Indoor Herb Gardening For Beginners

Orchids require a potting mix that provides them with plenty of drainage and aeration yet also holds adequate moisture. Contains fir bark, charcoal, and sponge rock (perlite). This all-purpose orchid potting mix is recommended for cattleya, dendrobium...

Start your seedlings off right, with a healthy diet of Plant Health Care. This balanced formula contains a 6-12-6 fertilizer, plus humus, amino acids, and vitamins to make seedlings stocky and disease-resistant.

Guaranteed analysis: Very popular among serious orchid growers for all types of orchids, this fertilizer is specially formulated using nitrogen primarily in its nitrate form, which is the form most available to orchids for efficient plant utilization.

"Perennials" come from nearly all the plant families of the world. To our view the plant looks dead, or nearly so — a few bits of green might struggle on through the cold. Your favorite plant may become a loved garden choice for a friend, or become...

If the mix in the inner pot really dries out, add a little water from the top to restart the self-watering action. Your goal is to firm the plant into place, not to pack in as much mix as possible.

Let's plan a gardening shopping trip, and a "moms play date" in mid-March. But if we have no luck asking the guys, we can run aourselves. We'll be sure to test next year. Last month, I helped my friend Sheila choose crops for her very first vegetable...

In cooler growing zones, lemongrass is often grown as an annual or can be overwintered indoors in pots. Medicinal Uses Of Lemongrass Lemongrass is regarded in herbal medicine as a diuretic, mild sedative, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, stomachic, anti-parisitcal...

SuperRoot Booster: Start seeds off right with this finely textured blend. Our SuperRoot Booster with MycoActive Technology creates the living soil mix that plants need to thrive. Ideal for use in self-watering and regular seed-starting trays, it offers...

It's so rich in nutrients that there's no need to fertilize seedlings for six weeks or more! Beneficial microbes, including mycorrhizae, support healthy growth and boost plants' resilience to stress.

Then it's finely ground to provide the perfect environment for seedling roots. Simply add water and each convenient compressed brick expands to 10 quarts of fluffy planting mix. Our exclusive coir seed starting mix is an effective, economical and earth-friendly...

Our SuperRoot Booster with MycoActive Technology creates the living soil mix that plants need to thrive. Mycorrhizae, amazing microbes that form a partnership with roots to support vigorous and resilient plant growth.

Abundant beneficial microbes, including mycorrhizae, boost plants' resilience to stress. Bio-Blended Compost, a carefully balanced mix of expertly composted natural materials that contains high-quality nutrients to support healthy, vigorous growth.

Yellow Gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides ‘Aurea') A different twist to this famous plant, ‘Aurea' has highly fragrant flowers that turn a deep golden-yellow several days sooner than the regular varieties giving the effect of a yellow gardenia.

When young, you can train Tree Ivy into shapes such as columns. This intergeneric hybrid between Fatsia japonica and Hedera helix begs for a bit of dryness between waterings to keep the roots healthy.

When in bloom, the growing tips are inundated with buds and flowers emerge daily for weeks. They carry a light fragrance and although they are known to flower throughout the year on their native islands, ours tend to bloom mostly in summer.

White Fusion Peacock Plant (Calathea hybrid) ‘White Fusion' makes a beautiful accent plant in any home, especially in bright, indirect light areas. This is one of the best foliage, air-cleaning plants to brighten up a partially sunlit window.

A plant that is easily shaped and pruned, it can be maintained at a manageable size indefinitely. Pink Powder Puff (Calliandra emarginata) Fill the growing area with a year-round splash of color.

Grown best in low-to-medium light, this easy-to-grow foliage plant brings greenery to any indoor space. Ecuador Philodendron (Philodendron verrucosum) Philodendrons are known for their ability to clean the air, grow under low light and tolerate the indoor...

As new growth emerges, buds appear and then unfold into pristine white flowers that have a loose, double form. Gardenia ‘Four Seasons' (Gardenia jasminoides) The name tells it all: this is an everblooming gardenia.

Thin, if necessary, to 2 or 3 plants per plug. Market bunched or use as a salad mix ingredient. 96,200 seeds/oz. Transplant plugs into the field at a 6" spacing in rows 18" apart.Leaves and stalks may be harvested once the plants have become established...

Flavor is of sweet anise.Direct seed (recommended): Sow seed directly in the garden as soon as possible in the spring after the last frost. It is not necessary to thin for leaf harvest, but can thin later to 4-6" apart if larger plants are desired.Transplant:...

Flavor is of mild licorice.Direct seed (recommended): Sow shallowly in early spring 1-2 seeds per inch. Press seeds into the soil mix or just barely cover with vermiculite, as seeds require light to germinate.

Harvest seed heads just as the seeds begin to turn a golden brown. Packet: 200 seeds.Direct seed (recommended): Sow in spring as soon as the soil can be worked. Sow 3-5 seeds per cell and thin to 1-2 plants each.

Harvest the seeds by hand, or pull entire plants to hang and dry. Sow seeds directly into prepared garden soil about 1/4- 1/2" deep when night temperatures stay above 50°F (10°C).

Edible flowers: Break into florets and mix into omelets, or hard or soft cheeses. Thinning is not necessary, but a 4" final spacing produces healthy, full plants.Transplant: Dill can be started inside in individual pots or cells.

Direct seed (recommended): Direct seed in spring after the last frost. Thin, if necessary, to 2 or 3 plants per plug. Cut the plants 3/4 way down the stems, so that they can continue growing.If anything you purchase from us proves unsatisfactory, we will...

Plant 1/4- 1/2" deep, 10 seeds per foot in rows 18" apart. Fennel must usually be wintered over for seed production. Feathery foliage with sweet flavor. Harvest seeds as they begin to turn their characteristic grayish-green color.If anything you purchase...