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What Medicinal Plants Can I Grow In Containers At Home?

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Can you provide your houseplants with a place that receives lots of sunlight during the day?

Can you provide your plants with lots of care and keep them well-watered?

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The medicinal plants that love constantly moist soil and can grow in partial shade are Black cohosh, Blue cohosh, Gotu kola, Jiaogulan, etc. Keep them in a container that can retain water well, like glass, but avoid terracotta or wooden containers as they drain fast. Although they can grow in partial shade, try to provide them with at least 6 hours of indirect sunlight.

The medicinal plants that need well-drained soil and can grow in partial shade are Goldenseal, wild geranium, etc. Consider adding very coarse sand or pine bark fines to increase the drainage of your soil. Water only when the soil dries out. Although they can grow in partial shade, try to provide them with at least 6 hours of indirect sunlight.

You can grow a wide variety of medicinal herbs like black cohosh, blue cohosh, boneset, calamus, goldenseal, Gotu kola, Jiaogulan, Lemon verbena, lemongrass, meadowsweet, nettles, skullcap, turmeric, vervain, wild geranium, yellowroot, yerba mansa, etc. Make sure you water them properly and provide them with at least 6 hours of indirect sunlight every day, more is preferable.

You can grow plants that grow well in drier conditions like garden sage, lemon verbena, Ma huang, prickly pear, rosemary, white sage. Consider adding very coarse sand or pine bark fines to increase the drainage of your soil. Water only when the soil dries out. Provide your plants with at least 6 hours of indirect sunlight, more is preferable.

References

https://chestnutherbs.com/growing-medicinal-herbs-in-containers/

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Hi! I’m Sreten Filipović. I graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Belgrade, with a master's degree in Environmental Protection in Agricultural Systems. I’ve worked as a researcher at Finland's Natural Resources Institute (LUKE) on a project aimed at adapting south-western Finland to drought episodes. I founded a consulting agency in the field of environment and agriculture to help farmers who want to implement the principles of sustainability on their farms. I’m also a founding member of the nonprofit organization Ecogenesis from Belgrade whose main goal is non-formal education on the environment and ecology. In my spare time, I like to write blog posts about sustainability, the environment, animal farming, horticulture, and plant protection. I’ve also published several science-fiction short stories. You can find me on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sreten-filipovi%C4%87-515aa5158/