Terrace Vegetable Garden

1. Creating a Vegetable Garden in Pots

In terrace garden containers, you can plant almost any vegetable. Choose

large and deep pots, avoid thin and poor quality plastic pots because they
heat up quickly and drain poorly.

Soil: Using normal garden soil is a bad idea for growing vegetables in pots.

Instead, use a good quality potting mix for the healthy growth of plants and
productivity.

Vegetables for
Pots: Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Radishes, Beans, Zucchini, Potatoes, Onions, C
arrots, Beetroot, Lettuce, Garlic, Chilies, Peppers, Melons, and Eggplant.

2. Create Raised Beds on Terrace

If you’re looking for practical as well as a stylish way to make

a terrace vegetable garden, then making a raised bed is a great option. You’ll
be able to grow a lot of vegetables as compared to containers. Plants will
thrive better, with less care and maintenance.
The raised bed on the terrace does not differ fundamentally from those you
see in a regular garden.

In well-stocked hardware stores or even online shops, you will find special
raised beds for terraces; you’ll only need to configure which one is better for
you. Just ensure before installing that the surface of the terrace below is
waterproof.

Fill Raised Bed with Soil: If you fill the raised bed with soil, consider
preventing voles and pests from entering the bed. To make soil, mix quality
garden soil, ripe compost, and manure.

Advantage of Raised Beds:  Probably the most significant advantage of a

raised bed is the height and width on the terrace. Gardening can hardly be
more convenient!
3. Integrate Vegetable Patch on the Terrace

You can also integrate a vegetable patch on your terrace and grow

vegetables on the surface itself. Though doing this is only good on
large rooftops. The vegetable patch is similar to making a normal garden
bed.

The integrated bed should be filled generally with soil like a regular garden
bed. An addition of compost in the soil is a perfect natural fertilizer for most
of the plants.

4. Creating a Vegetable Terrace Garden in Planter boxes

Flower boxes and planters can be used to create a vegetable garden. You can

hang these on an existing railing or set them just on the floor. How do you
use them is entirely up to you.

Do not use ordinary garden soil in these planter boxes. Either use quality
potting mix or compost-rich soil. Fertilizing is also important to improve
productivity, but it varies according to plants: peppers and tomatoes are
heavy feeders, whereas green leafy vegetables do not need much fertilizer.

Plants for Flower Boxes:  Cucumbers, Tomatoes,  Greens, Garlic,

Chilies,  Herbs, Radishes, and Bush beans.

5. Repurpose Sandboxes
A sandbox is not just for games. From a small, simple wooden sandpit, you can also make a
hefty vegetable patch. This looks not only decorative but provides your plants with an
optimal space to thrive.
Instead of using gravel for drainage, just fill the quality compost with the
soil. In the sandbox, you can grow all sorts of small vegetables and herbs,
mostly low growing that spreads too much.

Vegetable List to Grow:  Radishes, Herbs, Garlic, Lettuce,  Spinach, Ginger,

Asian Greens, and a lot of other green leafy vegetables.

6. Optimize Vertical Space

Smartly utilizing the space on the terrace will help you in making the most of
it. Grow vegetable shrubs and vines like beans, squashes, gourds, and tall
tomato varieties near the walls and railings. In this way, they’ll not only get
support but also grow outside and upward, and you’ll save a lot of your
space.

Use old shelves, racks to keep pots and buy pot holders, put them around
the corners. On the vertical spaces, you can grow herbs to enhance the taste
of salads and cuisines; you can also grow a lot of flowers to
appease ornamental views.
 Tips for the Prolific Terrace Vegetable Garden
 Fertilize vegetables regularly with good quality organic fertilizer. With
some research and experience, you’ll be able to find out which type of
fertilizer you should feed to specific vegetables.
 Water plants regularly and deeply. Read this article for container watering
tips.
 Check plants regularly for pests.
 Prune plants regularly to keep them in good shape. Look out for suckers,
especially in tomatoes and pinch them off immediately if found one.
 It is always good to grow vegetables on the Southern or Western faces, so
the plants can get enough sun and thrive easily. However, too much
sunlight can be harmful. If you are living in a warm tropical climate where
sunlight is too strong, it is advisable to provide afternoon shade to plants.