Location and soil
The curry herb prefers to stand in the blazing sun, but it also thrives in a partially shaded one Location pretty good. The plant likes it warm and dry. The soil can be gritty to sandy and calcareous. The curry herb does not tolerate waterlogging at all.
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Sow the curry herb
Curry herb is relatively easy to use grow from seed. It is best to prefer the herb on the windowsill or in a heated greenhouse. At around 18 ° C, the germination time is approx. two weeks. The young plants are only allowed in the garden or on the balcony after the Ice Saints, they are still quite sensitive.
Plant curry herb
As an alternative to sowing you can also buy curry herb in pots from a well-stocked nursery. plants If you put it in the garden, keep a sufficient distance from the neighboring plants. The planting distance should be at least 30 to 40 centimeters. Curry herb grows more in width than in height. This is 20 to 70 centimeters in the adult herb, depending on the species.
Water and fertilize
The curry herb is quite frugal and needs only a few nutrients. Therefore, one fertilization per month is usually sufficient. It is best to use (liquid) herbal fertilizers if the curry herb for consumption is intended. You should also use water sparingly. The curry herb copes better with drought than with waterlogging, but should not dry out completely either.
Cut curry cabbage
If the curry herb is not harvested regularly or cut back, then the herb sheds. Hence, from time to time you should Secateurs or pick up the crop knife. This also promotes the branching of the curry herb and it becomes nice and bushy. With regular harvest, a separate pruning is usually not necessary.
Curry herb in winter
The curry herb is not hardy, Temperatures below + 10 ° C are not particularly fond of it. Therefore, it is better to overwinter the herb indoors in a cool region. For example, a frost-free greenhouse or an unheated winter garden are suitable.
Curry herb in a nutshell:
- perennial woody subshrub
- not hardy
- Size: 20 to 70 cm high, up to twice as wide
- ideal harvest time just before flowering
- Flowering period: between May and September
- yellow flowers, silver-gray leaves
- Location: sunny to partially shaded
- Soil: moderately dry to dry, gravelly to sandy
Tips
With its silvery hairy leaves, the curry herb is an ornament in the summer garden.
