First of all, except for aquatic vegetables, containers must have drainage holes. If the drainage is not smooth, the root system of vegetables will rot, but it can't be drained too fast, which will make vegetables short of water. You can cover the bottom of the container with gauze and stones to prevent the soil from being washed away by water.
Materials such as pottery, wood, plastic and foam can be used. Pottery and wooden containers drain quickly and should be watered more. The foam box has good water retention effect. The main types are pots, barrels, tubes, boxes and bags.
Let's look at the basin container first:
1. Pot (earthen pot) is cheap, and the fine holes in the pot wall are beneficial to the formation of nutrients in the soil and the supply of oxygen to the roots. The disadvantage is that it is easy to go bad after a long time, and the water loss is fast, so it is necessary to water it frequently.
2. Plastic flowerpots are cheap and diverse in appearance, but have poor air permeability and drainage, and are easy to age and become brittle in the sun, but they can generally be used for several years, and you can choose with confidence.
3. Ceramic pots are exquisite in workmanship and beautiful in appearance, but the drainage and permeability are the worst among the three pots.
In addition, there are box containers, which can be made of wooden packaging boxes, foam boxes or plastic boxes for home cultivation. If you choose a styrofoam box, make a few holes around the box to make the vegetables breathe better. If wooden cases are used, a layer of plastic film should be spread on the side of the cases to reduce the water loss to the wooden cases. But there should be air holes under each box.
There are also barrel containers, mainly made of metal, wood and plastic:
1. Wood is breathable and strong.
The advantage of plastic is that it is light, but it is brittle easily. Because the bucket is relatively large, it is inconvenient to change the basin, so it is not recommended to use plastic bucket, but if the balcony bearing problem is considered, plastic bucket is preferred.
Then there is the cylindrical container, which is mainly made of ceramics and glass and has a large volume. Choose a flowerpot when growing vegetables, because there are holes under the flowerpot, which can drain and ventilate. If you choose another cylinder, you must punch a hole in the bottom of the cylinder.
Finally, there are bagged containers. Although the old plastic woven bag is breathable, it is easy to corrode and needs to be replaced frequently.
Although the variety of vegetables and soil are very important factors for growing vegetables, if the container is not selected properly, the vegetables that could have been eaten for one year may only be eaten until March, so it is necessary to choose a suitable container and consider the bearing of the balcony to ensure safety.
Like growing flowers, growing vegetables requires some gadgets.
1. Spitter. Sprinklers are indispensable tools for growing vegetables and can be used almost every day. Because seeds must be kept wet all the time during germination, and direct watering may wash away the seeds, so a small amount of watering is necessary.
2. flowerpot base. When watering, everyone will leave more water and bring out the soil, so it is necessary to put a bottom support under the basin, which can not only keep the balcony clean, but also prevent the reduction of soil and the invasion of pests in the drainage holes.
3. Small scissors. Because some fruits and vegetables need to trim leaves and branches, it is convenient and neat to use scissors, which can reduce unnecessary damage to vegetables by manual operation. But the scissors should be cleaned and dried after use to prevent corrosion and rust.
4. Small shovel. When transplanting vegetable seedlings, the small shovel can easily remove the seedlings together with the soil to protect the seedlings from harm. It is best to choose a shovel with a paint coating on the surface to prevent rust.
5. Gauze Some seeds need to be urged. Gauze can be well kept moist and will be used to urge vegetables such as leeks.
In the future, I will continue to share practical knowledge of growing vegetables with you, and I like to pay attention to Baijiahao: abrupt people.