Edible indoor plants

wannalot

Hello all,

Apologies for the slightly odd question, but I’ve noticed that the weather is beginning to change, and I’m starting to make a few plans for the winter. I always get a bit down during the winter months, and this year I’ve decided to try to have a bit of greenery about the house to make things a bit more cheerful.

I’ve been thinking this weekend about buying a few house plants, but now I’m thinking (in true MS style) that I would like them to be useful as well as decorative!

I’ve had a chilli plant for a few months, and it is the first time I’ve really grown something and eaten it. Does anybody be have any other edible plants that they grow in the house and which will survive the winter?

Rosemary7391

You could try various herbs? They're a go to windowsill plant. Not sure how much they'll grow during winter but they should live. Shrubby things anyway. Basil never lasts long enough for me but you can keep replanting it :P



You could also try mini salad greens if you don't mind replanting? Cress etc will grow whenever. Just need harvesting a lot.

thriftwizard

Rocket, oak leaf lettuce, mizuna/mibuna & similar salad leaves all grow well on windowsills, and are perfectly happy growing in something like a old juice carton, which works well on a windowsill! The 99p "living salads" also do well and can be kept going for ages if you just crop a leaf here and a leaf there for sandwiches. I often keep them on the "windowsill" of my van when camping, and for weeks beyond that! Rocket & coriander are my favourites for flavour. You can also growing sprouting beans in jars on your kitchen windowsill, which really pack a nutritional punch; there's no need for posh "salad spouters" as a glass jar & a piece of clean old cotton work just as well.