Growing vegetables and herbs at home
Growing vegetables and greens at home,directly on the windowsill, is no longer a novelty. Today, more and more experienced housewives agree that the home "garden bed on the windowsill" is not only fresh and useful products to the table, but also a wonderful decorative element in the interior. To ensure that you have on this window-sill this wonderful "garden bed" you need very little: suitable soil, seeds or seedlings and a little patience.
By the way, to grow vegetables and greens in the homeconditions can not only be on the windowsills, but also on balconies, loggias, verandas, even in semi-dark rooms or corridors. Virtually any vegetable is suitable for these purposes, subject to strict compliance with all requirements for temperature, lighting and watering.
Planting material for growing vegetablescultures at home is best acquired in the spring or early summer, when healthy, well-rooted plants are on sale. Before planting, it is necessary to choose a place to accommodate each crop in order to optimally use the available space.
So, for example, in cool rooms witha sufficient amount of light or in the corridor is best placed the subtropical plants (citrus, tea), green vegetable crops. In such premises, these plants tolerate wintering well, provided that the air temperature does not rise above 10-15 ° C.
Sorrel, celery, parsley and onion on the green will be well winter in a room whose windows face north, and the air temperature in it is no higher than 10-12 ° C.
When the landing site is selected, you canto purchase planting stock. If seedling is purchased for planting, then when buying, you should pay attention to its appearance. The drooping leaves say that the plant has just been planted - it is not recommended to buy this plant. If there is plaque or mold on the pot with the plant, if the roots of the plant break through the drainage hole, then such a plant is also not worth buying.
Care should be taken to inspect the plants andsubject of pests. On the tops of shoots likes to settle aphids, on the underside of leaves - a scabbard. Sticky leaves with blackish plaque, uncharacteristic spotted leaves - this is also a sign of plant damage to pests, it is not worth buying.
One of the most famous and commonthe inhabitants of the "home beds" is, of course, the onion. Well, who at least once did not put the bulb in a jar of water to get a fresh green onion? Nevertheless, it is better to grow onions in the ground. In a wooden tray or box, a layer of soil is poured into which the bulbs are planted at a distance of about 1 cm from each other. In a few days you can harvest a green crop.
Cucumbers, tomatoes, Bulgarian peppers - these vegetablescultures also feel great on the windowsill. However, one should choose those varieties that do not require pollination, because there are no bees or other pollinating insects in the room.
The main feature of growing vegetables and greensat home - very limited space. Therefore, all crops should be fertilized regularly, because the soil is depleted very quickly. In addition, you need to take care of sufficient lighting and observing the optimum temperature. With the help of a lamp, it is possible to regulate the degree of illumination of plants, and to maintain the desired temperature, you can use a heater.
Growing vegetables and herbs at home -A simple and accessible occupation, which, moreover, is of great benefit. Try and you grow your "garden on the windowsill" - you'll definitely like it!
