The spots to place edible plants for successful growing
The spots to place edible plants for successful growing
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If you’ve had mixed success with growing fruit and vegetables, it may be simply because your plants don’t like the spot you’ve put them in. “As gardeners, we are taught that rhododendrons like an acid soil, and clematis like their feet in the shade and their heads in the sun. Ornamental plants prefer certain growing environments but we don’t think like that for edibles,” she says.
“There are edibles that love shade, edibles that love sun and some that love moisture, while others love dryness. If you put them in the right place, they’re happier and they will grow better naturally.”. With this in mind, Chamberlain has written RHS Grow Food Anywhere, in which she breaks down the environments found in gardens into seven zones, from sunny and sheltered to shady and dry, and the edible plants which will suit the conditions of each zone.
Zone 1 – sunny and sheltered. Strawberries. “The sweetness of any crop is directly related to the amount of sun it can get. Shelter is important for strawberries because bees will visit to pollinate the flowers, and if the site is open and exposed and windy, that’s not going to happen,” she says.
Top tip: If you have the space, grow as many strawberry plants as you can because you’ll need plenty for a good harvest. Other crops to grow in Zone 1: Nectarines and apricots, runner beans, peppers, aubergines and tomatoes. Zone 2 – sunny, open and dry.
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