Category: Herbs

A store-bought ginger root can become a houseplant that feeds you. Here's how to sprout it, which pot gives the biggest harvest, and how to keep it warm enough to thrive.

Growing herbs indoors in winter comes down to light first: daily light targets, grow-light hours, temperatures and a pest-free plan to keep herbs productive until spring.

Grow mint indoors from cuttings in a 12-16 inch pot, give it 6 hours of sun or 14-16 hours of grow light, and cut it often to stop flowering.

Cilantro bolts in heat and long days. Indoors you control both: cool room, 14–16 h of light, deep pots, cut at 6 inches and re-sow every 2–3 weeks.

Light, temperature, watering and pinching settings to grow basil indoors year-round, from a windowsill pot to LEDs and hydroponics.