Growing greenery at home

In order to always have a fresh vitamin bed at hand, you can learn how to grow greenery at home, and even without a plot of land, in an apartment, to receive aromatic spices of the highest quality.

The simplest way to get the greenery of the house is the forcing of the onion on the pen known from childhood . A primitive analog of the hydroponic plant is a glass, to which a bulb is inserted showing signs of germination. Roots are immersed in water, better stationary, and put the glass on a sunny place. Soon the feathers of onions will stretch and turn green, after 7-10 days you can choose those that are more authentic, and use in salads and soups. Of course, one glass is unlikely to cover the need for a bow of the whole family. Put a few, after all, this growing of greenery at home does not require you to effort. Unless water should be poured into glasses, yes to collect a crop.

In the room you can grow a salad. Sow it in cassettes or small individual pots that are made in a large common pan with rags on the bottom to conserve moisture. To water such a salad garden is best from a pallet, periodically feeding with natural fertilizers: biohumus, peat extract. Ready-to-eat shrubs can only be cut off and washed. Pros of this growing in the absence of infections, contamination with larvae of parasites and harmful substances. Only the pure purchased soil, which can be further heated in the oven, natural fertilizing and sunlight for sterilization. In addition, some varieties of salad are so decorative that before their use for their intended purpose, they can beautifully decorate the kitchen windows no worse than indoor flowers.

These two crops do not limit the cultivation of greenery at home. Almost any spicy and medicinal herbs can grow indoors: dill, parsley, coriander, basil, tarragon, arugula, mint, chamomile, etc. For perennial plants, this content is even preferable, because they can yield the crop year-round.

So, you decided to grow green on the windowsill. Now choose the capacity: they should fit well on the windowsills and do not interfere with people. If the greens will grow there year round, or even a few, it is better to choose cute boxes that fit into the interior and will perform in it an additional decorative function. The soil will suit any for indoor flowers bought in the store, or prepare a mixture of garden soil, peat and sand yourself, then fry it for a couple of hours on a low heat in the oven.

Growing greenery at home has its own cyclicity: a certain time the plant takes to achieve maturity. Therefore, for the uninterrupted supply of the family with vitamins, it is better to sow the same crop once a week in new pots or boxes. The biggest problem in indoor gardening is the lack of light, which makes the plants weak, pale, elongated. If you decide to sow seeds in the winter, take care of highlighting seedlings with fluorescent lamps with reflectors. Light day for greenery make a summer - lasting 16-17 hours.

How to grow greens at home in the summer? To expose it to a balcony or a window or leave it indoors? The answers to these questions depend on the weather. On a fine, but not very hot day, the plants will be grateful for the walk. The main thing - do not forget to bring them home at a cold snap or save from the scorching heat. By the way, on the balcony you can grow not only green cultures, but also specially bred varieties of tomatoes and peppers, differing in the miniature size of the bush and high productivity.