You can really make your container garden pop by mixing vegetable plants, herbs and flowers together in the same planter. Different mixes in focal points around your home can draw attention to your gardening ground plan and make fun conversation pieces when visitors call.
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Achieving a balance in your container garden can really help with pest and disease control, having a real impact on the health and yield of your plants. Companion planting means putting plants together in the garden that like each other, or help each other out.
By mixing plants in containers and using several container plantings together, you can model the forest garden, where companion plants are intermingled to create an actual ecosystem, emulating the interaction of up to seven levels of plants in a forest or woodland.
Companion planting was practiced by American Indians, planting corn and pole beans together. Adding squash with these two plants completes the famous “Three Sisters” technique. Corn stalks make a natural pole for bean vines to climb, and beans fix nitrogen on their roots, improving the overall fertility. Squash vines make a living mulch, shading emerging weeds and preventing soil moisture from evaporating, thus improving the overall crops chances of survival in dry years.
In the same way you can find plants that love each other and will enjoy growing together in containers. Use different styles of planting containers to emphasize the season or the theme of the plants. For instance, use a terra-cotta pot to plant tomatillos, ornamental hot peppers and cilantro for a truly Mexican flair.
The DIRTBAG felt planters are not only trouble free, but they come with garden quotes printed for a neat change up in your garden plan. These handy containers are easy to move and last at least 3 growing seasons. When not in use you just wash them with the garden hose, let them dry, fold up and store out in the garden shed.