Re: [CH] Growing in pots

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Doug 

Yup  your  operation  reduces  soil  creatures


Yea  I  still recommend  tobacco  tea  for  a  bug  spray.  But I  
don't  have  the  stamina  to repeat  the  last  battle,  and  most of  
my  references  are  gone 



Byron




Doug Irvine wrote:

> Byron wrote:
>
>> Another  tip
>> Bury the pot  up to about the last inch
>> 1. This will be more solid  in a thunderstorm
>> 2. The roots will be cooler
>> 3. It will take less water.
>>
>> I use only 1 plant per pot, I think the yield per plant in higher.
>>
>>
>> Just my 2¢
>>
>> Byron
>
>
> As Byron is likely aware, I have been growing in pots for over 20 
> years. We always get a great yield of chiles and tomatoes, which is 
> really all I grow. As I still have a bag of last years peppers dried 
> in our storeroom, this year I only grew two plants, a Thai and a 
> Caribbean
> Red hot. One pepper per pot, but I companion plant a basil plant 
> beside the pepper
> and with the maters I have planted a marigold. And a planter of 
> nasturtiums near by. All I have is a large concrete deck, facing 
> south, and we get sun there all day long when the sun is shining. One 
> end faces east, other end faces west, so we get good light all day. 
> And Marie has set up a watering system with either bottles of the 
> little square pots the seedling plants arrive in. She buried those 
> beside the plant to the lip, and simply fills those with water. Or the 
> bottles, either one. Works!!
> We grow rosemary, parsley, Italian oregano,(although I really don't 
> know why, a friend in Mexico sent me a huge box of Mexican oregano the 
> other day)sage, thyme, mint and chives. We also won a HUGE hanging 
> basket of flowers at our annual Canadian Military Photographers 
> Assn.,Western Canada Chapter. We had folks show up from right across 
> Canada, a very active Chapter.
> Looking for a good "tea" to spray the peppers and maters, non toxic or 
> at least non chemical. Any Ideas???? Byron? Anybody?
> Cheers, old Doug in BC, slowly getting over whip lash and now have a 
> physio working on frozen shoulder, after tripping over a step stool
> sitting where it should not have been in an aisle at WallyWirld! Oh 
> well I suppose eventually I will be back to normal! Whatever my normal 
> is :-)
>

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