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Vertical Vegetable Gardening & How to Get Started

in Gardening on 12/23/22

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When you think of a garden, chances are you’re visualizing a vast area filled with all sorts of herbs, ornamental, and flowering individual plants, your favorite vegetables, and trees.

But did you know that you can still grow a lush and beautiful garden even if you’re tight on outdoor space?

To answer what is vertical vegetable gardening: It’s a method of growing your garden space with perfect plants and your own vegetables in vertical planters, a makeshift trellis, a hanging basket or two, or on fixtures such as a vertical vegetable garden wall or rails, stairs, posts, fences, and the like.

They often come in a wide variety of names, including living green walls, live walls, and moss walls. There is even a type of garden called pallet gardens that are made of recycled pallets and stand upright to garden vertically. Some people use several and grow anything from herbs and flowers to veggies.

But no matter what they’re called, they function the same way. They can be placed in a kitchen garden, small office, apartment rooftops, or even tiny backyards, or any small space you have to work with.

They’re all a type of vertical vegetable garden that allows you to grow an impressive small garden without the need for occupying a large space.

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If you’re wondering if vertical vegetable growing is for you, then keep on reading. I’ve compiled a list of the best reasons why you should start a vertical garden. Let’s get started!

You Can Maximize Limited Space

Having a vertical vegetable garden indoor or outdoors doesn’t take much space. As long as you have the proper vertical support, your own vertical garden can grow like a champ! You can dedicate a small corner at home or in your office lobby just for it.

Plants growing on a wall
No space vertical gardening can solve your lack of space problem

You Can Raise Healthier Plants

The problem with growing plants traditionally on the ground is that they can be prone to pests, disease problems, and damage from pests or wild animals. However, when you raise vertical vegetable plants such as bush beans off the ground, by using items such as hanging planters.

You increase air circulation but also decrease the odds of soil-transferred diseases and animals digging up your plants and vine crops such as cherry tomatoes.

You Can Grow More Types of Plants 

Believe it or not, you can actually grow more plants such as salad greens and vine vegetables in any of your vertical gardening projects than in a typical one. Some healthy plants tend to take up a lot of space unless you let them grow upwards, particularly vines and climbers such as pole beans which means it’s a great idea and perfect for vegetable gardening.

You can also try growing fruit by training some types of fruit trees to grow on a fence or in a wall-hugging form.

This means you can have more variety in your garden despite having a limited amount of space to grow it.

You Can Have a Higher Crop Yield

Espaliered fruit trees (crops that are grown on walls) tend to produce more fruit than by weight than traditionally grown ones. This is particularly true for apple and pear trees. Since branches are grown horizontally, fruiting spurs happen to result in bigger yields.

Vines growing on a fence
You can still grow all your favorite produce with vertical gardening

It Relieves You From Urban Heat

If you live in the city, chances are you are living in a significantly warmer area because of the various human activities there. But with a vertical garden in your home, you can escape from this urban heat.

It Improves the Air Quality in Your Immediate Area

For many people, all the hard work associated with traditional gardening can deter them from enjoying this activity. However, with a vertical garden, you don’t have to worry about digging and raking and weeding for hours.

Upkeep is generally lighter for an indoor or outdoor vertical vegetable garden. If you’re new to gardening or physically unable to perform traditional gardening activities, this is a great option and one of the easiest ways for you.

The process of fertilizing, watering, pruning, and harvesting becomes simpler thanks to the format used in this gardening technique. That’s what I call minimal effort.

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You Can Use Vertical Vegetable Gardening As A Room Divider

Vertical vegetable gardens can be functional pieces for your home. If you plant an indoor version of this garden, you can use it as a beautiful room divider.

Just remember to use a wheeled vertical vegetable planter structure to place it in a sunnier spot where your leafy greens can get direct sunlight when needed.

You Can Add Aesthetic Visual Appeal to Any Space

A living wall
Liven up any space with all your lovely plants

Plants, in general, add a certain appeal to any home. But when you have a vertical garden, you can elevate the visual appeal of your living space.

You can play with colors, shapes, and plant size to come up with a visually-arresting piece of nature right in your own home.

You Can Grow a Garden Even If Your Area has Poor Quality Soil

The truth is a great garden starts with great soil. However, not all areas are blessed with loamy soil that plants such as green beans and edible flowers love to grow in. However, when you choose vertical vegetable gardening, you can still grow a lush garden full of vertical vegetables even if the soil conditions in your small area are not ideal.

All you need is potting mix. Alternatively, you can grow plants hydroponically on your vertical garden.

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Have you ever looked into or thought about vertical gardening?  Not only can it save space and save your back, it can also be visually appealing.  Click through NOW to learn more...
Have you ever looked into or thought about vertical gardening?  Not only can it save space and save your back, it can also be visually appealing.  Click through NOW to learn more...

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