Organic Container Gardening Tips
Posted: Tuesday, February 02, 2010
by Lisa Summerfield
http://herbgardensolutions.com
Organic container gardening can be done even in the smallest apartment. Gardening in this way gives you a fresh supply of herbs that are chemical-free as well as decorating your apartment or patio.
You can control your herbs environment by moving the pots into the sun or shade whenever needed, giving you the chance to create perfect conditions for growing herbs even in poor climates.
Potting Mix
Herbs do well in potting soil because it is free of insects and diseases that might be found in the regular garden soil. Garden outlets and landscape places sell organic mix, or you can mix your own soil. Just blend equal parts of:
- natural compost like dry cow or horse manure
- purchased organic potting soil
- washed coarse builders sand.
Containers
Next, in establishing your organic container gardening is to clean the pots with soapy water and rinse them out well as this minimizes any chance the pots become contaminated. Then line the bottom of the containers with pottery shards or small rocks and fill them 2/3 full with the soil. Allow some space for inserting the plants, then finish filling the pot with soil and remember to leave two inches of space under the rim of the pot for watering the herbs.
Pests and insects
One of the advantages of organic container gardening is that it attracts fewer insects than herbs grown in a conventional garden. If you do get insects however, spray them with some soapy water or some leftover black tea.
Favorite Herbs
Organic container gardening is easy and gives great results provided that the basic requirements are met. Some ideal herbs for organic container gardening are mint,oregano, sage, thyme, marjoram and basil, which grow well in pots.
Invasive herbs
Be careful not to grow the more invasive herbs together with slow growing herbs like sage. Mint is an example of an herb that should be grown in its own pot because it does eventually take over the space thus preventing the other plant to develop fully.
Organic container gardening takes only a little effort and in return it will beautify your home, provide a wonderful aroma and fresh healthy herbs to enjoy.
L. Summerfield is a freelance Expert Author and garden lover who is caring for her herb garden. Confronted with little spare time and shortage of space L. Summerfield came up with some solutions in order to grow an herb garden easily. Learn more about organic container gardening on her herb garden website. If you want even more information, subscribe to the free 10-part herb gardening email course at no cost.
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More commentsThank you for sharing these tips.
In these days of disasters and potential disasters, I see a relevance in knowing more about organic gardening.
This article makes one think container gardening can be done inside and out. Thank you for the insight.
I am sure this article will have a lot of appeal to people who are into organic gardening. I personally am just not into gardening. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for this great information. I love farming but am the city and don't have a place for such. Maybe I might just begin to do organic container gardening for pleasure.
The author shares some very informative tips about indoor herb growing etc. The article contains very useful information.
I am a gardener too, but I learned a couple of new things I didn't know. It's always good to take time to improve your knowledge.
Thank you for writing this- I'm saving it on my favorites. I plan to have an herb garden this spring, and need all the help I can get, I want it to be successful. Please write more articles with your wonderful and helpful advice._ Thanks- Ella
Thanks for this article, although I have a garden most of it is covered with grass, having two young boys I don't really want to take any of there football space. This article however gives me the ability to start with a little pot and work upwards, cheers!
Don't forget everyone that you can also compost all of your fruits/veg scraps - even if you live in an apt! They have apt sized composters now - so now you can save your scraps and not buy the organic soil at the stores - use your own - save $$$.
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