What is a self watering container or planter? FIrst let’s be clear about the terminology. What is normally considered a self watering container doesn’t actually water itself. But it does address the greatest problem usually seen with container plants, and that is maintaining the right moisture level.
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Here are a couple more of the infomercial videos on the Aerogrow Aerogarden Hydroponics unit. (I think this unit is fascinating myself, great idea for a Father’s Day present).

The first shows a quick overview of the herbs you can grow with the Areogrow system. 7 herbs in one kit, enough to keep the cook in your life happy for a while.
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This video featuring Pam Bennet and the Gateway Learning Gardens of Ohio State is a great introduction to composting. It touches on different types of compost bins, the material mix to use in building a compost pile, watering properlly, and strategies for turning the pile to keep it active.
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Here’s a quick video from Osmocote featuring Jennifer Bartley. She discusses the overall care of tomato plants including the proper planting, pruning, and fertilization of tomato plants.

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Here’s a short video from the University of Nebraska (the Backyard Farmer Series). It cover many aspects of choosing the right outdoor containers for your use, including choosing the right size and colors. The focus is on containers used for outdoor landscaping, but the areas touched on apply equally as well to vegetable container gardening.
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Here’s a video from Osmocote featuring Jennifer Bartley on the history and uses for raised bed gardening.

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Here’s a quick video that shows what a tomato horn worm looks like, and how to identfiy one. Also a little on how it’s controlled and it’s life cycle.

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This is a video from Osmocote that features container gardening with edible plants. Covers basic container choice, soil preparation, and focuses on herb and vegetable selection and moisture maintenance for your container garden. This particular sample uses a trellis for support for climbing bean plants.

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Here’s another video on container gardening, this one from Scotts’s Trainging Institute. While it has a couple of shamless plugs for Scotts products like their potting soil, it still has some good information on container gardening, especially container herb gardening. Overall good content and production. Enjoy!
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Here’s a short video from the folks at RecipeCookBook. It suggests a soil recipe for a container garden, what to do to keep the moisture level under control and keep from watering you herb garden daily. Includes several suggestions for herbs, and how to plant them to accommodate the various sizes. About 6 minutes in length, well produced.

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