Growing Herb Indoors

September 17th, 2009 Gary No comments

Basics

In order to have a good growing herb garden you must start from the very basics. Herbs grow best when they are started from young plants, although, seed will work; they just have to be replanted once they have grown a little. Be sure to get enough of every kind of herb that you want to plant. If you like garlic in your food you may want to pick up some extra plants; the same thing with any herb that you think that you will use a lot of. You will also want to pick up a soil moisture tester to place inside each pot.

Soil

The most important thing is how to mix the soil. Although there are quite a few herbs which are easy to grow, however, they do not tolerate bad drainage. Remember that you want to purchase some good 10-10-10 fertilizer, some small gravel, sand, along with some good top soil. Next, mix 1 part of sand, 1 part of fertilizer with 2 parts of top soil. Next, before you put any soil in the pot you want to put about one inch of gravel in the bottom of the pot, then put enough of the prepared top soil about ¾ of the way up the pot. Take one of the small plants and put it in the center of the pot and gently put more soil around it. Tap the soil down gently around the plant and water the plant moderately for the first time.

Placement

Next is the placement of your herb plants. Mint should be put in its own container as it likes to take over an area, and if you plant it next to another herb it will begin to take over those plants and could even choke them to death. If you have the kind of mint that crawls then a good idea would be to put it into a hanging basket, in a semi sunny area. Your garlic, chives, and bay should be kept in the kitchen window so that it will always be close by and fresh for your food spices; plus it will help keep your kitchen smelling like someone is cooking and that is the mood you want to set for a kitchen area.