Verticulture, Healthy and Green in the Narrow Area

Onion planting in Pasuruan with Verticulture technique (image:Bataviase)

Have a gardening activity in Jakarta is a good thing. But, for most people here it may be often hampered because we live in a narrow alley. Now, there is a solution to overcome this problem, it's called Verticulture planting technique.

"Verticulture is way of gardening by arrange it vertically. It's better because it saves more area and this also artistic," said Donor Rahayu, one of the founders of the Komunitas Halaman Organik.

Verticulture techniques are usually developed by using rack or pipe. Meanwhile, as plant container, we can use plastic cups from waste of drinking water product and the like.

"Many plants can be grown using this technique, it is not damaged as well," said Donor. To maximize plant growth, we can use a mixture of soil with compost with a ratio of 3:1. The maintenance is easy, simply by spraying water.

Verticulture planting by pipe (image:Lapak Hijau)

With verticulture techniques, each household can produce organic vegetables on their own. And house become more beautiful because it also can be used with ornamental plants.

"Vegetables that can be planted with this technique for instance caisim, lettuce, celery, rosemary, and many more. And it also can be mixed with ornamental plants to prevent pests, such as sanseivera, myrtle, Soka, akalipa, Aglonema, and so forth," said Donor.

Growing vegetables, herbs and ornamental plants with verticulture is one of the Komunitas Halaman Organik programs. Another founder of this community is the Donor's husband, Soeparwan Soeleman.

The main advantage of developing garden is health itself. The house got a healthy food intake, has a healthy activity and healthy environment as well. Another advantage is to get cheap foods, a beautiful house and peace of mind.