Cultivating Herbs in Jugs

Nowadays, cultivating or growing herbs in jugs or containers is no longer that hard compared to cultivating your herbs in your backyard garden. All the necessary things in order for any kind of plant to grow must also be given and done for our indoor herbs. It's no longer news for us to know that herbs can be cultivated or grown inside or near our kitchen in jugs or containers.

Herbs as well as other plants must have these three important things necessary for a healthy growth: Soil, water and sunlight. The key factor in cultivating any kind of plant and as well as the herb plant, regardless if they are grown outdoors or indoors, is the sunlight. The south or west facing window is where you can have the needed sunlight for your indoor garden or your herb plant in jugs or containers. Most herbs prefer a sunny spot but some herbs are fine in shaded areas. There are herb growers who are making use of fluorescent lamps as grow lamps as a supplement light source for their indoor herbs. Your indoor herbs need soil that is well-drained and 'not too rich'. You might need the following useful things for your indoor herbs: sterilized potting soil - about two parts of it is needed; coarse sand or perlite - one part of it is needed; one inch of gravel - to be used at the bottom of each jug or container to make sure that it has a good drainage. You can supplement your indoor herbs being cultivated in jugs or containers with a teaspoon of lime for each 5-inch jug, just for us to be sure that we have made the soil sweet for our herbs. Water is very necessary for our indoor herbs cultivated in jugs. The humidity of the indoor herbs must always be maintained. So, try to moisten the plants or pebbles to help maintain the herbs condition being humid.

It's very advantageous to grow herbs in jugs or containers as we are free to move them or transfer our herbs anytime or when needed. Annual herbs can do well even if they are located indoors all the time but the perennial herbs are usually moved out to the garden during the summer season. Wintertime is not that good for herbs as they might loss foliage at the start of winter, so they are usually brought indoors. The tarragon, mint or chives have this resting period in which after a fresh growth they are being led first to a light frost.

Maintaining an indoor herb garden these days is really quiet easy. You have your herbs, so handy and so useful - especially for cooking and for so many things too. We have our basic knowledge on how to care for our herb plant. Periodic light feeding and annual repotting is vital for the total health care for our herbs. We must not forget that annual herbs need to be replanted every year and perennial herbs need to be moved outside in the yard garden. You have to enjoy your herbs by making use of them: in your cooking, for medicinal purposes, preserved them and also more than anything else - share them with friends and neighbors.

Jodie Vazquez is an herb expert. For more great tips on growing herbs in pots, visit http://www.herbgardeningguide.com.au/.