How To Grow An Indoor Herb Garden - Try Growing Window Sill Herbs
To monitor your indoor herbs and keep them watered properly, it is a good idea to put your gardening on a schedule.
That way, your herbs will never become extremely dry and be put under stress full conditions.
When it comes to indoor herbs, they require a special maintenance care but when you see them grow the rewards are remarkable.
For them to thrive properly and healthily, most varieties of herbs will need to be exposed on full sun for six hours every-day.
The soil will need to be enriched and the container must have a perfect drainage.
Many people love indoor herbs but unfortunately they do not plan to cultivate it as it seem to be little complicated.
But in reality indoor herb growth is very much simple and fun. It gives a great cultural look to your house.
Certain herbs have medicinal values and can make your house atmosphere as a place with clean and pure air. Few people have indoor herb growth as their hobby and few are interested in outdoor gardening.
Watch for pests. Indoor herbs may be susceptible to spider mites and other pests.
To discourage them, mist your plants daily with a spray bottle of water.
This will also help to keep them hydrated.
If you do see pests, prepare a large bowl of lukewarm soapy water.
Hold the plant in the pot with one hand, and tip it over so that the leaves and stems are in the soapy water.
Swish it around in the water a few times.
The soap in the water will kill the bugs.
Some of the popular indoor herbs include lemon grass, which you can grow by cultivating a stalk in a container or pot with few inches of water.
The mint leaves are excellent tea and must be grown separately from other herbs as this variety of herb can be more invasive than the others.
The main problems on indoor herbs are whiteflies and spider mites, and occasionally, aphids can get out of control, as can mealybugs and scale.
For whiteflies, spider mites and aphids, Safer's insecticidal soap spray works very well.
The key is to drench the plants with the spray so every surface of the plants is covered.
For aphids and spider mites, I recommend dipping the whole above ground portion of the plants in a bucket of insecticidal solution mixed from the spray concentrate.
The great thing about soap spray is that it is harmless to animals and humans.
Chives are my favorite indoor herbs.
They're so easy to grow in or outdoors that I think it is almost impossible to kill them.
You don't even have to have a green thumb.
Fresh chives on a baked potato in the dead of winter are a delicacy.
They are just as good in the spring or summer, but to have fresh chives when there's snow on the ground is a culinary delight.
Main advantage in growing indoor herbs is that you can carry them anywhere, and place them in any appropriate area.
Annual herbs are kept indoors all the time whereas in the case of perennial herbs, they're kept outside during summer, and basically, all herbs are brought inside just before the first frost, and this is done to avoid the loss of foliage.
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