Tips On Growing Herbs Indoors During Winter
For people who enjoy keeping their gardens outside of the house, the fun ends when the cold season sets in. There isn’t an herb that can survive the extreme cold; and even if one did exist, there wouldn’t be many gardeners willing to go out during such harsh weather just to take care of it.
But the joys of planting don’t have to end with the arrival of winter. You can still carry on with your hobby by moving them inside your house, where they’ll be kept safe. Growing herbs indoors doesn’t just guarantee their survival, but also gives your home a more cozy and pleasing look. However, if you’re new to indoor gardening, there are some things that you should never forget to ensure your plants stay healthy.
So as to help you out with the transition from outdoors to the inside of your home, here are a few tips to keep in mind, and the first one is: place them someplace where they get sufficient sunlight. No, you can’t keep them in the darkness of your garage, unless you intend to grow mint only or provide an artificial light source that’ll serve well as a supplement. Nevertheless, actual light radiated from the sun is always better.
Next tip for growing herbs indoors is to select the right pot. Proper drainage is essential, as always. With that said, using a pot with a hole at the bottom would be nice, as it allows excess water to exit. Placing stones at the bottom before putting the soil in proves to be helpful for retaining soil during drainage.
Fertilizer will also be needed, since it’s practically the main source of nutrition for you herbs. The ideal ratio would be 1 part fertilizer to 4 parts potting soil – never put too much of the former. It contains too nitrogen salt, wherein excess amounts can lead to fertilizer burns. Moreover, keeping the soil moist but not wet is of the utmost importance. Giving it too much can cause rot-root (a common issue faced when growing herbs indoors).
Moving forward, a danger that your plants may face while inside your abode is temperature fluctuations. A sudden change in temperature can kill them. And so to tackle this problem, I recommend installing a humidifier to keep the temperature around it from rising and falling drastically.
The process of growing herbs indoors isn’t difficult to learn at all. It’ll require you to put in a little effort, but once everything’s setup, it’s all be smooth sailing from that point on.
