Growing greenery on the windowsill

Instead of ordinary indoor flowers, you can grow spicy greens on the windowsill, for example, parsley, dill, lettuce or spinach. It's important to pick the right variety of greens. For winter planting, only early maturing, undersized varieties are suitable. During the summer season, mid-season herbs such as rosemary and basil can be planted, and Georgian savory can also be planted.

Soil for growing greenery

The soil for growing greenery must be taken neutral. If you will use garden soil, then it must be calcined in a microwave oven for disinfection. Also, complex mineral fertilizers with a low nitrogen content and sand are introduced into the garden soil before planting greenery.

Preparing a container for growing greens

For growing greenery on a windowsill, a ceramic container is best suited, since it warms up faster in the sun. If you plan to grow a lot of greenery, then use a 10 liter pot. Spicy greens grow very quickly. Drainage must be poured on the bottom of the pot: large pebbles or garden expanded clay. Then the pot is filled with soil to the brim.

Planting greenery

Before planting greens, the soil must be well shed with a solution of potassium permanganate to disinfect it. When the earth settles, it will be possible to plant spicy greens. Parsley, dill and lettuce are sown randomly. To speed up the germination of seeds, they must be soaked in warm water.

It is best to sprout parsley within a few days.

Spinach seeds should be planted 5 cm apart. In conditions of growing on a windowsill, they can be planted at a distance of 3-4 cm. Spinach is planted in holes. Savory and rosemary are planted in the same way. Next, the sown pots are covered with foil, forming a greenhouse. The pots are placed on the southwest window.

Watering and fertilizing greenery

Before sprouting, it is necessary to water the spicy herbs with a spray bottle. Watering is done once every two days. The first green shoots will appear 15 days after planting.

After the first shoots, the salad is thinned out, since its seeds are small and give dense shoots when sown.

In a month, the greens will be ready for use. During the summer season, you can harvest 6 crops of greenery, but for this, the pots with herbs must be watered and fertilized. Once every ten days, you need to water the soil with a decoction of potatoes. Starch stimulates the growth of all indoor plants, including spicy greens.