New To Gardening

[Bigjon216]

Hello All. My Names John.. well I'm going to jump in and give my green thumb and shot and decided to do something small as a starter
problem is I have no backyard and live in and apartment so therefore I have to use 5 Gallon buckets 3 to be exact.. and the veggie's I
would like to do is the following Bean, Blue Lake 47 Bush / Tomato, Tasti-Lee Hybrid Bred for vine-ripe harvest and superb flavor And
Pepper, Sweet, Candy Apple Hybrid Glorious bell pepper All Products Of Burpee Thing Is I'm Stumped On Just How Much Soil I Need
And Materials and Right Mixtures Can Someone please Guide Me? Lol But Here The Materials I Picked Don't Know If I'm Barking
Up Right Tree... Found All These At My Big Box Store HD & Lowe's... Oop's almost forgot about lighting Because My Growing Will
Be Indoors Thank You

Vigoro 1 cu. Ft All Purpose Garden Soil
Espoma 6.75 lb. Garden Lime
Miracle-Gro 0.31 cu. ft. Perlite
25 lb. Organic Compost with Cow Manure
Premier 3 cu. ft. Peat Moss
Burpee Seed Starter Kit
Encore Plastics 5-Gallon Food Grade Bucket
Encore Plastics 3.5-Gallon Plastic Bucket
Hefty 15-Quart Clear Storage Container

 

[canesisters]

Well hi there BigJohn.

This is my first year gardening too and you are going to LOVE it here. The folks are soo nice and willing to help and so kind to answer questions.

There are a few folks here who specalize in indoor growing. One or more of them will be along shortly to help you out. In the meantime, feel free to poke around.

Glad you found us.

 

[lesa]

Welcome!! Indoor gardening is a tough one... Lights will surely be most important. No balcony, small yard, fire escape?? Someone once told me- you have to garden where you are. So, if you have no outside garden- inside it is. You should check out all Jackb's posts. He grows tons of great stuff, inside using hydroponics. Happy Gardening!

 

[Bigjon216]

Hey Thank you all and yes only have small Balcony thing about that is I'm on first floor next to entrance door and scare someone either
steal plants or excuse my French piss in it or do sumin stupid lol far as Lighting Iu Seen Couple You Tube Videos Showing How
To Use Shop Lights..but for most part rest I don't get Figure doing some gardening would be nice and fill my time wish I had more roomm

 

[journey11]

Bigjon216!

 

[baymule]

Welcome to TEG! I only start my plants inside, then transplant outside. It is all a learn as you go, inside or outside. We share info and learn from each other. Glad you found us!

 

[897tgigvib]

Howdy



What Lesa said, JackB really is the indoor gardening expert. He posts quite a bit here, so browse through his posts and topics for starters. Click his name then scroll down to click view all topics or view all posts.

You'll want to set up an area in your apartment with shelves and light fixtures, hopefully near a south facing window.

Remember, the most important part of a growing container is the drain holes on the bottom, so make sure those 5 gallon buckets have drain holes on the bottom.

There will be a lot to learn and you'll be having a learning curve going on.