How to grow vegetables on the balcony

In order to make use of the extra space of the balcony and save living consumption, many people will choose to plant vegetables on the balcony, so how to plant vegetables on the balcony? Let's take a look together!

What kind of food is better on the balcony?

What kind of vegetables are planted on the balcony, on the one hand, according to personal hobbies and needs, on the other hand, consider which vegetables are suitable for the environmental conditions of your own balcony. Generally speaking, if space permits, most vegetables and fruits can be planted on the balcony. The so-called balcony environmental conditions, the most important is the balcony towards and balcony closed. The orientation determines the lighting conditions of the balcony, while the balcony closure determines the temperature conditions of the balcony. Fully enclosed balcony winter temperature is also higher, the temperature limit is smaller, the range of vegetables can be selected is also relatively wide, basically all the year round vegetables can be planted. Semi-enclosed or unenclosed balcony winter temperature is low, generally not easy to plant vegetables in winter, summer direct sunlight causes high temperature, but also pay attention to shade protection vegetables.

The balcony facing south is full sunshine and good ventilation, which is the ideal balcony for planting vegetables. Almost all vegetables grow best under full sunlight conditions, so general vegetables can be planted on the balcony facing south all year round, such as cucumber, bitter gourd, tomato, kidney bean, day lily, apricot, mustard, zucchini, green pepper, lettuce, leek and so on. In addition, lotus root, water chestnut, water chestnut and other aquatic vegetables are also suitable for south-facing balcony planting.

East-facing and west-facing balconies are half-sunshine, suitable for planting light-loving and shade-tolerant vegetables, such as onions, oil wheat vegetables, small rape, leeks, loofah, coriander, radish, etc.

The north-facing balcony has almost no sunshine all day, and the selection range of vegetables is the smallest. Shade-tolerant vegetables should be selected for planting, such as lettuce, leek, asparagus, Chinese toon, dandelion, spinach, Muercai, etc.

2. How to grow vegetables on the balcony?

First of all, you need to choose vegetable varieties that can be planted on the balcony, such as eggplant, pepper, lettuce, Muercai, rape, etc. Then buy seedlings, prepare suitable planting containers, adopt soilless culture or soil culture planting mode, soil culture can choose rotten leaf soil, garden soil, field mud and so on. The seeds can be planted after disinfection and germination treatment, and finally reasonable watering, fertilization and other management can be carried out according to the growth of vegetables.

Seeds or seedlings can usually be found in farmhouses, horticultural shops, flower markets, vegetable markets, agronomic markets, seed outlets and other places.

Almost any type of container can be used to grow vegetables, such as plastic pots, buckets, flower boxes, flower troughs, wooden boxes, aluminum trunks, galvanized tin boxes, plastic boxes, jars, food cans, even tubs, tires, sacks, barbecue plates and so on can be used.

No matter what kind of container is selected to grow vegetables, it is necessary to ensure that there are drainage holes at the bottom to ensure smooth drainage. Drainage of containers is critical. Poor drainage, plant root suffocation rot; drainage too fast, and will make plants dry and die.

Vegetables planted in containers, like vegetables cultivated on the ground, may also be attacked by various diseases and pests. Attention should be paid to whether the leaves, stems and other organs of vegetables grow well and whether pests appear.