Vegetable Garden in Your Patio

Apartment in urban complex is something usual nowadays. Complete with state of the arid and remote from the manicured gardens are perfectly capable of making boring and stifling. Green area seems to be something rare that almost extinct. No plants, no flowers, no green at all. A terrible thing, isn’t it?

Starting a patio garden is not difficult. Here are a few tips:

1. Start with 4” plants, which can be found at most nurseries. With a little creativity, just about any vegetable can be planted in an above-ground container, however, the most common seem to be tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, lettuce, beans, and spinach

2. The size of a plant can vary depending on the variety of seedling used. Make sure containers are large enough to accommodate a full-sized plant. Most tomatoes will need at least an 18” square container. Peppers, however, are perfectly happy in smaller pots.

3. Cover the holes at the bottom of the container with small rocks to improve the soil drainage.4. Part-fill the container with compost. A slow-release fertilizer can be added at this stage to distribute nutrients as the compost dries out. Fill the remaining space with a nutrient-rich planting soil.

5. Water the plants and let them drain. Take them out of their pots and arrange in the container, packing in tightly. Fill in any gaps and firm all the plants in place. Keep the soil below the rim of the pot for easier watering.

6. Water the container well and move it to its final position. Arrange plants according to their needs. Tomatoes prefer a south-facing porch with full sun, while spinach and lettuce are happier near the house in partial shade. Make sure the place where you want to plant gets at least six hours of direct sun every day.

7. Trellises, cages or poles will be needed for tomatoes, cucumbers, beans and other vines. Patio gardeners can also take advantage of permanent features, such as fences and railings, to support their plants.

8. Containers need to be watered at least once a day in summer. They also require regular fertilization. A fertilizer dilutor can be clipped on to the hose to feed plants as you water.

Something green can be added to the patio. Maybe a few small tomato plants will inhabit in it. Tomato plants are easy to be planted. It can be planted into large pots near the railing. And you will find it grows up. Other vegetable plants also can add on it, such as lettuce, peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers and pole beans. And the patio will be full of color that comes from the vegetables, not arid anymore. Great!