Although winter brings a break from the garden for most of us in the US, January and February hold a special place in the hearts of many gardeners as dozens of seed catalogs pile up in the mail. Sitting inside on a snowy day is the perfect time to flip through the pages and imagine all the possibilities.
As I was browsing this year's catalogs I noticed that a lot more seed companies are selling vegetable seeds specially bred to meet the small space needs of container gardening. I put together a list of the ones I found I'd love to hear from anyone who's tried any of these, or has others to recommend.
- Bush beans 'Masai' (47 days) - 12 inch tall plants, covered with two dozen 4 inch beans
- Broccoli 'Small Miracle' (54 days) - 12 inches tall, 18 inches across produces 6-7 inch wide heads
- Carrot 'Little Finger' (60 days) - 3.5 inches long
- Carrot 'Thumbelina' (65 days) - half inch round carrots
- Cucumber 'Spacemaster' (59 days) - 3 inch vine, produces 7.5 inch cucumbers
- Cucumber 'Salad Bush' (56 days) - 22 inch vine, full sized slicing cucumbers
- Lettuce 'Minigreen' (75 days) - produces "grapefruit size" heads
- Lettuce 'Tom Thumb' (47 days) - produces 6-7 inch heads
- Okra 'Baby Bubba Hybrid' (53 days) - compact plant, full sized pods
- Pepper 'Jingle Bells' (65 days) - compact plant, produces a dozen 2 inch peppers at a time
- Summer squash 'Space Miser' (45 days) - compact plant, full sized green zucchini
- Tomato 'Mini Pearls' (74 days) - indeterminate with currant-sized tomatoes
- Tomato 'Tiny Tim' (55 days) - needs a square foot of space, cherry tomatoes
- Tomato 'Micro-Tom' (63 days) - best in a 4 inch pot, cherry tomatoes
- Tomato 'Tumbler Hybrid' (49 days) - determinant, produces six pounds of 1.25 inch tomatoes (Bred for hanging baskets.)
- Winter squash 'Burpee Butterbush' (75 days) - 20 inch vines, produces about six 1.75 pound squash (Needs a large container.)
P.S. Almost all varieties of beets, leaf lettuce, hot peppers, radishes, spinach, and turnips grow well in container, too.
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