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Making Herb and Vegetable Containers

Suggested Vegetables and Varieties Suitable for Container Gardening

Suggested minimum container sizes and varieties of vegetables suitable for container gardening are as follows:

Container Size Plant Type Spacing/Planting Recommended Varieties
Half-gallon containers parsley 1 plant Dark Moss Curled, Paramount
One gallon containers cabbages 1 plant

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cucumbers 2 plants Salad Bush, Bush Champion, and Spacemaster
green beans 2-3 plants Topcrop, Tendercrop, Derby
leaf lettuce 4-6 plants Green Ice, Salad Bowl, Red Sails, Black Seeded Simpson, Buttercrunch, Oakleaf
spinach direct seed, thin to 1-2 inches apart American Viking, Long Standing, Bloomsdale, Melody
Swiss chard 1 plant Fordhook Giant, Lucullus
cherry and patio tomatoes 1 plant Pixie (cherry); Patio (patio)
Two gallon containers beets thin to 2-3 inches apart Ruby Queen
  carrots thin to 2-3 inches apart Little Finger, Danver's Half Long, Nantes Half Long
  eggplant 1 plant Dusky
  pepper 2 plants Lady Bell, Gypsy, Crispy, New Ace, Red Chilli
  radishes thin to 1-2 inches apart Champion, Comet, Sparkler, White Icicle, Early Scarlet Globe
Three gallon containers Standard tomatoes 1 plant Jetstar, Celebrity, Super Bush

 

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