Читать книгу Your Herb Garden - Barbara Segall - Страница 70

For herbs in containers you must use the best potting medium possible. Garden soil is not suitable in such a confined space as it may well be lacking in sufficient nutrients, and at the same time could be harbouring a concentrated number of soil pests. Instead use bagged, and therefore clean or sterilised, potting compost. If the container is large and permanently sited, this should be soil based; it will be heavy once watered, so make sure you position the tub before you fill it with compost and plants.

To provide the free-draining medium that most herbs prefer, add several handfuls of grit to the compost and line the base of the container with pieces of broken terracotta, stones or a layer of gravel before filling with compost.