Vertical gardening with shoe organizers

I show you how I used shoe organizers to create a vertical garden for growing leafy greens on my condo balcony.

This article is a summary of a YouTube video "Vertical gardening with shoe organizers" by Blossom Flower Delivery

Key insights about video Vertical gardening with shoe organizers

💡 Growing your own greens and vegetables in limited space is possible by using shoe organizers as a garden on your balcony.

💡 Pro mix vegetable and herb mix, along with rock dust and worm casting combo, create a good soil mixture for planting.

💡 Starting seeds indoors under grow lights and then gradually transitioning them outside helps plants adapt better to the outdoor environment.

💡 The shoe pocket garden containers are working well for growing various greens and herbs.

💡 It takes around an hour to plant around 48 pockets in the shoe organizers.

💡 After a week, the plants in the shoe pocket containers are thriving and growing well.

💡 Planting Swiss chard, parsley, and cilantro completes the shoe pocket garden.

Timestamped Summary

00:09 The speaker shows the shoe organizers that she will be using to plant a garden on her balcony in Toronto.

00:18 She explains that she is using limited space and wants to make the best use of it.

01:01 The speaker shows the brand of Pro Mix she is using for the soil.

01:09 She adds rock dust and worm castings to the soil.

01:23 The speaker shows seedlings that she started from scratch and has now started to bring outside.

02:15 One week later, the plants are doing well in the shoe organizers.

02:35 The speaker finishes planting the remaining Swiss chard, parsley, and cilantro.

03:13 The speaker has a total of 42 shoe pockets planted, and shows the difference between last week's plants and this week's plants.

03:53 The speaker is happy with how the garden turned out.

04:12 The speaker shows the different plants in the garden, including parsley, cilantro, pepper, and basil.

05:02 The speaker replants the basil and hopes it will do better.

04:45 The speaker shows her tall cherry tomato plant, but mentions that some of the leaves are yellowing.

05:06 The speaker plants the tomato plant in a larger bag and hopes it will perk up.

05:14 The speaker jokes about walking into a spa with dirty fingers after gardening.

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Q&A

What is the purpose of the shoe organizers?

The shoe organizers are being used to plant a garden on the balcony to make the best use of limited gardening space.

What type of soil are they using?

They are using Pro mix, specifically the vegetable and herb Pro mix, for the garden.

What other materials are being added to the soil?

They are adding a combination of rock dust and worm castings to each pocket of soil.

What types of plants are being grown?

They are growing parsley, lettuce mixes, arugula, kale, dinosaur kale, collards, Swiss chard, and cilantro.

How are the plants doing after one week?

The plants are doing well in the shoe organizer containers, with some being planted the previous week and others being newly planted.

How many pockets have been planted so far?

They have planted a total of 42 pockets in the shoe organizers.

Vertical gardening with shoe organizers

Key insights about video Vertical gardening with shoe organizers

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