Garden on the windowsill : how and what to grow , how to choose the container

Every housewife wants to always have on hand fresh herbs.And this dream is quite easy, even if you do not own a garden plot.The greens and simple horticultural crops can be grown well in a normal city apartment, equipped for this purpose a separate location, such as a window sill. However, if you want to create your own garden on the windowsill is first necessary to examine some important nuances that today and share "Dream House."

Garden on the windowsill

Preparations

to greens pleased you healthy and succulent shoots, it is necessary to create favorable conditions for its cultivation:

• firstly, the plants do not like drafts and sudden temperature changes, so all the crackswindows must be well sealed;
• secondly, the systematic growth of the greenery is impossible without natural light.Garden on the windowsill in the winter it is best placed in the southern or south-western part of the apartment.However, in the winter, in the conditions of short daylight hours, may require additional light sources.Optimally, when used for this purpose LED lamp, which should be installed above the level of the garden;
• third, as under a window sill batteries are most often heat which can harm plants, their surface is desirable to cover or shield to escape in any other way.

How to grow herbs on the windowsill in the winter

create a vegetable garden on the windowsill

to equip a home garden on the windowsill, we must first choose the container for growing greens and consider the scheme of arrangement.If you plan to grow the most common types of greens - the onion, parsley and dill, choose low and elongated containers.If you want to grow more sophisticated horticultural crops, such as beans, peppers, cross-lettuce, cherry tomatoes or cucumbers, you'll need a high-capacity and spacious landing.

Herbs on the windowsill in the winter photo

Greens at home on a window sill

Garden in the winter on the windowsill

Parsley on a window sill Photo

Starting to create a mini-garden on the windowsill,many housewives are faced with the problem of lack of space.Indeed, space is limited it is difficult to realize all your ideas for garden, but this problem can be easily solved with the help of little tricks.

For example, the location of the pots and containers you can use the vertical kronshteynery furniture, thanks to which your garden will have several levels.Only in this case it is important to consider planting scheme so that taller plants do not block the light is low.

container greenery growing on the windowsill and the balcony

large wooden container for green

Get additional space for growing plants is possible, expanding the window sill.This is most easily done with a hinged containers, which are fastened to the edges of the window sill.

Also, some types of greens can be grown not in standard containers, pots and hinged, which, moreover, will be a bright interior decoration.

addition to pots, additional levels for a winter garden on the windowsill can be created by using false shelves.Attach two or three small shelves in the opening of the window, you get extra space to install pots with plants.Thinking shelving, calculated so that the distance between them is at least 50cm.

home garden on the windowsill Photo

Since the garden, grown on a windowsill, become part of the interior, pay close attention to the selection of containers for plants.Ideally, pots and container design must be in harmony with the interior premises.For example, wooden boxes and containers will fit into the interior in the style of a loft or chalet, bright ceramic pots decorate any modern style and decorative metal containers will become a harmonious complement to high-tech style.

Growing green on the windowsill in the winter

What can be grown on a windowsill

Experienced gardeners claim that you can grow just about any herbs on the windowsill.However, if you are a beginner in this business, start their agricultural achievements with growing green onion, dill, parsley, basil and lettuce.

winter garden on the windowsill Photo

Chives

example, to grow a green onions on the windowsill, it suffices to establish the young onion in a bowl of water.Through time take root and onion when they begin to absorb water, erupted young green shoots.But that is not the beginning of bulb rot, water in the container should be always fresh.

Grow a green onions on the windowsill and can be in the ground.It is best used for that sprouted bulbs.Plant bulbs must not close to each other and at a distance of about 2-3 centimeters, it should not be completely bury them - part of the bulb should remain outside.

Caring for onions at home is quite simple - you need to protect it from the cold, provide enough light and watering regularly with warm water.

How to grow onions on the windowsill

Green onions from seeds on the windowsill

Special container for growing chives

Parsley

should choose low for cultivation of parsley on the windowsill in the winter, but large capacity- ideally container.Special requirements to the ground is not: parsley can be grown in normal soil, and in a special blend, purchased in the store.However, it is recommended to put the container bottom drain, which will absorb excess water.Evenly sifting parsley seeds in moist soil, sprinkle them with a thin layer of soil, and then again pour and compact the topsoil.

Before the first container with parsley seedlings desirable to cover with plastic wrap and place in a warm and dark place.Once on the ground the first shoots appear, the film can be removed and the container is moved to the window sill.

further care parsley is only regular watering.To make better use of irrigation is not watering and spraying.

How to grow parsley on the windowsill Photo

parsley growing in pots on the windowsill

Dill

Growing dill on a window sill is practically no different from the cultivation of parsley.Just before planting fennel seeds is recommended to put in moist gauze for several hours.

Dill in a pot on the windowsill in the winter photo

Salad

winter garden on the windowsill can be supplemented with a fresh salad, the more that grow this garden culture is very simple.Seeds of lettuce you just sow evenly on the surface of wet soil, without covering them with earth.And after about a week the greens will first shoots.

lettuce growing on the windowsill

Basil

also on the windowsill can grow spicy and fragrant basil.This type of green home grown as by planting seeds, and with the help of propagation.

If you have shoots of fresh basil, put them in a bowl of water and wait for the roots.After that, the shoots can be planted in the ground.For the planned growth of the basilica need fertile soil, a thick layer of drainage, regular watering and enough light.

Basil grows very quickly, in about two weeks, you can cut off the first green after planting a bush.

If you planted the seeds of basil, the first greens will be in about a month, and the bush was grown in such a way, will serve a little longer.The fact that the basil should not be consumed after the first flowering, and a bush grown from seed, bloom later bush grown from the sprouts.

basil on the windowsill in the winter

By following these simple guidelines, you can easily create a vegetable garden on the windowsill, through which your home will always be fresh greens.In addition to the benefits of the very green, so the original mini-garden will be a wonderful decoration of the interior, as well as give you and your family a new hobby.