I HAVE 3 STANDARD POTS ON MY KITCHEN WALL WHICH IUSE TO TO GROW MY HERB INI.E. MINT BASIL THYME ETC IHAVE BEEN BUYING THEM FROM SUPERMARKETS WITH MIXED RESULTS ANY IDEAS HOW TO MAKE THEM STRONGER AND LAST LONGER NIKKI2
I HAVE 3 STANDARD POTS ON MY KITCHEN WALL WHICH IUSE TO TO GROW MY HERB INI.E. MINT BASIL THYME ETC IHAVE BEEN BUYING THEM FROM SUPERMARKETS WITH MIXED RESULTS ANY IDEAS HOW TO MAKE THEM STRONGER AND LAST LONGER NIKKI2
Supermarket herbs, basil in particular, have usually been "forced", grown in hot houses with loads of nutrients. Taken out of that environment they struggle to cope. You're better off buying from plant nurseries.
Basil is very very easy to grow from seed. Just sprinkle the seeds on top of damp mix, pat down firmly, and keep the mix moist till germination. Afterwards they need plenty of sun and reasonable moisture.
I think it is different for for everybody, as the conditions in our kitchens and homes very a lot, mine is a small cold house with small windows, herbs are not happy here,I grow them mainly in the garden, If you have a window sill in your kitchen that gets lots of light try them there or on an outside window sill, or a green house is good, keeps the chill of them in the winter.
Great article, I like the information gives about household, daily use food ingredients. Yes we are eating herbs unknowingly from our food.Natural medicine in this so much different type of herbs information is mention...
I buy basil just because I love the smell. I usually get one of the large pots from a supermarket. In the past these have died fairly quickly, but I have a pot now which I have just had to pot on. It lives on the kitchen windowsill (but I take it into the room at night). It is now a sturdy plant around 60cm tall. I sometimes take some leaves, but always from the top as though pinching back. The stems are now getting woody and I am hoping to get it through the winter. When I come into the kitchen I brush it with my hand and the room is filled with the great air freshener of Basil.
I have made a rosemary hedge for my sons small garden.It grew quite quickly and we trim it into shape.Smells lovely when you brush against it.you can also make a disinfectant from Rosemarie and air freshener.
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Supermarket herbs, basil in particular, have usually been "forced", grown in hot houses with loads of nutrients. Taken out of that environment they struggle to cope. You're better off buying from plant nurseries.
Basil is very very easy to grow from seed. Just sprinkle the seeds on top of damp mix, pat down firmly, and keep the mix moist till germination. Afterwards they need plenty of sun and reasonable moisture.
They need plenty of sun and warmth. Could that be a problem?
I think it is different for for everybody, as the conditions in our kitchens and homes very a lot, mine is a small cold house with small windows, herbs are not happy here,I grow them mainly in the garden, If you have a window sill in your kitchen that gets lots of light try them there or on an outside window sill, or a green house is good, keeps the chill of them in the winter.
Great article, I like the information gives about household, daily use food ingredients. Yes we are eating herbs unknowingly from our food.Natural medicine in this so much different type of herbs information is mention...
I buy basil just because I love the smell. I usually get one of the large pots from a supermarket. In the past these have died fairly quickly, but I have a pot now which I have just had to pot on. It lives on the kitchen windowsill (but I take it into the room at night). It is now a sturdy plant around 60cm tall. I sometimes take some leaves, but always from the top as though pinching back. The stems are now getting woody and I am hoping to get it through the winter. When I come into the kitchen I brush it with my hand and the room is filled with the great air freshener of Basil.
I have made a rosemary hedge for my sons small garden.It grew quite quickly and we trim it into shape.Smells lovely when you brush against it.you can also make a disinfectant from
Rosemarie and air freshener.