How to Grow Herbs Indoors

With the proper lighting, it’s easy to grow herbs indoors. Learn how in this eHow Home video:

While herbs look wonderful anywhere in the kitchen, remember that the key is light. Herbs that do well indoors include parsley, mint, rosemary, chives and thyme. Basil, on the other hand, tends not to do as well as it requires a lot of light.

Make sure that your herbs get at least six hours of sunlight, and the closer to a window, the better. If you have quite a few plants and your window space is limited, rotate them every three of four days. If you live in an apartment with a balcony or fire escape, you can move them into more light and then bring them back into the kitchen.

Fertilize your herbs about every two weeks with a diluted all-purpose organic liquid fertilizer mixture. Don’t over-fertilize as you’ll want the herbs to create a lot of the essential oils that give them their flavor.

When you’re ready to plant your herbs, use a potting soil that is blended for container gardening and fill up a terracotta pot or any other kind of container. If you place your container is a window sill, remember that a clay saucer will absorb a lot of moisture and will actually make the paint peel, so you may want to use a clear saucer. Now take your herb plant, take off the outer peat pot, break up the peat moss cup a bit and snuggle the herb into the container. Make sure that none of the peat pot edge is sticking up as it will cause the herb to dry through a wicking effect.