How to Grow Herbs Indoors?
There’s nothing nicer than being able to pluck fresh herbs from your own little garden, especially when that garden is right in your home.
You will need containers, pottery shards or gravel, planter soil or potting soil and perlite, saucers, plant seeds, starter planters or cuttings and a sunny spot. Fluorescent lighting and plastic wrap are optional. You need to decide which herbs to plant such as basil, cilantro, chives, marjoram, mint, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage and thyme all grow well indoors.
For each herb, get a plastic flower pots that measures from end to end, one-third to one-half of the expected height of the grown plant. Buy ones especially made for herbs from a gardening center, or use a clean milk carton or yogurt cup. Just make sure you punch a hole in the bottom for drainage. For example, basil needs a large pot because of its extensive roots.
Place pottery shards or gravel in the bottom of each container for drainage, and then put each container on a saucer. Fill the containers with planter soil, or use potting soil mixed with perlite. Plant the seeds according to the package’s instructions. Most should be sown close to the surface.
Find the spot where the plants will get a lot of sunshine. A south-or-west-facing window works best. If you don’t have a sunny window, put your herb garden under the fluorescent light for 12 hours a day. Water once a week or whenever the soil an inch down feels dry. Add enough water so that a little runs out of the hole at the bottom of the pot. Pour out any that collects in the saucer.
Consider growing some or all of your herbs from starter plants, which you can get from gardening centers. Some herbs, like mint, sage, thyme and savory, take a long time to develop from seeds. Savor the luxury of snipping off some fresh herbs whenever you want to spice up a dish. Did you know in ancient Greece, students wore garlands of rosemary while studying for exams to help their memory? Today, it is being studied as a possible Alzheimer’s treatment.
You will need containers, pottery shards or gravel, planter soil or potting soil and perlite, saucers, plant seeds, starter planters or cuttings and a sunny spot. Fluorescent lighting and plastic wrap are optional. You need to decide which herbs to plant such as basil, cilantro, chives, marjoram, mint, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage and thyme all grow well indoors.
For each herb, get a plastic flower pots that measures from end to end, one-third to one-half of the expected height of the grown plant. Buy ones especially made for herbs from a gardening center, or use a clean milk carton or yogurt cup. Just make sure you punch a hole in the bottom for drainage. For example, basil needs a large pot because of its extensive roots.
Place pottery shards or gravel in the bottom of each container for drainage, and then put each container on a saucer. Fill the containers with planter soil, or use potting soil mixed with perlite. Plant the seeds according to the package’s instructions. Most should be sown close to the surface.
Find the spot where the plants will get a lot of sunshine. A south-or-west-facing window works best. If you don’t have a sunny window, put your herb garden under the fluorescent light for 12 hours a day. Water once a week or whenever the soil an inch down feels dry. Add enough water so that a little runs out of the hole at the bottom of the pot. Pour out any that collects in the saucer.
Consider growing some or all of your herbs from starter plants, which you can get from gardening centers. Some herbs, like mint, sage, thyme and savory, take a long time to develop from seeds. Savor the luxury of snipping off some fresh herbs whenever you want to spice up a dish. Did you know in ancient Greece, students wore garlands of rosemary while studying for exams to help their memory? Today, it is being studied as a possible Alzheimer’s treatment.
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