Spicy herbs are known since antiquity, they were used not only for food, but also used as medicinal plants. Now spicy herbs are also used, but more often as seasonings to various dishes. If in summer to choose and buy fresh greens is very easy, and prices are quite acceptable, then in the winter the greens are expensive, and the quality of the product is not up to par.
In order to maintain the necessary balance of vitamins in winter, it is not necessary to buy half a pharmacy, this can be taken care of at the end of September; enough to transplant mint, basil, root parsley, chives, rosemary into flower pots. Only transplant should not adult growth, but young, from the seeds of self-seed. In the same period, sow the watercress, dill, white mustard and spinach. If you can take land for planting plants, especially since they are adapted to it, then for plants grown from seeds, it is better to buy a ready soil. Seeds choose early ripening varieties. After sowing the seeds of the tank, it is better to cover the glass mullions with n / ethylene film, as if arranging a mini-greenhouse. Watering should be done carefully, with a small water spray or a spray gun.
For open-soil cultures, the room conditions of growth will still be extreme: the lack of solar energy and light, even if placed on window sills. Glass is the infrared rays, so necessary for the plant to fully develop. In winter, "beds" are best placed on the southern windows and include additional phytolamp. Along with light it is necessary to take into account that everyone loves heating, water and eating, the plants in this case are no exception, and our concern is to provide them with necessary and to harvest in the winter.
Top dressing is better carried out with mineral and organic fertilizers. Only feeding spinyetrava, try to water under the root, and not the green mass of plants. In a window sill, there is no need to wait for large sizes of culture, enough growth is 5-8 cm. If plants grow thickly, thin them in a phase ready for consumption, the remaining ones will be more comfortable.
Seeds of dill planted in the air, and after the emergence of the shoots, the plants need to be thinned, leaving 2-3 cm between the plantings. Dill is used for food, fresh as well as dried and frozen. It is well suited for adding to salads, meat, vegetable and mushroom dishes. Dill is used in folk medicine, as a diuretic and cholagogue, improves the work of the gastrointestinal tract.
The basil is sown in small boxes, moistened from a spray gun, covered with a film and left in a warm place. After the plants reach a height of 4-5 cm, the basil can be transplanted to a permanent place. The box with spicy grass should be a sunflower place, and the plant should be watered regularly, but in no case should it be poured. You need to feed every other week. Basil is used as a seasoning of soups, to meat dishes, omelettes, sauces and so on. In medicine, basilikaspolzuyut for respiratory diseases, it is useful in asthma, cardiovascular diseases, as well as used in caring for the oral cavity.
A container with seeded mustard seeds is placed in a warm place. After the emergence of the shoots, the plants must be thinned, leaving 2-3 plants in the pot. Mustard needs abundant watering, but it is not necessary to feed this plant very often. Young leaves use vsalatah and as a side dish to fish and meat dishes. This plant is rich in vitamin C, leaf leaves contain mustard vitamins B, B2, PP.
It seems that any child will be interested not only to watch, but also to look after plants, so let the children have their own mini-garden. Give them a bow-turnip, let them put themselves in a glass of water, adding 1/4 teaspoon of Mullein infusion to the input. Just do not have the whole bulb to keep typing, it will quickly rot; put the bulb on a circle of cardboard with a hole in the middle.
Here such not artful manipulations will allow you all to winter fresh greens. Agree, this is very cool!