AROMATIC PLANTS GROWING

Cultivation of Herbs, Medicinal seasoning and is easy in general. These are plants that are ideal for novice gardeners. Will reward you handsomely.  Most herbs are doing very well in planters, but will need more water and nutrients than if they were planted on the ground.  Find a location with plenty of light, at least 4 to 6 hours of sun a day, like a windowsill. If you grow indoors, it is a very bright.  Two boxes may contain (a group for each one):  • Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) • Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) • Sage (Salvia officinalis) • Oregano (Origanum vulgare) • Marjoram (Origanum majorana). • Peppermint (Mentha piperita) • Basil (Ocimum basilicum) • Parsley (Petroselinum crispum) • Chives (Allium fistulosum)    The chips have the requirements and constraints for each species. Then see fundamentals Aromatic general culture.  1. Irrigation    • Many herbs are native to Mediterranean climate (Hyssop, Lavender, Lemon Balm, Oregano, Sage, Santolina, thyme, ...) and need little water to live. Others need more moisture: Mint, Parsley, Peppermint, ... • Grown in pots should be watered well in summer. To achieve a good drainage placed at the bottom of the container pieces of ceramic. • Depending on the specific conditions under which the plant must have water more or less: the weather, if the sun, if you get the wind, if the soil is sandy or clay soil, spring, summer ...  • Water in the early morning or evening, not in more sunshine hours.  • When you lose some freshness gives a copious irrigation. It is the experience of their culture that will teach you. Many observation.   2. Subscriber  • Aromatic plants and are paid little seasoning to avoid losing flavor and aroma. These plants prefer a normal soil nutrient-rich minerals to one, in general terms. • To provide an annual fertilizer on land, okay. If you are using an organic fertilizer (manure, compost, peat, etc..) Applies in winter (1 kilo per square meter) and if mineral (also called chemical), do it in spring and / or autumn.  • Grown in pots and during development, adds for example, liquid fertilizer dissolved in the shower (1 time per month). Change the first 3 or 4 inches of substrate in the pot for new land, is also good.   3. Cavas and weed    • During the year it is necessary to dig the ground for several break the surface crust, aerate, mullirlo and also, incidentally, to remove weeds around the plants there. Drops a little poke the substrate or if pots or window boxes. • Labra very superficially, without going, since it would break roots. Least 2 times per year and maximum 5 or 6. • Tarragon and Mint spreads rapidly by means of underground stems, which can invade the surrounding plants, becoming, in "Weeds." If plants in a bucket buried, this will limit its lateral expansion. Or cut them frequently so they do not become invasive.   4. Padding   • Mulch or mulching is to extend the base of plants pine bark, gravel, straw, mulch, black plastic, mats or other materials. Its benefits are: 1. Retain soil moisture, so watering should be less. This, in dry climates where it rains a little, or to overcome the summer, it is very important.  2. They leave very few weeds.  3. Organic mulches will decompose slowly, and thus provide some humus to the soil.  4. Are aesthetically decorative, for example, pine bark. Sold in plastic bags in thick or thin slices. It may extend over a black geotextile sheet, which lets the water, and so, since, weeds, zero.  • If you made a quilt at the time of planting, you can put in any time.         5. Pruning  • Oregano, Peppermint, Lemon Balm, Lavender, Thyme, Sage, Santolina, ... cut them out after flowering to provoke a new healthy development, if not, will be woody. By the summer, cut herbs such as mint to stimulate the development of new leaves. Thyme is best to prune it little and often throughout the spring and summer. However, after some years, although we have pruned every year, will need to uproot and to plant new ones, since they lose their original form.  • If certain herbs have also trimmed overgrowth.  • Removes traces of past flowers and chapters, as they consume reserves and disfigure the plant. Removes leaves.  • When you need a sprig of parsley or mint, cut with scissors a long stalk above a bud, so that the plant can continue to develop.   6. Pinched or trimmings  If the plant is spindly and sparse, it is useful to pinch or tipping. This is simply to cut slightly the tips of the buds to cause growth to take the sides and make a killing more compact and branched stems instead of so long and bare bottom.   7. Pests, diseases and disorders    Greenfly • Need to monitor possible attacks by pests (insects, mites, snails, ...) or diseases (fungi, bacteria or viruses). • If the pest or disease is present on the Culinary plants and treat them with a pesticide, you should apply at least 1 or 2 weeks before picking it up for use in the kitchen. Check the product label in the days to wait before consuming. Technically called 'safe period'. • It is much better to use instead of Biological Insecticide chemicals. Although in general, are less effective biological insecticides to kill the parasites than conventional ones.  • Apart from pests and diseases can take several disorders:  Excess water that rots the roots and the plant dies (too much watering, compacted soils that puddles) Drought. Watered more. Nutrient deficiencies. Payable. Excessive shade. Put in place with more light. Spring frosts. Save inside. Strong winds, dry, cold or saline (in areas near the sea).