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Gardening

Curmudgeoness

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24. Cardboard box container gardening

Reply to JDPriestly (Reply #23)

Sat Jul 21, 2012, 02:59 PM

Jul 2012

is something that I read about in Birds and Blooms magazine. They hold up long enough for a season, but they will decompose. This is an experiment so I have learned that you want to use sturdy boxes. A few that I used were from copy paper and they started to fall apart with the first watering. Ain't making that mistake again.

Anyways, it is like a raised garden, I lined up boxes and filled them with dirt, then used them like a container. My soil is lousy and there is too much mint and other invasives all over the place, so this keeps everything out of the way. A neighbor is also using it for her cucumbers, and she has never had a better crop.

This is where I got the idea to try this, and I am liking it.

http://www.birdsandblooms.com/Gardening/General/cardboard-gardening

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Do we have anyone who grows Bell Peppers well? [View all] Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 OP

How long are you waiting to pick it? Denninmi Jul 2012 #1

Thanks. I will stop being so impatient. Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #4

I grow garlic more than most things, but we always throw in some tomatoes and peppers. jtuck004 Jul 2012 #2

Yeah, I always thought that peppers were easy to grow too. Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #5

Cardboard boxes? That sounds interesting. How are you doing it? JDPriestly Jul 2012 #23

Cardboard box container gardening Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #24

Thanks! That could solve some of my problems. JDPriestly Jul 2012 #25

What I really like about it is the price. Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #26

Where do you find really heavy boxes?I h JDPriestly Jul 2012 #27

I don't have really heavy boxes, Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #28

Good. Thanks. I'll experiment with this. JDPriestly Jul 2012 #29

I'm doing something similar this year with stopwastingmymoney Jul 2012 #30

Peppers like it hot and fairly dry Melissa G Jul 2012 #3

I didn't realize that Austin was not a desert this year. Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #6

Tomatoes will flower in the heat - issue is that they won't pollinate well and the flowers will drop NRaleighLiberal Jul 2012 #8

Good to know. Melissa G Jul 2012 #9

I've grown 1000 different types in Raleigh over 20 yrs - NRaleighLiberal Jul 2012 #10

Good to know that there are simple reasons for some issues Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #15

Bell peppers in 5 gallon pots outproduce those I plant in the ground 10:1 at least - NRaleighLiberal Jul 2012 #7

Really! NJCher Jul 2012 #12

Maybe this is why my potted plants are full of peppers Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #16

SUNSET Sweet Bell Peppers are second to none! cveillon Jul 2012 #11

Welcome to DU, and the garden group. Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #17

They need a lot of water but with good drainage - don't let the feet stay wet. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #13

Very interesting to know Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #14

i picked off the first blooms this year on a few, and mopinko Jul 2012 #18

It seems that there is concensus....hot and dry. Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #19

I'll add to those who have already posted Le Taz Hot Jul 2012 #20

What's your zone? both heat and cold? BlueToTheBone Jul 2012 #21

I believe we are now 6a. Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #22