Do you have areas of shade in your garden and want to grow edible plants then this video is going to give you 21 edible plants that can grow in the shade.
Every garden will have areas of shade at some point throughout the year and these 21 edible plants are perfect to grow in the shady corners of your garden and still produce nutritious food. Maximise your home gardens by growing food in the shade.
And make sure you stick around until the end for some extra tips to get your shady gardens thriving and producing baskets of food.
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0:00 Intro
1:57 Rainbow Chard
2:36 Sweet Potato
3:36 Rocket
4:28 Lettuce
5:21 Tamarillo
6:58 Kale
7:22 Nasturtium
8:10 Alpine Strawberries
8:50 Radish
9:26 Blueberry
10:28 Celery
11:33 Parsley
12:21 Mint
13:29 Rhubarb
13:49 Bush beans
14:21 Monstera
15:20 Ginger
15:47 Cardamom Ginger
16:19 Chives
18:02 Mushrooms
18:54 Strawberry guava
19:54 Tips to Grow Food in the Shade
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39 Comments
A delightful well done presentation.
I’m a horticulturist. My advice is: try it in the shade. As of now there are no plant police so plant cruelty isn’t a felony
"Rocket" as you call it is actually a variety of Arugula. Choose Arugula seed carefully as some in the Rocket varieties are small* leafed. Most will reseed themselves.
Hi there from Olakhoma, USA…I just found your channel and it is very interesting. I've had the Alpinr Strawberry in my yard in Ohio. I love Peppermint. i dry the leave and use for hot tea. I dry several herbs. Chives i like to cut up and freese.Thank you.
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I learned so much from you Dear! Thank you
You are very good gardener.. Ever you tried to grow heirloom varities
EDIBLE SHADE PLANTS
1- Rainbow chard, lots of dishes
2- Sweet Potato, full shade ok, dies back on frost, but returns when warm, more edible greens than tubers when planted in shade
3- Rocket, keep wetter, or gets bitter when dry
4- Lettuce, doesn't like heat
5- Tamarillo, sour/tart, need wind_frost protection,
6- Kale, slows in shade,
7- Nasturtium, wraps, salads, pestos and many recipes,
8- Alpine Strawberries, white variety tastes like pineapple
9- Radish, fast
10- Blueberry, good understory plant, under pines, ok in pots
11- Celery, slow to establish, then prolific, keep moist, or it will go bitter
12- Parsley,
13- Mint, has runners underground,
14- Rhubarb, heavy feeder, needs compost,
15- Bush beans,
16- Monstera, big beautiful leaves once established
17- Ginger
18- Cardamom Ginger,
19- Chives,
20- Herbs,
21- Mushrooms
22- Guava tree,
I live in Canada, therefore I can't grow anything in the winter. Most of my small garden is shaded by a massive magnolia tree and I get lots of snails and squirrels who eat or dig up my plants.
Our winter goes to -20 F in Minneapolis! So we have just 3 months of warm some hot weather . Right today we had 59 and high of 64 in 10 of September 🤷🏼♀️
How do you deal with slugs and snails? I just really don't want to poison the area or drown them… 🙁
Oooooh, I have never seen a guava with that color before.❤️
Thanks for sharing your wonderful ideas.
I LOVE guava and now you’ve convinced me that I need to grow one. I have a garden that is in shade most of the day from fences and trees and I have a spot in the corner that is calling out for a tree and I think a guava would be perfect. Also, so lovely to see a garden video in WA. I’m in the South west and this is the closest I’ve found to my local conditions.
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I've got nothing but shade, so this is what I've been looking for. Love the shots of the meals you make using what you've grown. Gives me more inspiration.
Thanks for your insights. I've been gardening for decades, but I learned some new things from you and appreciate your insights. Go Kiwis!
I've had some success with broccoli in partial shade along with Chinese cabbage and bok choy.
I thought ginger needed heaps of sun?? 🤔confused
We drink a lot of mint tea so we are able to manage ours pretty well. Also we are in sand and get pretty hot and dry which slows it down in my experience. It will take things over in the right conditions though.
I have trouble growing mint 😂 they die in my pots
Thanks for this video I really needed…greetings from Sweden🇸🇪
I have my tamarillos as a savory with Wholemeal toast and Garlic and lots of salt. great with cheese toast too.
I never keep in the fridge in sugar for sweets , this Ruins them. Puts Zing into pizza salad stir-fry etc 🙂
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For my fellow Americans, "rocket" is just Aussie for arugula
What is rocket
Thank you for the lecture , great information.
There are over 600,000 different varieties of mint
So interesting, thank you
Here in the USA, but still, helpful video. Thank you so much!
Chard in the Winter?? Not in Minnesota! 🙂 And NO sweet potatoes at all
Yer tree tomato n fegioas. Like em, would need shade sun here is brutal at times. Great vid cheers'
One food miss sometimes is yams. Not for everyone but have you ever tryed it.
Yip let monseria turn yellow taste bit better.
Great video, really loads of good info and I was pleasantly surprised you shared the strawberry guava, as I grew up with one in our garden (my dad loved unusual fruit trees) and not many people know about it. I live in South Africa
Thank you for this valuable information about growing in the shade. My yard is full of trees so most of my yard is shade.
Thankyou sooo much for sharing ..🙏🙏🙏💚