Hello friends!

One of our admins, @poVoq, has set up a wiki in his spare time for slrpnk.net. For the time being, editing is limited to moderators-only. However, @poVoq has also created an EtherPad that we can use to work together on it!

I went ahead and started a /c/BalconyGardening wiki but we need your ideas, knowledge, and experience to make it a helpful addition to the community. So, I am proposing that we use an Etherpad with the name BalconyWiki to collaborate on additions and improvements to the wiki. I'd ask that you please add your Lemmy username at the top-right of etherpad when editing to keep it accountable. :)

Any and all suggestions are welcome, as long as they fit within the BalconyGardening theme. I would love it if we could set up a starting guide for those who want to set up their first balcony garden!

Here are some ideas of sections we can develop:

• Getting Started - for those new to balcony gardening
• No Balcony? No Problem! - other ways community members can garden
• Common Issues - and solutions!
• Recommended Crops - to offset food costs, to resist pests, for high-yield to share with others, etc.
• DIY/Upcycled Solutions - such as re-using plastic waste for planters

I hope you're all enjoying your day and I can't wait to hear your ideas!

I have quite a lot of herbs and stuff, mostly hydroponic, but can't find a lot of inspiration what I wanna grow next year.

I'm looking for some sweet, delicious fruit, maybe even exotic ones that you can't find in the supermarket.

Preferably they should have those checkboxes, but don't have to fullfil all requirements:

• Be annual. If they require overwintering inside, then they must check next mark
• Be non-toxic/ only mildly toxic to cats
• Grow well in a hydroponic environment. Shouldn't be a problem I guess?
• Shouldn't grow too large, especially on the floor (for example like melons)
• Have a good yield
• Should be growable from seed, or preferably cuttings

My ideas/ experiences:

• Melons (watermelon or cantaloupe) -> already tried, but didn't survive due to inconvenient circumstances
• Strawberries (sadly, bad ratio between size and yield)
• Lemons or citrus fruits (already growing, are in seedling stage)

Do you have any suggestions or experiences? What are your favourites?

My mornong glory's leaves on my balcony has some problems. I'm not sure what could be the issue, some other plants show similar symthoms (celery's leaves for example)

Can I ask for help from someone more experienced? I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

I live in central EU, my balcony can get really hot, like 30-35 celsius. It gets direct sunlight from around 1-2 afternoon to 6-7. I water my plants daily, because of the heat, the soil dires quickly

Backside of the leaves:

If you are using larger planter boxes, what material and size did you choose? I have a basically rectangular balcony and would like to put a planter box across each of the short ends, perhaps wooden or even concrete. Any wisdom from experience out there?