Set up an indoor herb garden provides a lot of benefits regardless of where you are living. They help purify the air in a home and provide you with fresh produce throughout the year.
Also, set up an indoor herb garden will add green life to your space, especially if you are all about going green.
Avoid these mistakes when you plan to set up an indoor herb garden:
โข Don’t plant all of your herbs in one pot. Give each herb its own home and line up a row of pots along your windowsill.
โข Don’t use soil from your backyard. Visit your local garden center for some fresh potting soil that’s better suited for indoor use.
โข Don’t overwater. Let the soil dry out between waterings. Yellow leaves are a sign that your plant needs less water.
10 Herbs You Can Grow Indoors Year-Round:
โข Rosemary: Start with a cutting of rosemary and keep it in a moist soilless mix until it roots. It grows best in a south-facing window. Expect your kitchen to smell fresh throughout the cooler seasons thanks to the pungent scent of this herb โ it acts like a natural air freshener!
โข Oregano: Your best bet is to start with a tip that has been cut from an outdoor oregano plant. Once you’ve then planted that tip in a pot, place it in a south-facing window.
โข Parsley: You can start parsley from seeds or dig up a clump from your garden at the end of the season. Parsley likes full sun but will grow slowly in an east- or west-facing window.
โข Basil: Start basil from seeds and place the pots in a south-facing window; it likes lots of sun and warmth.
โข Thyme: You can start thyme indoors by either rooting a soft tip that cut from an outdoor plant or digging up and reporting the entire thing. Thyme likes full sun but will grow in an east- or west-facing window.
โข Chives: it is the most natural herb to grow indoors, and they are ready to be eaten as soon as they become to 6-12 inches. At the end of growing season, dig up a clump of chives from your garden and replant it in a pot. Leave the pot outside until the leaves die back. In early winter, move the pot to your coolest indoor spot (like your basement) for a few days. Then place it in your brightest window.
โข Peppermint: It thrives better with minimal light. However, you should place it to get sunny for a few hours on some day.
โข Bay: It’s a perennial that does best using the container gardening method. Place the pot in an east- or west-facing window, but be sure it does not get crowded. Bay needs air circulation to remain healthy.
โข Chervil: Start chervil seeds in late summer. This herb, also called French parsley, grows well in low light but needs temperatures between 65 degrees and 70 degrees to thrive.
โข Sage: Take a tip that cut from an outdoor plant to start an indoor sage plant. It tolerates dry, indoor air well, but it needs the strong sun from a south-facing window.
Growing an indoor herb garden is the best way to grow your own herbs if you donโt have space outdoors!
xoxo,
Arianna