Tudo o que precisas para construir o teu jardim verticalAll you need is a balcony wall to build a small vertical garden with incredible pots and plants. Do you have a large space? Start creating a real tropical forest on your balcony!
In this article we will answer four frequently asked questions to help you build a vertical garden!
How to choose the wall for the vertical garden?
We have to think carefully about the wall we are going to choose to build our vertical garden. The main aspects to take into account are the resistance of the wall and sun exposure. The wall must be firm and resistant to humidity. As for sun exposure, as vertical gardens are generally built using pots or flower boxes , we should choose a wall that has few or no hours of direct sunlight.
Vertical gardens mounted on walls, with shade for most of the day, benefit from the advantage of lower maintenance. They require less watering and, in this case, a wide variety of species can be used, whether indoor or outdoor plants. If your dream is to build a vertical garden in the sun, you should pay close attention to selecting the best plant species.
What are the best plants for my vertical garden?
The selection of the best plants should begin by defining how much time we will allocate to maintaining the vertical garden. People who travel a lot, for example, should select plants that do not require much care, such as cacti, succulents or sansevierias.
If you want to seriously dedicate yourself to building your vertical garden, you can choose any type of plant, as long as it is not a species that grows a lot of roots. Ferns, as they originate from humid forests, do not need to dedicate much energy to developing roots that absorb water. For this reason, they are ideal plants for a vertical garden!
How to install a vertical garden with pots and/or flower boxes?
There are several options for wall pots and planters , easy to install on any wall, which allow us to build a vertical garden. The assembly of everything is as simple as we can see in this video that explains how to assemble the Algarve wall pots, for example:
Does a vertical garden require a lot of maintenance?
Once again, the choice of plants is crucial to predict whether our vertical garden will require more or less maintenance. However, whatever the choice of plants, it is important to periodically check whether the plants need watering or, possibly, if they have been attacked by any pests. In the case of indoor vertical gardens, watering should be done with enough water to moisten the entire surface of the soil, little by little, to prevent water from leaking out through the drainage holes.
Using an automatic watering system, where possible, is great for reducing the need to check whether the soil around your plants is dry, but it must be precisely regulated to water your plants with the right amount of water.
