How To Grow A Small Kitchen Garden

Pick the type of plants and flowers you want to have in your garden.

How to grow a small kitchen garden. Cut a chunk of ginger and cover it up with soil in a pot. Small spaces can be surprising productive. The buds in the ginger piece should face up.

Youll need 6 to 8 hours of sunlight a day for many vegetables. However if you live in a warm climate most of the plants will thrive in fewer hours of sunlight too. For a balcony kitchen garden it should get at least 6-7 hours of direct sunlight.

Dont forget to secure the growing vines with the trellis and dont bother about tying heavy fruits like melons and squash- they tend to. No vegetable garden would be complete without edible flowers that also act as companion plants Calendula French marigolds Borage and nasturtiums not only bring. If no puddles remain a few hours after a good rain you know your site drains well.

If the kitchen garden is north or west facing where it gets access to less amount of sunlight then focus on herbs salad greens and microgreens suggests Jhangiani. If you have to choose between a sunny spot or a close one pick the sunny one. Always apply organic fertilizers and use large pots instead of smaller ones for plants like tomatoes peppers eggplants and a lemon tree.

However ensure that the area that you choose has. If you do opt to grow a variety of vegetables in your small garden look for compact varieties and vining crops that can be trained to grow vertically on support structures. Many vegetables come in dwarf sizes such as tomatoes and eggplants.

Consider growing vining crops along one side of raised garden beds and using sturdy end posts in-between to provide a strong climbing surface. These tiny treasures can be grown one plant per 12-inch pot or in hanging baskets. Herbs all your favourite herbs with the exception of basil will grow easily outside.