Bokashi tea was one, another being container planting which is what I wanted to follow up on here.
Cape Gooseberry plant in container
I did an initial planting with the ‘grotainer’ as I call it (soil, air, water with a wicker basket and nutrition provided through the water) which had a cayenne chilli plant seedling in it, and I placed some spinach seeds in the soil. The only watering was done through the ‘overflow’ hole n the bottom container. Six weeks later these are the results…..
Cayenne chilli plant, healthy, happy and producing chillies
Baby spinach, already being used in our salads
An update on the ‘pink pot’ grotainer which contains the gooseberry bush … I topped up the water (through the white pipe) this morning and it took 4 litres of water to which I added some bokashi tea (well diluted)
Healthy tall plant with lots of new growth and fruit flowers
Black circle indicates the first gooseberry… safely in it’s pod
I have a third pot grotainer in which I have planted a green pepper seedling, and some beetroot seeds in the soil. I will NOT be doing organic fertilisation with this bucket but rather using commercially sold fertiliser.
All in all, if you have limited space and / or water this does appear to be the way to go as the plant is never under stress as it takes the water it requires as and when required. NO over / under watering and nutrients can be provided by dissolving in the water or using liquid fertilisers such as bokashi or worm tea.
Thanks for reading!!
@themagus .. very interesting. I have been pondering whether or not I should look at growing vegetables in pots and in fact tried tomatoes. Have had a good response, if we can call it that, as I have so far got 6 little tomatoes growing - would be bigger if I put the plant in a bigger pot. That will definitely be my next project.
Click on my links and see how those containers were constructed. They will be ideal for the Highveld winter. Thanks for reading!
Nice update, heading on over to your other link on container planting!
Thanks for the read .. and there are two or three related posts.
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