Have you ever think of plucking a basket of fresh home grown vegetables at walking distance? Nothing tastes as good as fresh picked vegetables besides vitamin enrichment. But the fact also remains that most of us has either very small space or a concrete slab. Even if area is not sufficient , you can grow miniature and dwarf varieties of vegetables more economically with significant space savings by growing them at home. Most varieties produce early and take up little space. Though these vegietables may be smaller in size they have all flavour that full size their cousins do. This works well for the gardeners limited to window boxes, hanging baskets and patio pots.
Some advantage of growing vegies in containers and baskets in a small area are that you have to exhort less and needs no worry about pulling weeds. You can arrange miniature vegetables pots with other pots containing flowers. But most important while growing in containers , you must play a part of mother nature and provide extra nutrients that plants will need to grow and produce fruits.
A small window box can suply fresh lettuche and carrot everyday. Assorted type of containers can be used to grow tomato ,cucumber. You can also use the area above plane surface viz walls , frames ,racks etc. Hanging baskets will provide good additional area where strawberries, peas and tomatoes can be grown easily. A wooden box filled with compost mix soil and a bit mulch can produce potatoes.
It is very difficult to select the right variety of dwarf/ miniature vegetables. Most vegetables are really not miniature even though many are marketed and sold as mini vegetables. In fact mostly full sized vegetables are planted close together in blocks instead of rows and this way growth is restricted . The crop is harvested at appropriate time to maintain ideal size and sweetness.
The following vegetables can be easily grown as miniature/ dwarf vegetables:-
Beans , Beat , Cauliflower, Cabbage, Carrots , Corn , Cucumber , Brinjal, Lettuche , Peas, Pepper , Potato, Squash , Tomato, Watermelon
Some advantage of growing vegies in containers and baskets in a small area are that you have to exhort less and needs no worry about pulling weeds. You can arrange miniature vegetables pots with other pots containing flowers. But most important while growing in containers , you must play a part of mother nature and provide extra nutrients that plants will need to grow and produce fruits.
A small window box can suply fresh lettuche and carrot everyday. Assorted type of containers can be used to grow tomato ,cucumber. You can also use the area above plane surface viz walls , frames ,racks etc. Hanging baskets will provide good additional area where strawberries, peas and tomatoes can be grown easily. A wooden box filled with compost mix soil and a bit mulch can produce potatoes.
The following vegetables can be easily grown as miniature/ dwarf vegetables:-Beans , Beat , Cauliflower, Cabbage, Carrots , Corn , Cucumber , Brinjal, Lettuche , Peas, Pepper , Potato, Squash , Tomato, Watermelon
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