Grow mini veggies in container gardening

Don’t have much garden space? Or have little time to devote to gardening this year? Or are you getting older and don’t need a large garden? Container gardening can still provide an opportunity to give you some fresh food.

With a new emerging market of mini vegetables, you have a wide selection of possibilities. Tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant, squash and more are available for growing in a small container. In containers no larger than 24 inches high, you can grow a number of tomatoes:

—Tiny Tim is 45 days to maturity with red round fruits three-quarters-inch in diameter.
—Window Box Roma is 70 days to maturity with 2-inch red fruits and has a longer shelf life than regular tomato varieties.
—Elfin is 60 days to maturity with crisp red fruits about 1 1/2-inches in diameter.

There are more than just tomatoes, too! There are cucumbers such as the following:
—Baby Cucumber with 52 days to maturity that makes a bushy vine.
—Baby Whooper with 55 days to maturity that has no runners.
—Midget with 50 days to maturity that has 2-foot vines.

And there is more! In a 5-gallon container, you can grow cantaloupe such as:
—Early Sugar Midget with 60 days to maturity with a medium vine.
—Minnesota Midget with 63 days to maturity with 4-inch melons.
 

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