Growing Food in Container Gardens
Selecting Crops for Container Gardens
Not just for flowers any more, many common fruits, vegetables, and herbs can be happy and healthy grown in container gardens. Container gardens offer new gardeners a way to ease in to growing fruits and vegetables at home, and expand the variety of crops you can grow in mid-Missouri. Below are common crops we find do well in containers, and those to avoid planting in container gardens.
Difficult Container Crops
Melons
Pumpkins
Summer squash
Winter squashes
Good Container Crops
Basil
Celery
Chives
Dill
Eggplants
Kale
Lavender
Lemon balm
Mint
Oregano
Parsley
Rosemary
Sage
Swiss chard
Thyme
Tomatoes