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Past Articles Library | Organic Fertilizer | Kelp Helps Indoor Herbs

Kelp is a great solution not only as an organic fertilizer, but also as a soil conditioner, and it can help promote flowering.

Indoors, container-grown herbs that have been treated with a kelp solution have a much greater tolerance of dry and low-light conditions, giving you healthier plants that grow and taste better.

A spray of kelp solution can also control insects if sprayed when the pests are first noticed.

Make Your Own Kelp Spray

To make your own kelp spray, get a bottle of liquid kelp (also called seaweed extract) at any garden center or nursery.

Mix:

1 tablespoon (15 ml) of liquid kelp
with 1 gallon (3.8 l) of water.

Use it for watering or apply it as a foliar spray twice a month.

A List of Some of the Best Herbs to Grow Indoors

• All Basils (Ocimum spp.)
  
  
• Bay (Laurus nobilis)
  
  
• Catnip (Nepeta cataria)
  
  
• Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium)
  
  
• Chives (Allium schoenoprasum)
  
  
• Corander or Cilantro (Coriandrum sativum)
  
  
• Oregano (Origanum heracleoticum)
  
  
• Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis)
  
  
• Sage (Salvia spp.)
  
  
• Summer Savory (Satureja hortensis)
  
  
• Sweet Margoram (Origanum majorana)