Hey there, so I went tot he farmers market last saturday, and I got some little tomato, pepper, cucumber, and herb plants, theres a few others, can’t remember, but I’m totally confused, how should I plant them when in the pot? Do I need to stake them? How often should I water them? The tag says to put in Direct sunlight which they are, but should I get them each their own indivual pots or no? Help! I’m not a good gardening person. haha.
Do I still need big pots if they are just small right now?
They can’t go in the ground, I live in a town house.

Hi! I would like to start some veggies and herbs in pots on my patio. I have a lot of space in the backyard in direct sunlight too if needed. I just rent instead of owning so I don’t want to plant in the ground.

What veggies and herbs are the easiest to grow?
What supplies do I need to get started?
Which grow best in my environment? (I live on Oahu, Hawaii, about 100 yards from the beach, 80 degrees year round…lots of salt in the air)

I’m mostly interested in growing everyday cooking herbs like parsley, basil, rosemary, cilantro and chives would be awesome. Veggie wise I would love to grow bell peppers, jalapenos, tomatoes (cherry or roma?), and other ones that would work well in pots.

I have never tried to grow anything in my life, but I love to cook and I hate having to run to the store for green onions, peppers and stuff like that all the time, so any advice is greatly appreciated!!!

Thank you so much!!!
Lindsay

I posted most of this before…but I thought I would get a little more help. I don’t even know where to begin, do I buy potting soil? What would be the easiest things to start with etc?? Thank you!!!

Hi! I would like to start some veggies and herbs in pots on my patio. I have a lot of space in the backyard in direct sunlight too if needed. I just rent instead of owning so I don’t want to plant in the ground.

What veggies and herbs are the easiest to grow?
What supplies do I need to get started?
Which grow best in my environment? (I live on Oahu, Hawaii, about 100 yards from the beach, 80 degrees year round…lots of salt in the air)

I’m mostly interested in growing everyday cooking herbs like parsley, basil, rosemary, cilantro and chives would be awesome. Veggie wise I would love to grow bell peppers, jalapenos, tomatoes (cherry or roma?), and other ones that would work well in pots.

I have never tried to grow anything in my life, but I love to cook and I hate having to run to the store for green onions, peppers and stuff like that all the time, so any advice is greatly appreciated!!!

Thank you so much!!!
Lindsay

My father saw the guy in the next building over and they stopped to chat and he was informed that the guy that lives upstairs from me approached the neighbor, pointed to my back window with two pots of Parsley and Sweet Basil/Oregano with a grow light that looks like this http://www.amazon.com/FA201HBCC-20-Inch-16-Watt-Fluorescent-Cabinet/dp/B000HJ75HA/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1281391060&sr=1-16 placed along the edge of the pot to help the basil/oregano to perk up after a transplant, and asked him if he thought we were "Growing Marijuana" in our back room.

The pots were, literally, on the windowsill… And I live on the 1.5th floor, so you can see that it is Parsley and Basil FROM THE SIDEWALK!

After I put the plants in the window, I put the grow light on a timer so that it would provide heat and light from dusk until dawn because my plants didn’t like the transplant and were adjusting to their new environment… He CALLED MY FATHER AT WORK and told him that "Your daughter left a light on in the back room ALL NIGHT." As if is any of his business… and later cornered my father on his way out to again inform him that ‘You have a light on…’

He just won’t leave us alone!

Should I write him a letter telling him what is in my pots and that if the owner of the building (who is NOT him btw) wants to know what I am growing, I’ll be happy to show him?

Should I just try to ignore him?

EVERYTHING we do is messed with or intruded upon by this guy that thinks he rules the world when he is just an old, mentally ill, Taxi Director at an airport… (He sits in the booth at the airport and makes sure that cabs don’t jump the line or accept passengers before they reach the head of the queue yet talks about how he is "The head of" basically everything on airport property…)

I didn’t care if he touched my laundry…
I didn’t care if he touched our grill…
I didn’t care that he told me I should have ASKED HIM if I could put a mail pouch on my front door because the foam tape I used might have "Harmed the Door"…

But now he is spreading rumors that we are doing something ILLEGAL!!!

Luckily, before I even knew what he was going around saying, I got a Mylar Emergency Blanket and draped that over a shelf of a wire shelving unit in my den, used Velcro to hang my, now 2, grow lights to hang from the top, and placed the pots with my COOKING HERBS in there with a small fan for ventilation… So now you can’t really see that there is any light at night, through the window… I put curtains on the one window but I have a poinsettia that needs the morning sun so I can’t close it all off to keep out his prying eyes…

How would you cope with a tard like this?

WOW… It feels good to vent… But seriously… My lease isn’t up for another year… We are already planning to move when the next year is up… But until then… What would you do in my place?

I’ve planted cucumber seeds and herb seeds in pots which I have to keep on my deck outdoors. It’s been almost two weeks since I’ve planted them and nothing has happened. It did get pretty cold overnight, I HAVE been watering them decent amounts, and they are in direct sunlight all day. Is this unusual? When will they grow? am I doing something wrong? Are they dead?

Hey there, so I have some vegetables that I"m doing in a container garden, they are doing great. :] I have about 6+ vegetables (Minus my herbs) that I think need to be replanted, they are all getting really big, and they are in 13.5 quart pots, do you think they will be okay? Or do I need to re-plant them, if so how?