Love gardening? It's about time to take it indoors. Here are 15 edibles you can grow in your indoor winter garden.
Vegetables and Greens For Your Indoor Winter Garden
Looking into growing your winter garden edibles? Growing your own vegetables and herbs indoors is a perfect counterpart to winter farmers or grocery stores trips, and mind you, you don't really need to be an expert gardener nor have a green thumb and big budget just for you to do it the right way. Plant these delectable edibles in your indoor winter garden and gather your rewards in spring!
1. Grow Tomatoes Indoors
Save the sunniest area for your home for tomatoes. Plant the seeds in a profound seed tray and once it develops 4-5 real leaves, transfer them to a container. If you prefer not to stake the plants, you can grow them upside down. To induce flowering, you can pinch the tips of the little branches. Provide extra lighting, if necessary. Cherry tomatoes are more productive over the bigger ones when grown indoors.
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2. How To Grow Potatoes Indoors
Growing potatoes indoors require a large plastic sack or a potato box. Fill it with a good quality potting mix and plant your potatoes. Take note that potato plants require a substantial amount of sunlight for you to have a good produce. Check your young spuds and use them for cooking.
3. How To Grow Bell Peppers Indoors
Bell peppers require an adequate measure of lighting for a decent produce and must be planted in a rich potting mix. To encourage a bushy growth, pinch the growing tips which can be converted into a good fruit later on.
4. How To Grow Mushrooms Indoors During Winter
Mushrooms can also be grown indoors during winter. Growing mushrooms can also be a fun gardening activity outside when the cold weather allows. Button mushrooms or oyster mushrooms from kits is pretty easy to grow. You just simply follow the instructions in the kit and keep it in a dark, cool place to grow. You can have a few harvests from one bed.
When you get enough experience with the ready-made kits you can proceed to setting up your own particular mushroom beds.
5. How To Grow Lettuce Indoors
Any varieties of lettuce will do indoors. They require 3-4 hours of clouded sunlight through a window. The loose leaf kinds are perfect for indoors. You can pick the leaves to ensure a continuous harvest. Lettuces are very adaptable in growing exclusively in artificial lights.
6. How To Grow Carrots In Winter
Carrots can be grown inside when placed in pots with loose, well-depleting soil. If you can give around 4-5 hours of sunlight or its equal in grow lights, you can get great carrots. However, in the event that the light is compromised, the roots stay little and they take more time to create.
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7. Grow Indoor Spinach
This is one of my favorites, so I definitely have spinach year round. Out in my garden, spinach does best in an incomplete shade and provides a constant supply of leaves. The same can be done indoors by putting it close to a window where it can have 3-4 hours of daylight. Make sure to choose a cool spot because spinach tends to dash in warmth. Bundle the leaves together to urge the plant to deliver new leaves. Spinach can be also be perfectly grown in grow lights.
8. Grow Chives Indoors
Chives are hardy plants that can restore itself during spring despite the fact that it can take a thrashing during winter. You can still enjoy a container of chives in your kitchen even during the colder months of the year.
If you've got chives in your garden, you can sow only a couple of rifts of chives in a container of well-draining potting mix and get them indoors. Chives can produce great bunches as they develop. That guarantees you a continuous increase of yield as you clip off some leaves for your needs.
9. How To Grow Radishes Indoors In Winter
Radishes are a standout amongst the most compensating veggies to grow indoors during winter. They can produce a table of commendable tubers in as early as 25 days, so you can have a customary supply if you begin week-by-week batches. The marginally spicy kind of radishes is perfect for winter dishes. Radish greens are as delightful as small scale and young greens.
Plant the radish seeds in straight lines in a 5-inch profound plate of rich, well-depleting soil and fertilizer blend and cover them with a paper until they grow. Transfer them to a sunny spot when the seed leaf is out. You can disperse the seedlings when 2-3 leaves show up and enjoy them in salads. You can keep on picking delicate leaves if it's fine with you having little bulbs.
10. Grow Swiss Chard Indoors
I love swiss chard! It does not only give me food on my table, it also gives me a cheerful ambiance to my homestead. Although, they require 4 to 5 hours of sunlight to have rainbow colors of long stalks. During winter, I can still harvest leaves perfect for my cooking. I use older ones for stir fried food and the fresher ones in raw salads.
11. Grow Mint Indoors
Mint prefers shade, hence it is perfect indoors. You can sow it from seeds or from sprouts of mint you buy from the shop. Mint loves rich, damp soil. A single pot is enough to serve as your supply all winter long.
The leaves can be utilized to make a delightful mint tea that's perfect for an upset tummy. Sprigs of mint can be used as a garnish to any dish. If you need a snappy lift-up, just simply brush your hands over the plant.
12. How to Grow Oregano Indoors
I have oregano in my garden as well as indoors. I use this all winter for my homemade pizza and spaghetti. They are absolutely easy to grow. However, they can be intrusive in the garden, so it is best to grow it in containers or pots. You can have two or more oregano pots in your kitchen window, where the plant can receive a bit of sunlight. It will flourish happily in the warm indoor air even while the outside is still freezing.
13. Grow Arugula Indoors During Winter
Arugula is a salad green that has a sharp taste. It can produce a good yield even if it is grown indoors. The large rosette, that looks like a dandelion, can produce a ceaseless supply of leaves. The more you cut, the more it develops. Arugula is a cool season plant and has a tendency to bolt prior if grown in a warm area. Out in the garden, blooms borne on long stalks demonstrate the approach of the warm climate. To maintain a strategic distance from early catapulting and extend harvest, you have to look for a cool, yet sunny spot for this plant.
14. Grow Beans Indoors
If there is sufficient light, beans and peas can deliver pods indoors. Shrubbery beans are best for indoor development as you don't have to bother putting support to post bean varieties. Harvesting is likewise much easier.
15. How To Grow Kale In Winter
Kale is a hardy plant, however, extreme frost can kill it. Every plant needs a huge pot and a lot of space to develop and spread. An area where it gets 3-4 hours of brilliant light would be perfect. The crinkled leaves are a storage facility of nourishment, yet they don't become huge in plants when grown indoors. Nonetheless, they are similarly as delicious and profoundly nutritious.
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There you have it, my fellow homesteaders, 15 delectable edibles you can grow in your indoor winter garden! If you are in doubt, take note of these simple tips: leafy vegetables can deal with lesser light than root vegetables. While fruit vegetables like tomatoes and eggplants need more light to have a good harvest. But, they can flourish in a warm room. Edible fungi and sprouts, well, they don't much care for light, so they can be perfect in basement or garage. Choose a few of these edibles to grow this winter and avoid winter blues and start your indoor winter garden now!
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Which edible will you grow in your indoor winter garden? Have you tried having an indoor winter garden before? I’m excited to know! Let me know about your experiences and tips by leaving a comment below!
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I never thought to grow potatoes indoors, what a wonderful idea!