As fall comes around, we may be putting the garden to bed but that itch to grow still needs scratching!
Here is a simple guide to growing delicious salad greens on your windowsill.
Select some fun and decorative pots that have holes in the bottoms and match them up with water catching plates below.
Mix your soil: Ideal mix is half seedling soil mix and half perlite for really good drainage. Thoroughly mix together.
Fill the pots with the soil, tapping gently to settle the mix, leaving around 1/2" at the top and patting to get rid of any pockets of air that have formed.
Make labels for each variety using a strip of plastic, the back of another tag from a different plant, or a popsicle stick. Be sure to write in pencil as pen will fade/wash off.
Stick all the labels into the pots before you plant them so you don't mix them up.
Take a very small amount of your seed out of the container and drop them one by one over the top of the soil, distributing as evenly as possible. Mist the surface thoroughly until you can tell it is completely wet. Sprinkle another 1/4 inch of soil over the seeds and mist again.
Move your pots to a window with direct sun exposure. I used a western facing window but south probably would have been better; my greens are a little leggy. I rotated them a quarter turn each day to even out their sun exposure.
Check moisture regularly and mist or water when dry. Fertilize with an organic fertilizer after 20 days.
In around 7 days you will have a nice crop of micro greens, and about 20 days later you will be ready to eat your first salad.
Use sharp scissors to remove the mature leaves and continue to let the plant grow as you harvest.
Enjoy the flavors of fresh greens right at your own home!
Happy Gardening,
Emily
If I've inspired you to try this at home, check out our salad greens page and start harvesting your own fresh windowsill salad!
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