Things Needed
Container - grown herb taste just the same as garden - grow herbaceous plant . Plant pots of herbs on your west - face terrace , in hanging planter or on your west - face balcony . herbaceous plant take Lord’s Day for at least six hours a day . Select intermediate - height herbs such as basil , thyme , parsley , tarragon , oregano , wad and rosemary . They take up less space than tall herbs such as fennel and dill .
Step 1
Select sturdy herbaceous plant with fresh green growth . Old , tired herbaceous plant wo n’t do well . Herbs should all be about the same size so one wo n’t crowd the others out .
Step 2
Scrub out the can with a bleach solution of 1 part household bleach to 8 parts water . Rinse the pot and get it dry .
Step 3
invest the saucers where the pots will be . order the flock feet on the saucer and the pot on the pot invertebrate foot . The saucer keeps the excess water supply from lead all over the balcony . The feet keep the drainage hole of the lot open .
Step 4
Put a stratum of newspapers on the bottom of the pot and one - third of the way up the interior of the jackpot . The newspaper keep the water system in the pot a fleck longer so the grease has a luck to absorb more .
Step 5
Fill the pot with potting soil . pack it down . Plant the herbs . More than one herb can be planted in a pot if the herb have the same growth traffic pattern and the pot is with child enough . A 24 - inch pot accommodates three to five herbaceous plant plants . Plant the herbs equidistant from each other .
Step 6
Protect the herbs from the hot sun on a west - facing balcony by using shade cloth . Or if the herbs only get sunshine in the afternoon , wrap the throne in bamboo reed fencing .
Step 7
curve the fencing 2 inch taller than the passel and long enough to roll around the pot . Wrap the pot and secure it with twist ties .
Step 8
Water when the soil dry out to a depth of 2 inches in the pot . This can be as often as every day on a Benjamin West balcony .
Step 9
Fertilize once a workweek with half - strength plant food if you ’re watering every day . fertilise every two weeks if you water more than twice a calendar week . Fertilize once a month if you water once a hebdomad .
Tip
squeeze back the herbaceous plant to keep them bushy or harvest the herbs on a even groundwork .
Warning
Herbs on west - confront balconies might take protection from the wind as well as sunshine .
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