Here are radishes planted the same day in two different pots. The smaller pot is clay and all radishes. The larger pot is plastic, with radishes around the perimeter and a broccoli in the middle.
What lessons to draw?
clay versus plastic
smaller versus larger
LiseP
I'm no expert but I think size really the only important lesson here. Sure soil in a clay pot will dry out faster but that's not automatically a bad thing and easy to compensate for.
Thanks for your comment. I guess the question might be whether I *did* compensate for the evaporative effect, but I tend to think that the size probably would be more of a factor, because I did try to keep all my garden watered properly.
However, late-breaking development, lol -- I just showed my husband the actual plants and he observed that I had tossed some Osmocote plant food into the larger pot but hadn't in the smaller one. I don't know why I didn't notice that before, but I'm thinking that could be a factor too.
And, I just checked the lettuce and -- same thing!
So it may be either the size of the container and/or the addition of the plant food, I guess.
Thanks for letting me share and ponder!
When did you plant them?
Mostly all this does is make me sad I didn't start my seeds until last week lol. For what it's worth I tried some lettuce in those little window planters last year and it never got any bigger than yours unless you include the 1 foot flower stalk that shot up once summer heat arrived.
Probably a month ago or so. I should have written it down. But I bought them together in packs and planted them all on the same day, which is why it suddenly struck me today that there might be a lesson in here for me to learn.
LiseP
Packs? You mean you planted seedlings? Or seeds?
Sorry, Dorkasaurus! Didn't mean to rub salt in your wounds! But hey, there is always a chance the hot weather will hold off enough for you to get some results. I've got spinach seedlings just an inch high, and am still optimistic. And the tiny leaves taste good too -- just not as filling.
LiseP
oh sorry, transplants, about 3 inches high, in 4-packs or 6-packs. Sorry to confuse.
