Growing strawberries plant now in GreenSmart pots

Growing strawberries – they are  easy to grow in GreenSmart self watering planters and if you plant in winter and spring in NZ you will have great tasting strawberries in early summer. April to June is the best time to start growing strawberries in most parts of NZ. … Continue reading

Home Grown Peas in Self Watering Container Garden

Home Grown Peas

Here are a few tips for growing peas in NZ in GreenSmart Self Watering Container Garden Supermarket peas are a vastly inferior vegetable to your own freshly picked home grown peas because from the moment peas are harvested they start turning starchy. Also the longer-keeping varieties that are suitable … Continue reading

Growing Beetroot Best Bets for Best Beets

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Growing beetroot introduction Growing beetroot in container gardens is simple . Here are some handy tips for how to grow beetroot in self-watering GreenSmart container gardens. Beetroot are very hardy plants and are incredibly easy to grow in NZ in our garden planters.In most areas you can plant … Continue reading

Growing Basil in Pots. Is Your Basil Fawlty?

herb garden basil

Introduction Growing basil in pots. They are frost tender plants so October to February are ideal months for planting. If growing from seed, cover the seeds with seed-raising mix to roughly three times the diameter of seeds. The seedlings will emerge in about 7 days. Thin out the … Continue reading