Growing vegetables on a balcony is actually very simple. First, check the environment of your balcony, plan out the areas for planting, and any unwanted containers at home can be put to use for growing vegetables. In addition, burlap bags have good drainage, so they are a great choice as planting containers. Once you get the hang of it, you can add your own creative touches and design the vegetable garden into a stylish, beautiful and practical balcony backyard. Just thinking about it is lovely.

Most homes nowadays have enclosed balconies. Semi-enclosed or unenclosed balconies are not suitable for growing vegetables in winter, as the temperature is too low and the survival rate is too low. For simple balcony vegetable growing, you can choose: garlic sprouts, radishes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, chili peppers. Now let's talk about the sweet potato houseplant.

Put 1 "sweet potato" in a pot, and in 30 days it grows into a houseplant, even more beautiful than a pothos, the more you look at it the more you love it!

With an ordinary sweet potato, we don't think it looks good, nor do we think it has any artistic feel. But put it in a glass bottle or a clay pot and make it into a bonsai, and it is completely different. Placing the sweet potato bonsai at home makes it both a visual highlight of the home and a source of leaves for eating, enjoying both food and beauty together.

Sweet potatoes grow underground, so the tuberous roots require a relatively large space; therefore, the container you choose must be wide and deep enough. Choose a sweet potato root tuber with unbroken skin, wash it, dry it in the sun, then wipe it once with alcohol or baijiu, put it in a plastic bag, and hang it in a sunny spot (keep it at 26°C in winter), and wait for it to sprout.

Generally, after 7 days it will sprout. After sprouting, place it in a spot with plenty of sunlight, and don't forget to water it. In two weeks it will grow enough to take over the whole desk. Generally, in 30 days it grows into a houseplant. After that, place it in a well-ventilated spot, and then prune and shape it according to its characteristics. In this way, a unique sweet potato bonsai is ready, even prettier than the pothos at home.

We can also grow sweet potatoes by hydroponics, which looks cleaner and prettier. You only need water and a transparent bottle. The reason for choosing a transparent bottle is that you can observe the growth of the root system and the water level. Sweet potato houseplants can be grown all year round. Those planted in spring (March) are called spring sweet potatoes, and those planted after the wheat harvest (around the end of May) are called wheat-stubble sweet potatoes.

Generally, once the sprouts have grown fairly long, you can place it in a nice container according to the specific shape of the sweet potato, and grow it in soil or in water, either way works. Note that if growing in water, the water does not need to be changed often; generally you only need to add water again when the water in the container is almost gone.