How I Fertilize Potted Herbs & Other Herb Garden Maintenance Tasks

[@PorchGardeningWithPassion]

Growing herbs is great! They can be tricky for a noob, but it is fun to learn the nuances 👊🏻💥👊🏻

[@Seasons1586]

Your herb garden is so beautiful! Love the different varieties of mints!!

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you! I’m excited to start harvesting them.

[@aspiringviolinist5732]

Bethany the herb garden looks beautiful! That fish fertilizer is amazing!! I use it on all my plants, the tomatoes love it! Another fertilizer that I use is Maxsea, it’s pricey so I use it on my roses. Great video!

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you!! I will check that fertilizer out. Do you use it on anything else besides your roses?

[@deadboi77]

Alil later in the season, add some morbloom with that fish fertz. It's a type of fish fertz(same company) but it's 0-10-10.

[@ChicagoGardener]

Oooh thank you! I’ll add that to my list!

[@sandimiller5980]

Great video! I have chocolate mint and strawberry mint as well. Question: how do you use the specialty varieties??

[@ChicagoGardener]

Teas! That’s what I use most of the mints for but I am going to try drying some, putting it in an herb shaker, and using it on things like ice cream or oatmeal.

[@OldTimerGarden]

I use a metal wall hose mount for my expandable garden hose. Those made from plastic won't last very long.

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you! Do you take the whole hose off the mount when you use it?

[@mjbucek22]

I also love the flexible hoses for my small garden. I've got 2, both on wall mounted holders. One is plastic and the other metal. I find the wall reels annoying, especially if you only unspool part of the hose, once you condense it the loops just do their own thing and catch on the hose reel (especially the metal which has shaper edges). I'm thinking of trying a decorative basket to pool it in instead!

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you, this is helpful! A decorative pot seems like the way to go.

[@nicholasryan5401]

Beautiful terracotta pots with herbs, they are the bees knees.

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you!

[@Amal757]

Your setup is so beautiful! I’m wondering if the iron feet of the pot stands stain the floor. Thank you!

[@ChicagoGardener]

It hasn’t yet but I should probably be on the lookout for that 😆

[@Sherman1862]

Happy TGIF Miss Chicago Gardener!!!!! Glad that you're having another "Good Hair Day"!!!! ; ) So HOT!!! So Lovely!!!! So Beautiful!!!!! : )

[@hey_dion8073]

This was really helpful. thanks for sharing

[@ChicagoGardener]

I’m happy to hear that!!

[@pamm701]

Another great video! I store my flexible hose in an empty flower pot. Thanks!

[@ChicagoGardener]

I think that will probably be the easiest storage solution and I do somehow have pots I haven’t filled yet 😆

[@LaLaLoopsyCutie]

did you buy them as starters or did you start from seed?

[@ChicagoGardener]

Bought them!

[@Bao_Tram]

Hi Bethany! Your herb garden looks great in the terracotta pots. I thought most perennial herbs don’t need additional fertilizing or amendments since they like poor soil. Do you do fertilize because they are in containers?

[@ChicagoGardener]

Yes! Even things that say poor soil I fertilize bc there isn’t a lot of room in these pots to begin with and my herbs are always much happier when I do.

[@Bao_Tram]

@@ChicagoGardener This video has been very thought provoking and I have been racking my brain thinking about this. I think you're the first content creator I have seen with a fertilizing routine for mint which is commonly grown in containers since they spread. Mint will grow in pretty much any soil but now that I think about it, my mom had a large and very lush container herb garden and while she didn't use liquid fertilizer, she heavily amended her soil with kitchen scraps, particularly by burying fish scraps and watering with the water she used to clean and prepare fish. I have struggled growing flowering herbs that prefer poor and dry soil in containers, particularly yarrow and nasturtiums. Nasturtium definitely prefers poor soil or it will grow more foliage than blooms. I think I have been under watering it though. Yarrow flopped and didn't have many bloom when I had it in soil amended with compost. This year I didn't amend it and it had a few more blooms that stood up straight but still not as many flowers as yarrow I have seen grown in ground. I tried adding an all-purpose liquid fertilizer and it seems to have sped up foliar growth but so far no new blooms. Honestly the plants that are heavy feeders and require consistent water have been easier for me because at least I can understand what they want!

[@LifeHomeandGardenwithAnaRica]

Your herbs garden look great with terracotta.

[@ChicagoGardener]

I love terracotta pots so much! I think I might try to seal them on the inside this winter to make them retain water a little better.

[@LifeHomeandGardenwithAnaRica]

@@ChicagoGardener That would be a great idea. have a good weekend.

[@kaychaney6102]

Just watched a video from Hello Garden. She too likes herb teas. She is growing apple mint and loves it. Just sharing…don’t grow mint and don’t drink tea. 🤪

[@ChicagoGardener]

I’m excited to do a taste test with all the flavors this year 😆

[@karenneese5820]

Absolutely love your herb set up. The terracotta pots are fabulous. The stands all of it is so inspirational. It actually makes me want to go out to my garden. (and it's night out now) lol

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you so much!! I’m really happy with how this part of my garden has turned out, even if the terracotta does dry out quickly 😆

[@bowtielife]

Oh, I am so loving your herb garden! That is a collection I hope to master one day. I love all those mints! I am going to have to get some more of those.

[@ChicagoGardener]

I’m so excited for the mints this year!! There are even more flavors people have recommended that I want to add next year too 😆

[@DaveCollierCamping]

Awesome share

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you!

[@DaveCollierCamping]

@@ChicagoGardener Have a great weekend

[@carollewinson1555]

Interesting! Is it possible to link your appearances on Epic gardening?

[@ChicagoGardener]

I’m in their most recent video on their channel if you want to check it out!

[@carollewinson1555]

@@ChicagoGardener yes!! I just saw that. I usually don’t watch those monthly ones because with my energy level, I’ve planted all I want to handle already. I was surprised to see all the information I got out of the July monthly video! Learned something new!

[@ChicagoGardener]

Yes!! I love seeing everyone’s different gardens too in those videos. Sometimes I get jealous of those in warmer zones until it’s consistently over 100 degrees in summer 😂

[@doloressanchez9214]

I like to store my flexible hose in a nice decorative pot. So that no one can tell what's in it. Also drains any water that's left in the hose, so no mosquitos.

[@ChicagoGardener]

I think a lot is going to be the way to go! Thank you!!