Bed & Balcony

Container & balcony plans

Round pots, usable liters, root-space checks, and a daily moisture check when conditions demand it.

Check your frost season

12 plans

Small containers · 4+ hours sun

Three 20 L leafy containers

One leafy crop per pot with a 60 L total mix requirement.

Leaf lettuce · Chive clumps · Compact parsley

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Small containers · 6+ hours sun

Four 25 L kitchen containers

Four useful kitchen crops in individual containers and a 100 L mix order.

Compact basil · Compact parsley · Chive clumps · Swiss chard

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Small containers · 6+ hours sun

One 40 L Tiny Tim tomato pot

One purchased dwarf tomato plant in a dedicated supported pot.

Tiny Tim dwarf tomato

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Small containers · 6+ hours sun

Two 40 L beans and basil pots

Separate warm-season bean and basil containers with an 80 L fill total.

Bush snap beans · Compact basil

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Small containers · 4+ hours sun

Six 8 L herb pots

Six small pots for compact parsley plants and chive clumps.

Chive clumps · Compact parsley

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Lower sun · 4+ hours sun

Four-hour balcony greens

Three cool-season pots that avoid fruiting crops at low light.

Leaf lettuce · Spinach

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Use what you own · 4+ hours sun

Containers with mix already owned

Reuse 40 L of suitable potting mix before ordering bags for a 60 L setup.

Leaf lettuce · Compact parsley · Chive clumps

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Small containers · 6+ hours sun

Three pots with no trellis

Bush beans, round radishes and chives without climbing crops or tall structures.

Bush snap beans · Small round radishes · Chive clumps

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Small containers · 6+ hours sun

One pepper pot from seed or seedling

Choose an indoor seed start or an existing nursery plant, then follow the matching outdoor and fruit-harvest calendar.

Compact sweet pepper

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Small containers · 6+ hours sun

A bush cucumber pot with a flowering check

Direct sow a warm-soil cucumber, then use its pollination label to decide when covers must come off.

Compact bush cucumber

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Small containers · 5+ hours sun

Three small pots with sample-root checks

Thin separate root crops and sample each pot before deciding when to clear it.

Small round radishes · Small-root beets · Small-root turnips

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Use what you own · 6+ hours sun

Place the seedlings you already own

Reserve space for two existing compact nursery plants and buy only the missing plants and mix.

Tiny Tim dwarf tomato · Compact sweet pepper

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