Any recommended "best" container vegetable cultivars please?

I have a plan and need a hand. LOL I am intending to grow vegetables primarily via containers this year. Have everything in hand and have acquired some of the smaller container recommended vegetable seed.

A few I have started are the short Kuroda carrot, Spacemaster cucumbers, pimento peppers, Peter Pan squash. For tomatoes, Gardeners Delight, Totem, Red Robin, Florida basket, Lil Pink, Roller Coaster cherry. I am also doing lettuce, arugula, radishes, par-cel, parsleys and a variety of herbs which are more commonly grown in containers.

I am always open to more suggestions on specific cultivars of plants that will do well under container growing conditions. Any suggestions that I can check out please?

Pod--
I've got several more varieties of Pepper seeds I'll be happy to send you, they always do well in containers. Although its a little late for tomatoes, I've got extra seed of a lot of small varieties of tomatoes (I start them for Robin's apartment balcony) I could send along for fall (or you probably still have time since they are short and I have some small heat resistant varieties too). Also the heirloom yellow tomato 'Taxi' which is 2' x 2'--I know that one stays small, I grew it last year, it even stayed that small in the ground. Also a lot of heirloom Italian basil's I can send and then you can save the seed for eternity. Dmail me if you want a list; I'm constantly at the post office anyway, so its no hassle sending them at all.
Deb

I am not long on hot peppers but have a selection of bells and the pimentos. I also have quite a variety of the basils but thanks for the offer. Let me give these a try and will see what the outcome is before I go for more. I do like the yellow tomatoes as they are usually less acidic and acid works on me. I have a larger yellow Golden Jubilee and a Cherokee green that I am trying this year too. Will research Taxi ~ cute name. Thanks for the offer...

Any suggestions for potted peas or beans? I will be able to grow on bamboos tepees or trelli. 8 )

Orange Jubilee is a good nonacidic tomato--I'm with you on the nonacidic tomatoes. If I eat too many really acidic tomatoes I break out in a red rash--I can't handle any type of canned tomato juice (I'm the only person I know that won't drink bloody mary's).

I would imagine any of the beans would be about the same--I have never done them in pots but I can attest to how shallow rooted they are (I've pulled them out a lot). Sugar snappy edible podded pea stays pretty short (less than 2' for me this winter) and super productive. It's too late for them up there now--but fall/winter will come again.

Other than green beans--these are really good too (and you get TONS of seeds for your money from this company--super fast service too--everything comes in hermatically (sp?) sealed packages so great for storage if you can't use them for whatever reason the year you buy them):
http://www.growitalian.com/Qstore/Qstore.cgi?CMD=011&PROD=000010

http://www.growitalian.com/Qstore/Qstore.cgi?CMD=011&PROD=000011

http://www.growitalian.com/Qstore/Qstore.cgi?CMD=011&PROD=000143

The last one is a filet bean--this is just personal opinion here, I like the taste of filet beans better, but I don't like to overcook vegetables either (and I know this part is personal taste).

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/boxgardens/all/

This forum has been very helpful and enabling to me. You might have already been there, but if not, it will help with the container question.

Thanks for that link Gardenglory. I have read thru that forum. I am comfortable with the method that I will be using and am actually just shopping for varieties of plants that will perform well in containers or maintain a smaller structure better suited to container growing. Are you using the self contained grow boxes?

The growitalian link is also interesting. I find many plants that do well in Italy and the Mediterranean climate will do well here with the exception of plants that dislike this humidity. I'll have to peruse their catalogue more thoroughly ~ thank you.

dmj, I have been wanting a flat, wide italian green bean like the kind you find sometimes fresh in the grocery, or more often, in the canned food isle at the grocer. Any idea what breed I might be looking for? Love to cook them with tiny new potatoes and bacon...

I have grown all types of veggies in containers. Pretty much all tomatoes can be grow in a 5 gallon or larger container, some varieties will grow in a smaller container. I have grown regular beans bush and vine. Peppers eggplant, and summer squash. With the squash you need to make sure they get pollunated, but summer squash grows in bush form so it doesn't require much space. I have tried melon, cukes and winter squash and they grew fine but I have never found a good way to keep the fruit off the ground.
Lisa

I find smaller plants with fewer or smaller leaves are actually a bit better in containers as they require less added moisture. When potted, moisture will evaporate from the larger leaf faster in my experience.

Lisa ~ what types of winter squash have you grown please? I enjoy some of the northern ones but they don't do particularly well for me here.

Lisa--romano types

Thanks dmj ☺ I think you were answering my question...

Karen

yes--sorry Karen; I don't find the romano varieties all that good myself but I don't like any varieties of green beans that you have to "string"

I love Lime Green Salad Tomatoes - I would grow these for the taste alone. Silvery Fir Tree is also a great one to try - it's very decorative and the tomatoes are pretty good as well. I think any kind of pepper is easy to grow in a container but you might like some of the Mini Bells.

I had seen the mini bell peppers and wondered if they were tasty. Although I am trying a larger bell, I may give the smaller ones a try too.

I've not eaten tomatoes which are green when ripened. Are they reduced acid also?

I think they're very tasty but they're a pain in the butt to deseed. If I had limited room to grow, I'd probably try them. You might try my favorite sweet pepper and see how it does - gypsy. That's my main crop pepper.

I love green-when-ripe tomatoes! Lime Green Salad are pretty dark green plants to begin with. And the tomates are fabulous. I use them at anytime but if you wait until they start to turn yellow, they are so sweet and yummy. They make the best green salsa I've ever had. I also grow Cherokee Green and Aunt Ruby's German Green. I'm trying a new green cherry tomato this year too.

the only one I have grown is green zebra--I was huge (one of the largest tomato plants I ever grew) and quite acidic; I won't grow it again.

I'm not sure if even all the yellow or gold tomatoes are low in acid content but some are. This will be the first year for Cherokee Green so will determine that later.

When you mentioned Gypsy, I am curious about size of peppers. I love pickled sweet cherry peppers. I am growing a pimento pepper this year. Is the sweet cherry about the same size as those commonly pickled?

a lot of the yellow's are, I grow a lot of those

Podster-I don't remember what type of pumpkins I grew. Just some seeds I bought at the store, this was a couple of years ago. Since then I have started growing more unusual kinds. Last year I planted Jaune Gros, Thai Large Pumpkin,Kang Kob, and Galeux d Elsines but a frost got them before any of them matured. However, up until then the plants did great and set fruit but then we got an early frost. As for beans I have grow Kentuky wonder, some purple hull, the only thing that you really need to watch with beans is spider mites. I have really had good luck with Veggies from Spain, I went there a few years ago and brought back seeds. Those seeds produced some of the best produce I have ever grown here.
Lisa

Have you guys had trouble buying seeds from growititalian? I can't even get on the web site. for some reason, it's not working. Are they in italy? Just wanted to know before I checked the place out.

I can't get on the site either something about a security certificate?

That IS odd. I accessed the growitalian site when it was first posted but now, I get the security cert. message too.

I've bought from them a lot. I was looking up something and got thru with no problem--but they have just updated the site for this season. The eggplant I was looking up was no longer listed--I think that's what's up. I clicked on for Macafee (sp?) to sweep them and it worked just fine after that.

Please no one mention Eggplant. They are giving me a headache. Anyone have any links to Spanich seeds?
Lisa

http://www.territorialseed.com/prod_detail_list/62
spinach

What eggplant seeds were you looking for, I went back and reread, but Im clueless. I just ordered some of the 'linda' seeds from the eggplant thread. Would be happy to share. Im just trying to warm up to eggplant so a plant or two/seeds will do me.

Sorry lisa...I owe you an asprn lol

LOL ~ better get out some more 'cause here it comes again! LOL

Thanks for the offer of the Linda seeds but I am trying some Raavayya http://www.willhiteseed.com/search.php which is a small eggplant. Small because I am doing these in large containers.

Thanks for the link to Territorial... I used to have their catalogue. Now I can go shop thru their stock.