Do not throw away the cleaning of vegetables and fruits - grow new fruit from them

In winter and early spring, the diet of residents of the northern regions suffers from a lack of fresh herbs as a natural source of vitamins, minerals, fiber and other beneficial substances.

To solve this problem, grow vegetables, fruits and herbs at home. And for this you do not even need to buy seeds or seedlings! You can grow a crop for free, quickly and effortlessly, using the cleaning and bones of store-bought fruits and vegetables that you usually throw away. How to do it correctly, will tell "Easy to use».

Celery and Chinese Cabbage

Cut the stems or leaves so as to leave the base of the bush or the head about 2,5 centimeters high. Place it in a cup with clean water so that only the radical part of the trimming is in the liquid. Now change the water in the tank every two days.

Already at the end of the week green shoots with young leaves should appear from the plant preparation. When this happens, plant your celery in the prepared soil in such a way that only green shoots remain on the surface.

Lemon

To get a fruiting tree at home, you need to be patient, because lemons grow quite slowly. As the soil is best to use ready-made soil for citrus, which is sold in specialized stores.

First, at the bottom of the pot or a wide and not very deep plastic container with drainage holes fit a layer of fine expanded clay height of 2 centimeters. On top of it, pre-prepared soil is poured.

The bones extracted from the fruit are washed with warm water and placed in a moist soil at a depth of two centimeters. It is very important to prevent the seeds from drying! The faster they are planted, the greater the chance of getting viable seedlings.

At first, sensitive seedlings especially need a moist and warm environment. To maintain the required mode, cover the container with a plastic film. After the appearance of the first 3 – 4 of these sheets, you can remove the film and plant seedlings in separate pots. In order to avoid damage to the root system, lemons are carried along with an earthy clod.

During the first year, the plant is transplanted twice, picking up a larger container. For the next two years, the lemons are moved to a new pot once in 12 months. After reaching the age of three, the tree is considered an adult, and it is enough to replant it every three years.

In the process of tree growth, it is necessary to achieve uniform crown formation. To do this, periodically rotate the plant so that it is evenly illuminated by the sun, as well as pinch long shoots and twigs that grow into the depths of the crown.

Garlic

To get juicy green shoots suitable for both fresh and slightly faded cloves of garlic. At the first stage, unused garlic heads should be divided into separate cloves and put in a bag. After five to seven days, green sprouts and young roots will appear from them. After that, safely land the teeth in loose soil, sawdust or sand to a depth of 2 – 3, see. The distance between adjacent teeth should be within 1 – 2, see.

Basil

Basil is propagated by cuttings, so the beginning of a new plant can give a small segment of the stem with leaves. To begin with, several cuttings should be placed in a container with water so that the leaves themselves remain outside, in the air.

For 7 – 14 days, the stems will release thin root processes, after which the plants can be planted in a pot or in a box for seedlings. Ready-to-eat greens grow on average over 40 – 50 days. One such shrub can regularly supply you with fresh leaves for 3 – 4 months.

Hot peppers

Hot pepper is a relatively unpretentious plant that bears fruit both in the open field and at home in an ordinary flower pot. It can be grown from seeds collected from used pods.

The very first step is to prepare the seeds by dressing in a manganese solution (1%) for 20 minutes. After disinfection, the seeds should be thoroughly rinsed with water, spread out between two segments of damp cotton cloth and put in a warm dark place until the first shoots appear. Do not forget to periodically wet the fabric to prevent it from drying out.

Pepper planting in the soil occurs in two stages. At first, germinated seeds are laid out in small grooves or pits and lightly covered with earth. Keep the container in a warm place, periodically sprinkling the ground with water. When the plants form two full leaves, you can proceed to the second stage - picking.

The finished seedlings, or rather the strongest seedlings, are transplanted into individual pots with a capacity of 2 – 4 each. Since pepper is a very light-loving plant, it is extremely important to arrange the containers on the sunny side of the room, near the window or on the loggia.

Independent cultivation and harvesting of natural sources of vitamins and minerals is not only an exciting activity and saving the family budget. Home mini-garden will enrich the diet of plant food, in which guaranteed no toxic components used in large agricultural enterprises.

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