Garden Lesson #3

zinnias in one pot for containerscaping

   take off the fruit when you plant

plant one tomato in large pot

planted lemon basil with the one tomato 

Love planting the same flowers in a pot

Pots were planted two weeks ago from plants in the packs like these

These are like the ones planted in the pots 2 weeks ago.  Ones in the pot are happy. 

        WOW, we are into summer like weather.  Only 74F(22C) but humidity is high, so it feels really uncomfortable.  This is just the start over the weekend, temperatures are to be in the 90’s.  I will be watering for sure.  I haven’t watered outside since Sunday, but if we don’t get rain this afternoon, I am going to water to keep up with it.  Stay cool, stay safe.
 
Australia family and friends, it is June 18th Wed for them, and fall.  Looks like nice day with a high of 57F(15C) partly cloudy.   Stay warm, stay safe.

Garden lesson #2 Planting tomatoes in a pot
Here I have one tomato plant. The Tomato is a Sun Dipper slender 2.5 fruit perfectly fitted for dipping.  You are tempted to put 2 or 3 in a pot because they are small when you get them.  DON’T you know how tomatoes grow in the ground; they need dirt and space.  But I did plant Lemon Basil around the base.  Tomato grows up and the basil will fill in the bottom.
Now this tomato had fruit on it, and you again are tempted to leave them on.  You need to take them off when you plant.  You want the plant to grow and not concentrate on the fruit.  That is why I took them off. 
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Garden lesson #3 Planting a container with just one kind of plant.  I love doing this and you can see how nice the zinnias look all planted in one pot.  The pot was planted 2 weeks ago by Natalie. June 3rd and look at it now.  You will see how the plants look in the large 4 packs, they are happy to get transplanted.  I had her fill in with as many plants as she could get in.
Garden Lesson #4 I will show you later that with the pots of all the same, I will put it with other pots of different colors, shapes and sizes to create a containerscape.  Interesting concept. 
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I have all these plants on sale for $2.00 so if you need color, you can do this simple planting all the same in a pot and you will have an awesome look or have some vegetables to harvest.  Give it a try. 
Till next time, this is Becky Litterer, Becky’s Greenhouse, Dougherty Iowa [email protected]  641-794-3337  cell 641-903-9365  Facebook Becky Kerndt Litterer, or Becky’s Greenhouse beckysgreenhouse.com