Small Space Vegetable Garden Plants

February 8, 2021
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Don’t let a small garden space keep you from growing your own food. You can grow so many space saving vegetables in so many different ways from vertically, in pots, raised beds and in ground. Heck you can even grow them inside your home with the right lighting! The first thing you need to know is that you can do it! You just need are the right plants.

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Garden Terms you need to know

Determinate: Determinate plants are plants that are bred to only grow a certain size

Indeterminate: Indeterminate plants can grow seemingly endless in size

Container friendly: Plants that grow well in small spaces

These are terms that you will want to know when shopping for small space vegetable seeds to grow in your garden.

Small space vegetables perfect for small gardens.

Small Space Tomato Plants

Determinate tomato plants offer a high producing plant that can trail out of hanging baskets, or trellised in a raised bed or sit tidy in a 12 inch pot. With plenty of sun and water you’ll be harvesting bowls full of sweet tomatoes all summer long. Some determinate dwarf varieties include Honeybee Hybrid Cherry, Lemon Drop and Red Robin to name a few.

Leafy Vegetable Plants

Leafy greens are perfect for small space gardening. They can fit nicely in raised beds or containers all by themselves. Some leafy greens include Lettuces, Collards, Swiss Chard, Bok Choy and Kale just to name a few.

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Need seeds? Check out Park Seed. They offer a wide variety of seeds for your garden

Small Space Pepper Plants

If your a lover of spicy, you can find many pepper varieties that will stay compact like Thai Bird’s Eye Chilli Pepper plants or the Golden Baby Belle which will only grow two feet tall.

Check out our 10 tips for small space gardens post!

Small Space Squash Plants

Did you know you can grow squash in containers? Indeterminate squash plants can grow very big but there are smaller container varieties that stay cute, compact and very productive. Some of those varieties include Honey Baby Hybrid Butternut Squash, Tivoli Hybrid Squash and Cocozelle Organic Squash to name a few.

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There are so many different small space vegetables that will fit in small spaces. Don’t forget to add some container flowers to bring in pollinators to your veggies but most of all have fun!!!

Happy Gardening!


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Ciearra is a gardener and houseplant enthusiast of over 10 years! She has been growing indoors and outdoors. Supplying food for her family and beautifying her home with annuals, perennials and houseplants! Ciearra is passionate about sharing her knowledge of plant care with anyone who needs help or a quick plant growth tip! When she’s not blogging you can find her tending to her chickens, dogs and hanging out with her family

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