You will need a deeper container.
Growing vegetables roof garden.
Low growing vegetables such as carrots and lettuce are a good option.
After considering the preliminary issues of starting a roof.
Believe it or not root vegetables are a good choice for rooftop gardens.
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For the climbing vegetables it is advisable to select the dwarf variety as very ling ones can break easily.
But these plants don t require a ton of horizontal space which is great for rooftop gardening.
How to start a roof garden depends on some issues like.
Also bush beans and peas yield excellent harvests when grown in containers.
Things to be considered before starting a rooftop garden.
You can plant radishes closely allow 2 inches of space between each plant in a wide container.
Root vegetables like carrots radishes and beats do well in containers.
Whether it s fruit shrubs vegetables or herbs most edible plants can be grown in a container on a roof.
Radishes are one of the quickest growing vegetables and suitable for container vegetable gardening as you can also grow them in small pots.
Best beginners guide to grow vegetables on rooftop garden step 1.
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A planter that is 6 inches deep is enough but if you are growing larger varieties use 10 inches deep pot.
Methods of building a rooftop vegetable garden.