Window Sill Garden

[The Grovers Corners Yenta]

Posted: 6/13/06 at 7:48pm

As an apartment dweller, I miss having a garden in the summer. Since my window sill is very wide and set inside with a screen to the outside, I planted some things in clay pots. I have two tomato plants that are just starting to flower and a basil plant. The three of them look healthy. I have a bit more space and might get some chives and parsely. Any tips or suggestions would be greatly apreciated. { No, I am not going to plant anything illegal!}

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 6/13/06 at 8:06pm

Hmmm. I was just thinking about this earlier today. In a couple of weeks, I am moving to an apartment in NYC (yahoo!!!) that has two small balconies. I don't think they are large enough to sit out on, but they do have room for plenty of plants. Chives and basil would certainly be nice to have handy. And lots of flowering plants, just because....

Did you use any special soil? Or just regular potting soil? I've never been known for my green thumb.

[The Grovers Corners Yenta]

Posted: 6/13/06 at 8:09pm

All three plants came in peat pots, so I just bought a bag of regular potting soil. Since these plants are technically indoors behind the screen, how will they pollenate? Do I have to do that?

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 6/13/06 at 9:38pm

Try as I might, I can't come up with an answer that is anything more than speculation.

But when I think of all the plants that I have had indoors (and killed, but their demise was NOT due to lack of pollen, I'm fairly certain), I'm guessing it's not a problem.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/14/06 at 12:12am

If you have full sun:

geraniums
pansies
petunias

If you have some sun, some shade:

gardenias
impatiens
camelias

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 6/14/06 at 12:24am

My apartment faces east and will get the morning sun. But nothing direct after noon. Go with group B, I take it?

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/14/06 at 12:31am

If it is an outside windowbox with some direct sun, iflit, you could also grow pansies and petunias. These are annuals.

The gardenias and camelias are perrenials that you take inside for the winter, at least in the north.