Let’s grow vegetables & herbs in containers!

Many people are interested in gardening in small spaces whether you live in an apartment, or just want to start small on your gardening adventure.

In this episode we will chat about what vegetables and herbs grow well in containers, how container gardening is different than in-ground gardening, and some tips for success! 

A new episode out now from Your Central Florida Yard

Your Central Florida Yard, a podcast from UF/IFAS Extension Polk County has a new episode on growing vegetables and herbs in containers. Listen to it on Apple, Spotify (below) or whereever you listen to podcasts.

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Tips from this episode:

• Almost all vegetables can be grown in containers.
• Some vegetables that are suitable for container gardening include herbs, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, bush beans, squash, lettuce, and onions. 
• Be sure pots get at least 6 hours of full sun for vegetables.  
• You can also mix different vegetables in the same container. Try grouping plants with similar water needs such as spinach and beans or potatoes and squash.
• Consider the height of different vegetables to avoid taller plants shading out smaller plants.
  • Tall vegetable plants include trellised tomatoes, okra, corn, trellised squash, and trellised beans.
  • Medium height vegetables include collards, Swiss chard, broccoli, cauliflower, peppers, eggplant, basil, rosemary, celery, and garlic.
  • Shorter plants include thyme, oregano, strawberries, lettuce, onions, radish, carrots, and vining crops that are not trellised.

Your garden checklist

Have you been inspired to grow vegetables in containers? Take this time to consider what container to use, where you will place it, and what vegetable or herbs you want to grow. Remember to plant according to season!

Learn more

• • Find your local UF/IFAS Extension office
  • In Polk County, contact the Plant Clinic at 863-519-1041, polkmg@ifas.ufl.edu   
  • Your Central Florida page
  • Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide 
  • Vegetables to Grow in Florida
  • Find a series of vegetable gardening articles here
  • Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
  • Vegetable crop rotation fact sheet 
  • Vegetable crop planting and harvesting dates fact sheet
  • Vegetable Gardening: Container Media 
  • Container gardens
  • Growing vegetables in containers
  • Minigardening  
  • Soil mixes

For more information, contact UF/IFAS Extension Polk County at (863) 519-1041 or visit us online at http://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/polk. The Plant Clinic is open Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-4:00 pm to answer your gardening and landscaping questions. Give us a call or email us at polkmg@ifas.ufl.edu.

If you are not in Polk County, Contact your local UF/IFAS Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Plant Clinic.

The Florida Master Gardener Volunteer Program is a volunteer-driven program that benefits UF/IFAS Extension and the citizens of Florida. The program extends the vision of the University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, all the while protecting and sustaining natural resources and environmental systems, enhancing the development of human resources, and improving the quality of human life through the development of knowledge in agricultural, human and natural resources and making that knowledge accessible.

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