It becomes even more challenging if you have chosen to plant culinary herbs in the balcony garden. Planting culinary herbs in a balcony garden involves a combination of a few factors that makes greening a balcony a task not for the faint hearted. I've not been known as a diligent gardener, and I would usually allow for the rain to do the watering on my behalf. But with a garden on a concrete balco
ny, whatever moisture that precipitates naturally would dry out in less than an hour. It is because of the reflective surfaces of the balcony and other buildings around that makes a balcony hotter than normal atmospheric temperature. It also tends to be a bit windy the higher we are, so the balcony dries out faster than on the ground. In addition, balconies are usually waterproofed to keep the concrete impervious to water logging and leakages, so they are usually very dry on their own. The only way to keep the plants on the balcony from drying out is to water twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening. The upside to having a hot and dry balcony is that certain herbs are able to thrive well in this environment. I've been able to grow rosemary here whilst I had always failed when I tried to grow this herb on the ground. Chillies also grow well on the balcony because they cannot have too much water.
