Garden on the windowsill: Herbs all year round! Bashny.Net

Herbs on the windowsill all year round. The right choicething to choose herbs for growing on a windowsill, if you have decided to grow some exotic, think about it, because the time and effort they spent too much, but whether the return is the big question.





Very good to grow on a windowsill and require no special care these types: parsley, dill, Basil, watercress.

Some herbs can be transplanted from the garden directly to the pots, and they will take root. And buying seeds at the store, carefully read the labels on packaging are often written there, is it possible to grow this culture in the face of the sill.





Earth

For growing herbs on the windowsill, a special substrate is not required. If you transplant the herbs into pots from the garden, the best land to take there just to add a little fresh turf or leaf soil or use fertilizer.
If you want to grow herbs from seed you can take the ready universal compound, since it is already enriched with nutrients, you don't have to think about the composition of the soil.

Sowing
The seeding just seems like a very simple event but it should be taken responsibly. Remember that seeds do not need to dig deep – enough depth of 0.5 cm can be covered with soil, and leave, not falling asleep. In any case, not utrambovyvaya the top layer of the soil, otherwise your seeds will need longer to germinate, punching a layer of Packed earth.

For better and quicker germination, you can cover the pot with seeds with plastic wrap, thus creating the greenhouse. Greenhouse better to remove from the bright sun. Once the seeds hatch you can remove the tape and move the pot closer to the light, but you can't put young seedlings under direct sunlight, otherwise they can die. After appear at the 2 adults of the leaf should do thinning of seedlings.
If the culture you have chosen a major can before sowing soak overnight, this will speed up the germination of seeds.

Germination time

Don't expect your seeds to sprout the next day, as a rule, each culture has its own time of germination. Quicker shoots appear from watercress, about 3-5 days after sowing, parsley and dill in 10 to 15 days, and Basil – 2-3 weeks. Not to guess when it should ascend your seeds, read the package after sowing, there should be the dates of the shoot of seed.

Temperature mode

For growing herbs on the window sill does not need high temperatures, so often when the temperature is above 20-22 °C, most plants begin to bloom, and as a result worsen their taste. Therefore, the best for growing in winter can be considered a temperature from 15 to 18-20°C. once the seedlings get a little older they are best moved to a gazebo, but it is not necessary to prevent the lowering of the temperature below 5 °C.

Light

Young sprouts really need light, and lots of light. For normal growth and development, plants need no less than 12 hours of light a day otherwise growth slows and the plants look sickly. If natural light is not enough, you need to dosvechivat plants and fluorescent lights.

Watering

In the beginning, until the plants have just sprouted, they need to be watered very carefully. It is best for watering young seedlings will fit the atomizer. Watering, so you won't erode the ground, and at the same time and sprayed the leaves that the plant will go only on advantage.
In the future, plants will grow and water can be from any glassware, only the best watering produce in the aisles. Remember that overflow is as dangerous to plants as underfilling.





Dill on the windowsill in winter

In garden conditions, fennel is a very undemanding plant, it grows everywhere, often gardeners can't get rid of it, comparing it with the weed. But growing in the garden and on the windowsill is not the same thing, growing on the window sill requires a more fertile soil. The soil should be prepared in advance, you can get ready nutritious versatile mix for houseplants. Then the choice is the capacity for planting, the pot should be deep enough and will lay on the bottom of the drainage layer, to drain excess moisture.

Before planting dill seeds should be soaked in warm water for 20 to 22 hours, this is necessary in order to contained in the seed oil released, as it will prevent germination of seeds.

Seeds should be sown just on wet ground, making no scores or pits. Top can be sprinkled with a thin layer of peat, and for better germination of crops covered with foil. After the seeds had sprouted, and it will happen not earlier than in two weeks after planting, remove the film and put the pot in a bright place. Remember that young seedlings should be protected from direct sunlight.
In terms of the windowsill the stems and leaves of dill does not grow back, so to harvest for a long time, you need to make sowing seeds every week.





Parsley on the windowsill

Parsley on the windowsill is grown, as well as dill. So parsley seeds containing the essential oil is also soaked for a day in warm water. Sow seeds should on the surface of moist soil, and cover with cellophane until emergence. After the appearance of young seedlings, remove the film. It should be remembered that parsley plant heat-loving and light-requiring, therefore, very close to the window glass to put the pot you do not want the seedlings froze.

The pot should be pre-equipped with a good drainage, as this plant does not like overwatering, root system it just rots. Does not like parsley and drying, so you need to organize a good and constant watering. After germination you need to wait until the plants are a little bigger and be sure to decimate them.
Parsley on the windowsill requires periodic dressing, enough to take a complete fertilizer and to produce fertilizing every 2-3 weeks. The favorable temperature for the cultivation of parsley on the windowsill 22-24°C. published

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