Basil Pre-Seeded Grow Kit

Why Grow your own tender herbs?

• There are some great benefits to growing your own herbs. The first is that herbs are meant to be flavour enhancers

Growing Up

• Your herb seeds have germinated and sprouted above the soil and roots are reaching out of the plug looking for new ground to conquer! It’s important not to give your seedlings more real estate at the right moment and to acclimate them gently to the outside world. Learn how to “pot up” and “harden off” your seedlings in this
• Sewing in batches.
• Establishing a permaculture self-seeding herb garden.
  • If you have a section of your garden that you can devote to growing herbs, then allowing them to self seed, it can be incredibly rewarding.

Success With TenderHerbs

• If you have ever tried unsuccessfully to keep a grocery store basil or Cilantro plant thriving.
• Luckily though there are solutions to ensure that you have a continuous supply of garden fresh herbs.
• The first option is to start your seeds in staggered rounds. That is, start two or three seed plugs now, then in a few weeks, start two or three more and so on. This should ensure that you always have plants that are at the peak stage for harvesting. This technique also works great if you want to grow your herbs indoors in pots.
• Permaculture The second option promises to establish an overflowing outdoor kitchen herb garden straight out of your best English countryside day dream. The trick is to work with the herbs’ natural cycle. It is best to harvest herbs before they go to seed. However, if you leave some portion over and allow them to mature to produce seeds, this year’s plants will “self seed” themselves and with minimal effort from you, new plants will emerge throughout the season and the next.