Vegetable container gardening is very entertaining and pleasant work when done the right way. How excited you can become when you pick your grown cucumber and taste it right in your garden place at home. It’s awesome to my humble opinion. You can plant almost all vegetables in your containers and save your hard earned money in the process. As I mentioned before, gardening and vegetable container gardening as well may become very challenging task if not done carefully.


There are several factors you should take into consideration before diving into this endeavor, otherwise you may experience failure and that will be very undesirable for you to waste your precious time and perhaps money along the way. First you should consider sun factor. The majority of the vegetables need to be grown on six-hour-a-day direct sunny place. You should find out precisely how much time sun shines on a place where you are planning to grow your plants or vegetables.

The next factor in vegetable container gardening is water. Growing plants and vegetables need large amount of water. You must always check if your soil is wet enough for the plants to grow properly but at the same time you should not overfill it with water to not cause the roots to rot. The knowledge of how much water is enough for the plants is very important thing to know in container vegetable gardening.


In summer when it is hot it is desirable to water your vegetables twice or even more a day. At the same time if you live in extremely hot zone you must put your plants in shade during a daytime to avoid their frying on the sun. Do not use metal or ceramic containers in this case as they will become hot and may badly affect the plant roots.

At the same time most vegetables do not grow well in cold soil and as a result you should not put containers outside when it is cold. The normal temperature of the soil should not be below 60F and is measurable by thermometer.

The good potting soil is very desirable for your plants. The soil from garden or wood is not a good option as it may condense and there will not be proper water outfall in your pots as a result. Vegetable container gardening ensures no weeds if potting soil is used, on the contrary the garden one may import weeds into your containers. The good soil is organic potting soil as it is rich with nutrients and eventually the plants taste better.

If the chosen soil has no mixed in fertilizer you should add them manually. Granular fertilizer, liquid seaweed or fish emulsion should be added overtime to ensure enough nutrients for plants. Another option is to add compost tea during a growing season.

The next important factor is proper water outfall in your pots for your plant roots to be protected from soggy soil. If the outfall is not enough you should impale additional holes in the bottom of your containers.

As far as choosing your containers is concerned, you may grow your plants in whatever container you choose provided that it is large enough for roots to grow and has sufficient water drainage.

As you probably noticed vegetable container gardening can become a very interesting venture if it is commenced the right way.