musicimprovedme asks: Container gardening advice needed!?
I am really interested in starting an herb garden in containers that sit either in the windowsill of the kitchen, by the patio door, or otherwise inside, but I live in east Texas so I can probably take them outside every now and then, some days all year long, or if it got out of control.
I would also like to experiment with some breed of tomatoes that can grow relatively upright and stay confined to it’s container indoors so they don’t sprawl all over the house, drop and stain the carpet, etc.
Is garlic appropriate to grow indoors?
Any pointers for me? My fav herbs are dill, basil, rosemary, and I would love to grow some lavender for homemade bath treats, etc. When I look at the prefab kits, I don’t want them all. If I grew all these things together, would the flavors blend somehow, either from being in close proximity to each other, or from sharing the same soil?
I need allll the advice, details details, no experience. Plants, planting, fert, containers, sun, everything!
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Good for you! Gardening is lots of fun. Tomatoes are not for the indoors, as the flowers need bees to pollinate them and cause fruit to grow. It can be done, but it’s best left to professionals. You certainly can start the plants from seeds (use peat pots filled with a loose mixture of sterile potting soil and vermiculite). Cover the seeds with about 1/4 inch of soil, water and let them drain out the bottom. Then cover with plastic and set in a sunny window (not too hot) until the seeds germinate. Then remove the plastic and water with a dilute solution of tepid water and some drops of miracle gro liquid. Allow the plant to dry between waterings. When the plants are about 10 inches tall, with real leaves forming (not the 2 starter leaves), then the plans can be taken outside to be planted (after any frost).
For herbs, I’d buy a kit in the store that has several plastic pots on a single tray. Plant them separately, using the same technique as above. They will also grow well in a sunny window. Use fresh seeds.