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66 Things You Can Can Grow At Home In Containers

Growing your own food is exciting, not only because you get to see things grow from nothing into ready-to-eat fruits and veggies, but you also don’t have to worry about the pesticides they might contain, and you definitely cut down on the miles they—and you—have to travel.

Here’s a starter list of all the crazy things even urban gardeners, without space for a garden, can grow at home.

Tree fruits – including apples

1. Apples can be grown in a container; you can also grow them on the balcony or other small space using a technique called espaliering.
2. Kumquats
3. Avocados
4. Blackberries
5. Blueberries (sometimes helpful videos are available online)
6. Pomegranate
7. Cherries
8. Figs
9. Pears

Citrus fruits

Citrus trees in particular are said to be good for beginning gardeners and are easy to grow indoors, so don’t let inexperience or lack of outdoor space stop you from enjoying fresh-picked, hyper-local fruit.
10. Dwarf oranges
11. Grapefruit
12. Tangerines
13. Meyer lemons
14. Limes

Tropical fruits

Tropical fruits can also be surprisingly easy to grow indoors, even in non-tropical climates. Such as…

15. Bananas
16. Pineapple
17. Papaya
18. Guavas

The real surprises

19. Hops—yes, as in the “spice” ingredient in beer. Turns out they’re easy to grow!
20. Aloe Vera
21. Strawberries
22. Tea (well, herbal tea)
23. Quinoa!

The non-surprises

24. Tomatoes
25. Summer squash
26. Other squashes, like acorn and pumpkin
27. Hot Peppers
28. Sweet peppers
29. Cucumbers

Melons

30. Small cantaloupe
31. Jenny Lind melon (an heirloom cantaloupe)
32. Golden Midget Watermelon

Herbs

Just about any herb grows well indoors—just be sure that if you’re going to do any container-sharing, you do your research first about which herbs co-habitate well together. (Some will hog water, for example, and leave the others dried out.)

33. Basil
34. Oregano
35. Parsley
36. Rosemary
37. Chives
38. Catnip
39. Thyme
40. Sage
41. Parsley

Leafy Greens

42. Kale
43. Mesclun greens
44. Spinach
45. Swiss chard
46. Lettuces (plenty of options there, from micro-greens to head or loose-leaf)
47. Mustard greens
48. Collard greens
49. Arugula

Root Vegetables

50. Carrots
51. Beets
52. Potatoes

Other healthy-sounding stuff

53. Sprouts
54. More sprouts: mung bean and lentil sprouts
55. Wheatgrass
56. Kohlrabi
57. Turnips
58. Rutabagas
59. Celeriac
60. Parsnips
61. Jerusalem Artichoke
62. Sugar snap peas
63. Rhubarb (not ideal in a container, but it can work)
64. Mushrooms (again, more tips online if you look)
65. Pole Beans
66. Aaaand… asparagus, although some disagree that it does well in a container. Try it if you’re ok with a risk!

String Garden

Kokedama - Japanese Moss Balls (String Gardens)

Indoor Gardening is expanding itself form garden to balcony to rooms and to strings, yes String Gardening is a kind of Indoor gardening.

Thinking of filling the empty corner of a living room or dinning room? If yes! May you would like to add some fancy lamp shape, but before doing so take a look to this Indoor garden master art. This living art would be a vivid charm into your living room, known as String Garden. This is a simple tutorial to make your own Kokedama using a combination of peat soil and Bonsai Soil.

Materials required:

- Plants - Soil - Peat soil and Bonsai Soil (In India all the coastal region have peat soil)

- Live Moss - Dry Sphagnum Moss
- Cotton Thread - String

Procedure:

Step 1: Remove all the soil from the plant,exposing the roots.

Step 2: Mix the soil (Peat soil and Bonsai Soil) together. Generally the ratio is 7:3. But do believe on your instinct by making the consistency right.

Step 3: Once the soil is mixed, prepare small balls with help of water. Do not make it too hard, it would be difficult for the roots to penetrate.

Step 4: Tale a bunch of Sphagnum moss and wrap it carefully around the roots in a circular motion. Take a cotton thread to tie the moss.

Step 5: Make a small hole in the soil ball and gently place the plant inside, close the soil ball carefully.

Step 6: Take small sheets of any moss and press them firmly on the soil. Don't leave any space on the soil.

Step 7: Choose a nice space shady space, install a hook and hang your wonder piece of your art.

Step 8: To water your art piece use a mist spray bottle once a day.

Indoor Vertical Gardening - Succulent Living Picture Art

Indoor Garden - Plant a Living Picture

Indoor Gardening has entered from corporate house to the favorite wall in your house. Planting a living picture through plants not only add attraction but also provides a soothing charm to your eyes.

If you are looking for a nice picture for your living room... try some indoor gardening in form of a vertical garden. Entire wall can be transformed through vertical gardening or it can be a form of small picture frame with some plants turning it into a live picture. Follow the following step and make your own picture.

Step 1: Assembling of Frame: Buy a pre assembled frame, if you do not get near by. You can make one for yourself by using old plastic trays or wooden box.

Step 2: Gather Cutting: Gather small buds from the succulent plant. Stem of the plants should be at least 1/4 inch long. Set the cutting in a cool place for few days say about 2 days. This allow the stem dry and callus over. You would be needing about 60 buds for 6 by 12 inch frame.

Step 3: Add Soil : Fill the tray first with gravel, sand and then with soil along with the fertilizer. Fix the iron net.

Step 4: Plant the cuttings: Plant the cuttings into the soil. Leave the frame lying flat on a cool place for a week after planting, this would help the plant to take roots in the soil. Once the plant get well rooted place the frame in the morning sunlight for another a month. Water the soil as when it start drying in every 5-7 days depending upon the moisture condition in soil.

Step 5: Watering the Picture Frame: Once the Living Succulent picture is ready, to water it remove the frame from the wall, water lightly and wait till water is well absorbed in the soil.

Plants for Bedroom........

The modern architecture does not allow to have large spaces for bedroom. But you can always decorate your bedroom with plants, by using tables, corners, windowsills. My bedroom is very small, it has only space for a fitted cupboard, bed and a bedside table. In such a scenario, I prefer hanging plants at the side of the window.

Ideas for Bedroom:

Place the hanging plant as close to your window, this would help them in growing and nourishing. If you do not have a window or cannot arrange a space for hanging. you can use a narrow table on your bedside to do the double work for by making space for plants.

Choose you Plant:

Whatever is the size or shape of your bedroom, there is a plant for you. below is the list of plants based in the positioning of you bedroom. Follow the list and you would surely have happier and a bright life ahead.

East Facing Bedroom:

Arrowhead Plant

Creeping Fig

English Ivy

Spider Plant

Zebra Plant

Velvet Vine

Grape Ivy

North Facing Bedroom:

African voilet
Aspidistra
Cyclamen
Ivy
Japenese Aralia
Prayer Plant
Sweetheart Plant
Yucca

South Facing Bedroom:

Jade Plant
Geraniums
Passion Flower

West Facing Bedroom:

Canary ivy
Devil's Ivy
Goldern trumpt
Mother of Thousand

Myth About Placing Plants in your Bedroom:

Plants produce oxygen during day, which is a part of photosynthesis. During night the photosynthesis does not happen and they also comsume oxygen along with the human beings. If the calculation in made in the consumption of oxygen by plants at night is minimal to the consumption of human beings.

Plants for Kitchen..

People love to decorate their house with various indoor plants but at times they neglect their kitchen. Since kitchen is the place where most of the activity happens at home....... try to make it beautiful and cozier by adding few houseplants.

No matter how large, small, light or dark is your kitchen, there is always a plant for your space. Large and airy new style kitchens are ideal for variety of plants; windows, shelves and corners are ideal to display plants.

Whereas in smaller and less natural light kitchen, you can always have a hanging plant on your refrigerator

Atmospheric Condition for Plant Growth:

90% of the time kitchen do not have the ideal condition to grow plants. Temperature tend to fluctuate a lot during cooking and non cooking hours. If your plant is not flourishing in kitchen make sure to do few steps for them:

1. Sponge the leaves with water and remove the dirt deposits from them.

2. Humidity is high in kitchen always choose plants which can sustain them self.

3. Since kitchen is a primarily a working area, place your plants away from stove, oven. Heat can destroy your plant.

Finding Space:

Window pane is the favorite place for indoor plant, where they can have the natural light to flourish. A group of hanging basket at various height adds decor. You can also add shelves to add row of small plants. display a miniature plant on the table centerpiece.

Plants for Kitchen window:

Choose a flowering plant to add the color, or a bunch of green plants to make a perfect effect of contracts.

Flowering Plants for your Kitchen: In Spring, place the container with Narcissus, Daffodils, Iris, Squill.