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Posted: Aug/12/2009 12:18 PM PST
Sorry for the silly question. Everything I have read and even some seeds I have ordered from online companies suggest to start seeds indoors, in peat pots, with grow lights etc. WHAT FOR? Does it matter if I want to grow vegetables in a pot? Can't I just start the seeds in the pot and "grow" from there?  I am new to all this stuff so any help is appreciated. I want to build a raised vegetable garden but can't do that until Spring so I want to try container vegetable gardening until then! Thanks! Halime 
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Posted: Aug/12/2009 1:34 PM PST
You are in Florida right? and your growing season will be much longer than some of our other gardeners. I would think you could grow most anything in a pot, the trick is not to let the plants get too cold. If that isn't a problem then seed away. |
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Posted: Aug/12/2009 2:49 PM PST
From my personal opinion, and from what i have done with seeds, is you don't really have to start them inside. I live in Alaska where the growing season is short, and Iam a first time veggie grower. This year I grew tomatoes from seed outside in little containers, it was after Memorial Day, and now I have nice foot tall tomato plants, that were grown from seed in containers!!! I also grew naturium (sorry about spelling) from seed on advice from a master gardener- she said to just throw them in a container and they grew. I did try to grow asters from seed and lima beans from seed but those did not grow. So I guess it just depends on what it is and what your growing. Tammy |
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Posted: Aug/12/2009 3:43 PM PST
Tammy says .. This year i grew tomatoes from seed outside in little containers.I hope your planing to finish growing them indoors , green house or building a igloo. lol |
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Posted: Aug/12/2009 3:56 PM PST
I start all my tomato's,etc seeds indoors to gain a longer growing season.Most years we have 90 days of frost free weather. Some of the tomatoes i plant are 60,70 or 80 days to maturity.Starting my seeds inside i gain 6 weeks of growing time. 80 days is from the time the plants go into the ground. |
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Posted: Aug/12/2009 5:09 PM PST
Also some plants require transplanting like tomatos to help with root production that is very importain later. Tomatoes and pepper, chives and a few others are slow to get started and if you have a short season can mean frost kills it before it ever sets fruit. we plant outdoors in early may but plant indoor by end of feb, to ensure the plants will be ready for the ground at the right time. Starting seeds indoors can save money over buying plants if you have a large garden to fill. it the reason we start seeds indoors we try to get all we can before our first frost comes. |
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Posted: Aug/12/2009 6:19 PM PST
Yes, Wolfwalker I am planning to raise them inside, I think tey will do better than a igloo!!!! Ha!!! Ha!!! Ha!!! Love the comment, Wolfwalker!!! Tammy |
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Posted: Aug/13/2009 2:03 AM PST
Thanks People! You are always helpful and I appreciate it. So then since I am in Florida I am better off? We used to live in South Florida 3 years ago but now we live near the Southern Georgia border in Tallahassee WE LOVE IT UP HERE. Considered Zone 8b I am finally living someplace where the leaves fall in the fall!!! I grew up in South Fl and just thought green trees all year were normal. The winters here are fabulous. I am in shorts all winter until it gets to lower than 40 degrees. We do get frost once in a while but it is only in the early morning then gone by day time. lol  I am so excited!!! I just ordered some seeds: Detroit Dark Red Beet Danvers Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce Nutri-Bud Broccoli Long Island Brussels Sprouts Renegade Spinach Now all I need to do is the research on exactly when to plant them in this area and I am off to the races. I will post my pictures when I get my butt moving. THANKS ALL AND HAVE A GG-RR-EE-AA-TT DAY!!!!!!!!! Halime 
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Posted: Aug/24/2009 2:58 AM PST
Central Fla , Zone 9, I have had good luck and really bad luck doing both, I took a raised bed (5' round plastic cut down tub) it wasn't a child's play pool, that would work but it was about the same size. I sowed a $1.45 packet of Grand Rapids Lettuce seeds over the top of the soil and sifted about an inch of potting mix over the top lay-ed a piece of wood th tamp the covered potting mix (just a little, no jumping on the wood )and lightly covered with hay(the hay kept soil from drying out), I transplanted 450 heads of lettuce and gave probably that many away, also using the same method I raised another ton of onions, transplanting 850, Those indoor grow plastic dome things, to me was a bust, (small cuss fess here) too wet, spindly some when I transplanted them I placed a seed next to them the seed sprouted and smothered the transplanted one , OK I'm not a grow in the house kind of Guy. I'm am putting together a seed growing machine (here's another, "I think I can", "I think I can" kind of thing). I will post some pictures of an auto water/wick method that I'm going to convert some containers out of, the place I selected is the southern facing wall of the tool shed, this will give me a backdrop for protecting them from sun & frost, wish me luck here, but only if you want too, ha ha hee hee, Guilt Trip |
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Posted: Aug/30/2009 2:12 PM PST
WOW Guilt Trip! "450 heads of lettuce, ton of onions, transplanting 850" Do you do all this for fun and family or do you sell your crop? That is a LOT of veggies!! Nice Pictures! Halime |
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