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- The best vegetables for the balcony garden
- Special vegetables for the balcony prefer
- tomatoes
- cucumbers
- Peppers and chilies
- radish
- sweet peas
- Salads and herbs
- Tips
Vertical cultivation provides more space
The best vegetables for the balcony garden
For successful gardening, you do not need a large garden - a balcony, sunny south facing, is perfect for this purpose. Set in sufficiently large planters and carefully maintained, you can look forward to a nice harvest of tomatoes, cucumbers or even potatoes.
Special vegetables for the balcony prefer
When choosing suitable vegetables and varieties, you should focus on special types of balconies. These were bred especially for the pot culture, remain relatively small - which in a limited space can only be beneficial - and still deliver a relatively high yield, conscientious care, of course, provided.
tomatoes
Tomatoes are the classics on every balcony, the sensitive fruit vegetables thrive under the protected conditions often better than in the field. A covered balcony, facing south, provides enough light and warmth for the plants to thrive. The rain protection also ensures that the dreaded cabbage and brown rot loses its terror. Bush tomatoes can be cultivated particularly well on the balcony, but also cocktail and cherry tomatoes as well as game tomatoes (which are often particularly productive) are very well suited.
cucumbers
Even cucumbers feel very comfortable in the sheltered atmosphere of a balcony - especially if you guide them along a climbing aid and grow as far away as possible from any tomatoes. In particular, the snack cucumbers, small and aromatic, are well suited for cultivation on the balcony.
Peppers and chilies
Peppers and chilies are true sun worshipers, need a lot of warmth and careful care.Placed in large pots and in a sunny spot, you can expect a rich harvest of crisp fruits.
radish
Easy care, quickly awake and can even grow in the balcony box: radishes must not be missing in any balcony garden. The crisp, small roots can be sowed again and again from early spring to well into autumn, even in temporary planters such as cut tetra packs.
sweet peas
Especially children love the sweet, crunchy sugar balls: They can easily be pulled in the balcony box or in a bakery box, provided that you choose a non-ripening variety. These do not need a climbing aid and remain relatively low.
Salads and herbs
Cutting and picking lettuce as well as many herbs are perfect for cultivating in a variety of planters. These vegetables can be stored in a space-saving manner in hanging baskets, on the balcony wall or on a plant staircase.
Tips
Even on fresh, self-harvested fruit, you do not have to do without on the balcony: Specially bred balcony types, but also column fruit varieties do not take up too much space and provide you with delicious fruit Naschobst.