
Indoor Kitchen Gardening Handbook

I’d advise jotting down growing notes in a journal.
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‘French Breakfast’: More tapered rather than round, this is a popular variety for its white-tipped end and crunchy texture. French Breakfast radishes
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There are numerous varieties of spinach, but those designated as “baby leaf” tend to work best indoors because they’re meant to be harvested at a small size. The leaves will tend to have a mild flavor with a nice bit of crunch that pairs well with salad greens. Here are a few varieties to consider:
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Radishes last for weeks if stored in a plastic bag in the crisper drawer, but my favorite tactic is to create a quick pickle that doesn’t require any canning equipment; you simply store it in the refrigerator.
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Trays, Pots, and Other Containers When choosing a container, you can plant several radishes in a round pot, but I tend to like a narrow, rectangular pot to mimic the way that radishes would grow in the field. They need to be at least a few inches (8 cm) apart for adequate growth, so putting them in a long container will create a nice row that’s als
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Trays, Pots, and Other Containers Spinach has a shallow root system, so you can use smaller pots if that’s handy for you. They should be at least 6 inches (15 cm) deep,
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‘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’)
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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.
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Good Varieties for Indoor Growing