Growing herbs indoors this winter is easier than you think. You'll be rewarded with fresh cooking herbs you grow and harvest yourself, as well as the color and aroma herbs bring to the table. Here are some tips to help you grow healthy herbs indoors successfully.
Start with quality herb
plants. You can grow herbs from seed, but it takes time for them to reach the
point when you can harvest from them. Popular herbs which do well inside are
parsley, basil, sage and thyme, but most herbs lend themselves very well to be
grown in pots and containers indoors. You can grow indoor herbs anywhere they will
get at least 6 hours of sunlight, such as a south or west facing window.
Or
supplement your natural light with additional lighting from a fluorescent
fixture or incandescent bulb. Kits such as Jump Start® are easy to set-up, come
with a full-spectrum bulb and the bulb height can be adjusted quickly, as plants
grow.
These
incandescent
bulbs kits
are
convenient, because they clip on to a shelf and can be swiveled to point light directly at
your plants.
Herbs with similar water and light requirements can be combined such as
this cutting celery, red veined sorrel and sweet marjoram combination.
There are many attractive
clay or ceramic container options to plant herbs in, just be sure the container has good drainage.
Along with regular watering, feed your herbs every other week with Age Old Grow®. Herbs will do best if
they are continuously harvested.
Apart from cooking, herbs make great house
plants. Cinnamon Basil and Spanish Lavender will flower, plus many have relaxing
fragrance, even when they are not blooming. An indoor herb garden allows you to
enjoy the flavor and fragrance of fresh herbs year round.
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