Want a Quick and Easy Herb Garden? Growing Herbs in Pots Could Be The Answer.
Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2009
by George Faulkner
Herbs are plants that do not have woody stems. These are any plants that could be used for different purposes because of their properties, such as medicinal, culinary or even the fragrance. How to grow herbs in pots for an herb garden is not a difficult topic to cover as these kinds of plants belong to a wide variety of groups. Some herbs camouflage as weeds, sweet-smelling land covering or as wildflowers in which in some cases we just tend to remove them from our garden because we really do not recognize them as a plant with many uses. With the above mentioned properties of herbs, it will be so nice to have a garden full of these plants.
But herbs are not just planted in the garden. Since herbs do not have a woody stem it is then possible for it to be planted in a pot.
The most common type of herbs that grows in pots is the culinary herbs. While, mints should at all times be planted in pots because it has the ability to cover your whole garden and worse still even the garden of your neighbor.
Growing herbs in pots has an advantage over those that grow in your garden. This advantage is the likelihood that you can bring the pot inside your house and place it in your kitchen. It will then be just within your reach as you do the cooking. In addition, placing your pot inside will also extend the life of the herbs planted in it. As a result, your kitchen is filled with lovely looking and smelling herbs that are out of season.
Now the question is how to plant a potted herb garden?
To have a garden with potted herbs is just easy to accomplish although you may have some adjustments because these types of plants differ slightly from all other plants in your garden.
- First thing to consider in having plant a potted herb is the soil and pot to be used. Herbs grow best in an alkaline-based and aerated soil. Bear in mind that manure can give an alkaline property while sand can give the soil its aerated condition. So better have a mixture of this in your pot to ensure healthy grow of herbs.
- Pots should have a dimension well enough to accommodate the roots of the herbs that grow expansively.
- The light requirement. Make sure that the area where in you will place your potted herb gets enough sunlight and be shaded in the afternoon when the sunshine is too hot.
- The watering of your herbs. You will need to water the herbs more frequently during the summer when the heat is more prevalent. However, if the season changes watering may just be every other day. This is done to ensure that the herbs get enough moisture. When watering your herbs, also consider the material from which the pot is made of. Clay pots tend to absorb water making the herb dry faster.
George Faulkner is a herb gardening enthusiast and experimental chef.He owns an maintains http://www.eHerbSite.com a resource for all herb gardeners.
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