Outside the window everything is white with snow, and you have an oasis of spring in the window, a green onion. It is a supplier of vitamins, which we miss so much in winter and early spring. This is a delicious addition to our dishes, podnadoevshim for the winter. And if you consider that the green onions are grown with their own hands, it becomes doubly more useful and tasty! In addition, onion beds on your windowsill, spreading phytoncides, will save you from the cold in winter. The answer to the question, how to grow a green onion at home, is covered in simple recommendations, observing which, even the most inexperienced mistress can grow a green seasoning to her table.
The most convenient place for growing green onions is, of course, the window sill of the kitchen window. It's even better if it's a south or east window. If the window sill is narrow, you can move the kitchen table to the window, the third part of which will accommodate containers with onions, and use the rest for food.
How to grow green onions in winter?
In winter, the light day is short, so it's good if you use the backlight to grow green onions. To do this, you can use energy-saving lamps. Include them in such a way that the general lighting, including natural, was not less than 12 hours.
To grow green onions on a windowsill, you can use ordinary earth, sand, peat or even sawdust. For irrigation it is necessary to use standing water at room temperature. The air temperature should be about 20 degrees. To grow green onions, you will need wooden or plastic containers 10 cm high.
Memo how to grow green onions
Here is a step-by-step instruction on which you can grow a bow on your own window sill:
- Cut the tip of the bulb over the shoulders.
- Soak it in a bowl with room water for a day.
- In the container for planting, fill in the prepared soil.
- Soak the bulbs in a container with a cut up, without pressing hard and sprinkle with soil.
- It is good to water the bulbs with lukewarm water.
- Leave for germination for two weeks.
To grow green onions appeared earlier, you can put a container with bulbs higher, where the air will be warmer. When the first sprouts appear, the container should be returned to the window sill. If you plant the bulbs close to each other and cut off the green feather in turn, you can get a real garden of green onions. After you cut the green feather of the onion, the bulbs themselves must be thrown away, and new ones should be planted in their place. Thus, periodically changing bulbs, you can constantly have green vitamins on your table.