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Growing Herbs Indoors
Kitchen Window Herb Garden will give you an idea of what to consider when growing herbs indoors.
For instructions on germinating herb seeds – go here Growing Herbs From Seed Once your seedlings have grown their first set of ‘true leaves’ (that’s the second set to emerge) they are ready to pot on. You will need:- Take your plant pot and put a handful of stones in the bottom – about an inch or two is enough. You can use anything that isn’t toxic – broken crockery, stones, bricks, slates, pebbles from the garden or beach. This will let the water drain away so that the soil itself is not waterlogged. The stones will prevent the soil from blocking the drainage holes in your pot. Fill the pots to the brim with compost, tap and shake to pack it all down. Once again, water the day before transplanting to give the soil time to drain and come to room temperature – plants don’t like ‘cold, wet feet’. Gently loosen the soil around the seedlings in their tray with your dibber. Make a hole in the compost in your pot and, holding the seedling by its seedling leaves – not the stem or true leaves – lower it into the hole. Using the dibber push the soil gently round the roots of the seedling – it is important that there are no air pockets. Give the pot a gentle tap and shake to help the soil settle – firm the surface again with your fingers. After this, you need to leave the pots in the shade for a day or two to recover from their transplanting. If you’re growing herbs indoors, then I would put two or three plants in a pot for herbs like basil, parsley, coriander – things that I’m going to be cutting quite often. If they outgrow the pot, you can always re-pot them singly. If you end up with masses and masses of plants because you grew too many, then check out this page on my site -
Growing Herbs for Profit Growing herbs indoors is not only a good hobby but can be potentially rewarding financially too :-) Growing Herbs Indoors - to Growing Herbs Index
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