Indoor Kitchen Gardening Handbook

‘Catalina’: This kind is the most popular for indoor growing, and for good reason. The deep green oval leaves are very flavorful and the variety is designed to grow quickly. Baby leaf spinach (‘Catalina’)

Shin Kuroda’: A Japanese variety that takes about seventy-five days to mature, but results in a tender carrot that’s only about 3 to 5 inches (7 to 12 cm) long. ‘Danvers Half Long’: If you have the container space for a 7-inch (18 cm) carrot, this is a nice choice since it’s dependable and hearty. ‘Little Finger’: Although these take a bit longer t

LETTUCES

you might consider a soilless mix like compost and sand mixed together, or at least putting some vermiculite in your potting mix to allow for more drainage. I’ve had success with an indoor potting soil mix combined with some vermiculite, and putting coir at the bottom of the

After planting and topdressing with a light layer of potting mix, water the radishes and then stretch some plastic wrap over the pot for a couple of days.

Keep the soil or soilless mix well watered. Because you’ve created a looser blend than for other vegetables, the carrots will probably need to be watered more often, especially during hotter days. Carrots can tolerate some dryness in the soil, but prefer a steady supply of moisture for better growing.

Good Varieties for Indoor Growing

Like carrots, beets do better when the greens are upright, so “hill up” the greens by adding more soil around them and forming a larger base for them until they stand up.

I’d advise jotting down growing notes in a journal.