Some suggestions for smaller-than-usual vegetables
Depending on how small your garden place is , you ’ll be able-bodied to maturate many or any of veg in their regular size . Using upright horticulture proficiency such as trellises or pruning will help you grow some traditional mixture . But keep your eye undefendable for miniature ( dwarf ) vegetable varieties that become usable in your area .
By no agency am I suggest that midget are the only types that can be grown in a small - space garden . In fact , if you require course compact pushover beans , all you have to do is to look for the bush as opposed to the pole sort . But plant some miniature or nanus versions of these plants just might give you the room that you need to squeeze in more vegetables . I just befall to have ready to hand some dwarf - sized vegetable suggestions .
Dwarf tomatoes
Dwarf cucumbers
Dwarf peppers
Dwarf pumpkin
Dwarf melons
Dwarf summer squash
Dwarf eggplant
Of naturally , there are so many more dwarf or miniature vegetable varieties out there . C’m on and add to the list — share with us your preferent miniskirt - veg !
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Small-size tomato plants are your best bet for containers. From behind bars, the neighbors have a great view of Bankemper’s ‘Tiny Tim’ cherry tomatoes.Photo/Illustration: Boyd Hagen
