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the_ryan•1d ago

My cherry tomato plant kept dropping blossoms on my 4th floor balcony in Chicago, so I tried shaking it every morning

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evanfox•5d ago

I swore I'd never grow tomatoes on my 4th floor balcony, then my aunt in Phoenix asked me one simple thing

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jakewhite•5d ago

My neighbor saw my sad basil and asked one question that fixed my whole setup

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tessa_roberts1•7d ago

PSA: I planted 6 basil seeds in one tiny pot to save space and only 1 survived, so stop cramming seeds together

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david821•8d ago

Grew lettuce in a cracked dollar store dish rack on my fire escape in Chicago, and it somehow outproduced my pots

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taylorcarr•8d ago

Watched a guy in Brooklyn grow tomatoes in a paint bucket, and it wrecked my whole setup

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jordan653•8d ago

My neighbor swears by morning watering, I do evenings, and now my basil is a mess

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the_james•9d ago

Spent $45 on a cheap moisture meter, and my cherry tomatoes paid for it

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reese177•10d ago

Warning: killed my first two basil plants before I picked perlite over vermiculite in my 10 inch pot

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sean_murphy45•10d ago

My cherry tomato plant on the third floor balcony gave me exactly 4 tomatoes, but they were worth it

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wrenstone•13d ago

A guy at the Richmond farmer's market talked me out of buying seedlings and it totally changed my balcony setup

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linda_butler28•14d ago

A guy at the Nashville farmers market told me my balcony pots were too shallow, and he was right

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stellafisher•15d ago

Hot take: my aunt's 'one inch of water per week' rule for my balcony tomatoes worked, and now I'm doubting every fancy moisture meter

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william917•17d ago

Saw a guy in Portland growing kale in old milk crates on his fire escape, now I'm rethinking my whole setup

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wyatt_ross27•17d ago

Pro tip: stop growing tomatoes on your balcony unless you get 6 hours of direct sun, I learned this the hard way in Denver

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