Container Garden With Kids
in 7 Easy Steps
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Container Garden with Kids in 7 Easy Steps.
What's not to love about planting for kids?
There's dirt, water, even worms.
Make getting growing fun for them - and safe for your hybrids.
Give the kids their own little plot.
Better yet, let them create their own wacko container garden with all sorts of weird containers.
Anything can be a container for your kids' planting adventure.
It just has to be able to hold soil and allow excess water to drain out the bottom.
We've used everything from old sneakers to work boots to plastic soda bottles cut in half and painted with flowers or butterflies or hearts.
Remember that the smaller the container, the more frequently you have to water.
Also, the more porous the container (think canvas sneakers), the more frequently you have to water.
Using plastic containers will reduce your watering time.
A few container suggestions:
* Old shoes (sneakers, boots)
* Decorative cinder blocks. Herbs especially like these containers. They like tight places for their roots and the lime embedded in the blocks.
You can set a bunch of them out to make a pattern and create a shallow garden.
* Old toys (plastic dump trucks, etc.)
* Pocketbooks and totes
* Baskets (what did you do with the Easter baskets?!)
* Shells (for cactus and succulents).
7 Steps to Get Growing
1 Wash out the container.
Put holes in the bottom for drainage.
2 Fill the pots full of potting soil.
Leave around an inch at the top if you're scratch with seeds; about two or three inches if you're planting seedlings.
3 Plant seeds and cover.
Or, plant seedlings and gently cover their roots with soil. Gently press soil over roots or seeds.
4 Water gently so you don't wash all the soil out.
(This is not the time to use the power spray.) Wait until all the water has settled; then water more. Repeat until water drains out the bottom holes.
5 If the soil level sinks down after the first watering, add more soil.
6 If you're planting seeds, you'll need to keep the soil moist until the seeds sprout.
7 Fertilize once a month.
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