Growing Nasturtiums in Pots: Fast Color, Edible With Care
Nasturtiums flower fast in poor soil and spill over a pot rim. What they need, and the conditions extension guidance sets before any of it is food.
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Growing Snapdragons in Containers for Cool-Season Color
Snapdragons flower when summer annuals quit. Which height class to buy for a pot, what the plant needs, and whether yours is an annual or a perennial.
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How to Preserve Herbs From the Garden: Freeze or Dry
Freezing and drying a balcony herb harvest, with the extension-published temperatures, times and storage windows, and how to save a handful at a time.
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Tomatoes Not Ripening in Pots? What to Do Now
Why container tomatoes stall at green late in the season, which fruit will still ripen indoors, and the one move a pot lets you make that a garden bed does not.
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Cut Flowers From a Container Garden: What Fills a Vase
Which container flowers give stems worth cutting, how to harvest so the pot keeps blooming, and the trade-off the variety lists never mention.
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Pollinator Plants for Containers: A Balcony Bee Garden
Yes, bees and butterflies find container flowers on upper floors. Best pollinator plants for pots, plus pesticide cautions from the Xerces Society.
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How to Fertilize Container Flowers Without Burning Them
How to feed flowering containers safely: why containers need feeding, how to pick a fertilizer, and how to avoid burning roots. Extension-sourced.
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How to Harvest Basil So It Keeps Growing
Cut basil stems above a leaf pair, not leaf by leaf: the two buds at that node become two branches. Where to cut, how much to take, and the flower question.
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Cut and Come Again Lettuce: Weeks of Salad From One Pot
How to harvest cut and come again lettuce so it regrows: where the growing point is, which cut to make, and how many pickings one pot honestly gives.
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How to Fix a Window Box Safely: Brackets and Weight
How to mount a window box safely: what brackets need to anchor into, why wet soil is far heavier than dry, and when to call a professional instead.