My partner lives on an organic farm, so my bunny Quozl gets spoilt rotten with organic greens!
She loves mizuna which is very quick to grow too, but feed sparingly and although the sugar and fat content is low it does exist as it’s part of the mustard family. Also oriental greens like bok choi (they grow well in colder winter months too) and rocket. We also feed her the green tops of carrots, especially the thinnings at this time of year, because the leaves have more fibre and minimal sugar compared to the roots, but still that carroty taste bunnies love – then you get to eat all the roots! Peas are also good, especially mange tout varieties and their root matrix is very small so can be grown in small containers indoors. Nasturtium plants are excellent as they can be kept small, have small root systems, and will come back year after year plus bunny can eat the entire plant, stems leaves and flowers – and you can add it to your meals for a spicy peppery taste! Watercress is also a good one and very easy to grow. Also try basil and parsley, and claytonia is another easy and small one. You can grow comfry (keep under control indoors, you should pick it lots when its young and probably pull it out at the end of the year and either transplant outside or start from a new plant next year and comfry likes to grow a deep root and be perennial… Mint is also easy to grow and will survive happily indoors or out, peppermint and applemint are good varieties for bunnies though peppermint is easier to grow indoors. If you do have an ourdoor growing space try growing broccoli in a pot, bunny will love the stems and leaves as well as the florets as a treat, and also fennel is excellent for fiber and has one big strong root that needs to be able to grow at least a foot into the ground and our variety is outdoors only… there may be smaller indoor varieties, it’s not a crop we repeatedly grow – we just have one massive very old plant – so I don’t know about other varieties.
I would recommend perennials (broccoli, mint, fennel, comfry) or self-seeders (nasturtium, claytonia) to save you some hassle next year, and use organic seed and compost if you can afford to, it makes a huge difference to nutrients and taste for bunny. If you are growing from seed please consider a propagator for germination, because even indoor house temperatures are sometimes not enough to stimulate a seed into life and you can get them fairly cheep these days… Or you could probably DIY yourself one if you’re on a tight budget – you want to create a sealed plastic environment for your seeds with a removable lid and/or vents so you can control the humidity. Growing from seed can be a bit fiddly and unless done right you can end up with lots of dead seeds! If you don’t have the time to research, nurture, propegate, and transplant you may want to look in to local plant nurseries or vegetable farms and inquire about buying “plantlets” which are young plants that have finished that whole fiddly process and have been transplanted into their bigger pots and are ready to be put in your grow space and thrive.
Can we private message each other on here? I only joined yesterday so I don’t know how this works! But if that’s possible, you are welcome to PM me with any growing questions – I have 3yrs organic veg farming experience and my partner has 25 years experience, so hopefully we can answer most questions
Good luck! Yasmin x