In the post-epidemic era, boredom at home has led more people to actively look for ways to entertain themselves, and growing something at home seems to have become an important spice for young people’s recreation. So why do young people like to grow vegetables on the balcony? What kind of vegetables are suitable for growing on the balcony? The editor will introduce it below.
Why young people like to grow vegetables on balconies
Many people dream of finding a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters to retire in. The life of growing vegetables and raising flowers is very healing. Including the current popularity of short rural farming videos online, many people have fallen in love with this slow life. It’s also very soothing. In addition, you can also save some vegetables in case of repeated epidemics.
We Chinese probably all have a pastoral dream. Growing vegetables is not only closely related to life, but also has been described in various poems by poets throughout the ages.
For example, Tao Yuanming's: Beans are planted at the foot of the southern mountain, where the grass is abundant and the bean seedlings are sparse. I wake up in the morning to sort out the wasteland and filth, and return with a hoe in the moonlight.
There is also Yang Wanli's: Back to Qiuxin to manage the wasteland of the small garden, and to cross the rain border while Ding is busy. The rapeseed has butterfly wings, and the chrysanthemums are still wearing tulips.
Spending time and growing vegetables is a poetic life and a life that you yearn for.
What kind of vegetables are suitable for growing on the balcony?
When choosing to grow vegetables, there must be several criteria:
1. The vegetables must be easy to grow. First standard. It's best to just plant it and water it occasionally, and don't take care of the rest yourself.
2. Grow fast. This standard directly excludes most vegetables. Chinese cabbage and the like take dozens of days to grow, and there are experts who grow fruits at home. I'm so impressed. That kind of waiting time is too long. In short, things like spinach, potatoes, radishes, tomatoes, eggplants, green peppers, cucumbers, etc., because I grew them in the yard at home when I was a child, I know the cycle and difficulty of them.
3. Don’t have big cycles. Especially for annual plants, they will become dry after a long period of time. After careful consideration, the following types are suitable for home cultivation.
Leeks: Highly recommended, they have a short growth cycle and can be harvested continuously.
Springs: Mainly buy spring onions from the market and grow them.
Bean sprouts: This is very good and suitable for daily storage.
There are also some hydroponic farming methods that I have tried. The troublesome thing is that they need to frequently change the water and add fertilizer, otherwise they will die.
I remember when I was growing bean sprouts at home, I had to change the water basically every day. Also, enoki mushrooms grow better when placed in the refrigerator. Flammulina velutipes is a low-temperature fruiting fungus. Its characteristic is that it can grow at low temperatures. In fact, enoki mushrooms can generally grow in the range of 5 to 32°C.