Home Garden

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

Herbs, vegetables and herbs can be easily grown at home. This is especially easy for summer residents who can bring something to the apartment from their garden. Let's talk about proper care, placement, selection of varieties and how to eliminate the "pulling" of plants

We create conditions in the apartment for plant growth

It is not difficult to eliminate the problems that arise when growing green crops in an apartment. It is necessary to provide comfortable conditions for the seedlings.

1. When organizing a winter garden on the windowsill, plants often suffer from excess heat. Usually batteries are located here, if they are too hot, then there is a stream of heat, air dries out. It is necessary to make a protective screen or place a reflective shield.

2. When choosing a place for a "vegetable garden", pay attention to the absence of cold and drafts. Greens like fresh air, but no hypothermia.

3. Lighting is the most important factor, so always green crops are placed next to the window. Ideally located on the south, southwest side.

4. Your plants will have succulent leaves and will not stretch out if you arrange additional lighting for them with short daylight hours. It is recommended to provide a light regime for at least 12 hours.

What to plant greens in?

There are many options for an indoor garden. Before choosing, you need to decide on the amount of planting, with the types of plants and, based on this, purchase the desired product.

Pots

Greenery planted in pots always looks neat and aesthetically pleasing. They can be ceramic, plastic, it is important that they match in shape, size, color, and have a drainage hole. It should also be borne in mind that almost every type of vegetation needs a separate container in order to provide individual care.

Leafy greens (lettuce, parsley, mint, etc.) do not require tall containers. If you plan to grow cucumbers, peppers, cherry tomatoes and other plants with a large root system, choose volumetric containers with a capacity of 5 liters or more.

Containers

For a indoor garden, containers are most often used. They are convenient in that they have an elongated shape that fits perfectly on the windowsill. Several species are planted in one container at once. This takes into account the growth rate, the height of the shoots.

Pots

Many do not want to occupy the windowsill, so they use hanging planters. This option saves space and serves as a kind of room decor.

How to place a home garden

You can arrange a garden in an apartment in different ways. If you chose a window, then this is not necessarily a window sill and hanging planters. Those who want to grow a lot of greenery mount shelves in the window space. Furniture brackets are used for fasteners. The result is a multi-level vegetable garden that allows you to break up an entire greenhouse. This option is limited by plant height, you cannot plant crops that are too tall. The choice is limited to 50 cm.

If there is space on furniture or shelves near the window, then this is also an option for placement. You will no longer need to pile up and design anything. Multilevel containers efficiently save space. It is impossible to buy them, so you will need to model the structure yourself. Usually they use different coasters, wooden blocks and pots are placed on them. Lovers of homegrown greenery expand the windowsill. Someone designs a folding table, such as a table-book. Someone builds up with chipboard or boards, with an emphasis on the wall.

What to plant in your home garden

If you want to try yourself as an urban gardener, start simple. Grow greens, plant onions on a feather, parsley roots, garlic for forcing a leaf. Celery root, beet root vegetable, gives greens no problem. Also, lettuce mustard, borage grass (borage), leafy turnips, arugula, chervil, railings will grow without additional lighting.

On sale there are bags with a mix of salad seeds for indoor cultivation. The packaging is usually labeled "baby salad". Rapunzel (field salad), Valerianella, Watercress will grow without additional lighting on cotton wool or a damp paper towel. After two to three weeks, potrulac greens, arugula, mustard are given. After four - cilantro, basil, salad.

It is now fashionable to grow microgreens. These are seedlings of different seeds, which are especially valuable before the appearance of real leaves. Nutritionists say this is a super healthy food for rejuvenation and health promotion. It has been proven that such a product is superior to vegetables and greens in the presence of nutrients.

Advice

If you decide to create a home garden, check out the suitable varieties.

• Sweet pepper: Dwarf, Swallow, watercolor, Treasure Island.

• Cherry Tomatoes: Bonsai, Pygmy, Bead.

• Cucumbers: Miracle on the window, Rytovsky Room, Ant.

• Spinach: Godry, Virofle, Giant.

• Basil: Marquis, Baku, Lemon.

• Strawberries: Garland, Homemade Delicacy, Fun.