How to Grow Vegetables Vertically Just About Anywhere

When people think of growing a garden, they often imagine needing a lot of space to home all the different plants and vegetables. This myth might keep many people, especially in urban settings, from enjoying their very own personal vegetable garden.

In fact, you don’t even need a yard to grow your own vegetable garden. When you decide to grow your garden upward instead of outward, you allow yourself to have a vegetable garden just about anywhere.

Growing a vegetable garden vertically helps to maximize space, and turn a patio, balcony, deck, or a small corner in your yard into a beautiful haven that homes your favorite delicious produce.

Benefits of Growing Vegetables Vertically

While growing your vegetable garden might not come first to mind, there are some amazing benefits and might even prove to be a preferred, non-traditional approach to growing your garden.

Convenient – Gardens can take up a lot of time, energy, and soil. When you choose to grow your vegetable garden vertically, it will require less time, less, energy, soil watering, and weeding. Do you have back problems? When you grow your plants vertically, much of the plant will be at eye level making maintain them less stressful on your body.

Saves Space – When you grow a vegetable vertically, you are saving a ton of space. This allows for gardens to be grown just about anywhere. If you live in an apartment you can grow them on your balcony. If you have limited space in your backyard, you can grow them along a fence. Growing your vegetables vertically will allow you to grow right where you are at. Making the excuse of lack of space just doesn’t cut it anymore.

Healthy Plants and Produce – One question that might come up when considering growing your vegetables vertically would be related to the health of the produce. Is it good for the plants?

The answer is definitely yes. In fact, growing your plants vertically can often increase your yield. The plans are able to get air circulation and great exposure to light. This will help to keep pests and disease at bay.

Plants that Thrive Vertically

Some of my favorite vegetable plants even can thrive growing vertically. While some might require some training, they might need some added support. They are sure to do great.

Just the other day, my neighbor was struggling with her beans as they were taking over the space in her garden. She decided to add a trellis and helped train the beans to grow up along it. This helped save her a ton of space in her garden. You can even add some to baskets and have their leaves grow over or plant them in pots and containers.

Some plants that will thrive vertically are:

Plants that will thrive in containers:

Plants that thrive as a hanging basket:

There are upside down hanging planters that are on that market that allows for you to grow tomatoes, peppers and even green beans. They will grow straight out of the bottom of the planter. While these are great options, you need to make sure they get enough sun and enough water and room to grow. Even small plants need to be in at least a gallon pot.

Tips for Growing Your Vertical Garden

When growing your vertical garden, you want to make sure a few things are in place you make sure that you have a successful and thriving garden.

Sunlight

While you can grow your veggies just about anywhere, you want to make sure that they will receive enough sunlight from the location that you choose. Most vegetable plants will require at least 6 hours of sunlight.

Water

Growing your garden will also require a lot of water. To help save yourself time and effort, make sure to choose a spot that helps to make a water source convenient. If a water source is not convenient, consider using a Root Stick. This is a device that is inserted directly into the soil and helps to hydrate your plant from the roots up. The Root Stick collects water and allows it to seem down deep creating healthy and thriving plants.

Root Sticks come in sets of 10 so you can use them on each plant and around your garden. This can be especially helpful when you are growing in a space that will not receive direct rain such a balcony.

Using Tools

When you make your decision to grow your vegetable garden vertically, you will need a few tools to help train your plants. The best thing to use is some kind of trellis. There are many different items on the market, but the idea is to use something that will help support your plants as they grow upward. \

A tomato cage can work or build your own from sticks and string. Melons and tomatoes tend to be heavier in size and might need a stronger trellis. While I have used just about anything from huge sticks to metal tomato cages, I have found that I tended to use Gardener’s Blue Ribbon Ultomato Tomato Plant cage the most. I loved their flexibility and I could move the pieces as they plant grew. I also love that that can be used on any type of vegetable, not just tomatoes.  In addition, I love using trellis clips as they hold up the plant gently and I can use them on any trellis. However, simple bag ties, or rope can work fine too.

Wrapping Up

The benefits of growing a vegetable garden are endless. Seeing your hard work of toiling, watering, and loving plants to produce is amazing. The best part is that gardens do not have to be limited to some farm or country home. They can be grown anywhere, especially, when you choose to grow your vegetables vertically.

Growing up instead of wide is convenient, saves space, and is health for your vegetables. You can grow your favorite veggies on your balcony, along a fence, or off a deck. Growing a garden can be for every person, in every setting.