Ceramic or Plastic Pots???
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Size depends on what you want to plant. I generally plant four tomato plants in a tub that's about 18" high and 18" circumference at the top. Tomato plants will need to be staked to support them.
You can do runner beans in same size tub and run them up wigwams.
Bear in mind there's a quite a few plants competing for limited resource so I tend to use compost (not soil out of the garden) and feed and water regularly.
Lemons require a conservatory once the summer is over.
Terracotta look good but do dry out quicker as the sides are porous. Plastic ones are lighter to move and hold moisture better, but any type of pot needs to be watered in the height of the growth season. In winter cheap terraccotta can get frost damaged. PLastic gradually degardes over the years but my tomoato pot is probably 6 years old and still going strong.
The Mediterrean herbs like it hot and dry so probably less bothered if they are in a pot that dries out.
You can do runner beans in same size tub and run them up wigwams.
Bear in mind there's a quite a few plants competing for limited resource so I tend to use compost (not soil out of the garden) and feed and water regularly.
Lemons require a conservatory once the summer is over.
Terracotta look good but do dry out quicker as the sides are porous. Plastic ones are lighter to move and hold moisture better, but any type of pot needs to be watered in the height of the growth season. In winter cheap terraccotta can get frost damaged. PLastic gradually degardes over the years but my tomoato pot is probably 6 years old and still going strong.
The Mediterrean herbs like it hot and dry so probably less bothered if they are in a pot that dries out.
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