Brown AmyNo matter what season it is outside, in an apartment it is nice to enjoy living plants grown with love. In addition to indoor flowers, you can grow fresh vitamins in a pot on the windowsill: herbs, vegetables with fruits and berries – cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, radishes, peppers, lemons, strawberries … And all this – at home, without chemicals and at any time of the year, even in summer, even in winter!
- Vegetable and berry seedlings need to be provided with space, so choose a larger pot, up to 40 cm in diameter and 20 cm in height. The material of the pot can be any – plastic, clay, the main thing is that there are holes at the bottom to drain excess moisture. If the pot is not new, and you have grown something in it before, it should be rinsed well, poured over with boiling water and treated with a solution of potassium permanganate to protect the seedling from pests.
- What soil should I plant a home garden in? It is better to use a purchased soil mixture for potted plants, which contains all the necessary substances for growth and development, as well as minimizes the risk of pest infestation. You can prepare the mixture at home with your own hands from sod, peat and compost. If you have a garden plot fertilized with organic matter, you can take the soil from there. Good drainage in the planting container is important – expanded clay, pebbles. Its presence will allow the root system to breathe and protect it from decay due to waterlogged soil.
- It is necessary to choose special varieties of vegetables, the root system of which will be comfortable in a limited space.
- An important condition is the ability of plants to self-pollinate – specially bred hybrids have such properties, and we choose them.
- Take care of sufficient moisture and nutrition. Watering is best done with settled warm water. Feed with liquid fertilizer once a week, as soon as the first four leaves appear. Biohumus is used as an organic fertilizer.
- Good lighting is a prerequisite for the good development and fruiting of your garden: even the slightest shadow from a neighboring pot jeopardizes the future harvest. If there is not enough light, you can illuminate artificially: LED lamps or LED strips with a different spectrum (red, blue, white) are suitable.
- The rest of the rules are the same as for street or greenhouse relatives: to speed up the hatching process, cover the pot with a film, not forgetting to moisten and warm the soil, regularly check the grown plant for diseases, pests, and, if necessary, disinfect it with special means.
