Five simple steps teach you to plant a vanilla botanical garden on the windowsill.

If the balcony can not grow plants, but want to plant some small plants potted plants, then you can plant some vanilla plants on the windowsill, they can also be used to make tea, salad or decorative dishes, do not need a large yard, a small and simple windowsill can be planted, only a little scattered light is enough every day.

1. Choose the right container

You can choose common pottery pots or plastic flowerpots on the windowsill, which do not need to be too large, but to ensure good drainage, it is best to have a tray.

Vanilla plants are shallow-rooted plants that do not need to be sprayed deeply. Herbs such as mint, coriander, basil, thyme and dill are shallow-rooted plants.

2. Soil selection

Of course, the soil can not use clay or yellow soil, only need to prepare loose, fertile nutritious soil or humus, properly add river sand to maintain drainage, the bottom of the container must have a drain hole, the container without drainage hole is not good for vanilla plants.

Vanilla plants can be raised with ordinary nutritious soil, it likes fertile, loose and drained soil, it is best to add perlite or river sand in the soil, compost soil and rotten leaf soil is also a good choice, in order to increase fertility, it is also a good choice to add some mature organic fertilizer to the bottom of the basin.

3. Choose plants according to the environment

If the light is not enough, do not think about planting flowering plants, it is also good to plant some fragrant and delicious vanilla.

If the scattered light lasts about 3 to 6 hours, you can choose to grow rosemary, basil, thyme, vanilla, sage and oregano. If the scattered light is not enough for three hours, consider planting parsley, vanilla and peppermint.

4. Late maintenance

The sowing and reproduction of these vanilla is very simple, the seedlings grow to 4 true leaves and transplant, during which the water is sufficient, the soil is slightly moist, and it is often watered in summer and controlled in winter.

If you want vanilla plants to grow more luxuriantly, you need to apply thin fertilizer frequently and fertilize regularly, preferably nitrogen, which can promote leaf growth, about once every half a month.

5. Pruning and harvesting

If you want to make the vanilla pot grow more branches and leaves, then you can regularly pick vanilla and remove the overly luxuriant branches and leaves, so as to promote the healthy and exuberant growth of branches and leaves.

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