Fixing 8 Common Problems With Container Gardens

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Published 2023-08-02
Container gardening is an awesome growing method, especially for us cold climate growers, but it's not without its issues. We picked the 8 most common issues container gardeners will face and how we solved exactly those issues!

Container gardens are often looked at as being an "easy" gardening solution, so it can throw many gardeners off when they develop a number of issues that are directly caused by having your garden in containers. We tried to provide our best guidance, based on decades of growing food in containers.

Once we solved all the issues with container gardening, the method has generally been one of our "go-to" growing techniques. Although we do practice other methods from traditional to non-traditional, our container gardens are always a source of inspiration for us and hopefully you all.

Since we grow in the subarctic, one of the main things we focus on in our "public" gardening practice is various variety trials. Container gardens are almost always one of the growing methods we use to test those varieties.

We grow a ton of food in containers. A non-comprehensive list of what we grow in them includes:

Tomatoes, peppers, herbs, beans, corn, artichokes and quite a few others!

We've tried some new things in this video that we haven't practiced previously, that's part of the deal with us becoming better at video editing.

Thanks a ton for watching & supporting us! We've received a tremendous amount of support from you all and we are extremely grateful for it!

We mention a couple of our other videos in this one, so here they are:

Our full container garden setup:
   • Container Gardening, Done Right | Off...  

Water soluble vs. Granular Fertilizers:
   • More Important Than Fertilizer | Wate...  

You can check out our "OG" content at FrostyGarden.com/. We've been writing content, focused on subarctic food growing, for nearly eight years now! There's a ton of stuff you can learn there, whether you're a cold climate gardener or not!
All Comments (21)
  • @frostygarden907
    Thanks for stopping by to give a watch! I'm pretty proud of this video, I cut through all the years of learning processes in container gardening that I had to go through and just lay straight the major things you need to pay attention to with the gardening technique. We hope you find it helpful! As always, we appreciate your support and thanks for stopping by!
  • @Omegawerewolfx
    I use buckets and grow bags so I can move my plants during heat waves or severe storms. One thing I do in every bucket is add flowers and companion plants. So as a rule every bucket has a Marigold or Nasturtium in it as well as Chives plus whatever else can fit, sometimes just clover. I also use a drip water bottle in each bucket. I mainly do peppers but I have some tomato plants. I use coco coir as a surface cover. Subirrigation is a goal of mine but the water bottles and ouyas get the job done so I can hold off.
  • @aquilaclark814
    I had to go to container gardening because I have bad knees and I could not dig in the soil anymore. I’ve been very successful with it. I watched a lot of videos and I’ve learned a lot. Thanks for your tips. The one about not enough soil really was enlightening. And the part about fertilization was good too.🥰
  • @49lucky
    I have a condo so container gardening is all I can do. My everything grows well. 😅😅😅even stuff I never planted. Great video.
  • @harleyb.birdwhisperer
    I’ve got a dozen containers of berries. I set them all up with 4GPH drip emitters into 1/4” soaker hose loops under cocoa fiber mulch mats (I soak the cocoa in a vinegar solution and rinse it before I use it, since a lot of cocoa is rafted in salt water). I want about 1” of water per week in 2 sessions. 4 GPH gives .0667 gallons per minute. A gallon is 231 cubic inches, so .0667 x 231 = 15.4 cubic inches of water. The surface area of my planters is ~177 square inches ((15 x 15) x .7854), divided by 15.4 is 11.5, so 2 6-minute sessions will deliver ~185 square inches of water 1” deep. Good enough.
  • @joangreen200
    Thanks for your tips on container garden i welcome some more
  • @GmamaGrowz
    Awesome information 🤓 Container gardening is Awesome, TFS!
  • @duncanmaina7491
    I am really inspired by your video. This is the way to for people without alot of space.
  • @MonaDidWhat
    Thanks for sharing. I tried container gardening this summer