5 gallon window box, it doesn't specify whether this means you only grow one bush plant per one window box, or whether you can grow as many as plant spacing will allow without crowding them. Can somebody please give me clarification regarding this please? Other problem is, I don't know if I'll be able to locate a 5 gallon window box. If I can't, then can I just plant one bush green plant in a 5 gallon pot?
This summer I would like to attempt to grow the compact varieties of cucumbers and green beans in containers.
The compact variety of cucumbers are known as "spacemasters", patio pak, and pot luck. It says to grow them in a 1 gallon pot. As far as the compact variety of green beans, they're simply known as bush beans.
.
Are there any specific needs that a veggie grown in a container needs as opposed to growing it in the ground? Should I use a soiless variety of soil? The reason I ask this is because I know it will be more compact for the vegetables I'm growing, since I'm growing them in pots/containers. I was thinking of just using a mixture of peat moss (since it helps retain moisture)
and the soiless variety of soil since every bit of research I've done on container gardening with veggies recommends to use that type of soil.
As far as growing bush green beans I just have one question. I have a found a recommendation to grow them in a
5 gallon window box. However I find two problems with this; while it specifies to grow bush green beans in a 5 gallon window box, it doesn't specify whether this means you only grow one bush plant per one window box, or whether you can grow as many as plant spacing will allow without crowding them. Can somebody please give me clarification regarding this please? Other problem is, I don't know if I'll be able to locate a 5 gallon window box. If I can't, then can I just plant one bush green plant in a 5 gallon pot?