Apartment dwellers often have difficulty setting up a vegetable garden or a space to grow herbs, spices and even flowers. This is because space is small and sometimes it is necessary to invest in cabinets designed to fit exactly the furniture inside the house.
But the desire to have your own garden with pesticide-free foods and satisfy the taste of growing your own foods should not be left behind, as there are efficient and inexpensive ways to adapt your small crop to the environment in which you live. ? Is it possible to pick up old wood and set up a shelf, or even pet bottles are great for storing plants and still not expensive ?, says chemist Luiz Carlos Lourenço.
10 tips for setting up and caring for your home garden
1 ? Choose a place in your apartment that receives light and sunshine in the morning. "It is important that plants receive sunlight in the morning to grow healthy," says the chemist.
2 ? Opt for the wider walls and near the windows. ? The ideal is to make the shelves are high, away from the floor and in ventilated places ,? suggests Lourenço.
3? Take wood slats that are in good condition and hang with nails on the wall. "If you don't want to stick to the wall, there are sticky stickers in flower shops or large home ware stores that fix properly and don't spoil the paint on the wall," says the chemist.
4? Choose cement dungers with depths and widths of up to 30 cm. "Choose models that are able to drain water to prevent moisture from rotting the roots," says the chemist.
5? The balconies or balconies of the apartments are good options to make your kitchen. • Choose plant species that can stay in the sun. ? Watercress, lettuce and basil, for example, can do well on apartment balconies ?, explains Lourenço.
6? Stay tuned when you buy the shelf. Choose the correct location. Good choices are totally straight or gently sloping shelves, suggests the chemist.
7? Also choose the correct vase. ? Because plants need to be watered at least twice a day, we need to choose pots that have a hole underneath so that excess water is discarded. If you want to enjoy the ones you already have at home, make the holes for the water outlet yourself ?, recommends Lourenço.
8? Prepare the soil well before planting. “It's no use having a good place to grow the garden and not being so good. There are lands that are already prepared and fertilized, but if you want, fertilizer with products that are sold separately in garden stores or even supermarkets ?, says the chemist.
9? After choosing the seeds you will grow, plant them carefully. • Make a hole in the earth about 1 cm. Put the seed inside and cover with the fertilized soil. Water with water and wait for the little plant to grow ?, says the chemist.
10? When the plant is growing, water it daily. ? It is important to observe the leaflets and remove the yellowish ?, concludesLourenço.
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