| Container gardening is truly a different type of | | | | advantage of a container is that if you do have |
| gardening. It is not necessarily any better or worse | | | | disease or pests is that you can move the one plant |
| than any other gardening method, it is simply a | | | | away from the others so it will not spread. |
| unique way to garden. However, when it comes to | | | | Myth: Plants should not be in containers because |
| container gardens, there are many things that are | | | | plants do not like being moved. |
| commonly believed that are simply not true. | | | | Plants do not like being replanted multiple times, but |
| Myth: Big plants can't grow in containers. | | | | moving them will not hurt them at all. In fact, moving |
| Most people feel that the huge limitation with | | | | plants has some huge advantages. The first is that if |
| container gardening is that larger plants can not grow | | | | you get hit with a heavy thunderstorm or a late |
| in containers. This simply is not true. There are many | | | | snow storm, you can move your potted plants to a |
| larger plants that can be grown quite well in a | | | | better location to keep them out of the weather. |
| container. Even dwarf fruit trees can grow well in a | | | | Secondly, if a certain plant is getting too much or too |
| pot. You have thousands of plants that are not going | | | | little light, simply moving the plant will fix this problem. |
| to be limited in a container at all. | | | | You shouldn't worry about many of the |
| Myth: Containers end up with more disease and pest | | | | misconceptions that are said about container gardens |
| problems. | | | | because many of them are just not accurate. |
| Many people think that growing your plants in a pot | | | | In general, container gardens have many mistaken |
| will end up with more diseased plants and more pet | | | | beliefs associated with them. Learn the truth behind |
| problems. This is a common belief because many | | | | many common critiques of these types of gardens |
| have experienced indoor pest issues with their | | | | to determine if container gardening is something you |
| potted plants. The reality is that a plant is a plant. | | | | would truly enjoy doing. |
| They all suffer from these issues equally. The | | | | |