I’m container gardening on my deck this year. 1st time in a while. Trying garlic, carrots, lettuce, snap peas and cucumbers in containers first time. Also watermelons and cantaloupe, among other veggies like pepper, tomatoes and herbs. This video is very helpful.
thank you so much for this. my Fiancé and I have moved up to the "Country" of California near Humboldt county. We are embracing the country life from the San Francisco Bay Area, we actually have a little spot to use pots. We have a variety germinating as we speak on April 16th. beautiful weather looking like 50 + nights to 60-65+ days perfect timing. we've been germinating indoors early and have wonderful growth. this is our first go around so this is definitely touch and go. I am looking at everyone's videos for the different veggies and fruits we have going. Tomatoes, such as beef steak, yellow pear, and cherry, Squash, Bell Pepper, Scarlet Carrots, Herbs, and a bunch of hot peppers, as well as chives, basil, cilantro. this is the first year to see if I can go pots and stuff can grow before I put in the back breaking work for raised beds on our hill. I need this to work and I go to school for Nursing too. This is my extra class for sure. I've learned so much and appreciate what you've shown me my man. we'll see how this turns out I guess
I'm growing carrots in an 18 gallon tote.. Last year I grew them in a 3 gallon pot and they turned out great.. They were the short n sweets.. This year I'm growing half short and sweet and half Danvers 126.. They have been in since March..
Great advise about not buying rootcrop seedlings. I worked in a garden centre and was amazed at how many people bought them despite telling them it was easier to grow from seed.
I grew larger carrots in my large black feed trough raised bed, and they were awesome. I grew flowers and other veggies, too. I may have to try this for those smaller carrots now.
I'm starting out, and I love going from seeds. It's more of an accomplishment to say wow... I grew that! Instead of going from a plant where you only grew it half way. :/ And you get to watch it grow!
I love doing both because the seeds I growing I can still have color and a wonder smelling yard :) and bend down pinch my thyme and take in the lemon smell ;)
😄 this is a nice video. I especially love the ending. The flavor and nutrients are just the same whether the carrot is straight or bent. People focus on the craziest things.
Thanks, good video. I've been growing in containers for years, my one suggestion is to put your containers in a tray that holds water. It will collect the excess water and the plant can draw it back when needed. It also solves another problem that I have, the tree roots are so aggressive around here that they will invade pots that are sitting on the ground.
You have inspired me to grow carrots in pots, I already have the seeds so I will start them today which is 8-4-22 and I will let you know how they do in 65 days!
Thanks Luke, Now I know where to plant my seeds of carrots. Didn't think of a container. I have radishes and leaf lettuces in containers, now I will have carrots also. You were out of Trifecta fertilizer last week, will try again today., Love your vldeos. Thanks so much. Sharon, a 78 year old organic gardener.
Just recently found your channel..... I've gotten so much out of your videos! Due to your lessons I'm growing potatoes, sweet potatoes, and now carrots in containers for the first time this year! Thanks so much!!!
Love the video! Makes growing carrots a very plausible option for this fledgling gardener. Currently I’m growing red potatoes, poblano peppers, tomatoes, basil, collards and sweet potato slips all in dirt. I have several things started hydroponically and hopefully there will be a flourishing harvest there too. Hadn’t thought of carrots in a container before but will definitely give it a go. ThanX again for the instructional video. Cheers
I know you'll probably never see this since this is old video, but I've been happily binging your channel today. My father says he's too old to garden so I'm trying to study up so I can share with him now! Thanks!
I think I will try them in containers thanks. I grow peppers, tomatoes, potato's, Okra and Green beans in half whisky barrels now and then I grow lettuces in the same barrels in the fall. Thanks
I'm in Michigan too. I'm disabled and yes I adore Nantes for containers but I wanted to grow longer carrots and more of them this year so I designed a handicapped friendly container which my husband built. It's a big box on legs. The front is hinged so come harvest I can just unlatch it and the dirt will fall out onto a tarp. Can just grab the carrots instead of trying to bend over and dig them or having to lift a heavy container. To me, just a small container is heavy lol. I did the same for potatoes. It's my first year trying this so we will see how they do. If it works, I'll make a video next year on handicapped gardening. Cross your fingers for me.
Wow! What a great idea! What if you put a wheelbarrow in front of the box, then you won't have to bend down so low and the soil will be in the wheelbarrow instead of down on the tarp on the ground!
SE Texas is both wonderful and brutal for gardening. We can plant much sooner than most of the US and we have a growing season that often stretched into October IF (and by IF, I mean here comes the brutality) IF the plants survive the super, unrelenting heat of late June through early September. At my new place in a rural area, the only spot I can grow a garden inside of the fence is right over the septic lines. I don't want to grow my food over that, even though it's something like 6 or 7 feet down, so I switched to containers for all food plants. It was a bit expensive getting large containers for the bigger plants and buying SO MUCH potting mix, but it's mostly done now and I am loving it. When the Texas sun tries to burn everything, I'll use my new potted plant dolly and escort all those babies to a shadier spot. We'll see how it goes. I have four kinds of tomato, cucumber, three kinds of bell pepper, jalepeno, banana peppers, cayennes (yeah, we like it spicy), yellow squash, strawberries, basil, sacred basil, parsley, sage, thyme, oregano, rosemary, ginger, onions, chocolate mint, pineapple mint, spearmint, chives. My surgery interrupted my plans, so I'm getting a late start on my first try at something called Baby Round Zucchini and my eggplant. Now I want to try carrots, too! QUESTION: I miss having green beans. Is it possible to grow them in a large container?? Thanks for this series!
Ahhh... I was just seed shopping on your website TODAY, and decided to skip the carrots for fear of the 'bent carrots' in my container garden. And sure enough you posted this video, haha. I already placed the order, so it's too late now. Oh well... Thanks for all the videos on container gardening! They're helpful and inspiring!
I would love to see you try to grow artichoke in a large container. Would be a fun experiment and I would love to see results for those of us who can't overwinter them in our climates.
Thanks for sharing info on carrot container gardening. As I am new to gardening ur clear explanation helps me a lot . I have couple questions to ask here 1. When is the right time to sow the carrot seeds. 2. Which brand is good for All purpose fertilizer. 3. Can I use all purpose fertilizer for any veggies? Please let me know the answers for above question and it helps .. TIA
Hello - Thank you for the videos, they are very helpful and informative. On the carrot seeds in pots, when do you typically start these? Can these be started outside in colder weather? Thank you
I have two kinds of carrots in my raised beds but in containers I have cherry tomato, Swiss chard, jalepeno peppers, lettuce, spring onions. Can't wait for carrots.
I learned that if they're peeking out from the top, or if you brush away dirt from the side and they're full...that's pretty much the gauge. Unless someone has a better response, would love to hear it.
Please let me know if you have a video about growing beets.... I've trying without good results Thanks following you Great videos God and hearth bless you
And to touch on watering, where applicable, I think we should all dig a shallow well and have rain catch containers for watering our plants. I am digging a shallow well this year right smackdab in the middle of my garden and putting a watering method attsr he's to it so when I pump it waters all my plants at the ground level.
We are trying container gardening for the first time this year. Your channel has been very helpful! Will carrots grow OK in a clear container (or will that hurt the roots)? I think my kids would like being able to see them as they grow.
I have some baby carrots in a black pot atm, they are doing well and will be ready for harvest soon. Also have some pearl onions, cumin, coriander from the supermarket and soon a few lettuces, everything else is in the dodgy red clay full of rocks, including some larger carrots not holding my breath on those but
Hahaha i loved the bent carrot comment. However i have had no luck with in ground carrots because we have a lot of clay and with my husbands amending with manure for years and rototillering often we always got very short and bitter carrots. My husband even had our soil rested. Anyway this year 2021bi am going to try container carrots. Thank you for this video
I planted some carrot seeds on Friday in a bucket, & I gave it lots of water, but I'll put it out in the sun. This is my first time planting them. Do the carrots need lots of water & lots of sun I live in the west Indies, & we either in the hot season or now entering. Thanks for your video.
Have you ever thought of isolating smaller seeds I to little clay balls for easier planting and less thinning? I have seen seeds with some type of clay ball around them.
My husband grows almost all our veg in containers-In the back of his p/u truck-easy watering and can be moved in driveway to follow sun throughout the summer-also saves the soil and adds a special mix to it every year in 55gal olive containers over winter
I'm interested in trying to grow, in containers, any food that I can grow in containers because I have a sunroom that never gets freezing temps. I can grow all winter!
Hi, Luke-I am a new subscriber-love your channel. I received a free pack of Danvers carrots and bought potting mix today to give this a try. Thanks for the great info.
Mumba Jumba 1.) You’re going to remove all but one seedling (keep the strongest, biggest one) in each spot. But DONT PULL THEM OUT. Just cut them off at the soil line. Pulling them out will damage the one you want to keep. 2.) I usually harvest mine when I can see the carrot top coming out of the soil, and it’s at least 1” or more in diameter.
Growing everything in containers. My carrots are still so small, taking forever to get a decent size. I did bunch them close though. Nitrogen is the answer? Will move them to a longer sun location too. Thanks.
I planted carrots in a pot about a month ago, but was hoping I could transfer them to my newly constructed raised bed. How can this be achieved? I live in the Austin area, FYI. Thanks!
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My whole garden is in containers. Tomatoes, peppers. Cucumbers. Bush beans. Pole beans. Pumpkin. Watermelon. Beets. turnips and herbs.
I was not aware of watermelons can be grown in a pot but I have seen people grow watermelons in bags of potting soil.
Me too!🌷🥕🥦🍆🥬🌶️🍅🍅
me too! I love my container garden!
Quick question: Have you companion planted your tomatoes and your carrots before and did they play nice?
I’m container gardening on my deck this year. 1st time in a while. Trying garlic, carrots, lettuce, snap peas and cucumbers in containers first time. Also watermelons and cantaloupe, among other veggies like pepper, tomatoes and herbs. This video is very helpful.
thank you so much for this. my Fiancé and I have moved up to the "Country" of California near Humboldt county. We are embracing the country life from the San Francisco Bay Area, we actually have a little spot to use pots. We have a variety germinating as we speak on April 16th. beautiful weather looking like 50 + nights to 60-65+ days perfect timing. we've been germinating indoors early and have wonderful growth. this is our first go around so this is definitely touch and go. I am looking at everyone's videos for the different veggies and fruits we have going. Tomatoes, such as beef steak, yellow pear, and cherry, Squash, Bell Pepper, Scarlet Carrots, Herbs, and a bunch of hot peppers, as well as chives, basil, cilantro. this is the first year to see if I can go pots and stuff can grow before I put in the back breaking work for raised beds on our hill. I need this to work and I go to school for Nursing too. This is my extra class for sure. I've learned so much and appreciate what you've shown me my man. we'll see how this turns out I guess
Luke, you are so funny! You help me remember that perfection doesn’t always happen and some times it isn’t even necessary! God bless you and yours!
I'm intimidated by growing carrots, yet I bought a packet this year.With this video, I think I'm gonna do it.
I'm growing carrots in an 18 gallon tote.. Last year I grew them in a 3 gallon pot and they turned out great.. They were the short n sweets.. This year I'm growing half short and sweet and half Danvers 126.. They have been in since March..
Great advise about not buying rootcrop seedlings. I worked in a garden centre and was amazed at how many people bought them despite telling them it was easier to grow from seed.
I grew larger carrots in my large black feed trough raised bed, and they were awesome. I grew flowers and other veggies, too. I may have to try this for those smaller carrots now.
I'm starting out, and I love going from seeds. It's more of an accomplishment to say wow... I grew that! Instead of going from a plant where you only grew it half way. :/ And you get to watch it grow!
I agree!
Joey Alteri
Joey Alteri I agree to but it's just way hard to do it all the time
I love doing both because the seeds I growing I can still have color and a wonder smelling yard :) and bend down pinch my thyme and take in the lemon smell ;)
I love going back to older videos and learning more watching a second time. Thor's time.
😄 this is a nice video. I especially love the ending. The flavor and nutrients are just the same whether the carrot is straight or bent. People focus on the craziest things.
Thanks, good video. I've been growing in containers for years, my one suggestion is to put your containers in a tray that holds water. It will collect the excess water and the plant can draw it back when needed. It also solves another problem that I have, the tree roots are so aggressive around here that they will invade pots that are sitting on the ground.
"No one is going to say 'this tastes like a bent carrot'" hehe that was awesome and true :-)
You have inspired me to grow carrots in pots, I already have the seeds so I will start them today which is 8-4-22 and I will let you know how they do in 65 days!
Thanks Luke, Now I know where to plant my seeds of carrots. Didn't think of a container. I have radishes and leaf lettuces in containers, now I will have carrots also. You were out of Trifecta fertilizer last week, will try again today., Love your vldeos. Thanks so much. Sharon, a 78 year old organic gardener.
Getting ready to show my seeds in a 5 gallon grow bag. Planting Burpee Short and Sweet. Also gonna try some multi color carrots.
Love to listen to you. You are understandable and thorough. I've learned alot.
I certainly enjoy your videos. Thank you for taking the time to start so much in advance of the taping.
Wrap black plastic pots in super cheap (yet attractive) burlap tied with a decorative jute bow - adorable and it will keep the soil a bit cooler.
I'm a cheapskate, I spraypaint the outside of my pots white to keep the heat down in the soil.
I love it--a bent carrot is going to taste like a carrot❤️
Thank you for this great information! im going to give carrots another shot!
Just recently found your channel..... I've gotten so much out of your videos! Due to your lessons I'm growing potatoes, sweet potatoes, and now carrots in containers for the first time this year! Thanks so much!!!
If you're growing in pots due to lack of garden space, use square pots rather than round ones in order to get the maximum growing area.
Love the video! Makes growing carrots a very plausible option for this fledgling gardener. Currently I’m growing red potatoes, poblano peppers, tomatoes, basil, collards and sweet potato slips all in dirt. I have several things started hydroponically and hopefully there will be a flourishing harvest there too. Hadn’t thought of carrots in a container before but will definitely give it a go. ThanX again for the instructional video. Cheers
Thanks for making this so simple! Going to try carrots in containers for the first time this fall in Texas and I’m so much less intimidated now!!!
My garden this year is all grow bags so I appreciate the advice. Thx🥕🍅
This inspired me to grow carrots!
I know you'll probably never see this since this is old video, but I've been happily binging your channel today. My father says he's too old to garden so I'm trying to study up so I can share with him now! Thanks!
I love huge carrots, it looks like he's got one. 🥕
Can always count on your growing guides!
Sooo excited to grow carrots now! Thank you for the great instruction! ❤️
Thanks for this. Like you said, no need to be scared!
I think I will try them in containers thanks. I grow peppers, tomatoes, potato's, Okra and Green beans in half whisky barrels now and then I grow lettuces in the same barrels in the fall. Thanks
I have tons of those containers this is perfect thank you
Great tips Luke ! Thanks for sharing your knowledge !
Thanks Luke !
This is my first year growing carrots, so I'm really excited to try growing them in containers. Next year I'll try to grow them in the ground :3
Love naturally grown carrots, thanks Luke 👍
Going to try it. Love ur videos. Happy gardening.
Never planned to but now I'm going to grow carrots.
I'm going to add coconut coir and water Crystals to my carrots to hold plenty of moisture, great video!
I'm in Michigan too. I'm disabled and yes I adore Nantes for containers but I wanted to grow longer carrots and more of them this year so I designed a handicapped friendly container which my husband built. It's a big box on legs. The front is hinged so come harvest I can just unlatch it and the dirt will fall out onto a tarp. Can just grab the carrots instead of trying to bend over and dig them or having to lift a heavy container. To me, just a small container is heavy lol. I did the same for potatoes. It's my first year trying this so we will see how they do. If it works, I'll make a video next year on handicapped gardening. Cross your fingers for me.
I hope everything works out well. Growing carrots is fun and quite easy even in the hardest places to grow crops like deserts.
Wondering how this worked out for you?? Could you give us an update?
Also disabled, also got a man with a screwdriver :) would you mind giving us feedback how it worked? A link is good too :)
Wow! What a great idea! What if you put a wheelbarrow in front of the box, then you won't have to bend down so low and the soil will be in the wheelbarrow instead of down on the tarp on the ground!
Best of luck!
SE Texas is both wonderful and brutal for gardening. We can plant much sooner than most of the US and we have a growing season that often stretched into October IF (and by IF, I mean here comes the brutality) IF the plants survive the super, unrelenting heat of late June through early September. At my new place in a rural area, the only spot I can grow a garden inside of the fence is right over the septic lines. I don't want to grow my food over that, even though it's something like 6 or 7 feet down, so I switched to containers for all food plants. It was a bit expensive getting large containers for the bigger plants and buying SO MUCH potting mix, but it's mostly done now and I am loving it. When the Texas sun tries to burn everything, I'll use my new potted plant dolly and escort all those babies to a shadier spot. We'll see how it goes. I have four kinds of tomato, cucumber, three kinds of bell pepper, jalepeno, banana peppers, cayennes (yeah, we like it spicy), yellow squash, strawberries, basil, sacred basil, parsley, sage, thyme, oregano, rosemary, ginger, onions, chocolate mint, pineapple mint, spearmint, chives. My surgery interrupted my plans, so I'm getting a late start on my first try at something called Baby Round Zucchini and my eggplant. Now I want to try carrots, too! QUESTION: I miss having green beans. Is it possible to grow them in a large container?? Thanks for this series!
Im in Ga and plan to start some carrots next month..
Ahhh... I was just seed shopping on your website TODAY, and decided to skip the carrots for fear of the 'bent carrots' in my container garden. And sure enough you posted this video, haha. I already placed the order, so it's too late now. Oh well...
Thanks for all the videos on container gardening! They're helpful and inspiring!
Just buy them next time! :P
I would love to see you try to grow artichoke in a large container. Would be a fun experiment and I would love to see results for those of us who can't overwinter them in our climates.
I just planted carrots seed, in a plastic round blue kiddie pool I got out of garbage,, works great, 4 bags of soil almost fill it up!
Thanks for sharing info on carrot container gardening. As I am new to gardening ur clear explanation helps me a lot . I have couple questions to ask here
1. When is the right time to sow the carrot seeds.
2. Which brand is good for All purpose fertilizer.
3. Can I use all purpose fertilizer for any veggies?
Please let me know the answers for above question and it helps ..
TIA
Thanks! I was t to try carrots
yo i grow carrots all the time in tubs anf 5 gallon bckts they do GREAT ACTUALLY!!👍👌😂😂
David Lexa Targaryen Witter I just made one in a plastic round blue kiddie pool!
what kind of mix do you use in the 5 gallon? im about to start my first carrots on 5 gal buckets lol
What mix do you use to grow carrots
Thank you very much.
We grew carrots and lettuce 🥕
Hello - Thank you for the videos, they are very helpful and informative. On the carrot seeds in pots, when do you typically start these? Can these be started outside in colder weather? Thank you
I have two kinds of carrots in my raised beds but in containers I have cherry tomato, Swiss chard, jalepeno peppers, lettuce, spring onions. Can't wait for carrots.
what was the fertilizer you mentioned that you put once a month? also, do you need to put that fertilizer at first too?
How do we know when they're ready for harvest? Thank you.
I learned that if they're peeking out from the top, or if you brush away dirt from the side and they're full...that's pretty much the gauge. Unless someone has a better response, would love to hear it.
Please let me know if you have a video about growing beets.... I've trying without good results
Thanks following you
Great videos
God and hearth bless you
And to touch on watering, where applicable, I think we should all dig a shallow well and have rain catch containers for watering our plants. I am digging a shallow well this year right smackdab in the middle of my garden and putting a watering method attsr he's to it so when I pump it waters all my plants at the ground level.
What is the highest temperature that carrots can take
I am growing carrots, tomatoes, peppers, and potatoes in buckets as well as having a square foot garden
Thanks, will have to try them.
We are trying container gardening for the first time this year. Your channel has been very helpful! Will carrots grow OK in a clear container (or will that hurt the roots)? I think my kids would like being able to see them as they grow.
I have some baby carrots in a black pot atm, they are doing well and will be ready for harvest soon. Also have some pearl onions, cumin, coriander from the supermarket and soon a few lettuces, everything else is in the dodgy red clay full of rocks, including some larger carrots not holding my breath on those but
I’m growing carrots
Hahaha i loved the bent carrot comment. However i have had no luck with in ground carrots because we have a lot of clay and with my husbands amending with manure for years and rototillering often we always got very short and bitter carrots. My husband even had our soil rested. Anyway this year 2021bi am going to try container carrots. Thank you for this video
I planted some carrot seeds on Friday in a bucket, & I gave it lots of water, but I'll put it out in the sun. This is my first time planting them. Do the carrots need lots of water & lots of sun I live in the west Indies, & we either in the hot season or now entering. Thanks for your video.
How long does it take till carrot leaves start to sprout out of the soil?
I live in the mark twain forest in Missouri. Do I need to put any type of fencing around my carrots to protect them from deer/bunnies/etc?
Have you ever thought of isolating smaller seeds I to little clay balls for easier planting and less thinning? I have seen seeds with some type of clay ball around them.
thank you for uploading your video....
Thank you. I’ll try it.
Carrots are great, man.
I'm growing carrots in a ceramic pot does that help
Did you go over thinning the carrots out or what you mean by that, thanks for the vid
My husband grows almost all our veg in containers-In the back of his p/u truck-easy watering and can be moved in driveway to follow sun throughout the summer-also saves the soil and adds a special mix to it every year in 55gal olive containers over winter
There you go! That is totally how it is done right!
I live in a city and I'm currently growing tomatoes indoors and their doing great! Can carrots thrive indoors as well?
Morgan the carrots need a lot of sunlight to grow more than the tomatoes
I'm interested in trying to grow, in containers, any food that I can grow in containers because I have a sunroom that never gets freezing temps. I can grow all winter!
Hi, Luke-I am a new subscriber-love your channel. I received a free pack of Danvers carrots and bought potting mix today to give this a try. Thanks for the great info.
thanks a ton this it a problem I have been having!
Cool video 😎
Would have been perfect if you showed:
1. How to thin them out like you said we should
2. How to know when they're ready for pulling
Mumba Jumba
1.) You’re going to remove all but one seedling (keep the strongest, biggest one) in each spot. But DONT PULL THEM OUT. Just cut them off at the soil line. Pulling them out will damage the one you want to keep.
2.) I usually harvest mine when I can see the carrot top coming out of the soil, and it’s at least 1” or more in diameter.
lol I'm container gardening and those just coincidently happen to be the 3 out of 4 varieties i got! I also got "red core chantnenay." 😁🥕
Rly informative, tyfs. God bless
"Screw Aesthetics" cracks me up! 😂
I like this guy!
Do a video on large sized carrots, as I can’t find the short variety...
Oh my goodness...... please tell me the name of the tree behind you...... absolutely gorgeous.
Is it a dogwood?
I think it’s a crepe myrtle
Nice job again.
Very helpful
Great video
what about starting indoors in the pellets and putting them in the containers after they sprout?
Growing everything in containers. My carrots are still so small, taking forever to get a decent size. I did bunch them close though. Nitrogen is the answer? Will move them to a longer sun location too. Thanks.
Good information
can i use pure coco coir as growing medium and fish fertilizer for its nutrients?
I planted carrots in a pot about a month ago, but was hoping I could transfer them to my newly constructed raised bed. How can this be achieved? I live in the Austin area, FYI.
Thanks!
If i have a lot of worms in my yard can I put them in my potted plants?
must have missed this when published. Where can we get the pots you used? Does your store sell them?
I’m heading out to my start my carrot planting.yeepiee
Can you clarify what you mean by thinning the carrots? What do you do with the ones you take out? Beginner here! Thanks!
Super helpful!
JSteedfast .
Does the pots heat up and get too hot?