Last Updated on January 10, 2020
© The SpruceBig cities and small apartments almost certainly mean saying goodbye to growing your own plants and successfully creating that beautiful, green space in your home. Fortunately, you can still grow your own greens even without a large backyard.
The secret to creating your own little, enchanting garden lies in maximizing your patios, rooftop, or windowsills by choosing the right plants to grow as well as caring for them properly.
Here, we reveal 6 easy urban gardening tips that will help you grow greens, herbs, and potted plants on your rooftop, windows, or even indoors.
#1 – Choose the right plants
If you want to grow vegetables, you can pick leafy greens and arugula to grown in containers on your balcony. Just make sure to harvest them many times before you decide to replant.
You can also go for cherry tomatoes in pots if the space is really sunny and remember to support them with a cage or some stick as they grow.
As for flowers, violets and nasturtiums are a wonderful choice; they look stunning and they’re also edible.
You can also grow tender herbs, including dill, mint, parsley, cilantro, and basil in pots on your balcony. But you may want to avoid thyme or rosemary since they don’t do well in small spaces.
However, if you wish to grow indoor plants, you should definitely go for jade, pathos, and spider plants, especially if you’re a beginner gardener. Although they can do just fine inside, they can still thrive by a window and will only need some water every ten days.
#2 – Water your plants wisely
Watering can be the trickiest part of gardening because it depends on each plant as well as on how much sunlight it gets. The easiest way to make sure your plants are getting enough water is to stick your fingers in the soil to feel the level of moist throughout the pot.
One of the most common mistakes urban gardeners make is to over-water their potted plants, causing the roots to become rotten. To prevent your plants’ roots from rotting and ensure good drainage, add rocks at the base of your window boxes.
