- How to Make a Windowsill Herb Garden & Grow Culinary Herbs:
- How to Make a Windowsill Herb Garden | 6 Easy Steps:
- Once you select a container or containers, the second step is to ensure good drainage.
Check out the bottom of the planter for drainage holes, if they are not sufficient, make a few more.
You don’t need to put gravels or clay balls to make a drainage layer.
This is a myth and doesn’t do any good for drainage.
Must check out our article to learn why you shouldn’t do this!
- WHY you should not add GRAVELS to pots: Busting An Old Myth with Proofs and Evidences | Balcony Garden Web:
Provide Quality Potting Soil
Soil or growing medium for growing herbs should be of best quality.
It has to be light, penetrable, fertile and airy.
Buy soilless potting mix or make your own by adding perlite, compost and garden soil.
You can’t use regular soil for growing plants in containers, and the soilless growing medium is essential for the success of your windowsill herb garden.
- Windowsill Vegetable Gardening | 11 Best Vegetables To Grow On Windowsill | Balcony Garden Web:
Choose basil, rosemary, thyme, oregano, cilantro, and sage.
Microgreens
- Windowsill Farming with Microgreens - Milkwood: permaculture courses, skills + stories:
- Many vegetables, greens and herbs are great to grow as microgreens:
lettuce
coriander
rocket
buckwheat
amaranth
beetroot
broccoli
spinach
basil
sunflower
daikon radish
mustard greens
Mint, sage, parsley, thyme and marjoram are the herbs traditionally used in English cookery.
Perlite v clay pebbles
керамзит:
- VitaLink 10L Clay Pebbles Bag: Amazon.co.uk: Garden & Outdoors: £6.53
Perlite:
- Wilko Horticullture Perlite 10L at wilko.com:
вермикулит:
- Wilko Horticulture Vermiculite 10L at wilko.com: £5.00
- How to Make a Windowsill Herb Garden | 6 Easy Steps:
- Once you select a container or containers, the second step is to ensure good drainage.
Check out the bottom of the planter for drainage holes, if they are not sufficient, make a few more.
You don’t need to put gravels or clay balls to make a drainage layer.
This is a myth and doesn’t do any good for drainage.
Must check out our article to learn why you shouldn’t do this!
- WHY you should not add GRAVELS to pots: Busting An Old Myth with Proofs and Evidences | Balcony Garden Web:
Provide Quality Potting Soil
Soil or growing medium for growing herbs should be of best quality.
It has to be light, penetrable, fertile and airy.
Buy soilless potting mix or make your own by adding perlite, compost and garden soil.
You can’t use regular soil for growing plants in containers, and the soilless growing medium is essential for the success of your windowsill herb garden.
- Windowsill Vegetable Gardening | 11 Best Vegetables To Grow On Windowsill | Balcony Garden Web:
Choose basil, rosemary, thyme, oregano, cilantro, and sage.
Microgreens
- Windowsill Farming with Microgreens - Milkwood: permaculture courses, skills + stories:
- Many vegetables, greens and herbs are great to grow as microgreens:
lettuce
coriander
rocket
buckwheat
amaranth
beetroot
broccoli
spinach
basil
sunflower
daikon radish
mustard greens
Mint, sage, parsley, thyme and marjoram are the herbs traditionally used in English cookery.
Perlite v clay pebbles
керамзит:
- VitaLink 10L Clay Pebbles Bag: Amazon.co.uk: Garden & Outdoors: £6.53
Perlite:
- Wilko Horticullture Perlite 10L at wilko.com:
вермикулит:
- Wilko Horticulture Vermiculite 10L at wilko.com: £5.00
