The squash bugs invaded my raised garden last spring and I just couldn’t get rid of the buggers. This spring I’m going to use my old standbys, syrup pots.
I’ve had a cherry tomato plant in one of my styrofoam posts and darn, something ate it from the inside, I couldn’t see
what is was, so it will go into the garbage. All of my veggies and herbs are grown in one of 3 raised gardens or syrup pots, styrofoam coolers I find or I no longer use.
Right now I’m getting ready to plant a couple of jalapeno seeds in a small styrofoam pot. They are supposed to be large peppers. I’ll transplant them into a syrup pot when they get a little bigger and keep them there, as I’ve heard they are perenials, as are the regular sweet peppers. I’ll try it ans see what happens.
johnny, “my” New Mexico peppers are looking good, they’re still outside in a 12”x 24” flower pot, when the “cold” weather comes, I’m moving them into the living room under the skylight.
“...styrofoam coolers I find or I no longer use.”
Talk to me about Styrofoam coolers - those things are cheap at dollar stores aren’t they? How well do they work for growing plants in them? Stick holes in the bottom?