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Sunlight ? for a container garden
We live in an apartment and I was hoping to use the balconies for a container garden this year. One balcony faces east, and gets direct sunlight in the morning. The other faces west and gets direct sunlight in the afternoon. They only get direct sunlight for a few hours each day because the people who live above us have balconies directly above ours.
What plants would work best with this type of sunlight? I suppose I could move a plant from one side of the flat to the other during the day, but is that even necessary?
Re: Sunlight ? for a container garden
*waves hiya to Katie*
Because I'm a geek - I'd probably do a trial and plant one of each item and put them on either balcony and see which one does better. What do you want to grow? That might be a better gauge of giving you suggestions for the balcony.
Here's a link to a garden glossary that gives some pretty good info on veggies.
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/veggies/directory.html
I kept my container garden on my back patio, which gets full sun in the morning. My plants did pretty well. The plants I have on the front of my house get full afternoon sun (facing west), and those plants are all drought tolerant because it gets so hot on the front of the house.
how much is "a few hours" and what are you looking to plant: veg, flowers?
Most vegetables & herbs need full sun...meaning 6-8 hrs. They may be able to get by with 4 hrs of afternoon sun but production would be lower. If you opt to go this route, I would go with smaller fruiting veg like cherry tomatoes.
Here's a link to a blog that focuses on container gardening:
www.lifeonthebalcony.com
Thanks for the links! I want to do veggies and herbs.
It just dawned on me that the west-facing balcony will get a lot more sun because the sun doesn't set at 5 in the summer. There aren't any buildings in front of ours, just the river--so maybe it will be more like 7 or 8 hours of direct sun facing west.