1, growing vegetables in flowerpots
2. Planting shade-tolerant vegetables
3. Water shortage
4, mirror or tin foil fill light
5, plant fill light lamp
1, growing vegetables in flowerpots
When planting, you can choose movable containers, such as flower pots, so that you can move vegetables to the sun as needed, artificially increasing the time for plants to receive light. Therefore, it is recommended to choose small potted plants for easy movement. If there are many plants and the containers are large and heavy, this method is not applicable.
Advantages: consumption cost is low, and vegetables can receive natural light well.
Disadvantages: Manual moving is time-consuming and laborious.
Pot planting
2. Planting shade-tolerant vegetables
If the sunshine is not enough, you can choose some shade-tolerant vegetables, such as onion, garlic, radish, fungus, spinach, leek, coriander, asparagus, spinach, rape, bean sprouts, pea seedlings, lettuce and so on.
These vegetables have almost no requirements for sunshine, and they are not easily affected by the weather when planted on the balcony, especially leafy vegetables such as lettuce and leek, which are very suitable for family balcony planting. Pay attention to the interval and water it properly, and you will get a full harvest and a sense of accomplishment.
Advantages: time and labor saving, and cost saving.
Disadvantages: the choice of vegetables is limited.
A shade-tolerant vegetable-Auricularia auricula
3. Water shortage
Usually when the light is insufficient, we don't need to water too much in the process of planting, as long as we can ensure the normal demand of plants. Because the temperature is relatively low where there is little light, the water in the soil evaporates slowly when the temperature is low and the light is weak. If you water a lot more, it is easy to drown. Not only is there not enough light, but there is too much water, and vegetables are easy to die.
Advantages: cost saving, no need for excessive care.
Disadvantages: poor plant growth and prolonged growth cycle.
Drink less water.
4, mirror or tin foil fill light
Tin foil paper or mirror can also be used to supplement the light of plant growth because of its reflective effect. We can see that it has a reflective effect on one side. In fact, this is the performance of its ability to absorb light and reflect it to plants, so that those crops that can meet the growth conditions only by scattering light have enough light for photosynthesis. For reflected light, you can also choose to paint a white wall, but generally the cost is too high, so this method is not recommended. However, you should also pay attention to safety when reflecting light with a mirror, so as to avoid the mirror falling from the upstairs and hitting people.
Advantages: simple and convenient, low cost.
Disadvantages: limited reflected light.
Specular reflection light
5, plant fill light lamp
We can use fill light for plants, which takes 2 to 5 hours every day. It is enough for plants to carry out photosynthesis every day to maintain the normal transformation of plant vegetative growth and thus promote plant growth and development.
When we use the plant fill light lamp, besides controlling the use time every day, we also need to pay attention to the nodes that control the use time. Bian Xiao suggested using plant fill light lamps from 7: 00 to 9: 00 or 5: 00 to 8: 00 every day, because the photosynthesis of plants is relatively strong at this time, and it fully occurs. Of course, in addition to controlling the use time node, it is also necessary to control the use distance of the plant fill light from the plant. If the power of the plant fill light lamp exceeds 24w, the distance between the lamp and the plant is 50cm; if the power is lower than 24w, the distance of 30cm is enough, so that the plant can better absorb light energy. At the same time, it can also prevent plants from being burned.
Advantages: effectively and conveniently solve the problem of insufficient illumination.
Disadvantages: Need to buy equipment, pay attention to the time and distance of filling light.
Plant fill light lamp
These are the five tips I shared with you to solve the problem of insufficient light when growing vegetables. You can see if there are any suitable methods according to your actual situation. Anyway. It is difficult to grow flowering plants and good vegetables on the balcony with insufficient light, because light is the greatest demand for plant growth, so we should try our best to avoid and solve the problem of insufficient light.