Buzzy microgreens are a family of perennial herbs that add flavor and color to your garden. This family includes Pennyroyal, Scutterer, and Diplocarpon olives. They have small round, shiny leaves that make them perfect for container gardening. They love full sunlight, but can tolerate less if planted in partial shade or in a raised bed.
In the Netherlands, Buzzy Microgreens is known as Rijk aan te Winkle. In United States, they are sometimes called English Wax. The plant comes from the Wichteries River Valley near Utrecht, Holland. Other names are Moonstryder (Piper longum), Red Sage (Crateiceus rubra), Purple Mountain Ash (Crateiceus percent) or Dutchman’s Keep.
Buzzy Microgreens is easy to grow. In fact, it is so easy that you can plant them straight into the garden and forget about them for weeks or months. When you need more greenery, just dig up some of your microgreen beddings, plant them in a different spot and cover up with more. If you want a slightly stronger bed, add some hot alfalfa or buckwheat to your mix. Just remember not to over-fertilize your new bedding.
Planting microgreens will require at least four months of cool weather. This is a season that favors flowering bulbs such as daffodils, crocus, and violets, which means plenty of time for you to prune, clean, harvest and store your specimens for next year. You’ll also need to fertilize your new bedding once each month during the spring and fall seasons. Try using a low-phosphorus blend if you’re growing plants that will flower later in the year. For bulbs and seedlings that you expect to bloom early, make sure you use a low-phosphorus fertilizer.
One plant that produces baby leaves is the buzzy microgreens. The cute little leaves are actually baby leaves of the great Columbine flower, Ficus. To get this one started, dig up a couple of Ficus trees or get a few from your friend’s yard and plant them in a round pot. Make sure they’re well cared for inside the pot. Now add a couple of baby leaves and some terracotta flower (make sure it’s a bright sunny color).
The buzzy microgreens can be planted in the same pot as your Ficus planting. However, you’ll need to repeat them after about three to four months. If you want to create a beautiful border with short stem plants, then just dig up one baby leaf and place it in the hole. Keep doing this until you have a full row of baby leaves and only one root ball. Now you just need to rest and plant a different Ficus or any other flowering plant in that space, but make sure they’re in pots with good drainage.
If you want to try something a little more ambitious, plant some ferns and pot trees next to the buy microwaves. Plant a bush or a shrub or two, but don’t overdo it. You want to create an interesting effect, not muddy green lawn. Water your plants well during the summer so that their roots don’t get too hot or dry. Water again in the winter. Your plants will have a good growing season.
The key is to keep your plants healthy through hard times. You can do this by providing quality, nutritious food such as beans and lentils, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cucumber, melons, peaches, pears, plums and strawberries along with plenty of sunny, well-drained soil. If your garden has many different varieties of flowering plants, then mix them up so there’s even color and texture. Don’t let Ficus or Buzzy Micro Greens dominate.