Container Gardening A How-To Guide
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Container GardeningA How-To Guide
Hennepin County Master Gardener Program
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What Is Container Gardening?
The practice of growing plants in containers instead of planting them in the ground
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Goals
Know: How to use container gardens in the landscape
Feel: More confident that you can start a container garden
Do: Start a container garden of your own
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Why Practice Container Gardening?
Easy Economical Have a garden in any space Liberation from your geography Outfox the critters Instant gratification Can grow almost anything
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What Do You Need for Container Gardening?
Container Mix Fertilizer Water Plants
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Containers For Plants Can Be Anything…
…as long as there is
drainage
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Container Options Terra Cotta or Clay Plastic & Fiberglass Wood Glazed Ceramic Metal Stone, Hypertufa Troughs
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Terra Cotta or Clay
Classic choice Heavy Dries out quickly Develops mold,
salts etching
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Plastic & Fiberglass
Lightweight Holds moisture
longer No staining Colorful,
decorative and attractive
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Wood Informal, natural
appearance Good insulators Needs replacing
eventually
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Glazed Ceramic
Beautiful Non-porous Can be too airtight
for root growth Colors may clash
with plants flowers and foliage
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Metal Attractive Little insulation: can
be very hot or very cold
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Stone or Hypertufa Trough
Moss grows on containers
Heavy Expensive Harder to find Drainage may be a
problem
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What Else Do You Need for Container Gardening?
Container Mix Fertilizer Water Plants
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Soil Mixes
Potting soil May contain
– Pasteurized soil – Sphagnum peat moss– Vermiculite– Perlite– Composted manure
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Soilless Mixes
2-3X lighter May contain
– peat moss and/or ground bark
– vermiculite– perlite
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Some Mixes Retain Moisture and Contain Fertilizer
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What Else Do You Need for Container Gardening?
Container Mix Fertilizer Water Plants
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Use Two Fertilizers Follow product
directions
Planting: mix in fertilizer granules
Watering: add dilute soluble fertilizers
Know N-P-K
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What Else Do You Need for Container Gardening?
Container Soil Fertilizer Water Plants
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Water Often Daily in summer Water soil, not
plants, until water drains out
Small, hanging containers need extra care
Type of container makes a big difference
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What’s the Last Thing You Need for Container Gardening?
Container Soil Fertilizer Water Plants
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Four FactorsGuide Plant Choice
Location Purpose Color Personal
preference
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Locate sun-loving plants in sun
Purple or pink fountaingrass loves sun and warm or hot locations
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Begonia ‘Dragon Wings’
Locate shade-loving plants in shade
Fuchsia
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Osteospermum ‘Orange Symphony’ likes cool weather; opens with sun
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Purpose
Produce food Add color Hide / cover Highlight Frame Attract attention
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Full sun Lots of water Fertilizer 3 gallons
mix: 1’ of plant
Food
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Nicotiana sylvestris
Color
Hibiscus
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Cover a bare wall
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Highlight a patio
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Highlight a flower border
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Soften corners
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Frame a bench
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Frame a walkway
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Frame an entryway
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Attract attention
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Highlight a special collection
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Create a landscape
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Winter interest
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Formal or informal
formal
informal
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Choose eye-catching color schemes
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White color theme
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Great combinations
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Great combinations
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Great combinations
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Great combinations
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Know: How to use container gardens in the landscape
Feel: More confident that you can start a container garden
Do: Start a container garden of your own
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