Growing greenery at home on the windowsill is available to absolutely everyone. It takes only a little diligence and maximum desire. Usually cultivated in winter. For beginner gardeners, several important recommendations will be given.
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Greens at home
To grow greens at home, you may need:
- wide and shallow pots or containers;
- high-quality substrate for vegetable seedlings - the best combination of vermicompost and coconut fiber in a ratio of 1: 2;
- drainage material - small pebbles or expanded clay;
- plastic caps or bags for creating mini-greenhouses;
- fine spray for soil irrigation;
- liquid mineral or organic fertilizer;
- phytolamps or fluorescent lamps for organizing a long daylight hours.
You can grow greens on the windowsill from seeds, and you can buy greens already planted in pots and containers in the garden center, plant it at home in more spacious containers and take care of it, cutting off the crop - these plants will last you for several months. And you can propagate purchased greens with cuttings. However, greens grown from seeds, you will enjoy longer.
For growing on the windowsill, usually undersized crops are chosen. When buying seeds, be sure to pay attention to their expiration date, since the seed material of some plants quickly loses its germination. When choosing varieties, give preference to early, or early ripe, and bushy.
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What plants are grown on the windowsill?
Leafy salads, spicy plants (parsley, dill, basil, cilantro, marjoram, lemon balm, mint), feathers of onions and garlic, spinach and mustard.
How to grow parsley?
Planting and maintaining parsley at home does not require much effort. Landing methods are divided into:
- Sowing root crops. To do this, root crops are planted in a pot of earth at a distance of 3 cm from each other. Water abundantly, preferably every day. Green sprouts will appear in 2-3 days. Every day it is necessary to turn the pot in different directions towards the light so that the hatching greens are evenly illuminated.
- Sowing seeds. With this method, greens will appear no earlier than in a month. Before planting, seeds must be filled with a bright solution of manganese. Sowing seeds can be done with or without picking. When picking, you need to sow the seeds first in small pots, then, when they hatch, select the strongest sprouts and transplant them into the main large container with the ground.
Planting greenery at home on the windowsill also involves proper care of the plant. The optimal ambient temperature for parsley is about +15. When it is too warm, the leaves will lighten. Lower temperatures can drop, nothing bad will happen.
It would also be good to feed greens to improve the quality of the crop. Any garden fertilizer will do.
We grow dill
Dill can be grown at home all year round. But growing dill at home on a windowsill in winter will require several more efforts than in summer and spring. It is necessary to constantly maintain the desired temperature, choose the right lighting.
Before planting, the seeds should also be held in dissolved potassium permanganate.At the bottom of the pot, be sure to put drainage. When the seeds are sown, be sure to cover the pot from above with a film.
Dill "loves" the temperature of 18 degrees. When it rises or falls a little, nothing bad will happen. The plant is hygrophilous, so in the summer it will have to be watered more often. In winter, the amount of water can be reduced. 30 days after sowing, the first crop should appear.
Grow onions
Many housewives grow onions all year round. If the bulb has not grown, then it must be cut from the bottom before planting. You can pre-soak. The best temperature for growing onions is 18-24 degrees. But when it is too hot, above 30 degrees, then the onion may stop growing.
Everyone knows that onions can grow even without land. For this, the bulb is simply lowered into a jar of water. But this method often leads to festering of the bulb. In order to prevent this from happening, it is necessary to raise the bulb above the surface of the water. It is necessary to cut circles of onion size from cardboard or paper and fix the sheet on the surface of the container. A solution of potassium permanganate should also be added.
The first ten days after planting, you must hide the bow from the light. This is the period of root formation. Then you need to put the onion in the light. It is better if it will be consecrated by an electric lamp.
Growing Green Lettuce
A delicious and healthy green salad can be grown all year round. But when the plant has already yielded a crop, it should be removed, then plant new seeds.
Salad is a moisture-loving, photophilous plant. It should be watered more often, even splashing leaves with water. In winter, you need to create the brightest atmosphere.
Having planted the seeds in containers on the windowsill at home, it is necessary to cover with a film until sprouts appear. Usually they emerge in three days. The ambient temperature for the salad should be 18 degrees.
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