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Author: teddybear Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 5:37 am (GMT 0) I think you can plant most veggies in containers even hanging baskets. You just have to watch your water. Also if you have a vine…watermelon, cucumber, ect. support the fruit …

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Hi everyone

Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, today's edition is entitled:

Succulents

QUOTE: In my garden there is a large place for sentiment.
My garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams.
The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful.
- Abram L. Urban

To ensure that your succulents get the very best in growing conditions, particularly if you are growing them in pots, you will need to buy good quality specially formulated succulent mix.  This is generally the same type mix that you would also use for growing cacti.

Slow release fertilizer will help them to remain healthier by supplying them with necessary nutrients throughout the year and the best time to give them this fertilizer is in spring.

They will grow better when exposed to the full sun as they don't like frosts.  Over the summer months you will need to give them sufficient water and that will generally be once or twice a week.

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Over the winter months they should get enough water to only need watering once a month.  Obviously you will need to adjust this depending on the climate they are growing in but that is a general guideline to follow.

When you water your succulents you should avoid wetting their foliage.

They are fairly maintenance free and can add color to pots where you are growing larger trees.  They also make a nice looking ground cover that will reduce the amount of weeds depending on the type of succulent you choose.

Placed in multi colored pots, succulents can look quite impressive with contrasting colors in designer gardens and courtyards.

They are excellent for smaller pots where they can add color and life to patios and decks provided they get sufficient sunlight.

They make an ideal plant for the busy apartment dweller where there is only minimal outdoor area and not enough room for larger plants.

They can also withstand winds that might damage other plants grown in these conditions.  They are the ideal plant to have in window boxes and come in many different varieties, colors, shapes and sizes.

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Thanks,
Annie
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If you live in an apartment, you can’t really operate a full garden, just because you don’t really have a yard! If you love flowers or vegetables, one of the best solutions is to grow plants in containers.

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I long for a bigger garden. We have a small one behind the apartment, and I should probably do more with it, but now that I work from home I feel like I could really give more time to a bigger garden. Make my own salads and the like. …

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Question: I live in an apartment in northern Utah and I would like to be able to grow flowers indoors. What types of flowering plants will thrive indoors? Answer: African violets have long been a favorite houseplant. …

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With no gardening shows on television and plant nursery staff often puzzled about how to advise apartment gardeners, the forum has attracted hundreds of active high-rise gardeners, keen to swap ideas and plant cuttings. …

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