marrows.

hi ive just no room for a veggie plot so its tubs for me, ive got 2 marrows in a tub, well its a council recycle bin loads of drainage holes filled with multi purpose compost,there still alive but not growing very fast, will it be ok to grow them like this.

 

I don't see why not I have done so but I did fill my tub half full with well rotted manure and then the compost on top before planting them - they are doing well so far.

 

Never tried growing them in containers.
They are hungry plants, so I would assume watering and feeding would need to be daily if not hourly, in hot weather, if you are to get a decent crop.

 

Chance will be a fine thing with the weather Pete..........just want all mine to dry out a bit at the moment as everything seems waterlogged. But take your point if we are ever to get some decent weather.

 

My neighbour had them in a very large pot last year and they did fine, so fine that I conceived the idea to plant some as FOLIAGE plants, they were so beautiful. This was in Italy, so imagine baking hot summer and NO rain. Lots of watering was necessary. She did not feed them and they still produced some fine crop, but not for very long. I think some slow release fertilizer wd not have gone amiss.

 

Hammer
I am assuming that you started the marrows inside and then planted them in the containers? In my experience marrows take a while to settle after transplanting and then suddenly take off. Give it a while.