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A garden on the windowsill: what containers should be for growing vegetables and greens
18.12.2024 16:23
Modern city dwellers do not always have access to fresh and natural products. Perhaps that is why more and more people are thinking about creating their own mini-garden.
A suitable place can be found in any house and even in an apartment, because you can quite successfully place the plantings on your windowsills. As a result, you will kill two birds with one stone.
Firstly, you will get the opportunity to enjoy ecologically clean vegetables and greens, and secondly, you will make the atmosphere in your home cozy and relaxing. And all this thanks to a piece of nature brought into your home.
You should start creating your own garden by choosing containers and soil. These two "parameters" are the basis on which the quantity and quality of your harvest depends.
Containers
Suitable containers for growing vegetables and greens on the windowsill can be almost any. You can fill boxes, pots, plastic containers and other containers with soil.
The main thing is that the container you choose has drainage holes.
Their function is to ensure that excess moisture is removed. As a result, you can be sure that the roots will not rot due to excess liquid.
Of course, it is worth discussing another important parameter, namely the size of the container. It, like the type, can be any. When choosing the size of the container, focus on the type of plant that you are going to grow in it, and what kind of root system it has.
Priming
Experienced gardeners can prepare soil for a garden on the windowsill themselves.
Beginners are unlikely to be able to cope with such a task. Therefore, the best choice for them would be to buy special soil intended for vegetable crops.
Purchased soil, as a rule, has a balanced composition. It contains the macro- and microelements needed by plants. And the composition created by professionals can boast good air permeability. It can be purchased at a garden center.
