Some friends are actually more interested in growing vegetables than growing flowers. After all, you don't have to worry about the health of growing vegetables yourself. It is much more practical than growing flowers.
Today, I will introduce 10 kinds of vegetables that can be planted on the balcony. You can also easily build a "small vegetable garden" that belongs to your home. When the vegetables are planted, you can eat whatever you like for half a year at a time!
1, cherry radish
Cherry radish is a new vegetable introduced from Japan. It's small and looks lovely.
The surface of cherry radish is very shiny, round and appetizing.
Cherry radish tastes crisp, and people with small mouths can take a bite, just like eating cherries.
Because of its popularity, it has also become an online celebrity cuisine.
Whether it is cold salad, fried food, pickled food, etc. Cherry radish is very popular.
In planting, the cherry radish need not bother so much. Its vitality is still quite tenacious. As long as the temperature is not lower than 10℃, it can basically survive and can be eaten for more than a month.
If you have a balcony at home, prepare a small flowerpot and plant cherry radish in it, and plant it closely, keeping the spacing between seedlings at 2-3 cm.
Pay attention to watering, and then ensure sufficient light. You can harvest in more than 30 days. Don't think about waiting for it to get bigger. When the cherry radish grows, it doesn't taste so good.
The nutritional value of cherry radish is so high that even pregnant women can eat it.
It is rich in vitamins, trace elements and so on, which can supplement a lot of nutrition for human body.
Eating a little cherry radish properly is good for your health.
2. Spinach
Spinach is very popular in life. It can be fried, made into soup and stewed with tofu or noodles.
But what many friends don't know is that spinach is not made in China. Its origin is in Iran, so it also has a name "Persian cuisine".
Potted spinach is easy to raise. As a vegetable with strong vitality, as long as its roots are not dehydrated and withered and its hair roots are still there, it can be planted and survived.
The method is to plant the leftover spinach roots in the soil. As long as the environment is suitable, fresh spinach can be harvested in a short time.
It is suggested that the soil here should keep water and fertilizer. When the temperature is between 15℃ and 20℃, spinach will grow faster.
Spinach likes sunshine, and drying it in sunny places will make it grow better.
Of course, this does not mean that spinach is afraid of cold, it is also very resistant to freezing. Even in cold weather, it will not freeze to death immediately.
It can be planted all year round.
This kind of spinach has a high nutritional value. It is rich in vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus and so on. And a certain amount of dietary fiber, antioxidants, etc. Eating spinach regularly is very helpful for strengthening physical fitness.
3. okra
Okra is native to India and is very popular in China in recent years.
But because of the special taste, people who are not good at this mouth will find it difficult to swallow for the first time.
Although it belongs to vegetables, the flowers of okra are very beautiful, and potted okra is also very easy to raise. You can pick them at will and watch them as flowers.
Of course, the root system of okra is relatively developed. You need to find a deeper flowerpot if you plant it.
After the seeds are selected, they can be soaked at 25℃ to 30℃ for one night to improve their germination rate.
The soil can be fertile, and it is more suitable for planting okra from April to August every year. Of course, in some places, the climate is warmer, and it can be planted in March.
Okra doesn't need to be fertilized regularly, but it can grow well in sunny days.
The temperature is high in summer, and the best watering time in the morning is before 9 o'clock.
If there is no ground planting environment, choose dwarf okra, and the fruit yield will be the same. About 40 to 50 centimeters will be full of fruit.
Okra contains protein, vitamin A, calcium, iron, zinc, etc., which can provide various nutrients for human body and enhance human immunity.
Women are very suitable for eating, it contains soluble fiber and vitamin C.
4. Chinese cabbage
The scientific name of Chinese cabbage is feather cabbage. There are many ways to eat Chinese cabbage, such as garlic Chinese cabbage and oil-consuming Chinese cabbage. It tastes crisp and fragrant, which is in line with most people's tastes.
This vegetable can be planted all year round and put on the balcony. If you want to eat some, it is healthy and delicious.
Choose fertile soil for potted Chinese cabbage, so that the grown Chinese cabbage will be stronger and more delicious.
Growing Chinese cabbage in poor soil will make you feel like firewood.
When sowing, it is best to use the sowing method, spread the seeds evenly to avoid uneven density in the future, and then cover the soil less than 1 cm, and don't flatten it.
The growth of Chinese cabbage needs a lot of sunshine. It should be noted that the sunshine in winter is not strong, even in a place where the sun can be seen all day.
When the sun is strong, don't stay in the sun for too long.
After sowing, you can water along the container to help the seeds germinate.
When Chinese cabbage seedlings grow, the watering times can be more, and the soil should be kept slightly wet. It is not good to water Chinese cabbage too much in winter.
Generally, it takes about a month from sowing to maturity, and it will be later in winter, not too late.
Chinese cabbage is rich in vitamins, minerals, etc., which can supplement a lot of nutrients for human body, promote human metabolism and help waste to be excreted as soon as possible.
Nervous friends can eat some Chinese cabbage, which contains vitamin B 1 and pantothenic acid.
5. Lettuce; lettuce
Lettuce is very popular with female friends, and its calorie is very low, so it can be called "slimming weapon".
There are many ways to eat lettuce, such as garlic lettuce, bacon lettuce omelet, lettuce in oyster sauce and so on. Children can also eat normally.
Potted lettuce does not need to look at the season, because it can be planted in any season, and it can grow smoothly as long as the temperature exceeds 10℃.
The method is to prepare lettuce seeds and containers first, fill the containers with fertile soil, then pour enough water, then sprinkle the seeds in and cover them with about 2 cm of soil.
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After that, you don't need to water it too often. In about 20 days, lettuce will grow many seedlings. If the intervals are too close, pick some.
During the period, pay attention to let the lettuce get in touch with enough sunshine. In about a month, the lettuce seedlings can be eaten.
Worried that lettuce is not big enough, you can dig more lettuce seedlings to eat, and the rest will have enough room for growth.
Lettuce has high nutritional value, and the interferon inducer contained in it is very effective in improving human immunity.
Lettuce is also rich in vitamin E, carotene and other ingredients.
6. Cabbage
Kale not only has a nice name, but also has a very high value. Its leaves are very beautiful in shape and colorful. Kale can often be seen in parks, streets and other places. Not only delicious, but also can be used as an ornament to attract passers-by to stop.
Kale is rich in nutrients, so it is also called one of the best vegetables for the body.
Friends who lack calcium, eat some kale properly, can play a good role in supplementing calcium.
The vitality of kale is very tenacious, and it can survive even in the environment of MINUS ten degrees.
So don't worry too much about the short life span of potted kale. As long as we choose loose and fertile soil rich in humus, pay attention to fertilization, watering, ventilation and lighting, kale will grow up soon.
The choice of fertilizer and poultry manure is also possible.
Kale can be eaten raw, fried or rinsed in hot pot, all of which are very delicious.
Kale has been popular in Japan for a long time.
As a vegetable with high fiber and low calorie, ladies are very suitable for eating. Kale contains very good chlorophyll.
7. coriander
For those who like it, this vegetable is the soul of countless dishes. People often say "I'm not happy without coriander", such as coriander in hot pot, coriander in cold dish and coriander in porridge. Without coriander, it is almost as uncomfortable as eating instant noodles without seasoning packets.
But for people who don't like coriander, once they find out which dish has coriander, they suddenly lose their appetite.
In fact, coriander is a nutritious vegetable, which contains vitamin C, carotene and potassium malate. Some meat will smell like fish. If coriander is added, it will remove the fishy smell of meat products and become more delicious.
Potted coriander is not difficult. Prepare materials first, such as rapeseed, fertile soil, flowerpots, etc. You can have coriander without rapeseed. There is little difference between the roots of coriander and rapeseed, and the survival rate of planting in soil is very high.
If you want coriander to grow better, you can water it around the soil, which will help the roots of coriander adapt to the soil. Pay attention to the light at ordinary times, and fresh coriander buds will grow in a few days.
In a month or two, the coriander can be picked and eaten.
If you don't dig the core, pick the leaves from the side and plant a crop of coriander for half a year.
8. Chili
Pepper originated in Mexico and was introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty.
Since then, many people in our country have been lukewarm and unhappy.
Nowadays, there are many ways to eat Chili, such as frying pork slices with Chili, or frying eggs with Chili and so on. Northerners prefer to make Chili sauce, which is delicious with vegetables.
Pepper has many health functions. It contains a variety of vitamins, such as vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin K and so on. It also contains nutrients such as calcium and iron, and is a necessary dish for many families.
The yield of potted peppers is very gratifying. Before planting, you should first choose a deep flowerpot, put it in the soil, water it, disinfect your favorite pepper seeds, and sow it by sowing or sowing on demand.
When the temperature is between 25 ~ 30℃, it only takes 3 ~ 5 days to germinate, but it is difficult to germinate when the temperature is too low.
Don't water frequently at seedling stage, and then water it when it is dry.
Pepper likes moderate intensity light, so let it enjoy enough sunshine.
With proper fertilization, attractive peppers will soon grow.
9, tomatoes
Red tomatoes are very suitable for planting on the balcony. When you grow up, it will become very bright on the balcony and have high ornamental value.
Raw tomatoes are also delicious, not worse than some fruits.
There are many ways to eat it, such as frying with eggs or stewing with beef brisket, which is very popular among adults and children.
Tomatoes contain a lot of nutrients, such as carotene and vitamins.
Potting tomatoes is very simple. It is a kind of vegetable with strong vitality. Short tomatoes should be prepared before planting, so as not to occupy too much balcony space, but the yield is still a lot, and small potted plants are easy to be full of fruits.
Let it enjoy enough light every day, pay attention to watering and fertilization at ordinary times, and it won't take long for the tomato to mature.
Tomatoes are a little afraid of cold in winter, so we need to pay attention to cold protection.
10 and cucumber
Crispy cucumber, whether cold or fried with other vegetables, is particularly delicious and has high nutritional value.
Potting cucumbers is not difficult. It is suggested to choose fruit cucumber, which will have lower climbing vines and is suitable for planting on the balcony.
Pay attention to watering and fertilization at ordinary times to ensure sufficient light. In about a few months, you can harvest a delicious cucumber.
Eating your own cucumber is still very fulfilling.
Cucumber is rich in protein, vitamin C and other ingredients.
It's good to grow some vegetables at home.