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==Intro==
==Intro==
Vertical gardening helps you make the best of the light you have and optimize on the vertical space available in condensed areas.  Traditionally vertical gardening includes trellising, terracing, or tumbling.  <ref> Ruppenthal, R. J.''Fresh Food from Small Spaces: The Square-Inch Gardener's Guide to Year-Round Growing, Fermenting, and Sprouting.'' Chelsea Green Publishing, 2008. </ref>  
Vertical gardening helps you make the best of the light you have and optimize on the vertical space available in condensed areas.  Traditionally vertical gardening includes trellising, terracing, or tumbling.  <ref> Ruppenthal, R. J.''Fresh Food from Small Spaces: The Square-Inch Gardener's Guide to Year-Round Growing, Fermenting, and Sprouting.'' Chelsea Green Publishing, 2008. </ref>  
==Background==
==System Design==


==Background==
==Background==

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Intro

Vertical gardening helps you make the best of the light you have and optimize on the vertical space available in condensed areas. Traditionally vertical gardening includes trellising, terracing, or tumbling. [1]

Background

System Design

Lighting

Lighting is either:

  • Full sun = 6 to 8 hours of sun per day
  • Partial sun = direct sun for a shorter period or dappled sun through the leaves of an overhanging tree.
  • Full shade = sunless conditions

Plant preferences for lighting:

  • Tomatos and cucumbers want full sun
  • Beans and peas can do with any where from full sun to partial sun
  • Root vegetables like radishes and potatoes can do with partial sun
  • Leafy greens like spinach and chard can deal with very little sun
  • Onions like full light for mature bulbs, but scallions (or baby onions) can be grown in less light. [2]

Designing with Light in Mind

  • Know how much sunlight your garden gets and what areas receive more.

This means being patient and watching, take one day to record how the sunlight shifts over your garden. Draw a simple sketch of your garden and break up your garden into a graph, with separate sections. Write down how many hours and minutes of direct sunlight each section receives. At what time does your garden receive the light? You can get as specific as you want, but at least find out if your garden gets more sunlight in the morning or in the afternoon. [3]


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References

  1. Ruppenthal, R. J.Fresh Food from Small Spaces: The Square-Inch Gardener's Guide to Year-Round Growing, Fermenting, and Sprouting. Chelsea Green Publishing, 2008.
  2. Ruppenthal, R. J.Fresh Food from Small Spaces: The Square-Inch Gardener's Guide to Year-Round Growing, Fermenting, and Sprouting. Chelsea Green Publishing, 2008.
  3. Ruppenthal, R. J.Fresh Food from Small Spaces: The Square-Inch Gardener's Guide to Year-Round Growing, Fermenting, and Sprouting. Chelsea Green Publishing, 2008.
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