Usually we can plant some vegetables on the balcony. Most of the vegetables are generally planted in the soil and rarely maintained in the air. Common tomatoes, coriander, radish, beans, lettuce, pepper and other vegetables can be planted in the soil. You only need to prepare a f

Usually we can plant some vegetables on the balcony. Most of the vegetables are generally planted in the soil and rarely maintained in the air. Common tomatoes, coriander, radish , beans, lettuce, pepper and other vegetables can be planted in the soil. You only need to prepare a foam box to serve as a container, as well as leaf rot soil, garden soil, river sand, etc., mix it to be the soil needed for vegetables, and it is good to plant vegetables in such soil.

Even in the cold winter, vegetables can still be grown. Vegetables that are more suitable for planting in winter include celery, beet , golden needle vegetable , chrysanthemum, etc. They have high cold tolerance. Vegetables like kale can even tolerate subzero temperatures. After low planting in the first year, they can basically form "leaf balls" and can be harvested in the spring of the second year. If they are planted enough, they will be enough for the family to eat.

There are also flower lovers who like to grow some sweet potatoes. In order to improve the ornamental value of sweet potatoes, she even raises sweet potatoes in the air. That is to say, soil is not required to maintain sweet potatoes. If they are well maintained and planted enough, they can still harvest 400 kilograms of sweet potatoes a year, which can fill 5 baskets. So many sweet potatoes are enough for the whole family to eat. What is more important is that such sweet potatoes are very ornamental in the air. Sometimes when relatives and friends come to their homes and see such sweet potatoes on the balcony and the courtyard, they will stay. Let’s take a look together.

Atomization and watering

If you want to maintain sweet potatoes in the air, we need to use atomization and watering. After all, sweet potatoes need watering and nutrients. If their roots cannot absorb water and nutrients, it will be difficult to grow and survive. Therefore, atomization is required, and the nutrient solution is added to the atomized water separation and spray it on the sweet potatoes. The sweet potato can absorb these substances and promote the growth of sweet potatoes. If used well, it can also increase the yield of sweet potatoes.

Sweet potato tree

For such atomization watering, we generally use it on some sweet potato trees. It is one of the varieties of sweet potatoes and is also a relatively excellent variety. The sweet potato tree itself is also an perennial shrub. It also has some nicknames. Some flower lovers will call it woody sweet potato, woody sweet potato, etc., which are actually typical sweet potatoes.

However, such sweet potato trees are generally relatively high in size and can generally grow to 1.5 meters. The plants have strong environmental adaptability and are characterized by few diseases and pests, drought resistance, barrenness and cold resistance. They can be planted in the north and south of my country. Its total growth period is 110-160 days. It can be said that the growth cycle is relatively short. After maintenance, you can harvest sweet potatoes quickly. Some flower lovers have maintained some in their own courtyards, and there is no need for soil. When the sweet potatoes mature, they have harvested 400 kilograms and filled 5 baskets.

According to research, a sweet potato tree like this can grow dozens of sweet potatoes, the largest one is 7 kilograms and the small one is 2 kilograms. It can be seen that the weight is very large and it can be harvested in autumn. However, some sweet potatoes are very small, which may be as big as potatoes, and there are fewer of them.

When harvesting, be careful to harvest large sweet potatoes and keep small ones. By next year, it can even grow to 8 kilograms.

is very important to maintain the temperature of sweet potato trees. Generally, the ambient temperature must be controlled at 16-28 degrees Celsius. There are also requirements for light intensity. It is good after all, between 8000 and 30000 lux. Such temperature and light intensity are preferred by sweet potato trees. Sweet potato trees with are usually harvested in 2 months after soilless cultivation.

That’s all about the “sweet potato trees” that can be raised in the air. Have you ever seen this sweet potato?