LithiaWx
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Thanks man, I appreciate the tips. Luckily I had read about the extensive root structures of tomato plants and placed them in the largest containers. I did plant the two tomato plants in different sized containers and am finding that the one in the bigger pot is becoming a larger plant. You are correct as well the large containers are expensive, I'm going to try and look out for what you mentioned so next season I can give my plants even more room to grow as I do think I will run into an issue with constraint in at least one of the pots.
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Here is my update guys : The weather has gotten wet over the last few days and my plants are loving the natural rain! I now have 2 tomato plants (big boy), 1 cowhorn hot pepper, 1 green bell, 1 mexibell, 1 big bertha bell, 1 Zucchini, Lavender & chocolate mint. If anyone has some suggestions for my setup please let me know! All tips would be appreciated. I have since changed my method and am only growing one plant per pot. When I began I paired a few of them and it became apparent I needed to pick a winner and cut the weakest plants at the base. The other plants responded nicely to this change and began producing much more fruit buds.
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Impressive, very nice sir!
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Nice work carvers and stove.... My next property will include a medium sized area for gardening...
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Here is a look at my garden. Two tomato plants, three bell pepper varieties and one pot with hot peppers on it. This is my first year at container gardening and I'm already learning from mistakes.
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Thank you sir. My first attempt, I want to learn
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I hope I did the pairing correctly.....
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Oh on another note. My local lowes and home depot got hit HARD last night from the freeze. 80% of their veggies and herbs got wiped out from the freeze. It was a slaughter.
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I bought a few new flowers to add to the garden out front. One to replace my burned plant, he definitely bit the dust in the freeze last night. Also purchased two new veggies this time I went with green bell peppers. I'll post some pictures of the progress of my plants once the green bells get used to their new spot. Bonnie's best with their pots that you plant sure do seem to limit the transplant shock. Whoever has a patent on those made some serious bank.
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Hit 26 last night. All of the plants appear ok except for one of my snap dragons on the end got nipped pretty good... May have lost that guy but the rest appear to have survived with little to no damage. Thank you to all who helped me come up with ideas in how to possibly save them
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I've got some tulips that are about to bloom. I really hope they do ok.
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Well brought my potted plants indoors. Heavily watered my outdoor flower garden and staked it up and placed some sheets over my plants. THe next two nights should be interesting to see if I can escape with no damage to them.
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Thank you folks!
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ok s it's looking more and more likely like I will be dealing with a freeze this weekend.... I can move my potted plants indoors but what about my flowers? Is there anything I can do to protect them from the freeze besides making sure they get watered heavily before I go to sleep? I anticipate the worst case scenario being 25-28 for a lowest reading and being below freezing for no longer than 4-5 hours. Any tips are most welcome. Thank you!
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Cool Nights and warm days along with ample moisture has really giving Spring a jump start down here. Everything is very green and healthy right now.
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Thank you, Everything is blooming big time right now. Lots of whites and purples coming in. You can start to see the green trees getting little buds as well. It seems like all of my plants handled the transplants well. All are nice and perky now, the cowhorn peppers are really growing fast....
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My setup over the weekend :
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Cowbell hot peppers in one pot and some sweet red bell peppers in another very large pot. Also planted some flowers this morning as well, a nice assortment of bulbs and flowers, Spring is here. Yea!!
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I was told yesterday that growing tomatoes in a pot could be problematic due to how unruly the plants can get. Is this something I should be concerned about?
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I cleared (dug up and tilled and derooted) a 20'X5' area in the front of my house for flowers to be planted. I am also going to grow peppers and tomatoes in pots this year around back of my house. I'm going to buy plants as opposed to seeds due to my newbieishness when it comes to gardening. I have decided to place the pots outside though, not in the screened area (taking my chances with the animals and mischievous kids) I will keep you guys updated with some pics when I get some plants placed in my new garden area. I'll also keep some pics up of my veggies when and if they work out lol...
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Southwest facing and the screened in area is probably going to get some direct sunlight. I think between neighborhood kids and stray animals my veggies would get messed with outside. Hopefully going to be buying some land in the next few years where I can really take this hobby to where I want it to go. I think I'm going to give it a try, the worst thing that happens is I learn a little about gardening. lol...
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Is it possible to grow peppers (bell/red/yellow) in pots? I live in a townhouse so I don't have a lot of space outside and I worry about the neighborhood kids messing with my plants when they grow. Can I grow peppers in pots inside a screened in area that doesn't get direct sunlight? Or am I stuck with having to place them outside in the ground or in pots? Thank you in advance
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I wonder if we may see the same types of hotspots popping up in the Dakotas with the boom up there.
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