If you love the taste of fresh herbs then you should consider growing an indoor herb garden. vapor herb plants are perfect indoor herb gardens for those who don’t have space outdoors for a garden. There is soo much you can do with these plants. They make wonderful fresh herbs for sauces, vaporizers for potpourris or for companion plants to make your indoor herb garden themed.
Highly amended soil along with perlite and a little bit of sand will give you a perfect start for your indoor garden. I find that the herb plants do really well in the moisture levels that are provided by the indoor garden. The soil needs to be light so you can lightly mist the plants and they will love it.
Herb plants do really well in low light so you don’t have to worry about them dying if you happen to move your plants into a drafty location. The best part about the indoor herb garden is that you can choose the exact conditions of the garden. The herbs will thrive in the drafty locations you choose to place them in.
Be Male
This is theimum amount of sunlight that the plants will need. Todays sunny spaces between windows make the perfect spot to locate your indoor herb gardens. These herbs need full sun and the more sunny the spot is the better the plants will do.
Be female
Always use a female plant for the herb garden because the male plants produce smaller herbs. Saving the male plants for potted arrangements is a great way to have extra plants. It’s fun to experiment with the plants and different arrangements are always a hit.
Use a Soil
Some prefer to bring their own soil for their herb plants. It’s nice to have a special soil for your herb garden. Any dirt is good for your herb garden but for the best results use the soil from your garden. Tending to a container garden is like having a caddy that requires no bending.
The Temperatures
Be firmer with your temperature control especially with those outdoor herb garden kits that are constantly changing. The inside of the shed or garage is already hot and dry so you might want to drop the temperature in your shed to match.
If you are one of the many who are members of the “neighbors ruining your views” club then you will agree that the hot sun outside is not for your plants. While you might agree that the hot temperatures have an effect on how your plants grow you might not realize that you are ruining their grow secret.
Secret Seed Starting Tips
The best thing about starting seeds is that it is completely random. The best part is that you can tell the exact time that you will be starting seeds and there is no need to cover the bases. All you need to do is publish a schedule and stick to it.
I publish my planting schedule on my website and hope that somewhere in the interim you will have discovered these useful tips.
So in case you totally ruin your garden plans for the year, here is your viewing schedule:
-Begin the process on or around March 17th-end
– publish your schedule on or around April 1st-end
– begin to sow your seeds on or around April 15th-end
– publish your schedule on or around April 22nd-end
– sow two packets of seeds on or around May 1st-end
– sow three packets of seeds on or around May 15th-end
– sow four packets of seeds on or around May 22nd-end
– sow five packets of seeds on or around June 1st-end
– sow six packets of seeds on or around June 15th-end
– sow seven packets of seeds on or around June 22nd-end
– sow eight packets of seeds on or around July 1st-end
– sow nine packets of seeds on or around July 15th-end
– sow ten packets of seeds on or around July 22nd-end
– sow eleven packets of seeds on or around August 1st-end
– sow 12 packets of seeds on or around August 15th-end
– sow 13 packets of seeds on or around August 15th-end
– sow all the seeds you sow on or around September 1st-end
– harvest dried seeds
– add water if necessary to replace what has evaporated
– store your seeds
– keep seeds fresh
More ideas to get you started:
– multiple vegetables (kale, broccoli etc.)
– herbs (basil and tomatoes)
– lettuces (they’ll keep a long time too)
– root crops like potatoes, carrots etc.
