Vertical gardens are also suitable for growing vegetables. But not all vegetables feel at home in the wall garden. Find out here which types of vegetables and herbs you can grow in the vertical garden.

Lettuce thrives in the vertical garden

Nice vertical garden ideas for growing vegetables

You can buy a vertical garden from a specialist shop for around €150 or you can simply build it yourself. Here are a few suggestions for vertical gardens you can make yourself:

  • Vertical PVC pipe with openings (DIY instructions here)
  • Hang PVC pipes or plastic bottles horizontally with the openings cut out
  • Lay out the pallets with pond liner and plant them (instructions for self-construction here)
  • Stack fruit crates on top of each other, line with pond liner and plant
  • Build a bunk bed

What vegetables can be grown in the vertical garden?

In the vegetable garden, vegetables have significantly more space for their roots and other plant parts. Therefore, vertical gardens are more suitable for shallow-rooted and small-growing vegetables, such as:

  • all types of lettuce
  • all herbs
  • garden cress
  • Nasturtium
  • radish

No vegetables, but still delicious: strawberries grow well in the wall garden.

Rather unsuitable are:

  • tomatoes
  • zucchini
  • cucumbers
  • potatoes
  • cabbage
  • all other heavy feeders

Which vegetables you can grow in the wall garden also depends on how much sun your vertical garden gets. In general, all vegetables thrive better when they are in the sun.

Vegetables and herbs for the vertical garden that also get along with less sun:

  • dill
  • mint
  • chives
  • radish
  • Parsely
  • sorrel

How to plant your vegetables in the vertical garden

It is best to plant your vertical vegetable garden at the end of May after the ice saints. Use nutrient-rich soil or mix some compost into normal potting soil. Make sure your planters have adequate drainage. This is especially important outdoors if it rains a lot.
It is best to pull the plants out on the windowsill a month in advance so that you can harvest faster. Make sure there is sufficient planting distance.

How to maintain your vertical vegetable garden

Vertically planted vegetables basically need exactly the same care as horizontally planted vegetables. Only the watering can be a bit more complex, since the upper rows in particular tend to dry out quickly. To make watering easier, you can loop a hose around the different tiers of your wall garden and poke numerous holes in them. Connect the hose, turn on the tap, done!

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Garden design