Mini-vegetable garden on the windowsill is vitamins all year round

The human body needs vitamins both in winter and in summer. Moreover, everyone wants to be sure that the greens we buy on the market are safe and properly grown. But no one can give us such a guarantee, and we have more and more doubts, because even the aroma of dill and parsley from the market in winter is not what we are used to.

The most important thing is that there is a way out - this is a mini-vegetable garden on the windowsill, which will help fill the lack of vitamins for the whole family. Moreover, beautifully decorated green pots or trays will decorate and give a lot of oxygen, refreshing the air.

Green crops for a mini-vegetable garden on the windowsill

In order for everything to work out with a mini-garden on the windowsill, you need to choose the right crops, that is, those that do not require a lot of light, are unpretentious in temperature. These plants include green crops.

For instance:

• bow - green onions in a mini-garden grow well, while you can plant both seeds from perennial onions and sprouted bulbs;
• watercress - it is characterized by fast germination, can be grown on a window that faces north, the first crop can be removed in two weeks;
• spinach also a good option for salad. This culture needs a lot of light and a comfortable cool temperature (so as not to go into the arrow). Before planting, the seeds must first be soaked;
• leaf salad requires more attention, it needs a lot of light and coolness, as well as timely watering, but it grows quickly and there is a lot of it;
• dill need to be grown in a box, which should stand in a cool place, germination no earlier than two weeks;
• parsley seeds require preliminary soaking for one day before planting, parsley can be grown on a loggia, it loves the cold.

In addition to the usual plants listed, you can grow mint, celery, mustard, basil and other herbs, choose what you like in salad and seasonings.

A few tips for a good harvest in a mini-vegetable garden on the windowsill

1. The temperature should not be more than 20 degrees in the room where you organized a vegetable garden on the windowsill, greens do not like heat.
2. Green crops need to grow in a humid microclimate, so they need to be sprayed frequently.
3. If you have set up a mini greenhouse, saving plants from a frosty window, often raise the airing film so that the stems do not rot.
4. It is better to use liquid fertilizer, and make the soil composite - half the earth with compost or ready-made soil for growing greenery.
5. Purchase fluorescent lamps, with a lack of lighting, especially in winter, they compensate for the sunlight.

Reviews of those who arranged a mini garden on the windowsill indicate that this can and should be done. Go for it and you will succeed.

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