Designing a kitchen garden balcony not only provides a colorful and attractive look of small and dwarf fruits and vegetables, but also provides fresh food to your table. There are so many varieties, that you can grow in hanging baskets or other pots and tubs in limited space, such as miniature cherry tomatoes that are best for growing in hanging baskets, other options may include dwarf zucchini, miniature eggplant, and an ornamental sweet. pepper plant that produces fruits in different shades of purple, red and yellow, which are nothing less than any exotic plant.
If luckily your balcony is a real sun, the best option available is the high-altitude gourmet that can give its best with early maturation and good yields. Some modern varieties and hybrids are bred to produce maximum fruit from miniature plants, for example, from a single tomato or berry plant, you can get 5 kilograms (10 pounds) of fruit. The selection of plants largely depends on the size of your kitchen balcony. You can start with pot-grown herbs, strawberries or tomatoes up to raised beds or wooden boxes in which you can grow salad plants like chives, perpetual corn salad, radishes and Little Gem lettuce.
growing vegetables
You can grow different varieties of vegetables on your kitchen balcony, so you will have fresh and healthy vegetables available at home. Growing vegetables on your balcony is a lot of fun and exciting. You can grow potatoes in a barrel, or you can use grow bags to plant a limited variety of compact vegetables, such as short-rooted carrots or short-growing peas and lima beans. Although these bags are not usually very attractive, you can hide them behind a brick or wooden frame to make your balcony look attractive and stylish. For proper drainage, there are specially designed trays and channels available in the market that are helpful in draining water properly without flooding or ruining the balcony. Runner beans can also make beautiful annual climbers for a trellis.
growing fruit
Growing fruits along with vegetables on your balcony is also a great idea. The kiwi plant, Actinidia chinensis, is purely a decorative climber. Other soft shrubs like red or white currents, mulberries, mulberries, and black currents can also be grown in pots and tubs.
One or two dwarf fruits with branches trained as trellis and cordon will take up very little space. Apples and pears can also be grown in these conditions. Balconies with warm sunny conditions, apricot, peach and nectarine trees can be used with fan-trained branches. The burlap should be used to protect the fruits and shrubs where the balconies are in cold and quite exposed areas.
The citrus tree is a famous patio and balcony plant, which can be easily cut down and trained formally. The citrus tree is usually grown as a decoration rather than a source of fruit as they look so pretty. Since small pots and tubs are easy to lift and can be moved indoors in cool conditions, they are best for sunny balconies.