New to Herbs...need advice.

[flyboy718]

Got some seeds today to make my wife a little indoor herb garden that we can use as a "growing spice rack". I got basil, terragon, rosmary, parsley. Going to put them in individual pots and place them in the kitchen window and use a good potting mix that I use to start seeds with. Anything else that I need to do in particular?

 

[HunkieDorie23]

I think you will need to put them under a strong light until they are established. I just use a florescent light, like a shop light place them about 2-4" below the light or they will get legging and have weak stems. I started some sage on Christmas day that are mature enough to go into a window sill but my other herbs are only about two weeks old and they still need to the lights. Unfortunately I don't have a window that gets enough light for plants so I have to wait for the weather to break. After they get their second set of leaves you might want to use a fertilizer as well.

Good luck with your plants.

 

[flyboy718]

I think you will need to put them under a strong light until they are established. I just use a florescent light, like a shop light place them about 2-4" below the light or they will get legging and have weak stems. I started some sage on Christmas day that are mature enough to go into a window sill but my other herbs are only about two weeks old and they still need to the lights. Unfortunately I don't have a window that gets enough light for plants so I have to wait for the weather to break. After they get their second set of leaves you might want to use a fertilizer as well.

Good luck with your plants.

Would any of the herbs I mentioned do well to spend all of their time if there is suficient light? Or I guess my question is how do I keep them growing all year long?

 

[lesa]

Hey, what can it hurt to try?? I say, give it a go ( and save some seeds to plant outside.) Either way, you will end up with delicious herbs!

 

[flyboy718]

Hey, what can it hurt to try?? I say, give it a go ( and save some seeds to plant outside.) Either way, you will end up with delicious herbs!

I think I will start them inside and then move 'em to a small bed outside, when it starts to get to cold for them re-pot and move back inside and see how long they last inside.

 

[The Mama Chicken]

Basil is an annual and parsley is a biennial so they won't overwinter but tarragon and rosemary will. Tarragon will die back to the ground during the winter but will come back in the spring and rosemary is an evergreen that is often sold in the shape of little christmas trees.

 

[flyboy718]

Basil is an annual and parsley is a biennial so they won't overwinter but tarragon and rosemary will. Tarragon will die back to the ground during the winter but will come back in the spring and rosemary is an evergreen that is often sold in the shape of little christmas trees.

Cool!

 

[lesa]

Rosemary might be come back in zone 8A- but, it doesn't in zone 4! Tarragon, however, does fabulously!

 

[The Mama Chicken]

Rosemary might be come back in zone 8A- but, it doesn't in zone 4! Tarragon, however, does fabulously!

No, I guess it probably wouldn't.
I just happen to know that flyboy is also in zone 8a, so I was talking about here.

 

[catjac1975]

Hey, what can it hurt to try?? I say, give it a go ( and save some seeds to plant outside.) Either way, you will end up with delicious herbs!

I think I will start them inside and then move 'em to a small bed outside, when it starts to get to cold for them re-pot and move back inside and see how long they last inside.

Some herbs do not do well when lifted out of the garden and repotted.
i do better leaving one specimen of each in a pot to bring in for the winter. i have a basil, ready to eat, that's 4 years old.