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The best time to harvest herbs is when you are ready to use them. Using clipped sprigs through out the growing season is the easiest way to maintain the herbs in your garden. This makes harvesting easy and there is not need to store for short term. If harvesting large amounts of the herb: Keep in mind [...] Herb gardens require minimal fertilization. Many herb gardens in Mobile suffer from over watering or too much fertiliztion. Slow release fertilizers are a good idea for getting the herbs established. Using a complete fertilizer like 10-10-10, may be enough nitrogen for an entire season. Many gardeners like using organic fertilizers, such as manures. Organics [...] If you don’t want to propagate your own herb plants for your herb garden, you can always buy them. Here are a few tips to buying healthy herbs. Choose a good, sturdy plant that is beyond the seedling stage. Make sure it is well developed and is not too large for the container it’s in. Herbs that are easily divided are chives, oregano, mints and other plants that spread by clumps or runners (stolons). These herbs can be easily divided and replanted assuring the drainage and watering is sufficient. In the winter months, when the plants begin their dormancy, divide by using a knife or small shovel to cut the [...] Two ways you can plant herbs in your herb garden is by direct seeding and transplanting. Some herbs grow well from directly planting the seeds in the garden soil. Dill, cilantro, coriander, parsley, fennel and anise (Umbelliferae family) directly reseed themselves each year. Begin direct seeding in late March to early April. Sow the seeds in [...] |
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