Vertical gardening is another trend added to the list, to answer it simply, vertical gardening refers to growing plants upwards rather than outwards. In this article let us also see advantages of vertical farming.
It is a clever little twist in the cultivation, a lot of different boxes and containers are used to grow vegetables, flowers, plants and fruits from the ground in an upward direction.
Vertical gardening is an alternative to the big flower beds that are usually found on the ground, it gives the option to grow them against any structure. There are few natural examples of vertically grown plants like ivy which belongs to the climbing green family, savvy gardeners have adopted these ideas and made it possible to grow various plants, fruits and flowers.
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People have found unlimited ways of vertical gardening! Beam hangings, stacked pots, shelf layers, netting, poles, railings, fences or many other varieties of garden frames are being utilized to set up vertical gardens.
Multi-layers are exclusively famous among the urban farming culture, using multi-layers provides ground space for more crop per area. You may have a vertical garden if you are looking for a fresh and brightened up garden space at your home, or you can easily utilize this technique for growing your fruits and vegetables organically in the comfort of your home.
Advantages of Vertical Farming
So, here are 12 reasons to start practicing vertical farming:
- A lot of studies have claimed that plants improve the air quality for both indoors and outdoors, they eliminate toxic volatile organic compounds and absorbs the pollutant present in our homes. Nowadays it is very common to find poor quality of air in almost every urban household due to pollution. So, you may create spaces on your windows, balconies and entrances for vertical plants and you will see a positive impact on your health.
- You always have the option to grow your plants with soil and without soil, hydroponic gardening is one way to grow plants without soil. The hydroponic method helps in saving a lot of water.
- You can recycle old pots, baskets and bottles to start vertical gardening, currently trending are cold drink bottles (glass and plastic), ladders using the technique of multi-layers, cloth pockets and old jute bags.
- It is possible to grow your vertical garden all the year as you can keep your plants inside, people have now started utilizing their basements to create a personal green space.
- No need to dig a big plot on earth for a plantation, you can grow them anywhere you want. It is low maintenance and very simple to take care of these plants, also less soil area promotes fewer soil insecticides and pesticides.
- Vertical gardens are extremely reliable, which means if you have chosen to opt for vertical farming then you worry less about crop production, it ensures consistency in yielding of crops because of the high maintenance and monitoring.
- Unlike conventional farming, vertical farming does not require a lot of fertile land space. The stacking growth feature of vertical farming allows you to achieve a fair amount of productivity in a smaller patch.
- Vertical farming also cuts down the transportation cost, as we all are familiar that there are a lot of crops and seeds that are transported via multiple oceans and countries. Using the vertical farming method, you can always grow your crops near the area of your consumer, which will eventually cut down the transportation costs and also manages to decrease the level of carbon monoxide emission.
- It is also proven that vertical farming is a highly energy-efficient process of farming, it uses only LED lights. A lot of farms have now installed their power generating capacity using renewable technologies that blend power and heat to produce an efficient solution that harnesses and saves extra energy.
- Another excellent fact about vertical farming is that it is sustainable and human friendly, it successfully reduces the risk factors for farmers as they have to deal with hazardous heavy farming gears and equipment.
- It also promotes bio-diversity as vertical farming does not require clearing of forest for agriculture and also saves cattle from being over-utilized.
- In this era of global warming, vertical gardening provides you with the opportunity to utilize your small spaces and create green spaces as much as you can. Also, when it comes to a bigger picture, vertical gardening is being tried and tested successfully in a lot of developed countries that have managed to create green space on a very larger scale that too in the middle of the cities.
Well, everyone is aware of the pros of having vertical gardens and wanted to adopt this habit for a long time.
Hope these 12 facts have provided you with enough information to get inspired and start creating your green space by recycling the old unwanted stuff. So, do not wait for long and get going with the new trend of vertical gardening.
