When you have limited gardening space or wish to use vertical surfaces like walls, fences, or trellises, a vertical vegetable garden is ideal. How to begin:
Choose durable vertical structures like trellises, arbours, vertical garden pots, or recovered pallets. Make sure they can tolerate outside weather and plant weight.
1. Selecting Vertical Structures
Choose vertical-growing vegetables. Cucumbers, peas, pole beans, tomatoes, squash, melons, and climbing herbs are great.
2. Choosing Suitable Vegetables
Make sure your vertical structure is well-anchored and gets enough sunshine for your crops. Make sure containers and pots drain well.
3. Preparing the Vertical Garden
Plant your vegetables at the base of the vertical framework, spacing them according to maturity and needs. Tie, twine, or gently weave the plants to climb or vine up the framework as they grow.
4. Planting and Training
Support the plants as they grow to help them climb or sprawl. Add trellis netting or guide plants along the structure.
5. Providing Support
Since vertical gardens dry out faster, water them regularly. Mulching retains moisture and regulates soil temperature. For healthy growth, fertilise as needed.
6. Watering and Fertilizing
To maintain your vertical garden tidy, prune and train it often. Remove dead or diseased foliage and maintain airflow to prevent disease.
7. Pruning and Maintenance
Harvest veggies periodically as they mature to maintain production. To protect the vertical framework, watch the weight of growing fruits and vegetables.