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  • Taleya@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    zucchini aren’t much harder than cucumbers, tomatos can be pissy but go gang in hydroponics. I’ve grown pumpkins and watermelon in a 50cm pot up a trellis. You only get a couple of fruit, but they’re whoppers

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      I just wish I had the room and the physical strength.

      I do have a few small patches of soil but they’re covered in aggressive grass runners, I haven’t had the soil tested, a pet was buried there and intruder cats use it as a bathroom.

      I’d do raised beds, huge buckets or grow bags with trellises (I was eyeing off the mini pumpkins) but am trying not to set up anything that would be difficult on moving

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        1 year ago

        Have you seen these? I’ve raised tomatoes, eggplants, chillis, peas, etc very successfully in these over the years. Too small for melons, but very good for mid-size plants.

        (They do sell singles btw lol)