What kind of experience is it to grow vegetables on the balcony?

The feeling of harvest is really good!

Some time ago, due to various factors, the whole community was not allowed to go out, and buying vegetables became a big problem, and it was not easy to eat fresh vegetables. Until I found out that my neighbor across the hall was actually growing vegetables on the balcony. It turned out that vegetables could be grown on the balcony, which opened my "new vegetable growing universe"

I brought back the useless vegetables and fertilizers from my neighbor's house, emptied all the flowerpots at home (pity my flowers), and started the process of stumbling to grow vegetables on the balcony.

At first I thought it was easy to grow vegetables. I put some seeds in some soil, water and fertilize them, and then I can wait for the harvest. I started by planting onions easily, but planting onions on the balcony failed. In the first few days, it soared ten centimeters. I was filled with joy and felt that I was a genius in growing vegetables. Then my growth stopped, and finally I found that my roots were rotten and torn. Neighbors summed up the reason: the onion was not cut properly and dehydrated; Useless dry soil species; There is too much water. In a word, there is too much water to breathe. I cried and was depressed for several days.

A few days later, I decided to come back again. It seems that growing vegetables on the balcony is also very learned. I began to ask my neighbors for advice, look up all kinds of information, study carefully, and water and fertilize attentively, with many results. I ate my own vegetables, which were delicious!

I summed up several kinds of vegetables suitable for balcony and matters needing attention, hoping to help.

1. Choose vegetables suitable for balcony planting.

Not all green vegetables are suitable for planting on the balcony. Many green vegetables have a long growth cycle and need a long light time, so they are not suitable for planting on the balcony.

Choose fast-growing vegetables with short growth cycle, such as mustard, lettuce, oil wheat, spinach, coriander and garlic seedlings. These vegetable varieties grow rapidly. After planting for about two or three weeks, you can see the effect. If you like them to be tender in a short time, you can pick them.

Tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and other fruits and vegetables, because of the long growth cycle, the whole growth cycle needs careful management, which is not suitable for family planting.

Step 2 choose a flowerpot

It is best to choose a wide basin, and a deep narrow basin is not suitable for most fruits and vegetables. I planted cucumbers in the flowerpot, but the water didn't pour through, and it leaked directly from the bottom of the pot, so the cucumbers were in a state of water shortage. Conditional vegetable friends buy breathable clay pots, but they are more expensive and heavier. It is recommended to buy an oversized square flowerpot made of plastic, preferably with waterproof board and water storage function. You can buy a special box for growing vegetables directly in the market, or you can make a simple plastic box with a earthen pot at the bottom to make it drain well, so that you can grow vegetables.

3. Choose soil (that is, soil)

Choosing the soil for growing vegetables is an important issue. Only when the soil is good can we grow good vegetables. If you don't want to spend money on it, you can bag it with a shovel and go to a place with many fallen leaves in the suburbs to find black and fertile rotten leaves to take back to grow vegetables. Vegetables grow very fat. However, I still suggest buying some special soil for growing vegetables, because there may be bugs or ants in the soil I dig outdoors.

4. Fertilizer and water

Fertilization is very important, because your vegetables are planted on the balcony and there is not enough sunshine time, so you need fertilization, otherwise they will not grow well. I didn't buy a lot of fertilizers containing chemical components myself, but I only use organic fertilizers every day, such as organic fertilizers fermented with fish scales and rotten vegetables and fruits, which can not only increase nutrients, but also loosen the soil. It's safer to eat like this.

You can't water too much or too little. You can check online how much water each vegetable needs to be watered and water it carefully. Don't be careless The most taboo of planting vegetables on balcony is pouring a lot of water at seedling stage, which will not only promote growth, but also cause slow growth of vegetables or root rot and plant death.

5. Growing vegetables on the balcony needs temperature and sunshine.

In the case of sufficient light, you can plant some vegetables that like light, such as tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, cucumbers, wax gourd and so on. It's cold in winter, even in the south, some simple cold-proof measures should be taken. The most important thing is to pour enough water to keep the soil moist, which is the best choice for cold and warmth. In summer, you can stick some shading cardboard on the balcony glass. There are not so many places to pay attention to in spring and autumn, so don't worry too much.

6. Insect control

If there are bugs, pesticides are not recommended. You can spray some garlic water or tobacco water on plants, which has a pungent smell and pests will not like it.

The above is my experience in growing vegetables, and it is also a little experience. Let me share it.

Of course, there are two ways to grow vegetables on the balcony: soilless culture and soil culture. But I have only used soil culture, and soilless culture should be more demanding.

Growing vegetables is really an interesting experience. If you don't plant well, you may cry with anger. If you plant it well, you will be complacent. Finally, when harvesting, it is full of sense of accomplishment, satisfaction and security. It's especially delicious to eat this hard-won vegetable grown by yourself.