Suggested minimum container sizes and varieties of vegetables suitable for container gardening are as follows:
Container Size | Plant Type | Spacing/Planting | Recommended Varieties |
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Half-gallon containers | parsley | 1 plant | Dark Moss Curled, Paramount |
One gallon containers | cabbages | 1 plant | Any |
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 |