Cold winter is also the time to cultivate many types of vegetables that prefer the cold, are less susceptible to pests and diseases and achieve high efficiency. For families in the city, just take advantage of the balcony or balcony area with a few styrofoam boxes or plastic pots and you can own a mini green vegetable garden.
Growing vegetables at home not only provides food but also creates a hobby for housewives to help balance daily life. Accordingly, the 4 vegetables below have the ability to grow well, without spending too much time fertilizing in cold winter conditions.
lettuce
Lard is one of the vegetables that is quite easy to grow in cold weather. This type of vegetable has shallow cluster roots, does not need too much soil, so it is very suitable for growing in plastic pots or styrofoam boxes. Rolled or fatty lettuce is grown in winter with good growth, crispy and sweet leaves.
Housewives only need to sow seeds and moisten the soil daily, after about 30 - 40 days, they can prune the leaves to eat gradually. This is a great source of clean raw vegetables for family meals.
Coriander
Chrysanthemum is known as a "specialty" vegetable of winter with seeds sprouting quite quickly and almost no need for elaborate care. The plant can be planted densely in styrofoam boxes, when the plant is about 10 - 15cm tall, it can be harvested in the first batch (prick chrysanthemum) for cooking soup or dipping in hotpot.
In particular, chrysanthemum is rarely attacked by pests and diseases because the essential oil in the leaves has the ability to repulse natural insects, helping housewives to be absolutely assured of safety.
Coriander
Coriander is also quite cold and can be grown alternately in ornamental plant pots or take advantage of recycled plastic bottles hanging on the railing. Although the germination time of coriander seeds is quite long (need to soak and incubate thoroughly before sowing), when coriander has sprouted, its vitality is very persistent. A few lush green coriander plants will help housewives conveniently every time they prepare diverse dishes at home.
Sweet radish
Sweet mustard greens are easy to grow in winter when the plants grow short, from sowing to harvesting only about 25-30 days. Growing sweet mustard greens outside the canopy helps the plant receive natural light, dark green and thick leaves. However, housewives can note that when growing sweet mustard greens, they need to be watered regularly to keep the soil moist, helping the plant not to become fibrous and bitter.
