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This article approaches growing fresh herbs as taken in the context of growing all-natural and healthy herb gardens. Below are quick guides for growing the freshest herbs you would ever use.

 

Starting an all-natural garden may seem too expensive for most people. However, growing your own organic herb gardens can be done with really simple tools and techniques.

 

Step 1: Cultivate your own plants.

 

You could start growing organic herbs by starting with seeds. You can get cheap organic seeds from the supermarket. As soon as you have the seeds, you can start growing them indoors. There is also the option of getting organically grown plants if this takes too much effort.

 

You should always use home-made compost. vegetables, fruit peelings, straws, grass clippings and dry leaves can be mixed together with store-bought soil. All these already contain nutrients that could make your plants healthier. Plus the moisture in these components prevents your soil from drying.

 

In cultivating your seeds, you need 12” by 8” tray with at least 3” depth. Have the soil fill it. Make sure that your seeds will have the rows and holes they need. Make it a point to have them watered gently. Cover with plastic wrap. After two to three weeks, seedlings would sprout. They have to be at least seven inches from roots to tips before they are placed in separate pots. This is to make sure the roots are strong enough and are used to the soil.

 

Do not use fertilizers, pesticides or any synthetic plant grower. You could use animal manure for fertilizers. Your soil will do better if you put two or three teaspoons of neem oil. This would help your herbs repel insects.

 

Step 2: Water your plants with alkaline water.

 

You do not have to buy bottled alkaline water just to have them at home. Boiling tap water will give you the alkaline water you need. To do this, boil your water scalding hot. Leave it for at least an hour so it will cool. Boil it again. You will have gotten enough ions during the last boil for your plants to get the nutrients they need. You won’t need too much gas money since your plants need to be watered only three days a week.

 

Step 3: Apply light mulch.

 

Light mulch is quite similar to the compost mix. It could be composed of straw, hay, pruned branches of evergreens and bark chips. Application of mulch is best during winter. With the covering, you will be able to get the temperature you need for your plants in order for them to not wither during the cold weather. Put mulch once a month. Never drench the mulch because when they get soggy, the roots would be suffocated.

 

Step 4: Clip the tip.

 

If you want bushy growth for your herbs, you have to regularly trim the tips of your plants. More leaves will be able to come out since this will make more stems grow. Clip every month, or as needed as some herbs grow rapidly.

 

Step 5: Tame the rowdy.

In trimming plants, you could repot the trimmed parts. The trimmed parts should have developed roots so they can sustain new life.

 

Put stakes, rods or sticks to limit the stretch of some herbs’ stems. These would serve as their guides in growing an upright position.

 

You could also regularly harvest leaves, flowers and stems to avoid overgrowing.

 

If you consider following these steps, you could look forward to growing fresh herbs. And you can enjoy your all-natural herb garden plants.

 

Tags: Herb Garden Plants, herb gardens, organic herbs

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