How to Grow an Herb Garden From Herb Seed

There are several ways an herb garden can be grown. Many people simply transplant already established plants. However, there is something to be said about growing an herb garden from herb seed. Not only that but also some plants are only available in herb seed form. This means that because they are not the types of herbs you would find in a nursery, usually because they are not well known, you can only find them in the herb seed form.

There are some special steps that need to be taken in order to grow herbs from herb seed.
Herb seed is just like any other type of seed there are some conditions, which need to be met in order to ensure that the seed has the optimum growing conditions. Failing to provide the optimum growing conditions for seeds can result in the seeds not sprouting or not being able to make it to the surface of the container.

Steps to Growing Seeds

The first thing that needs to be considered is the location. Once you have determined the proper location for your seeds the next step is to make sure that they have the right medium to grow in. This may take a little research in order to find the types of food and soil that the herbs you are growing like. If you are growing multiple types of herbs you will need to make sure that, you group the seeds into locations or containers that contain the same growing medium.

The same growing medium means that the temperature, soil type and food type are all the same for the plants growing in the particular medium. It is also a good idea to make sure that the plants growing will also have the same need for light. This will ensure that the plants have the optimum conditions for growth. Of course, this does not mean that they will indeed grow. There are other factors including how the seeds were treated from the time they were harvested until the time they arrive to you.

Because of this, it is a good idea to get your seeds from a grower rather than from the supermarket or garden center at a general merchandise store. The reason for this is that the growers understand the conditions of the seeds must remain at in order to increase the chance of producing a viable plant from the seeds.