The mini garden as a greenhouse on the windowsill is more likely to bring spring into the house. It also looks decorative when the windows become a little greener every day. All vegetable plants can be planted and even the smallest herb cultivation enriches the culinary variety.

Vegetables can be grown on the windowsill in the mini greenhouse

Beginners among the allotment gardeners in particular like to start growing their plants a little smaller and gain their first experience with a greenhouse on the windowsill. Although only a modest contribution to self-sufficiency with freshly harvested fruit and vegetables will be possible given the limited space available, even the smallest mini herb shop can become one welcome enrichment for the healthy family kitchen will.

Window sill greenhouse and ventilation

Depending on the residential area, the cultivation area can be increased even further by placing an additional shelf in front of the bright south-facing window, on which one or more windowsill greenhouses are placed. The garden trade offers these practical containers with transparent covers in various sizes and qualities. However, if you want it to be particularly chic, you can easily build these rearing vessels yourself. In any case, in addition to the Comfort temperature of plants (between 16 and 20 °C) proper ventilation must be ensured. The necessary ventilation slits are incorporated into the planters and the selected window for your greenhouse should also be able to be tilted if possible for air exchange.

What is growing in the windowsill of the greenhouse?

Very good harvest results are achieved when cultivating kitchen herbs or when young plants are grown from seed for planting outdoors in the garden. It must be considered that there are not only sun-loving plants, but also those that feel particularly comfortable in dark corners. With regard to the good growth of kitchen herbs, however, there are also differences in terms of the subsequent taste. Parsley and chives develop a more intense aroma in the bed, but they taste better on the windowsill than the bundles in the supermarket. The window greenhouse is ideal for cress, chervil, basil, oregano and coriander.

Small vegetables with remarkable fruits

Breeding on the windowsill is particularly successful with low-growing species if you have a good hand for the right temperatures, but also for the right watering. The most popular types include:

  • chilli plants
  • mini cucumbers
  • cocktail tomatoes

All three varieties are planted later as young plants simply in pots, in which the plants are better supplied with the essential nutrients and at the same time form a larger number of fruits.

Which soil fits the greenhouse on the windowsill?

Crumbly garden soil with a little sand and a pH between 6 and 7 is particularly ideal for growing young plants by the window. If you don't water too much, but regularly and not directly on the little plants and seedlings, you won't do anything wrong. From time to time a little pot plant fertilizer, which is mixed with the irrigation water, improve the nutrient content of the soil. You will recognize the right time when it becomes visible that the plants in the window bench in the greenhouse are growing above average or appear light green or yellowish from the leaf growth.

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Planters made of decomposable material such as coconut, peat or cardboard are particularly practical if the plants grown on the windowsill are to be moved outdoors. They can later be put straight into the growing pots so that their sensitive roots are not damaged.

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