In the winter and in the spring the organism especially needs vitamins. Much want to get own, at least small, kitchen garden and always to have near at hand pleasant and useful additive to diet. It is the simplest to grow up house greens on windowsill, it is available to everyone. It is possible to get not only bed of usual onions, parsley or fennel, but also some other spicy herbs.
Onions
Very few people from zealous hostesses did not try to grow up onions on windowsill, even the most inexperienced gardener can receive green feather of unpretentious vegetable.
Way 1. It is enough to fill small glass or plastic capacity with water, to cover it with cardboard with opening for onions backs - and to receive fresh greens really without soil.
Select the bulbs not subject to rotting scald the boiling water and remove upper part. Lower each back in water so that it was well fixed on cardboard. Cut off greens and grow up new. In process of wrinkling of heads replace them new.
Way 2. To grow up house onions in container with the earth, select planting stock about one size. Day to bulb otmachivayta in hot water, then remove the top peel and remove damages. Cut off top of each head on 1-1.5 cm and superficially plant in soil, leaving 2-2.5 cm between planting stock of distance.
Water the earth and 6-7 days you keep container in the warm place, and at emergence of strong green feathers you will expose on light windowsill. Water soil every other day with warm water. 3 weeks later after you have planted onions, you can cut off the first greens to table.
Garlic
It is not difficult to grow up garlic on house windowsill also as vegetable is simple in leaving. The first house landing can be carried out in October, the second – in April that all winter and demisezonye to have near at hand juicy, vitamin-rich additive to the menu.
For landing of garlic in container choose loamy soil, it is the simplest to take ready in flower shop. Separate healthy, integral teeth and lay out in wet cotton rags for germination.
Land to the crude earth row at distance 7-8 cm, on depth of 2 cm, install container in the warm solar place. If for cultivation of vegetable you have chosen flowerpot, it is enough to put in it 4-5 heads.
To grow up garlic greens in house conditions, special leaving is not required, 2 times a week moderately are enough to water the soil. Landings should not dry up or stand in moisture and also appear out of sunshine, then garlic feathers will please with juiciness.
Parsley, cilantro
For cultivation of magnificent greens of parsley it is required to couch healthy seeds and it is correct to pick up the soil. You can buy ready peat soil in shop, or previously prepare the earth mix. Mix two parts of the garden soil with part of peat and part of humus, water with pink solution of potassium permanganate.
With openings and with 1.5-centimeter drainage layer place the prepared soil in deep container. Parsley seeds, it is desirable early grades, wet for day in warm water, do not forget to change it regularly. Having wrapped the arisen sunflower seeds in cotton cloth, lower for several minutes in potassium permanganate solution.
Moisten soil and plant parsley in holes, having left distance of 4-5 cm between grooves. Cover with 1.5-centimeter layer of the earth, accurately water and cover with film. You keep about ten of days in the light warm place, sprouts will not seem yet. After that the film covering needs to be removed.
To grow up parsley greens on windowsill, do not forget to water landings 2–3 times a week. Similar to you can receive cilantro harvest in house conditions. Fragrant greens will add savors to the everyday and festive menu. For the house it is recommended to choose grades of cilantro "Amber", "Beam".
Fennel
Fennel beds on windowsill can ascend for the tenth or twelfth day and will long please with fresh greens which can regularly be podseivat. Seeds needs to be chosen as large, healthy, to keep in warm water of 5 hours, to merge moisture and for couple of hours to move sowing material to pink solution of potassium permanganate of room temperature.
With openings at the bottom put drainage from haydite in containers, then special soil from shop or prepared independently. Land mix with biohumus and coconut fibers (1:2) is recommended. Plant seeds superficially to the earth row, water and arrange greenhouse effect, having covered container with film.
10 days later there can already be first sprouts of fennel and it is possible to remove film. The first week you keep shoots in more cool place, for example, on the glazed loggia at night. Then still you hold small green kitchen garden on windowsill and regularly water. Hardening pomoshcht to fennel grow at more dense bunches, excessively without being extended.
Melissa
If you have learned to grow up greens on windowsill and have begun to enjoy, can surprise with something house and guests. For example, to give to drink them among winter fragrant tea with fresh melissa. Worry about it in advance – dig out in the fall plant, without damaging earth lump, and replace in flowerpot. You keep melissa in room conditions.
It is possible to grow up plant and from seeds though business this rather troublesome. For a start it is necessary to process sowing material potassium permanganate solution, then to sow on depth of 1 cm in container with fertile earth mix. Water landings and provide greenhouse effect before emergence of two-centimetric sprouts. The soil should not dry up, as well as grow mouldy.
When plants get stronger, they need to be replaced in separate pots and at the same time to dive. Regularly water the soil and sprinkle leaves from spray. Having shown a little patience, you can have houses fresh greens at all seasons of the year. Experienced plant breeders successfully grow up spinach, sheet salad, mint, other tasty and useful vegetables and seasonings in house conditions. Be not afraid to experiment, and at you even during cold weather the piece of summer will always be near.