Comments on: Tuesday questions: Shady balcony

By: Siel

Siel — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:31:34 +0000

Really appreciate everyone's input and advice! I created a map plan based on your advice -- Check it out :)

By: Gernot

Gernot — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:55:39 +0000

Hey girl – you have never heard of shadegrown coffee? ;-)
Good luck!

By: Joe Linton

Joe Linton — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:39:20 +0000

The earlier posters are correct. You should be able to grow things where you eat the leaves – lettuce, mizuna, chard, kale, arugula… when it’s warm/hot out, basil. Possible other stuff might be onions, garlic, chard, sweet peas.

I suspect that you could get cherry tomatoes to grow there – in the sunniest spot, with branches that hang outside the balcony. Cherry tomatoes grow almost like weeds – fairly easy. I think you might have started them too late in the year. Best to plant them in March-April… once it starts to warm up, but before it gets hot. Suggest getting cherry tomato starters this week – get them into the ground this month. Plant in a fairly large pot – at least 5 gallons! Good luck!

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By: Adriana

Adriana — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:55:23 +0000

Here’s a great list of shade loving veggies from In the Garden Online:

http://www.inthegardenonline.com/picks_10vegforshadeC21.htm

I had great success with cailiflower, chard, lettuce, broccoli raab but the aphids won that battle.

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By: Plangarden

Plangarden — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:33:37 +0000

Great idea, Meredith & Cassandra! I haven’t tried the upside down approach but found these configurations. DIY approach is great but I hear they’re now selling the systems for $10 at some places: http://bit.ly/t38bl

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