What are the best vegetables to grow indoors?
Posted on Nov 16, 2009 under Best Vegetables | 3 CommentsI want to start an indoor edible garden. I want to do this to have a few vegetables to eat and a learning experience for my 3 year old. What can I grow indoors that we can eat that is easy to purchase and take care of?
For a child any of the leafy family of lettuce with thin cristy leaves will grown and come in many different shades of greens and reds.
If you can find a very "mild radish" they too will be fun for children. I say mild sense most children do not like any thing that is hot to the taste.
Sprouting a yam or sweet potatoes is also fun for kids. Sense they grow in a glass of water children can watch the roots and leafs form. Avocado pits and the end of a fresh pineapple would also be fun. This would not be something to eat on educational.
Alfalfa sprouts grow very quickly in a jar that placed in a sunny window and kelp damp. These are full of protein. I also grow these in the winter time for my dogs when they can’t get grass to eat.
As a kid I used to grow these and sell them to the local produce stand and a restaurant.
Have fun!
Best wishes…
DP
November 17th, 2009 at 12:56 am
Herbs and lettuce can be grown in pot on a sunny windowsill.
You might try radishes. Of, the simplest, fastest ans easiest is alfalfa sprouts. Requires no soil…just a jar, seeds, water, and some way of straining out the water without letting the seeds out (like a piece of pantyhose and a rubber band)
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November 17th, 2009 at 1:16 am
Salad cress is dead easy and will grow on layers of damp kitchen paper. You can eat it after only about a week.
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November 17th, 2009 at 1:47 am
For a child any of the leafy family of lettuce with thin cristy leaves will grown and come in many different shades of greens and reds.
If you can find a very "mild radish" they too will be fun for children. I say mild sense most children do not like any thing that is hot to the taste.
Sprouting a yam or sweet potatoes is also fun for kids. Sense they grow in a glass of water children can watch the roots and leafs form. Avocado pits and the end of a fresh pineapple would also be fun. This would not be something to eat on educational.
Alfalfa sprouts grow very quickly in a jar that placed in a sunny window and kelp damp. These are full of protein. I also grow these in the winter time for my dogs when they can’t get grass to eat.
As a kid I used to grow these and sell them to the local produce stand and a restaurant.
Have fun!
Best wishes…
DP
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Farmer/Organic gardener who has "field trips" from my local schools