How to Grow Carrots & Cucumbers in a Hot House

Carrots

• 1

  Use window boxes for planting carrots. A window box 12 inches deep will best accommodate the downward growth of carrots. In a window box 4 inches wide, 18 inches long and 12 inches deep, you may plant two rows of nine carrots, for a total of eighteen carrots per window box.

• 2

  Fill window boxes with a 1:1 ratio of potting soil and organic compost. Moisten the soil slightly.

• 3

  Use your finger to make holes approximately 1/2-inch deep about 1-inch apart.

• 4

  Drop two carrot seeds into each hole, and then brush a little dirt over the seeds to cover them. Do not pack the soil down on top of the seeds.

• 5

  Water the soil thoroughly, but be sure it's not waterlogged.

• 6

  When the seeds sprout through the soil, thin to one plant per inch.

Cucumbers

• 7

  Fill a 12-inch plastic pot with a 1:1 mixture of potting soil and organic compost. Moisten the soil slightly.

• 8

  Poke a 1-inch-deep hole in the center of the soil with your finger.

• 9

  Drop two cucumber seeds into each hole and brush soil over the top. Do not pack the soil over the seeds.

• 10

  Water the soil well. Cucumbers have shallow roots, so they need their soil to be kept moist at all times.

• 11

  Place a tomato cage in each pot to support growing cucumber vines.

• 12

  When the seeds sprout, remove any extra seedlings, leaving just one plant per pot.