Greens at home in winter - what can you grow?
GREENS ON THE WINDOWSILL FOR GOURMET AND MORE
In winter, each of us simply needs vitamins, it's great if these vitamins are not in tablets, but in natural products. A lot of vitamins and fiber necessary for the stomach are found in greens, these are a variety of salads and spinach, as well as arugula, chervil and borage. It's not a problem to buy any greenery now, almost any store has it all year round, and the prices for such products don't bite too much, but is it safe? In what conditions is it grown? Can I eat greens from the store without pre-processing? These questions are unlikely to be answered honestly, so it is better to grow greens on your windowsill.
WINDOWSILL CRESS
The seeds of this plant will sprout in a couple of days after sowing, the main thing is, sowing them, do not deepen too much, a depth of 3-4 mm is enough. You can take simple soil from the garden, and place containers with salad on the southern windowsill. Lighting on a sunny day is quite enough, but if it is cloudy, then for a couple of hours in the morning and in the evening you will have to turn on the supplementary lamp.
As for the temperature, the watercress grows well in comfortable conditions and for you and me, the main thing is not to raise the temperature more than 22 degrees Celsius and not to lower it below +15.
When a couple of leaves are formed, they can already be cut and eaten, but if you sow seeds every three weeks, then you will be with the harvest all winter.
Lettuce salad on the windowsill
Another greenery rich in vitamins and minerals. It can be grown in any container with a depth of at least 12 cm. The main thing is to constantly keep the soil in a slightly moist state by spraying from a spray bottle. As for the soil, the more nutritious it will be, the better, but it is quite possible to use ordinary garden soil.
Sowing seeds is best done on the surface of the soil and lightly sprinkle them with soil, then put the container in a dark place until shoots appear.
After germination, transfer the plants to a southern windowsill and spray the soil every two days.
Interestingly, the first crop can be harvested within a week after germination.
SPINACH ON WINDOWSILL
It can be grown in ordinary flower pots, the main thing is that they have holes for the outflow of excess moisture and expanded clay at the base of the pot.
Any soil will do.
To accelerate germination, we advise to soak seeds in water at room temperature overnight.
Before sowing, water the soil well, then sow the seeds, leaving a couple of centimeters of free area between them, and bury them in the soil by 2-3 mm.
Before the emergence of shoots, it is advisable to cover the container with cling film and periodically moisten the soil, and as soon as shoots appear, remove the film.
Spinach grows well at temperatures of 15-18 degrees, loves moisture and humid air, so place it in the coolest place at home, water and spray with water, and then it will give you an excellent harvest.
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RUCKOLA ON WINDOWSILL
You can sow seeds both in purchased soil and in soil taken from the garden, the main thing is that the acidity of the soil is neutral.
The growing area should be well lit, and it is advisable to supplement the illumination of the plants for a couple of hours in the morning and in the evening to increase the daylight hours.
It is best to sow the seeds in rows, directly on the surface of the soil, then lightly sprinkle with soil and moisten it.
Before shoots appear, containers must be covered with glass or foil and placed in a dark room. Usually, shoots appear after a week, then it is necessary to remove the glass or film and transfer the containers to the southern windowsill.
Water the arugula once every couple of days.
After about a week, you can thin the seedlings if you think they are very dense. By the way, those plants that are removed can be transplanted into another container.
About a month after sowing, the first full harvest can be harvested, and just one plant can give two or three of them.
KERVEL ON WINDOWSILL
This lovely, aromatic plant also does quite well at home. You can sow it every two weeks, and then you will harvest fresh herbs all year round.
The soil should have a weak alkaline reaction, usually two parts of humus and part of sod land.
The containers should not be large, usually a height of 20 and a diameter of 15 cm is enough, the main thing is to pour a layer of expanded clay on the bottom for drainage and make holes to drain excess moisture.
Seeds must be sown in moist soil, buried a couple of millimeters and sprinkled with a thin layer of soil. The container should be covered with a film and placed in a warm room, and after 7-10 days, friendly shoots will appear and the film will need to be removed.
When a pair of real leaves appear on the seedlings, they must be thinned out, and in the room it is desirable to lower the temperature to 20 degrees.
Then it remains to water the plants and wait for the harvest. By the way, never cut chervil by the root, in which case it will not grow back and crops will have to be repeated.
BORAGO ON THE WINDOWSILL
Borago, or cucumber herb, can have a rather high stem, reaching a height of 70 cm, and always has juicy leaves that are pleasant to the taste.
Borage grows on southern windowsills, does not require pre-light bulbs, and can supply you with fragrant greens all year long if you sow new seeds every two weeks.
Borage will grow best in nutritious soil, so it is better to mix in equal parts humus, sand and sod soil and sow seeds there.
Seeds should be sown into grooves to a depth of about a centimeter, retreating 3-4 cm between grooves and 2-3 cm between seeds.
Seedlings will appear in about a week.
It remains to water the plants from time to time and harvest, carefully cutting off the leaves.
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