What would you recommend?

I've volunteered to make up some growing pots as presents for some children a friend works with - little terracotta pots with a little bag of soil, instructions and seeds - I'd like to use something that is really easy to grow that they can then use to cook something..I was thinking maybe about chives, but don't know how easy they are to grow from seed..my other thought was courgettes, but they would need to be repotted..any suggestions greatfully recieved!

 

Um, the pots will be fairly small..just enough to sit on a kitchen windowsill type thing? some of the kids are young teens (13 or so), some primary school kids.

Hope that helps!

 

sutton broad bean? ...
http://www.marshalls-seeds.co.uk/broad-bean-the-sutton-seeds-pid1910.html

 

The hungarian chilli plants like Basket of Fire or Little Elf are quite good fun, with fruits which change colour - dont get too big & not difficult to grow either.

 

Hi Hetty

What about sunflowers good fun for the kids who may have a garden I think give them a choice is best rather than choose for them


Spruce

 

Thanks for all the suggestions, I appreciate them!

Will post some pictures of the finished pots if they turn out nicely!

God bless x

 

What about carrots? Easy to germinate, eat raw, make carrot cake, feed the rabbit etc etc and the leaves look pretty while they're growing

 

Lettuce?

 

Nasturtium if you're going to be having salads?

 

Funny enough, I had to force myself to resist the temptation to recommend nasturtium. Its a brilliant plant for many purposes.

Trouble is, it won't do well long term in small pots. The leaves just grow extra small and the whole plant struggles. It would work, and I don't think the results would be disappointing, but it would be quite high maintenance in terms of feed and certainly watering for nasturtium.

 

I don't like it when it can spread, last year it took up most of my flower beds.. suffocating other plants, much preferred it in decent sized pots, never tried it in small pots, though.

 

It does fine in decent sized pots if you keep it watered and fed, but in small pots it struggles.

If you plant it out by that way, its easy enough to prevent it from overrunning your other plants. Nasturtium seems to have two growth phases. In phase 1 it stays relatively compact. Then in phase two (kicking in about early July) it starts to send out tendrils at an impressive rate. Its this phase of growth that poses the biggest threat to neighbouring plants. Just cut off the tendrils as they form and use them in the kitchen.