Fertilizer for Herb Garden
Herb gardens are one of the easiest types of gardens you can have. The plants are easy to care for and will grow in the type of soil found in most gardens. Most plants for herb garden purposes do not need any fertilizer on a regular basis. Unless the soil is particularly hard to grow with, or unless it is being planted by a serious gardener who has objectives for fertilizing, the plants should be able to grow just fine. The only time I would really recommend fertilizer for herb garden plants is when you do your initial planting, and when you do transplanting. The fertilizer will help the plants establish themselves well.
So what kind of fertilizer should you use for herb garden plants? It depends on what you're growing your plants for. If you're growing your plants to be able to have flowers or potpourri, most of the fertilizers you find in plant stores or sometimes super markets will do. Growing plants for decorative purposes will work with any fertilizer because these fertilizers will help the plant look really healthy, and flourish. It's also likely to enhance the plant's characteristics, so the smell of the plant can also be enhanced, making for a great potpourri.
For herb garden plants that are going to be used for cooking or herbal remedies that are ingested, use organic fertilizers. Organic fertilizers are safer for use if you're going to be eating this plant one way or another. Some regular fertilizers have chemicals in them, and when put in the soil as fertilizer, a plant can take in the chemicals, and these can come out in its leaves or edible portions. So use organic fertilizers if you think you will end up cooking with your herbs so you are sure that your plant won't have any extra chemicals in it from the fertilizer, and these chemicals will never end up in your system.
You can also make your own fertilizer for herb garden plants. Herbs do quite well being fertilized with home made compost. Making your own fertilizer via compost will help you recycle your garden scraps and other biodegradable trash, and it also helps you save money from having to buy fertilizer. What's more is that compost can be used on other plants, not just herbs, so it is a great all around investment for a serious gardener.
Finally, fertilize your herbs with fellow plants! There is such a thing called companion planting. Companion planting means that the plants you've placed next to each other actually help each other grow. For herb garden plants, you can find lists of good companion plants which will help each other grow and flourish, and even plants that drive away insects from plants more prone to bugs. Now, that's the cheapest and best form of fertilizer!
