Big Plants Big Containers

You can grow large plants in containers. Squash, zucchini larger vegitables easy to grow on a deck. Make sure they get plenty of sun at least 8 hrs of sunlight. Plant marigolds with them to cut down on bugs and ickies. I use long handled tweezers to pick off bugs I don't like and I drop them in a jar to be identified. If they are good bugs they go back on the plant, bad ones...dumdedumdum daaa! If you can't handle bugs you can't have a garden! Remember you want to eat this stuff so no toxins! You will get a pest problem but try buying lady bugs or praying mantis, or a insecticidal soap. READ THE LABEL of anything you put on the plants! First you'll need a 5 gallon container one plant per container, gravel and a bag of miracle grow potting soil or potting soil and slow release fertilizer. I like to put Squash on a standing plant stand and let it draps down or you can put it on an arbor. You want to do two plants to let them cross pollinate. add about 1 or 2 inches gravel making sure you don't block the holes in the bottum of the pot. Put in the potting soil leaving about and inch from the top. Plant the flower per instructions on the label. Let them vine down and water once a week twice if the soil feels dry! Use your fingers it's your best gauge. If it feels dry water it if feels too wet cut back on your watering . Soil should feel moist not wet. You can eat the flowers too. Stuff them with some cooked italian turkey sausage lightly saute and serve them over a nice lightly sauced pasta. Not just good but ready for guests!