For gardeners, the highest level of skill is to please your family and yourself with fresh herbs grown on your own in the winter.
There is no need to conjure in the greenhouse, investing fabulous resources to warm it up at sub-zero temperatures.
To warm up the soil, to use special lighting lamps, since in winter there are very few sunny days, and the sunny day itself lasts only a few hours.
Breeders have tried hard and developed special varieties of greens that can be grown in your apartment without much effort.
Our expert, agronomist, landscape designer and botanical artist Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , will tell you which varieties of greenery are best to grow at home.
Radish
In terms of taste and beneficial properties, this microgreen is not inferior to its larger “brothers”.
However, it grows faster. And in some taste qualities it even surpasses classic plants.
After planting the seeds, they germinate in 3-4 days, and it takes about 12 days until they are fully ripe.
Beet
Beet seeds require preliminary soaking in water for 8 hours. They will germinate and ripen much longer than radishes.
But the harvest can also be collected in about 12 days.
Green buckwheat
Green buckwheat is slightly bitter, but the nutrients it contains completely compensate for the unusual taste.
Moreover, it can be used in the process of preparing complex dishes, then no one will notice the bitterness.
Earlier we wrote that you can set up a mushroom farm at home in winter.
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
