A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2004 What Can Be Planted in Pots After the Summer Harvest

Good Morning...
I live in Nasville, TN. I have an empty pot (12x12)now and will soon have more. Is there anything I can plant in these containers that will take me through fall? I know I can plant pansies but am kind of tired of those. Is it too late to start something from seed? If it matters, the empty pots had onions and peppers growing in them. My tomato plants will soon be gone too and those pots are HUGE!
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

Hi Dot,
Radishes are very quick!

There's alot of lettuces that are good for cooler weather and such a variety. I have black seeded simpson, green leaf variety, romaine, and swiss chard for soups!
Also peas.

The colored cabbages are fun to grow and they are great for fall cooler weather and color too.

And mum's....

Weezie

Thanks, Weezie!
I would love to try some cabbage and lettuce so I think that's the plan.
Your name appears a lot on the forum and you are such a help to everyone. I hope one day to be as wise as you!
Thanks again.

Dot,
Glad to have helped!!!
I love helping people, and I love gardening
sooooooooooooooooooo much, can you tell??
I just like to read! And read and read, and read, and read!
I like looking at the flowers too!!!!

And when I was pregnant with my first kid,
and a C~section later.....with nursing and the cold weather, I had every free catalog I could get sent to me, and read and read!!!
The catalogs' that you can buy stuff from, they are sooooooooooo helpful and so full of information and they're free!!!
Then when I wanted a bit more information, I started buying a book or two, or three, or four or 59....hahahaha.
Then the internet came around and well, we see where I am!!!

Weezie

I know there is other gardener's with some great idea's as well!!! I'm sure they'll be coming thru.

I know what you mean! I'm a gardening junkie. And I think it's just like "motherhood"; nobody can understand it until they DO it!

This is the first year I have done anything from seed. I grew simple white Cosmos and they are so beautiful. And my pride and joy this year is my new shade garden. I've never had a shady place before but my husband built a garage last year and it provided me with that opportunity. It's very small, but offers such a "cool" place to visit on these hot Tennessee summer days.

Well, you didn't need this big speech, did you??

Anyway...always learning and loving every minute!