Windowsill Kitchen Herbs (Tin)
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Product Description
There is nothing better than picking fresh herbs from your windowsill garden – and now, with Mr Fothergill’s kitchen herb pots, growing your own is easier than ever! Herb seeds are simple to sow, quick to mature, and perform well indoors. With only a little time, water and sunlight, you can enjoy their delicious flavours all year round.
Our windowsill kitchen herb pots contain everything you need to get started, including three of the most popular growing herbs in Australia: basil, chives and parsley. Each kit comes with a coloured metal pot with drainage holes and drip tray, seeds, soil pellet, and plant tags with chalkboard.
With their colourful, modern designs, our kitchen herb pots make fantastic gifts for beginner gardeners and green-fingered experts alike. For more great ideas, be sure to explore our full range of gardening gifts, including bonsai starter kits, mason jar grow kits, and more!
Dimensions (mm): 275L x 110W x 95H
Tin made of galvanised steel with zinc coating.
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Contact UsHow To Grow
Our kitchen herb pots are easy to grow at any time of year. These instructions are the same as the ones you will receive in your windowsill grow kit, so if you happen to lose them, just come back here!
PREPARE
To provide some drainage, place pebbles into the bottom of the windowsill tin before covering with soil. Put the Jiffy® soil pellets into a large bowl and add about 600ml of lukewarm water. After 10 minutes you will have enough soil to fill your windowsill tin. Loosen the soil with a table fork and put your new soil into the pot. Leave about 10% of the soil in the bowl to use later.
SOW
Divide soil into three sections and sprinkle a few seeds of one variety per section. Lightly cover the seeds with 5mm of the soil you have left in the bowl and gently firm. Water lightly and place in a warm well-lit spot in your home. To maintain the humidity, cover the windowsill pot with cling film. Water regularly just enough to keep moist. Remove the cling film when the first shoots appear. You should see the first sign of seedlings after 10 days, germination of parsley is slower, 21-28 days. When the plants are 5cm tall, thin to leave only the 3 strongest plants (6-8 plants for Chives). This allows the herbs to have plenty of space to develop. The surplus plants can be planted into another pot or direct into the garden from mid-Spring.
CARE
Feed with half-strength liquid fertiliser every 10-14 days to promote healthy growth. Your fresh herbs will be ready to harvest in 8-12 weeks.
HARVEST
Enjoy freshly picked herbs 3 or 4 times a week to encourage new growth and a bushy plant.
- Chives do not retain their onion flavour when dried so that’s even more reason to grow indoors and have them readily available for cooking.
- Basil is best used fresh. It does not dry well, but it does freeze successfully.
- Parsley dries and freezes well but is best picked fresh and used straight away!
Delivery & Returns
Delivery
We have a tiered postage charge system depending on the type of products you order, your location and the value of your order, please refer to our Postage Charges page for full details.
Refunds
All goods we sell must be of acceptable quality and fit for the purpose they are sold for. If your seeds or bulbs do not grow for whatever reason we will happily provide you with a replacement. For all other products, please contact our head office through our contact us page. Please note we are not required to give refunds for change of mind or under any other circumstances.
Support
All of us at Mr Fothergill's genuinely care for our customers and insist that the quality of all our seeds, bulbs, garden equipment and level of customer service are of the highest standards - we want you to enjoy shopping with us. However, we are only human and very occasionally things can go wrong with the picking or delivery process. Please rest assured that, on the rare occasions where this proves to be the case, we will always do our very best to put things right. Please contact us if you require support.
Delivery and Returns
We have a tiered postage charge system depending on the type of products you order, your location and the value of your order, please see below.
Note to WA Customers! The Dept of Agriculture and Food in WA have significantly increased their inspection fee for any seed sent into the state. As this cost is covered by us, we have unfortunately had to increase our postage charges to WA.
Delivery Times
Your order will be processed the next business day (where possible). We aim to deliver your order within the following timeframes from successful payment, depending on your location, although there may be a slight variation depending on the postal services in your area:
Our Guarantee
Quality is paramount to our business, our seeds and bulbs undergo germination and growth tests before being offered for sale to ensure they comply with our strict quality standards. Through this knowledge we guarantee that all of our seeds and bulbs will grow, providing peace of mind that if they do not grow we will send you a replacement.
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