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We love to linger in remote places, but of course you can’t just go shopping for fresh herbs, salad or veg on an uninhabited island… Therefore it’s great to grow some and we usually have basil, mint, spring onions, parsley and sometimes even bellpeppers, chilis, pak choy or tomatoes growing in pots underneath the sprayhood. They are placed on a non-skid mat and secured with bungee cords, so they can even stay there during rough passages! In the beginning we had them only outside in bay mode and put them below deck on passage, but that never worked as the plants died without light or the pots toppled over at some point. Only when we found a system to leave them in place all the time the garden started thriving.
We have pots without a drainage hole to avoid a mess, but that means it’s easy to drown the plants (has happened a few times). To guarantee a good harvest despite little soil I use fertiliser once a week and change the soil twice a year.
Today we harvested radishes–great as you can’t just use the roots, but also the greens.