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This video shows which vegetables, herbs and fruits grow well in containers and small spaces. Perfect for patios, balconies, raised beds and compact gardens.
You’ll learn which crops are easiest to manage in pots, how much space they need and why container growing can produce excellent harvests even without a large garden.
Container gardening is ideal for beginners and for anyone wanting to grow fresh food at home.
Suitable for UK and international gardeners in temperate climates.
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Can you grow in a small contained area?
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Welcome to Gardening with Ben. We're
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going to give you tips and advice on
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stuff what you can grow in a small area,
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in a contained area, whether you've not
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got much space and what the best things
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are to grow. So, first up are dwarf
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fruit trees. Your fruit trees like mini
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apples, pears, cherries, peach, peaches.
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They grow exceptionally well in pots.
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These are the dwarf varieties which
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won't grow massive, but you'll still get
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a great produce off them. They're
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perfect patios for yards and for
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balconies and then they produce a lot
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more fruit than you expect. So if you've
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only got a small area, try growing some
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dwarf fruit trees and they'll be
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absolutely amazing. Compact blueberry
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bushes. These thrive in containers,
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especially with ericacious compost, and
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they're beautiful in the autumn. They
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have some gorgeous colors on them.
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Different reds, different yellows,
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oranges. Absolutely gorgeous. And you
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can get a great harvest even in tiny
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small places. Now my blueberries are all
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in pots because of the ericacious
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compost. I don't grow them in the ground
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and they produce some great fruit.
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Climbing veg for vertical growing.
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There's so much stuff that you can grow
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vertically like cucumbers, beans, peas,
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mini pumpkins. Use arches, trellis,
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fences. growing vertically, you can get
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a lot more produce in your garden and
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filling up those spaces that you
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wouldn't necessarily grow things up.
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Strawberries in hanging baskets, again,
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a great produce to grow. Having them
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hung up stops the socks from getting
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them. They're easily more protected, and
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yes, you'll have to keep them watered
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more because they dry out a lot faster,
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but you can get some great strawberries
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from them.
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Potatoes in grow bags. Now, I grow my
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potatoes in tubs anyway because it's
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easier and you don't end up sticking the
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fork through them when you're digging
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them up. And again, you can do it. It'll
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cost you quite a bit in compost, but you
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can get some great delicious potatoes.
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And homegrown potatoes are so much nicer
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than shop bought ones. Yes, it can be
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expensive for the compost, but
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you can use that compost again on other
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stuff later on and make the full use of
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it. So try growing some potatoes because
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they're absolutely delicious.
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Herbs. Have them in pots hung up on your
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fence. You can grow different herbs like
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mint, rosemary, thyme, chives, basil.
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Put them on window sills, small planters
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on steps. Keep trimmings for constant
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supply. Like keep making your own
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cutings and growing more plants. You can
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fill your fence full of herbs just from
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hanging them on your fence and your
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neighbors might enjoy them as well if
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they're growing on your neighbor's side.
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So plenty of herbs that you can grow.
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Compact corettes. These are great in
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large plots pots and they are huge
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producers corettes and a great thing to
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have in a pot. Probably one per pot, but
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you can get some great produce from it.
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As long as you keep it well watered
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while it's fruing, you will get some
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great corettes off it. And you can never
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have enough corettes.
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Edible flowers. Try growing nersiums,
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violas, colundula, and they're great in
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any little pot. And they're great for
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salads and also they work great as
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pollinators as well.
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Dwarf tomato varieties like tumbling
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tom, tiny tom, balcony red. They're
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great for hanging baskets and for pots
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and they'll produce loads of cherry
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tomatoes as well. You'll be inundated
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with lots and lots of tomatoes. So, they
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are all the vegetables what you can grow
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in small contained areas. So, if you've
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only got a small yard or a balcony, have
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a go at growing some of those and see
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how you get on. So until next time
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everyone remember keep smiling, keep
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shining and keep gardening my bed
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everyone.
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