Growing your own herb garden indoors is easier than you think
We tested 6 kinds of herb seeds and all of them germinated.
Herbs, unlike vegetables, are slow and steady growers, suitable for indoor conditions. Mint, thyme, basil, lemon balm and others tend to grow slowly, making them easy to tend to for the indoor grower. A bit of care is required, and soon you'll be enjoying fresh herbs from home.
Why spend extra money at the grocery store for something you can have fresh, growing on your windowsill or under a lamp? Keeping your plants watered is the main task, with a bit of work you can set up your own simple growing shelf. Using a store-bought $30 lighting fixture, you can easily create a growing area for many different herbs and even vegetable seedlings for transplant outdoors. You'll be surprised how far a little wattage goes.
Instead of fluorescent bulbs which are cheap but contain toxic materials, why not opt for an LED growing system? LED technology is highly efficient, low-heat and not contained in a fragile glass tube like a fluorescent light setup. We used an LED replacement bulb that only uses 2 x 18 W strips of LEDs. For only 36W of lighting, less than a single incandescent bulb, the amount of plant growth is a truly astonishing.
The flowers of Korean mint (Agastache rugosa) which flowered entirely under artificial light!
Indeed you can grow your herbs to seed completely indoors. With plants like mint, basil and dill the green vegetation is used as a garnish, but eventually the plant will go into seed. This is a good opportunity to stock up and save some seeds for your grow next year or seeding directly outdoors. Whatever your plans, don't be afraid to experiment with growing indoors! With a bit of spare room you can bring some fresh green herbs to your home.
All images were taken by us during herb growing trials.
Happy growing!
cant wait to get some oregano or something growing up in here.. maybe some parsley lol
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You make it look easy!
Believe me... it is! We checked on these plants once or twice a week, usually just to water them.