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Fixing 8 Common Problems With Container Gardens 

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Container gardening is an awesome growing method, especially for us cold climate growers, but it's not without its issues. We picked the 8 most common issues container gardeners will face and how we solved exactly those issues!
Container gardens are often looked at as being an "easy" gardening solution, so it can throw many gardeners off when they develop a number of issues that are directly caused by having your garden in containers. We tried to provide our best guidance, based on decades of growing food in containers.
Once we solved all the issues with container gardening, the method has generally been one of our "go-to" growing techniques. Although we do practice other methods from traditional to non-traditional, our container gardens are always a source of inspiration for us and hopefully you all.
Since we grow in the subarctic, one of the main things we focus on in our "public" gardening practice is various variety trials. Container gardens are almost always one of the growing methods we use to test those varieties.
We grow a ton of food in containers. A non-comprehensive list of what we grow in them includes:
Tomatoes, peppers, herbs, beans, corn, artichokes and quite a few others!
We've tried some new things in this video that we haven't practiced previously, that's part of the deal with us becoming better at video editing.
Thanks a ton for watching & supporting us! We've received a tremendous amount of support from you all and we are extremely grateful for it!
We mention a couple of our other videos in this one, so here they are:
Our full container garden setup:
• Container Gardening, D...
Water soluble vs. Granular Fertilizers:
• More Important Than Fe...
You can check out our "OG" content at FrostyGarden.com. We've been writing content, focused on subarctic food growing, for nearly eight years now! There's a ton of stuff you can learn there, whether you're a cold climate gardener or not!

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@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 10 месяцев назад
Thanks for stopping by to give a watch! I'm pretty proud of this video, I cut through all the years of learning processes in container gardening that I had to go through and just lay straight the major things you need to pay attention to with the gardening technique. We hope you find it helpful! As always, we appreciate your support and thanks for stopping by!
@marthakean9425
@marthakean9425 9 месяцев назад
❤⁰ Please ) 1😢
@nevermindlaughs
@nevermindlaughs Месяц назад
You should be it’s very well spoken/ broken down, super helpful
@networth4512
@networth4512 9 дней назад
Very concise. I learned.
@aquilaclark814
@aquilaclark814 Месяц назад
I had to go to container gardening because I have bad knees and I could not dig in the soil anymore. I’ve been very successful with it. I watched a lot of videos and I’ve learned a lot. Thanks for your tips. The one about not enough soil really was enlightening. And the part about fertilization was good too.🥰
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 Месяц назад
Fantastic! Thanks for all the views, glad we could help you! We're just ramping up for our 2024 season, so we'll have more to come this year! Appreciate the comment & watch!
@Omegawerewolfx
@Omegawerewolfx Месяц назад
I use buckets and grow bags so I can move my plants during heat waves or severe storms. One thing I do in every bucket is add flowers and companion plants. So as a rule every bucket has a Marigold or Nasturtium in it as well as Chives plus whatever else can fit, sometimes just clover. I also use a drip water bottle in each bucket. I mainly do peppers but I have some tomato plants. I use coco coir as a surface cover. Subirrigation is a goal of mine but the water bottles and ouyas get the job done so I can hold off.
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 Месяц назад
Cool! We do some multi-planting in our containers, too. We've found we can knock down aphids in the greenhouse planting some flowers they don't like! Definitely helps! Thanks for the watch, comment and insight into how you use containers!
@helenstone5213
@helenstone5213 25 дней назад
I am hard of hearing but I never lose a word because the volume and clarity are just right. I can’t believe that that I have no problem with your videos. Many thanks.
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 20 дней назад
Excellent! I try to focus on being clear, easy to understand and put a focus on the quality of the audio! Glad you found it helpful, that makes it worth it!
@49lucky
@49lucky 8 месяцев назад
I have a condo so container gardening is all I can do. My everything grows well. 😅😅😅even stuff I never planted. Great video.
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 8 месяцев назад
Nice, that's awesome! I did a balcony garden for years, too, back in the day! Thanks for the watch and kind comment!
@gooseberrydell8095
@gooseberrydell8095 Месяц назад
Clearly spoken. ...Lots of good info. Thank you!!
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 Месяц назад
Wonderful. We're glad you found it helpful! Thanks for the kind comment!
@sandyforeverbless9784
@sandyforeverbless9784 8 месяцев назад
Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge.
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 8 месяцев назад
Appreciate the kind comment! Thanks for giving us a watch!
@lauragomez4384
@lauragomez4384 10 месяцев назад
Very informative, thank you!
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 10 месяцев назад
Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for the watch & the kind comment!
@merinafebruary8772
@merinafebruary8772 2 месяца назад
Thank you very much for helpful information...I'm Merina from Cape Town.. South Africa and really loves container gardening...works wonderfully 🙌🙏💯
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 2 месяца назад
You are welcome! Appreciate the comment, thanks for visiting from such a far way away from us!
@duncanmaina7491
@duncanmaina7491 7 месяцев назад
I am really inspired by your video. This is the way to for people without alot of space.
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 7 месяцев назад
That is definitely true! Containers are absolutely great for small garden spaces! Thanks for the kind comment!
@maryfuentes5110
@maryfuentes5110 2 дня назад
Th a nk you! Great info!❤
@GmamaGrowz
@GmamaGrowz 9 месяцев назад
Awesome information 🤓 Container gardening is Awesome, TFS!
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 9 месяцев назад
Indeed it is. Thanks for the kind comment!
@nevermindlaughs
@nevermindlaughs Месяц назад
Brilliant video, very well done, saving
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 Месяц назад
Thank you! Appreciate the kind comment, thanks for watching.
@MonaDidWhat
@MonaDidWhat 8 месяцев назад
Thanks for sharing. I tried container gardening this summer
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 8 месяцев назад
You are welcome. Glad you gave it a shot. How did you do?
@winbev11
@winbev11 9 месяцев назад
Thank you for sharing
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 9 месяцев назад
You are welcome! Glad you found it helpful, thanks for the watch!
@deoscience6843
@deoscience6843 10 месяцев назад
I learnt a lot.
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 10 месяцев назад
Excellent, glad we could help with that! Appreciate the watch!
@joangreen200
@joangreen200 8 месяцев назад
Thanks for your tips on container garden i welcome some more
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 8 месяцев назад
Glad to help! We're learning that RU-vid likes our container garden info, so we'll definitely make more videos on the subject!
@andreagayle1972
@andreagayle1972 Месяц назад
Great info! This is my first year container gardening. I got rid of all of my raised beds and have about 30 grow bags in my backyard. This gave me some useful information that I intuitively thought may be true, but you helped me recognize that I need to make sure I keep up on fertilizing. I was doing it every other week but once a week does sound better considering I’m washing out so much watering as frequently as I am. I do need to invest in a drip water system. That’s probably gonna be for next year. Thank you for the helpful information! I really appreciate you!
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 Месяц назад
Thanks for the kind comment, glad you found it useful! Sounds like you're covering all the bases! Good luck with your growing efforts! Appreciate you watching and sharing your experience!
@cindonagor1495
@cindonagor1495 8 месяцев назад
Greetings from Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA... thank you for the information 🎉
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 8 месяцев назад
Thanks for finding us, glad you enjoyed learning from us! It's awesome to see our reach from remote, rural and northern Alaska!
@harleyb.birdwhisperer
@harleyb.birdwhisperer 3 месяца назад
I’ve got a dozen containers of berries. I set them all up with 4GPH drip emitters into 1/4” soaker hose loops under cocoa fiber mulch mats (I soak the cocoa in a vinegar solution and rinse it before I use it, since a lot of cocoa is rafted in salt water). I want about 1” of water per week in 2 sessions. 4 GPH gives .0667 gallons per minute. A gallon is 231 cubic inches, so .0667 x 231 = 15.4 cubic inches of water. The surface area of my planters is ~177 square inches ((15 x 15) x .7854), divided by 15.4 is 11.5, so 2 6-minute sessions will deliver ~185 square inches of water 1” deep. Good enough.
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 3 месяца назад
Nice. We do like using drip irrigation. A lot of people don't want to go through the troubles of calculating water delivery, even though it's fairly basic math. We did all the math on our raised beds, but am reluctant to create a video on it since it'd probably be seen as "way too technical." Thanks for the watch & comment.
@SDaulton
@SDaulton 2 месяца назад
Thanks for the headstart on the math! Starting drip this year.
@harleyb.birdwhisperer
@harleyb.birdwhisperer 2 месяца назад
@@SDaulton Figure ~150 GPH max total off a 1/2” main line. Keep 1/4” lines as short as reasonable.
@juandelrio3206
@juandelrio3206 18 дней назад
I take note of everything you said, and it sounds interesting that I will apply it on my vegetables growing in containers. Thanks.
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 15 дней назад
Glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching!
@GardeningInTwoContinents
@GardeningInTwoContinents 27 дней назад
Thanks for sharing. This year I will increase the number of container plants and I need to learn.
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 20 дней назад
You are welcome. Thanks for watching!
@jackieburnett6881
@jackieburnett6881 28 дней назад
Ty for sharing all the information! I have to do container gardening. So this video really helped me a lot!!
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 28 дней назад
Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for the watch & comment!
@ggreene4477
@ggreene4477 2 месяца назад
Great video. Thx from south Ga
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 2 месяца назад
Thanks! Appreciate the watch!
@jeremypatrick1523
@jeremypatrick1523 16 дней назад
I appreciate you, thanks for sharing your knowledge
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 15 дней назад
Glad you found it helpful, thanks for the watch!
@shantispliff9284
@shantispliff9284 2 месяца назад
Learned a lot of things in this video. Thank u, you have answered some concerns ive had for a few years. Not many ppl in my northern region that grow food
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 2 месяца назад
That's great to hear! We're working hard to show that food production is very practicable in the north! Thanks for watching!
@mee8690
@mee8690 10 месяцев назад
great video
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 10 месяцев назад
Thanks kindly, appreciate the watch!
@diranu605
@diranu605 9 месяцев назад
Great info. Thank you!
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 8 месяцев назад
You are welcome! Thanks for watching!
@aarongentile7232
@aarongentile7232 23 дня назад
GREAT ideas!!!!
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 20 дней назад
Glad you found them helpful! Thanks for the watch!
@utubemouse
@utubemouse 5 месяцев назад
Thanks!
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 5 месяцев назад
You are welcome! Appreciate the watch & your comment. Happy growing!
@chrisbutler411
@chrisbutler411 Месяц назад
love your videos
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 Месяц назад
Awww, shucks! Thanks so much, we appreciate you watching and the kind comment!
@godisincontrol32
@godisincontrol32 10 месяцев назад
Very informative 😁 Thank you 🙏
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 10 месяцев назад
You are welcome, glad you found it helpful. Thanks for watching!
@godisincontrol32
@godisincontrol32 10 месяцев назад
@@frostygarden907 You're welcome 😁 I definitely did..
@TheBritishRoyalFamily_1
@TheBritishRoyalFamily_1 8 месяцев назад
Great video ❤
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 8 месяцев назад
Thank you! Appreciate the watch!
@glyzamyr212
@glyzamyr212 Месяц назад
Thank you so much! We have a project about urban gardening and it involves pure container planting. Its been very tricky and watching this video prove my conclusions. By the way im watching here in the Philippines sending likes!
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 Месяц назад
Cool! Container gardening is perfect for many urban applications. Anywhere can be a garden! Good luck with your project. Thanks for the watch and comment.
@fayeg3026
@fayeg3026 21 день назад
Helpful thank you
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 20 дней назад
You are welcome! Thanks for watching!
@EastofVictoriaPark
@EastofVictoriaPark Месяц назад
Great video! Surely, it will hit 1M views.
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 Месяц назад
Thanks! That would be awesome, if it did! My biggest so far is about 150K, can't even imagine a million! Appreciate the view!
@shantispliff9284
@shantispliff9284 2 месяца назад
Love your Matt. Come back when you have a warrant. That's awesome!
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 2 месяца назад
Ha, we're big fans of it, too! Thanks for the comment!
@bigsidable
@bigsidable 18 дней назад
Been using 5 gallon black buckets for 6 years. Been a real learning process. I have controllable drip lines on a timer. I've had very good harvest. But last year low yields. Due to late planting season. Hope this year's is better. Thanks for the tips.
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 15 дней назад
Excellent! It is a pretty good technique, if you can counter some of the issues. A late planting can definitely set you back a bit. Good luck this season! Thanks for watching.
@cjjjj7163
@cjjjj7163 Месяц назад
Thanks for your tips on container garden I am growing my Veges in container on my Balcony in Oshawa north ON Canada I guess for me too your tips will work GOD BLESS YOU AMEN !
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 Месяц назад
Wonderful! These tips will work pretty much anywhere, but especially for us northerners! Thanks for the watch & comment.
@408Dolly
@408Dolly Месяц назад
👋🏽😻Hi! I just found your channel and subscribed. Thanks for the tips. Happy gardening 👩🏻‍🌾
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 Месяц назад
Welcome! Thanks for the sub, appreciate the kind comment!
@legauxmc
@legauxmc 7 месяцев назад
Newbie here good info that I can use
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 7 месяцев назад
Excellent! Good luck with your learning efforts. Thanks for the watch & kind comment.
@GODPROPERTY125
@GODPROPERTY125 9 месяцев назад
Sub arigation i'm try that i love drip pan is smart, i do grow bags Thank You
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 9 месяцев назад
We did grow bags for a lot of years, they work great! Drip pans are fantastic, especially with those bags. We only had to change our solution as we moved our container garden off-grid and had limited water. Good luck!
@JL-hw5hu
@JL-hw5hu 6 месяцев назад
Thank you. Sweet Tomato Vine Homestead on RU-vid not sure if you've seen her channel she grows so much food in raised beds & containers.I'm learning each time you post a video. Thanks.
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 6 месяцев назад
Thanks for the kind comment! Glad we could contribute to your knowledge & thanks for the watch!
@ibdalia69
@ibdalia69 2 месяца назад
Thanks for the help. au
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 2 месяца назад
You are welcome! Appreciate the watch & comment!
@RA-rf4nz
@RA-rf4nz 9 месяцев назад
Although I 've been researching and brainstorming container gardening systems for a long time, I only recently started experimenting with it during the non-stop 100+ degree summer we've had for the past2 and a half months. 🤣🤣🤣 Sub-irrigation is the approach I find most efficient as well. The biggest challenge I foresee is maintaining adequate dissolved oxygen for the water sub-irrigation reservoir(s) to prevent anaerobic conditions. For that, I've come up with a solution borrowed from the aquaponics community using an airlift water pump design to run a recirculating water sub-irrigation system. For the wicking material, it also helps to use an inert media to also help mitigate anaerobic conditions (compost and water mix makes for quick loss of O2 and anaerobic muck) -- sand is cheapest but rock wool also works for good wicking material. But yea, while container gardening has some limitations that in-ground and raised beds don't have, containers also have their own unique benefits. Your system reminds me of Larry Hall's raingutter gardening system. Anyway, thanks for the video production. 👍
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 9 месяцев назад
Thanks for sharing your experience! I was worried about O2 when I built this system, but honestly, I haven't found it to be an issue. It makes sense, in hindsight. In true hydro, there's no opportunity for O2 injection unless the grower accounts for it. In sub irrigation, there's plenty of O2 exchange in the soil/media. Muck doesn't develop if the system is light tight. Thanks for the comment & watch!
@tonyortiz3692
@tonyortiz3692 5 месяцев назад
Larry was a legend! RIP
@brendawestermann3266
@brendawestermann3266 20 дней назад
I grow literally everything in containers. I noticed you have a perfectly fitted insert for the bottom of your 5 gallon pails. Where on earth did you find those? That would certainly be a game changer for me. Thanks for any info you can provide on those inserts for the pails. 😁. Great video!
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 20 дней назад
These are called GroBuckets, they're designed to turn a 5 gallon container into a subirrigated container. We talk more about them in this video! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x4FwfdL71fI.html
@alejandroalcala3146
@alejandroalcala3146 4 месяца назад
you have a lot to learn. 🧡
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 4 месяца назад
Been gardening for nearly 25 years now and still learn new things every season! Thanks for watching!
@stuck_between_stations-cn7yx
@stuck_between_stations-cn7yx 15 дней назад
Thank you for the informative video. More or less a newbie at this. Do you know where reasonably priced drip pans can be purchased?
@frostygarden907
@frostygarden907 15 дней назад
We got most of ours on Amazon. They are generally less expensive in multi-packs and you can find them in various sorts of quality and cost. Good luck!
@susanwurtz4344
@susanwurtz4344 Месяц назад
Loved listening to ur interview on container gardening I’m planing on planting herbs for tea into growing bags I’m wondering if I’ll find any solutions and if it would work because mints is my favorite and it’s very invasive it kind of grow into other herbs that u don’t want it to cross pollinate so I want to try out planting into grow bags pots will seem to freeze and plants may die I live in zone 4 a but I usually plant anything for zone 3-4 so it has a better chance to survive
@frostygarden907