The crisis forces us to seek some new reserves of savings. And a miniature garden on the windowsill can help the family budget. Naturally, he can not support the whole family, but will save a little and get some moral satisfaction. It's so nice to see the result of your work, as well as taste it. Vegetables grown by own hands, the most fragrant and tasty, because you grew them with love. Now a very long light day and it is not difficult to grow vegetables on the windowsill. The main thing is your desire and patience.
Bad ecology is just a fly in the ointment, since the air is not particularly clean in the cities. But the products bought on the market are not grown in ecologically clean zones. It is still unknown how much they had to absorb into them. And on the windowsill, in your small patch you can reduce the intake of harmful substances in vegetables.
It is enough to follow the rules:
- organic substances must be introduced into the soil, which will make cadmium, lead and mercury less accessible to plants;
- liming of the soil will prevent the accumulation of harmful chemicals in the fruit. For this you can use, brought from a picnic, an infusion of wood ash.
Cucumbers
Crispy cucumbers are a common vegetable on the windowsills. They can now be boldly grown from seeds, and they grow rapidly. When choosing a variety, preference should be given to self-fertilized hothouse hybrids. Pot for the plant should be at least 5 liters (better 10). Be sure to lay the drainage on the bottom (clay crocks, expanded clay). The soil should not be acidic, friable, fertile.
Add 10 tablespoons of nitrofoss, 1 or 2 cups of wood ash, 1 teaspoon of magnesium sulfate to 10 liters of the substrate. Seeds should be pre-soaked, and then sow 1 in the pot. Cucumber would be good to put on the eastern window. On the south side you need protection from scorching sun rays.
Cucumbers are well fruited and grow with high humidity. On the windowsill you need to put containers with water, and on hot days humidify the air with a sprayer so that there are no drops on the leaves. A month after planting, the plant begins to feed. On sale for each particular culture a large selection of fertilizers, they are very convenient to use.
To cucumber liana beautifully saw the window, you need to take care of the trellis. In the lower 4 or 6 nodes, female flowers and side shoots should be removed. Other lateral shoots should be shortened. Each variety has its own characteristics, so you should carefully read the recommendations on the package with the seeds.
Tomatoes
Especially for growing in the room, the breeders brought out many varieties of tomato. They are distinguished by high decorative and compact bush sizes. Tomatoes are small, but very fragrant and tasty. And since there are a lot of them on the bush, the harvest turns out to be decent.
Buy a few seedlings, and you can be sure that it is not difficult to grow tomatoes on the windowsill. Nutrient soil, good drainage and a capacious pot are the main conditions for success. Tomatoes do not need to be sprayed, they do not like moist air. In hot weather, every day to water the soil, in cloudy weather - it is enough once a week.
You need to feed tomatoes once a month. During flowering, twigs should be slightly shaken to improve pollination. Tomatoes on the bush must be dosed, then they will become fragrant and juicy. This is not enough for us in purchasing tomatoes. Excellent grow on the windowsills and eggplant.
Pepper
Pepper, especially sharp, a find for a miniature garden. He has colorful small fruit and a compact bush. Fruits can be dried and one dried plant can fully meet the needs for an acute pepper. If you are going to grow sweet peppers, then 1 plant here will not be enough. You should choose a variety with small fruits.
Do not put hot peppers near sweet. They are best placed in different rooms. Otherwise on all bushes the fruits will become bitter. Friable substrate is the main requirement of pepper, because the roots must breathe. Watering with warm water, and in hot weather, moisten the leaves in the morning and evening.
Greens and spices
Always need to have greens and spices on hand. This is a real storehouse of vitamins, adding them to soups, meat dishes and salads, you can give new dishes to ordinary dishes. On the windowsill you can grow different varieties of dill, mustard, salad and all kinds of spices.
These plants are easy to care for and early-maturing. The temperature in the room should be from 18 to 20 degrees. It is better to postpone their sowing until early autumn. Which culture to choose for a window sill, it depends on your imagination and taste. At the dacha you can dig up parsley, mint, perennial bows and everything that you like, and transplant into pots. It will be very beautiful, simple, profitable and convenient.
Harvest Secrets
1. Give preference to small-fruited, high-yielding varieties. Since small fruits mature gradually, and every day for dinner you can pick fresh vegetables.
2. Do not allow the soil to dry out. In the heat, this happens very often, and then the plant can lose the ovary and flowers. Roots should always receive moisture and the earth will not become crusted.
3. To protect plants from the sun's rays, you can "sunk" the glass with white paper, then plants will be comfortable.
4. Do not abuse fertilizers. Do not exceed the rate specified in the fertilizer manual. Often to feed.
5. In the pot you need to plant one bush, otherwise you can lose the crop.
Now we know what vegetables can be planted on the windowsill and the secrets of the harvest.