A kitchen garden balcony design not only brings 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, which you can grow in hanging baskets or other pots and tubs in a limited location, 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 full of sun, the best available option is the high-rise gourmet ones that can give their 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 plant of tomatoes or soft fruit, you can get 5 kilograms (10 pounds) of fruit. Plant selection largely depends on the size of your kitchen balcony. You can start with pot-grown herbs, strawberries or tomatoes to raised wooden beds or boxes in which you can grow salad plants such as 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 in your home. Growing vegetables on your balcony is so much 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 beans. Although these bags are usually not 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 trellises and cordons will take up very little space. Apples and pears can also be grown under these conditions. Balconies with warm sunny conditions, apricot, peach and nectarine trees can be used with branches trained in a fan shape. Burlap should be used to protect fruit and shrubs where balconies are in cold, fairly exposed areas.
Citrus tree is a famous plant for patios and balconies, which can be easily cut down and formally trained. 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 cold conditions, they are best for sunny balconies.