Due to circumstances, I can't add any raised beds this year so I try to be creative with what I have left over. Would these "pots" be big enough for a tomato or zucchini plant? They're directly connected to the grouns, so roots can grow quite deep.
In the back are strawberries in these pots and they're thriving 🙂
by queenofbo0ks
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Looks like that should be plenty as long as it goes deep
I’ve had zucchini plants get to about 4 foot in diameter, and tomatoes that get 5-6 feet tall. They seem to need at least 2-3 feet between them for maximum airflow. If you can accommodate that, go for it!
On paper, various sources will tell you that a zucchini plant will only need 1 sqft.
In practice, I’ve found that my zucchini likes to take up 3-4 sqft.
if the soil is good, go for it!
Tomatoes definitely. Get indeterminate types and keep them pruned as small as you’d like. Keep the tomatoes tall and skinny and alternate every other with a low bush type zucchini.
Try it – but just use every other square for the big stuff. Try cilantro or parsley in between.
If they dont have bottoms…yes they will work
As long as they get enough sun.
Fuck around and find out! I like it.
I’ll do something like this in my yard this season to try as well.
Grow your zucchini up a stake to take less space, you can then plant something like bush beans under them and in between the larger plants. Maybe do determinate tomatoes. Multiple sowings over the season. It’s small so you shouldn’t try and keep things alive the whole summer, just rotate with quick crops. Once you have your transplants determinate tomatoes a good size they can take about 2 months, same with bush beans, and that’s how long a zucchini lasts before getting killed by bugs. Just a thought, could make a nice rotation.
I like the suggestion someone else made of going every other one, and I would also try to trellis the zucchini up when you do that. You could also try green beans in these, I did square foot gardening last year and had roughly 3 bush beans per sqft and they did great!
Yeahbut dig out the old soil and replace with a high quality potting soil.
These suggestions are all good! You can also add in some compost/or good in ground soil in a large mound and plant your seedling right in the middle. Agreed you shouldn’t plant each one as they are close together so herbs like basil and or onions/garlic will take up the right kind of space (low level).