Growing herbs pots is one of the current in-things for herb gardening. A lot of herbal and gardening stores have herb pots.
Popular herbs pots
The most common herb garden kits are the herb disc pots. These kits include an herb disc, potting soil and eco-friendly pots. The herb disc is a small paper-like material that has cultivated seeds in it. The pots are as small as six inches in height and five inches in diameter, and as large as 1 ½ feet tall and 2 feet in diameter. The kit also provides an easy 4-step herb planting process. You put the soil in the pot, leaving about an inch at the top. The herb disc will then have to be placed. Fill in more soil. Then have the pot watered. The large pots could accommodate at least seven herb discs. The discs have a wide selection of herbs – basil, chives, cilantro, arugula, thyme and many others.
Galvanized tin or steel pail kits are gaining popularity among stylish gardeners. These kits are also an inventive gift idea as they appear the same as flower buckets. You will usually get a pail, seeds or baby herb plants as well as potting soil in most pail kits. This has the same procedure as the herb disc pots.
Self-watering containers are suitable for on-the-go gardeners. Since you might not have time to religiously water your plants, you could buy ready-made self-watering containers. However, today, this isn’t quite popular. Hence, you can check out web videos and articles for step-by-step making of these containers. Here is one sample: the materials you will need are leca pellets – expanded clay pellets; a large pot, regardless of material-make, as long as it has no drain holes; irrigation pipe and float; porous synthetic fiber cloth – before planting, cut the fiber according to the diameter of your pot, and cut a hole that matches the size of the pipe; organic compost; and your herbs.
Fill in three-fourths of the pot with leca. Put the cloth. Insert the pipe and the float in the cloth’s hole, with at least two inches showing over the pot rim. Be sure that it reaches the bottom of the pot. Put compost up to the pot rim. Secure your herb plants. You need to fill the pipe with water until the float reaches the minimum level mark. When the clay absorbs the water, so does the roots of your plants. You can have the piped refilled every three to four weeks. These pots have a life span of three years.
You could also utilize woven baskets which have good drainage, suitable for outdoor plants. Plastic, rubber and clay pots with hangers or hanging chains are great for indoor spaces.
Some gardening stores offer sets of potted herbs and racks. The packages include three-potted herbs and one rack. The tiered or tray racks are actually different from the ones that could be hanged on the walls. They could also be wooden or made from stainless steel.
Growing herbs pots is now made easy. Herb gardening can be enjoyed by everyone.
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