While herb gardens in containers have already settled on balconies, we rarely try to grow vegetables on them.Time to change it! Some of the vegetables can be not only a valuable addition to salads, but also an original decoration.
Tomatoes look very attractive - fruiting plants are no less decorative than plants with ornamental flowers.Small-fruited varieties called cocktail varieties are best suited for container cultivation. Their fruits are usually very tasty (they have a lot of sugar and vitamin C).
The best varieties for growing on a balcony are low-growth varieties and the so-called self-ending.They may include varieties with stiff stems - these have an upright habit - or with slender stems that slightly overhang, so they are suitable for growing in suspended containers.For such cultivation, 'Mascot ', an early fruiting variety, therefore not very susceptible to late blight, which is dangerous for tomatoes.
In the cultivation of tomatoes in containers, the greatest difficulty may be to provide them with the right amount of water. The tomato transpires very intensively, and the small volume of the substrate is not able to provide it with the right amount of water.
Recipe for growing tomatoes
So let's plant tomatoes in large, at least 10-liter pots, or be prepared for very regular watering.For better fruiting, it is also worth shaking the plants from time to time to make pollen showered himself on flowers.
