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kleinbl00  ·  3020 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: August 17, 2016

Don't go to Home Depot (gardner friend calls the big boxers "buy and die" stores). Find a local garden center run by the old crusty types. Ask them what will grow well in a window box where you live. They'll ask "which window." be prepared to tell them.

The biggest trick to container gardening is that they dry out impossibly fast. You can add powdered gel to the soil that will help alleviate that problem. Also, Miracle Grow can be added sporadically without any ill effects.

Good luck.