How to Harvest & Oven Dry Your Container Garden Herbs: Harvest, Drying & Fertilizing
How to Harvest & Oven Dry Your Container Garden Herbs: Harvest, Drying & Fertilizing
I harvest my late season chives, garlic chives, oregano, basil, sage and mint. I show you how to oven dry and store them. I also show you how is fertilize them to finish up the season. The video covers a 7 day period so you can see how quickly them come back after being harvested.
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How is the flavor on the dried chives and mint? I know oregano gets a stronger flavor when dried, rosemary, thyme and sage keep a lot of their flavor too. Basil and mint seems to lose its flavor for me when dried, but I might give it another shot this year.
Please I need to know if thejm.needs a lot of water or not because every time I have them they die I thinkay be.because I give them too much water
Thank really beautiful
Oven temperature???
Nice garden sir
Such a helpful and interesting video! The refuse (such as the woody stems of basil, etc) and even the burnt basil – can they be used as Compost?
170 degrees in oven. For how long?
Thanks garry very good information.
Love your vids.Thankyou
Thanks for sharing . Learn something new..
What’s the oven temperature?
You make it seem simple. Exciting. Thank you.
I see you painted the metal parts of your shelves. Did the wife complain about the rusty look? =)
Chemical fertilizers burn out soil
Only hang herbs to dry NATURALY. Heat destroys all the essential oils and medicinal and nutritional benifits…. Its like eating dead leaves!
any ideas on what to use dried or fresh cinnamon basil for? also, i just picked a bunch of it that went to seed, so how to i safe the seeds?
How would u dry Rosemary?
Very useful video. Thanks.
In the winter, when I have a recipe that calls for fresh herbs, I buy them from the grocery store and I always can’t use it all. I take what ever I have left over, tie a cotton string around the stalk and hang it in my utility room from a water pipe and forget about it. Eventually dries out and then I put it in a plastic refrigerator bag and just ruff it up until the leaves are all crushed up. Pull out the sticks and your ready to go. Never buy dry.
I am just getting starting in growing and learning how to harvest and dry herbs I thank you so much for this video your are appreciate thank you
I dry at 105 but ovens usually don’t go that low.
Do you have a recommendation for any specific kind of high nitrogen fertilizer? Also how long did you keep your herbs in the oven? How many hours before they can be considered "ready" and still have the natural oils in them?
Excellent info for someone who doed not have Dehydrator. Would like to know about parsely though.. I was wonder if I should use the convection oven setting to make the air cirrculate more? Thanks,Sundial301@gmail.com
My garage has a daytime temp of 140-150 Degrees. So I just put the leaves in an aluminum tray in the morning & in a day they are dry & ready to go!
Thanks, I’ve just started my herbal garden and getting ready to dry basil and sweet mint. This was helpful.
enjoyed your video I like your jars with the corks where did you get those
What temperature to dry herbs? My microwave got only for 100 celcius and above
Hi Gary…What are those red metal stands you have holding the tiered wood boards for the plant shelving?….Do you have a link for those?….Those are nice plant shelves!…Thanks for the video…Learned a lot.
This was super helpful! Thank you!
Excellent video. STrangely I have a dehydrator I got form aldi I have never used that would do well for drying herbs Lol. I have a pineapple sage (I got it for the hummingbirds, the flowers are gorgeous). I guess I can cut that back too? Yours is the common sage. It doesn’t look like it will bloom this year. Going to cut bee balm back. It’s falling over but not blooming in year 1 seemingly. (got it for the bees).
I discovered your page today after I decided to have a back yard garden of herbs, your videos are so informative,simple, straight to the point and helpful…I’m so excited to start my own garden…thank you for these videos ❤️
@Gary Pilarchik If basil goes to seed is it salvageable. Can I propagate from it or will it always have the bitter flavor. I always pinch off the seed tops but I’m not sure if it tastes how it’s supposed to taste. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you
You can just drag your fingers across the basil opposite from the way the leaf grows and it will easily strip them off just like you do with kale. It works with any leaves on any plant you want to strip of leaves very easily and quickly. 🙂
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Thank you.
Gary have you ever heard of freezing herbs by laying leaves on parchment paper and wrapping in foil and then use as needed? Is that okay?
So informative and helpful, thank you ❤
How do I dry in a dehydrator?
How do you store and use your dried herbs?
I’ve been using the air fryer/dehydrator mode. Works beautifully and quickly.