I have quite a lot of herbs and stuff, mostly hydroponic, but can’t find a lot of inspiration what I wanna grow next year.

I’m looking for some sweet, delicious fruit, maybe even exotic ones that you can’t find in the supermarket.

Preferably they should have those checkboxes, but don’t have to fullfil all requirements:

  • Be annual. If they require overwintering inside, then they must check next mark
  • Be non-toxic/ only mildly toxic to cats
  • Grow well in a hydroponic environment. Shouldn’t be a problem I guess?
  • Shouldn’t grow too large, especially on the floor (for example like melons)
  • Have a good yield
  • Should be growable from seed, or preferably cuttings

My ideas/ experiences:

  • Melons (watermelon or cantaloupe) -> already tried, but didn’t survive due to inconvenient circumstances
  • Strawberries (sadly, bad ratio between size and yield)
  • Lemons or citrus fruits (already growing, are in seedling stage)

Do you have any suggestions or experiences? What are your favourites?

  • @redisdeadEnglish
    1•5 months ago

    Strawberries. Strawberries all day every day.

    You can leave them outside in the winter. Average plant lives 4 years. Strawberries do two things: make fruits and spread like weeds.

    Mix a June bearing variety and an everbearing variety for constant harvest + a bounty in june.

    Get one of them towers that lets you have 12+ plants on a tiny amount of floor space for more strawberries.

    Or like just stack buckets. https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/strawberry/vertical-strawberry-tower.htm

    Strawbs don’t care