Yeah, i know a little about it. I do not think it would be practical in a container. The plants get big! They take full season, and do not yield a whole lot per sq ft. I take it does not freeze where you are in the winter, but you do not have much light where your containers are. I would think tomatoes or peppers would be good in the summertime, if you get enough light then. For winter, maybe herbs, but i don't know. There are a lot of good things that can be grown through the summer and then kept alive in low light winter situation, a technique known as "stockpiling" but it is hard to put a lot of growth on plants in winter's low light regardless of temp.

I like quinoa a lot, but it is hard to grow even in a garden where i live and in most places. It needs a dry late ripening season and for harvest and we are quite wet in the fall here. It is very pretty though. Most varieties grow to about 6 ft tall and wide too.