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The enthusiast’s guide to herbs
Everything about growing herbs indoors, plus a one-page card for each of the 35 herbs people most often grow: what it wants, and what kills it first.
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This is what you're actually buying
Thirty-five of these, one per herb. Every card answers the same questions in the same order, so once you have read one you can read any of them at a glance while you are standing over the pot.
Basil
Ocimum basilicum
The most popular herb to grow indoors, and one of the most forgiving. Basil wants warmth and a lot of light. Get those two right and the rest looks after itself.
- Light
- Full sun6–8 hours direct sun
- Water
- Keep moistWhen the top of the soil feels dry
- Temperature
- Above 70°F
- Growing media
- Light potting soil or coconut coir
- Life cycle
- Annual
- Difficulty
- Beginner
What goes wrong first
- Black blotches on the leaves a day or two after a cold night
- Long bare stem between each pair of leaves
- A flower spike pushes out of the top of the plant
Every card carries
- Light
- Watering
- Humidity
- Temperature
- Growing difficulty
- Time to harvest
- Life cycle
- Propagation method
- Growing media
- Best container
- Fertilization
- Growing areas
- Disease problems
- Pest info
- Pet safety
Plus the plant's common and botanical names, what it is traditionally used for, and a short section on the specific mistakes that herb is prone to.
Buy now · $8.99What a reader said
“The plant info cards alone makes it worth the price.”
I've fancied myself an amateur home gardener for two years now. Despite that, I bought The Enthusiast's Guide from Herbs at Home after stumbling across their website on Google, just to see what it was about.
Let me tell you: it was one of the best digital purchases I've ever made! The plant 'info cards' alone makes it worth the price, and there are so many little nuggets in the more basic advice that I think anyone—no matter if you're a total beginner or if, like me, you've been growing herbs for a while—will get plenty of value from it.
And the part before the cards
The cards tell you what a plant wants. The chapters tell you how to actually do it.
Propagation
Seeds, stem cuttings and air layering, and which one a given herb actually responds to.
Growing media
How to choose one, and why the answer often is not soil.
Water
Avoiding over- and underwatering, and keeping plants alive while you are away.
Fertilization
Organic and inorganic, slow- and quick-release, granular and liquid.
Pruning
Where to cut, when, and how much, so a plant comes back bushier.
Light
Supplemental lighting: when blue, when red, and at what strength.
Hydroponics
A gentle introduction, and how to pick a system worth owning.
Problems
Root rot, bolting, insect pests, leggy growth and overwatering, identified and treated.
35 herb cards
One page each: conditions, uses, and the mistakes that plant is prone to.
Glossary
Common and technical terms, including what actually separates full sun from partial sun.
Read it anywhere
One PDF, no app and no account. It opens on a phone, a laptop, a tablet or an e-reader, and the cards are laid out one per page so you can keep a single herb on screen while your hands are dirty.
No more hunting the same answer through six search results every time a plant looks unhappy.
The enthusiast’s guide to herbs
Learn everything you need to know about growing and caring for herbs indoors, including in-depth info cards for the 35 most commonly grown herbs.
$8.99
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