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Buch (Softcover): Sachbuch
The Urban Balcony Gardener
A Beginner's Field Guide to Growing Vegetables, Herbs & Berries in Containers
Verlag:
Independently Published Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P34839931
EAN: 9798187702312
Erhältlich:
Nicht auf Lager
Zustellung: Mo, 12.10.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 35.25
Beschreibung
You don't need a yard. You need a few square feet of concrete, the right plants, and this book. Most gardening books assume you have a garden bed and hand you a balcony chapter as an afterthought. This one starts where you actually live: a slab of concrete several floors up, a railing, and a view of somebody else's building. The Urban Balcony Gardener. is a field guide, not a pep talk. Twenty-two vegetables, herbs, and berries that people genuinely grow in American cities - no melons, no corn, nothing that needs an acre. Each one gets its own illustrated spread: the plant drawn in the specific container it actually wants, beside a fact table with everything you need before you spend a dollar - sun, container size in gallons, soil, water, days to harvest, difficulty, whether it pollinates itself, what eats it, and which varieties to look for. Inside, you'll learn:. The one rule that decides whether a balcony vegetable actually fruits - and why most beginners never hear it. Why a container can outperform a garden bed outright for finicky crops like blueberries and carrots - and for anyone growing over old city soil. The truth about gravel in the bottom of pots (it's a myth, and a costly one). How to hand-pollinate a squash flower in under thirty seconds. Which "self-pollinating" plants still need a two-second daily shake to actually set fruit. A season-by-season care calendar built around how containers behave, not garden beds. Pest and disease identification plates - what's eating your plant, and what to do about it. What to grow when your balcony gets almost no direct sun at all. >Whether you're growing one cherry tomato in a five-gallon grow bag or filling every railing and corner with tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, blueberries, and herbs, this book gives you the exact information to do it right the first time - illustrated, organized, and written for someone who has never grown anything before. Your balcony is about to get more interesting.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Malinix
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 148