How to Grow Rare Herbs

The best way to guarantee access to rare herbs, their essential oils and medicinal properties and to guarantee dependable quality is for the gardener to grow these rarities him or herself. Seed stock, growing conditions, quality of care and nutrition, harvesting and preservation are known quantities when rare herbs are grown in the home garden or greenhouse. When home grown, the gardener does not have to take it on faith that a commercial grower has cultivated an herbal rarity to the gardener's chosen quality specifications.

Rare herb seeds and/or plants
Supplier-recommended growing medium
Supplier-recommended air, light and temperature conditions
Supplier-recommended water treatment (if any)

Instructions

- 1
  Identify the purpose for your interest in growing rare herbs, such as the desire to address a particular medical condition, for a range of medicinal properties or for the essential oil produced by particular herbs.
- 2
  Research rare herbs and their applications and identify a list of individual herbs that fit your purpose for growing the herbs.
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  Learn about the growing requirements of each of the rare herbs on the list to ensure that you are capable of providing what each of the seeds and/or plants need from germination to harvest to grow properly.
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  Find a supplier of the rare herb seeds or plants, and order a sample of the supplier's stock to test the quality.
- 5
  Gather all the elements to grow the individual rare herbs chosen and ready the growing area. Include the proper growing medium, lighting conditions or grow lights, temperature controls, fertilizer and treated water, if necessary.
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  Receive the rare herb seeds and/or plants and follow the supplier's instructions as to the germination of each type of seed and the planting instructions for each plant.

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