These vegetables are best suited for balcony container growing, one flower pot gives you vegetables all year round

Unless you are super rich, most of us vegetable growers have really limited balcony space. If you want potted vegetables without gaps all year round, you should choose vegetables that are easy to manage and grow fast. The 3 below are the best for growing on a home balcony, and one flower pot is enough to grow them!

1. Cherry tomatoes

Apart from leafy seedlings, among fruiting vegetables the tomato is the best suited to balcony growing. Cherry tomatoes are recommended: they have a long growth cycle, many flowers and many fruits, and the fruits come in many colours too, red and pink, very beautiful. This kind of potted plant is not only for eating but also for ornamental viewing - first the flowers, then the fruit. Planted on a balcony, it is a very good choice.

2. Bok choy

Growing vegetables on a balcony is not limited by season; you just need to ensure good temperature, light and ventilation. Bok choy sprouts quickly, so it is very well suited to balcony growing. Once planted, it can keep producing all year round and you can eat from it for a long time. Spinach and lettuce, which are similar, are both fairly well suited to balcony container growing.

3. Garlic chives

Garlic chives are also called "jiu cai" (long-lasting vegetable) or "lazy person's chives". You can tell from the name that once you plant garlic chives, they last a very long time. You cut one round after another, and the growth cycle is long, so they are very well suited to balcony growing. And because indoor temperatures are good these days, growing vegetables on a balcony is not limited by season either; you just need to ensure good temperature, light and ventilation.

Generally, for balcony vegetable growing there are also these fast-growing short-cycle vegetables, such as rape, mustard greens, bok choy, and leaf lettuce, all of which are good choices for a balcony.