Vegetable garden on balcony: tips, tips, ideas

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To create a vegetable garden on balcony is a pleasant and fun process. Town balconies are becoming more and more small vegetable gardens, apartment terraces are becoming small modern gardens.

For some people, the pleasure of seeing vegetables grow and eat them is priceless. Today, we will be interested in the topic of how you can create and succeed your balcony kitchen garden in town.

Vegetable garden on balcony: tips, tricks and ideas

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Your garden on balcony can take different forms depending on the configuration of your space: height, square or kit. The most practical is the vertical layout that does not require floor space.

Vegetable garden on balcony: invite nature to your balcony and enjoy its fruits

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The height arrangement is also more practical for small spaces. In addition, you do not have to bend down to water your plants.

Today, many vegetables and fruits are suitable for growing in pots or planters.

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If you opt for a kitchen garden in square¹, this solution is also very interesting. It will allow you to optimize the space by dividing the surface of the culture into different areas. A distance of 25 to 50 cm must be respected for each crop.

Vertical vegetable garden made of bamboo with a convenient watering system

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There are also kits, which can be placed vertically or horizontally. Our advice is to design your vertical kitchen garden and make the furniture you need to put away the pots yourself. In this way, you will be sure that it will fit perfectly into your outdoor space.

Vertical kitchen garden on small balcony made of wood

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Bamboo, this beautiful decorative plant, can indeed be of great use for the kitchen garden balcony. The bamboo canes are ideal if you want to give verticality to your garden, just like guardians climbing plants.

Very practical idea to make with bamboo canes

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Salads, rosemary and fresh basil … it’s a dream!

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What vegetables for my balcony? Some crops are easy to plant and grow fast enough. There is a wide variety of vegetables and herbs that will fit in the city balcony: beetroot, cucumber, cabbage, beans, strawberries, green beans, spinach, lavender, arugula, salad, turnip not to mention the queen of all vegetable gardens: the tomato!

Salads are easy to plant and delicious to eat!

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You can also grow a multitude of aromatic herbs: chives, herbs, sorrel, thyme.

Aromatic herbs cohabiting in a tray

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Each plant must have its living space. Do not put too many seeds and you must respect the number of plants per pot. For tomatoes, for example, you need 45 cm in a pot of 60L. Choosing the right pot for the right plant is essential for your health.

Green flower box with small rockets

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Depending on the exposure of your balcony, no surprise, a balcony facing south, southeast or southwest, it’s ideal! It is, of course, quite possible to build a kitchen garden on a north-facing balcony.

Vertical garden idea on balcony with empty glass jars

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Some plant species, such as spinach, require only 4 hours of sun per day. For a shaded balcony, try selecting those that do not require intense sun exposure. The tomato is the most demanding and requires 6 to 8 hours a day.

Very small red peppers in a ceramic pot

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Some plants prefer very sunny places, others – more shady. By creating a modular and functional vegetable garden, this will allow you to store them as and when. It is possible to protect plants that do not like the sun too much, behind other plants.

The vegetable garden in pockets is one of the most practical examples of vertical gardens

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Mixing the plants is also a very good idea to make them live together. This cohabitation between companion plants has a great advantage – you will not need pesticides and your garden will be less afraid of diseases and insects.

The queen of vegetables that takes at least six hours of the sun a day: the tomato! ¹

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If your balcony is exposed to the wind, consider protecting your vegetables by installing a hedge or a breeze.

Salad, arugula and aromatic herbs in plastic pots

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The vegetable garden in pockets is ideal for small spaces

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When it comes to watering, when it’s very hot, it’s important to water them once or twice a day. Do not put a little water or too much water because your plants may die in both cases!

Vertical vegetable garden for balcony to manufacture oneself with recycled materials

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Wooden pallets are ideal for designing a vertical garden

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In summer, water your plants in the morning and evening, in spring and autumn – in the middle of the day.

Square pots: divide the crop area into different areas

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What material for bins and pots? Choosing adapted material is essential to succeed your garden. Contrary to popular belief, ceramics are no longer the best solution for plants.

Pot geotextile²: a fabric that breathes, lets the air through and regulates the temperature inside

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It is often said that ceramic or earthen pots are a better solution for plants. But we do not often realize that they actually prevent plants from breathing. There are already geotextile pots, a fabric that breathes, lets in the air and regulates the temperature. It is quite possible to make your pots in geotextiles yourself.

Potager in pockets with parsley, chives and herbs

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Do not forget to place some flowering plants to attract bees …

Orangery idea for potted plants

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Lemon trees grow ideally on south-facing balconies

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¹How to make a kitchen garden square?

²How to make pots in geotextiles?