Crafting A Mini Greenhouse Indoors
The word Mini Indoor Green house covers every possible green house of any size in the indoor. In the following article smallest of all indoor green houses would be discussed where you can grow small flowers and herbs.
Herb Garden
Just imagine you are having dish made from ingredient you have grown by your hands. Mini indoor green house let you to have fresh herbs. You can have chilli pepper, cherry tomatoes and chives in the indoor herb green house.
All you required to make a indoor green house is wooden frame, plastic sheeting and seed bed. There are many readymade kits which are also available in market which contains things you need to grow plants in that small space of green house.
Aeroponics and Hydroponics
If you are setting a indoor mini green house in your kitchen or in living room then you may face the problem of potting soil which you definitely wants to avoid. The solution to tackle this problem is to use hydroponic or aeroponic green house. The art of growing plants without the use of soil is hydroponics whereas art of growing plants without using any medium is called aeroponic.
Water is the main medium for delivering nutrients to plants in case of hydroponics. General practice of gardeners is to use the solution of mineral and water and then put the roots of the plants directly into that mixture. Some other uses diahydro which is natural sediment made from fossilized algae, gravel, coconut fiber, and mineral wool or brick shards.
In aeroponics, the roots are not placed into any liquid. Rather, they are suspended in the air and constantly misted with a fine solution of water and nutrients. Aeroponic techniques were originally developed by NASA, who became interested due to their potential for growing plants in zero gravity environments, but they have since been incorporated into mini indoor greenhouses designed for home use. They are less messy than hydroponic systems, but considerably more expensive. A home aeroponic garden will typically cost in the region of $150, while the smallest hydroponic systems sell for a fraction of that.
Pest control in Hydroponic Greenhouse
One advantage of growing plants hydroponically is that the lack of soil makes your plants much less attractive to pests. However, no plants are immune from bugs and blights. It is best to avoid the use of harsh chemical pesticides, as these can get into the nutrient solution and poison your plants from within.
For pest control, organic solution should be employed. This solution contains the extract of orange peel. This organic solution is then sprayed onto the plants which suffocated the pest. There one more way to tackle the problem of pest by using herbal extracts. These extracts kill majority of the pest species. There is one more option to control pest through friendly bugs that kills pest harmful to plants without affecting the plants.
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