How to Get Started with Herb Gardening
You can go by the local home improvement, nursery or greenhouse to buy your herb plants. You can also start your own herbs from seeds. There is another way to get your own plants, called propagation, and it’s less costly than either purchasing plants or starting them as seeds.
The method of propagation is easy; the only thing you need to do is find someone who has that plant (a friend, neighbor or family member) and then take part of that plant by dividing it or by cutting part of it off.
Division is just like it sounds: you take an existing herb and divide it into smaller herbs.. You can quickly do this with a clump of chives or thyme. Use your trowel to divide the herb all the way down through the roots. Some spreading plants, like English chamomile, are not as hard as others.
For small herbs, you can use a couple of forks instead of a trowel when separating. One thing you’ll want to do is water it you will be dividing the day before, the soft, moist soil will be ready the next day. Next, all you need to do is replant the part you divided just like a plant that you would buy at the greenhouse.
Unlike an herb that you would buy at the market, you’ll want to fertilize this propagated herb. above and beyond the fertilizer, I’d recommend that you use a root stimulator to assist those recently chopped off roots to grow back.
If you are not terribly excited about getting your hands dirty, you can make a cutting of the existing plant instead. The bad part is that you may have to be patient until you have an plant you can plant in the ground or in a pot. Not all plants respond well to cuttings, so do your research before you get out your garden shears.
Fresh, immature herbs are better to get cuttings from than the mature, woodier herbs . But like I always hear; make do with what’s at hand. When taking a cutting, follow these guidelines:
- Look for a branch that has at least 3 leaves and then snip it off at the stem and remove the leaves
- Now here’s where I differ from other folks: take your branch and let it sit for about 8 hours in a diluted mixture of both root stimulator and water.
- When you remove the stems from the root stimulator, stick it into a small pot of rich and moistened earth. Make sure you bury up the branch (which is now the stem) and all the places where you plucked off the leaves.
- After a few days, add some more water. This will keep the stem moist. But you do not want to drench it. Be sure to give your cutting 4 weeks to start growing its new leaves.
If you do choose to start with cuttings, some of the best herbs to grow from cuttings include artemisia, basil, beebalm, lemon verbena and any of the mints..
Good luck with your herb gardening. Be sure to let me know how your herb garden grows.
Here is more Herb Garden Information. Here is a website with a free mini-course dedicated to Herb Gardens.
Shpongle – The Herb Garden
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