So many vegetables can be grown on the patio, balcony or window box.
- Very little space is needed to produce a regular supply of fresh, healthy salad leaves, and one courgette plant will produce plenty of fruit, without causing a glut.
- We have a friend who lives in a fourth floor flat, with a small west facing balcony, who grows tomatoes, salad leaves, courgettes and french beans.
- A great variety of vegetables can be grown in containers, but it is important to select a small or mini-variety.
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Examples of vegetables which can be grown on a patio or window box are:
- lettuce – mini green
- radish – rougette
- salad leaves
- tomatoes - Vilma
- pepper – mohawk
- courgette – black forest
- cucumber – fanfare
- runner beans – summer medley Hestia
- broad beans – stereo
- french beans –
- carrots – Mokum
- potatoes
- leeks – lancelot
- beetroot – pablo
- turnip – primera
- spinach – galaxy
- chard – duo
- broccoli – kabuki
- cabbage – shelta
- cauliflower – avalanche
- baby sweetcorn – minor
Thompson & Morgan have a great offer for a patio vegetable collection for £9.99 comprising:
- 2 x Tomato Vilma plants
- 1 x Pepper Mohawk plant
- 1 x Courgette Black Forest plant
- 1 x Cucumber Fanfare plant
Plus FREE seed worth £5.28! Runner Bean Summer Medley (16 seeds) & Niche Salad Leaves Blend (400 seeds).
patio veg collection
Click this link to buy this patio vegetable collection for £9.99 which is also suitable for a balcony or window box.
Click this link to buy this book about growing vegetables in containers:
