Generally most temperate herbs will grow in the winter months from April to October, so you can plant out just about anything after the wet, but some will even grow through the wet, giving you something to use in the kitchen throughout the year.
Remember you can also sun dry your excess herbs and store in an air tight container to use during the wet.
Herbs require a minimum of 6 hours sun to grow,
however some temperate will tolerate partial shade but their growth and quality will not be as good. Herbs native to the tropics will be more tolerant of shade..................................................................
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Chapter 1 Let's Get Started
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Chapter 2 Rotating Your Veggies
Why rotating your veggies works
Chapter 3 Pest Control & Balance
How to minimise the use of pesticides
Chapter 4 Soil Guide & Building Your Soil
Get to know your soil – you'll be glad you did
Chapter 5 Storing Seeds
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Chapter 6 Tastes Better Home Grown
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Chapter 7 Green Manure / Beans
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Chapter 8 Snake Beans Dwarf & Climbing
Great Addition to a tropical Garden
Chapter 9 Keeping Chickens
Why they're such an asset to your garden
Chapter 10 Okura
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Chapter 11 Soya Beans “Eda Mame”
Eaten the Japanese way taste great and good for you
Chapter 12 Paw Paw or Papaya
30 Kg of the nutritious you have to have one in your garden, this is how to grow it
Chapter 13 Capsicum in the tropics
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Chapter 15 Corn
Corn is easy when you know how
Chapter 16 PH Testing
How to measure your soil PH and what is PH
Chapter 17 Growing Bananas
Some great tip on the best backyard bananas
Chapter 18 Dolomite & Garden Lime
Which is best to use why and how
Chapter 19 Egg Plant
Grafting onto wild egg plant for extended growth
Chapter 20 Mignonette Lettuce
Open leaf lettuce like mignonette is the best lettuce for warm climates
Chapter 21 Growing Tomatoes From Garbage
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Chapter 22 Growing Herbs in the tropics
Yes it's possible see what to grow and how
Chapter 23 Some Working Gardens
Some gardens from people who have a lot of experience, Italians, Greeks, and Bougainvillea.
Chapter 24 Take Out The Misery & Bring Back The Muck
A final word
4 comments:
Can you help me get started growing herbs in Cairns
Sure!
Hi Barry, can you help me on how to grow potted herbs in jakarta, Indonesia? I got them from a local store but they look sorry after a few days... Tried the full sun, the morning sun only, fully shaded, and even indoors... They still die... I tried sage, thyme, basil and Italian parsley... Would be great to hear from you! Thanks!
Hi Elgy,
Sorry about the delay in posting a comment. Jakarta is loacated 5 degrees North of the equator seasonal changes and day/night length fairly constant. I would look at finding a spot with as much air flow as possible so the plants can transpire efficiently.
I would consider a shade cloth if such a spot was too exposed to sun.
Make sure your pots are not too small, terracotta would be best.
The soil must be free draining 60/40 sand to other matter.
Bring inside during heavy down pours - higher maintenace in that enviroment but possible!
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