Growing a large garden in the outdoors, at times can be straining. With the varied modern methods of gardening, you can grow plants inside as well. There are a large number of green plants that can be grown in very corner of the house. These plants do not need much sunshine or much attention. While some indoor plants might require more moisture, some might need a bit drier place.

Overall, these indoor plants are not costly. They are easy maintenance plants. When you are growing indoor plants, you might wonder what to grow and what not to. The best idea to consume the space is to grow colourful and nourishing salad indoor plants. Well, then let us understand the following amazing ways to grow these indoor salads.

Follow the 4 easy ways to grow a salad indoors

Decide which salad to grow

Firstly, patiently chalk out which salad to be grown in your home. Likewise, lettuce is a very easy salad that can be grown indoors. All the leafy lettuce in addition to the oak leaf lettuce can be grown easily. Moreover, before choosing the salad to be grown, do keep in mind the season. You might find a number of salads to be grown indoors. Some other nutritious salad that can be grown are beets, Arugula, Parsley, Magenta Spreen or Kale.  It is always advised to grow a salad that grows throughout the season. Usually Spinach or Lettuce can grow throughout all the seasons round the year.

The appropriate place to grow the salad

Having decided upon the particular salad to be grown, the second thing is to find the appropriate place. Herein we have decided to narrate the steps to grow lettuce.

To grow lettuce, you can either take clay planters or bottles. Lettuce being an easy growing plant, hardly in two- three months can grow to maturity. Since lettuce grows fast, you can grow some other green salad beside it as well. You can grow indoor Asparagus and Calendula in addition to lettuce. All these plants require the same soil texture. Lettuce needs bottles or containers or planters which have depth. It is mandatory to keep six inches of soil depth to grow it, owing to its not so deep or penetrating roots.

The type of soil required to grow the salad

The most important part of growing a salad, is to prepare the soil base. The soil needs to be rich in manure. To prepare an organic compost, you can use the kitchen waste. Like fruit peels, egg shells, tea or coffee leftovers can be used as compost. The salads’ soil needs constant watering and proper aeration. The salads need an environment of a maintained high humidity. The soil needs to be regularly churned to provide proper water seepage and aeration.

Thereby, if you are growing greens in summer then choose the heat resistant hybrids. For example, the hybrid variety of Arugula is Astro Arugula which can be easily grown in summer. For winters you can grow the Bloomsdale variety of Spinach.

Preventive measures against pest growing on salads

Be it indoors or outdoors, pests are to find way to your green friends. The salads are all the more prone to pest attack. The most common pests that attack are Thrips, Snails, Aphids or Darkling beetles. Even the ants can eat away the leaves of your lush green lettuce. The pest forcefully kills the tender seedlings. They also dry the plant sap and curl the young leaves.

However, there is nothing to worry. We are enlisting the ways in which you can safeguard your plants. You can use chemicals like Methoxyfenozide to kill the growing thrips. The most organic technique to wipe away pest is to use rotten rice water. Simply spraying the rotten rice water on the leaves and near the roots can help easily. To kill the caterpillars gnawing at the leaves of the plants, you can introduce Bacillus thuringiensis.

Conclusion

The recent days are seeing increased cost of all perishable food. Hence it is always economical to grow certain veggies or salad or fruits at home. While growing the salads indoors, remember not to stuff them in cramped places. Let them have ample space to breathe. However, this does not mean that you cannot grow many salads together. You can of course grow them but maintain proper space in between.  All the more, with the hybrid varieties, we can grow almost all the salads. From beets to cabbage and from lettuce to broccoli, the above-mentioned amazing ways will make your work easier. With proper care and soil, your indoor salad garden will flourish in no time. While looking after the basics of planting the salads, also keep in mind the pest preventive measures.