When your traditional gardening area is an issue, you can always resort to container gardening; as are a lot of people. When container gardening, you will not need to spend as much time with the upkeep; which will leave your schedule open for other things. In this piece, we will be showing you how to make the most of your container garden while making it an enjoyable, rewarding pastime as well.
Sunlight
You should realize that container gardens heat up very quickly, which means that exposing plants to sunlight during the middle of the day might be too much in some cases. Once the container has absorbed that intense heat; there are not many plants that can endure it.
Remember that a plant in the ground is surrounded by cool earth, whereas a container is an artificial environment that can get very hot. So if you have plants that are exposed to the sun all day, it’s a good idea to give them a break during mid-day. Just make sure you consider the heat issue when you locate your containers initially. You can alleviate some of the problems when you are careful about where you put your containers in the beginning.
Physical Demands
If you have a handicap of any sort, or you feel that gardening may be too strenuous for you, container gardening is definitely something that almost everyone can do. Gardening is often a strenuous activity, and at the very least it requires you to engage in activities such as digging, bending over, and kneeling. For some people, depending upon their particular handicap, these types of actions are not possible. Container gardening gives you the ability to move your garden where you want it to be and not be bound by the location of the garden itself. If you are limited in regard to your motions or movements, you can still do gardening in this manner. This enables people to enjoy the benefits and pleasures of gardening who would otherwise be deprived of this.
Plant Types
Container gardening is very popular because it has a wide variety of techniques that suit the personalities and needs of others. A common way to do container gardening is to use a separate container for each plant that you grow. Compatibility, by doing this, is no longer an issue. However, it can be nice to have large containers that have several types of plants, vegetables or flowers. When you do this, however, compatibility again becomes an issue. Plants that need water, and plants that do not, such as a cactus, should never be planted in the same container. Another issue to be concerned with is planting two different types of plants together, one of which double will grow and take up the other’s space.
Your choice to garden in containers is a smart choice, due to the multitude of positive things that it can bring to you and most all plants that would normally grow in a full sizes garden will also fit into a container. With container gardening, however, you have more control over the environment and can move your plants around when necessary. Now that you have a better comprehension of what container gardening is all about; you ought to be able to pursue this endeavor, without much problem at all.
