Can salad leaves and herbs be grown indoors?
I’m not allowed a window box in my rented home. What salad leaves or herbs could I grow inside? I’ve never tried growing salad indoors, but it should be doable – just don’t expect too much and be prepared to resow occasionally. You’ll need a sunny windowsill. Try lettuce, rocket, winter purslane and pea shoots, and treat as cut-and-come-again crops. You may get problems with lettuce germination, as it needs cool weather to get going and you’ve probably got the heating on by now. Put seeds in the fridge for a week or two before sowing, to break dormancy. Herbs are straightforward: parsley, mint, bay, chives, rosemary and oregano can all be grown indoors over winter on a sunny windowsill. A neighbour planted a tree with colourful leaves in our communal garden. It grew to 20ft, then started sprouting shoots all over the place. I sprayed them with Deep Root Ultra Tree Stump & Weedkiller to no effect, so now plan to bore holes in the stump and pour some in. Will it work? This sounds like Rh
