Aromatic thyme. Cultivation will bring you only pleasure

Spices for many become just a passion. Without them, dishes lose their taste, become fresh and colorless. Such a flavored seasoning also includes thyme, the cultivation of which is ideal for our climate. It has a burning, slightly bitter taste and a strong spicy flavor. Its use is very diverse, in sweet dishes, salads, salting, canning and sauces. It is added to vinegar and tea, brewed in the form of broths and tinctures.

Many gardeners and gardeners have long been fond of thyme, the cultivation of which with great pleasure produce in their garden areas, and sometimes on the windowsills. And the thing is that it has not only great taste and aroma, but also a lot of medicinal properties. In some cases, with burns, wounds and frostbite, it can be called simply an indispensable assistant. It has antiseptic and anesthetic properties, it is recommended as a healing and anti-inflammatory agent. With diarrhea, for purification of blood, symptoms of neuralgia and accompanying insomnia apply thyme.

Cultivation of the house can be advised to all those who only have this opportunity. To begin with, all the relevant conditions must be prepared for this. This heat-loving plant, multiplying by the seeds, so you need to choose a good sunny place and carefully loosen the soil. Remember that in the shade, the main part of his useful properties, he will lose. It is also necessary to take into account the soil moisture. Seeds, it is necessary, but if you often water adult thyme, the cultivation will go very slowly. Roots like a constant flow of air and heat, that is, constant loosening and infrequent moderate watering is necessary.

How to grow thyme? For a start, let's study the soil, determine the place and carefully clean it. Well, break through the entire area and remove all possible rootlets from the remaining plants. The depth of the harrow should be at least thirty centimeters, that is, a full bayonet. This plant very much likes organic kinds of fertilizers, therefore the site is recommended to fertilize. Manure is ideal in this case. You can use humus.

In early spring, make small grooves at a distance of forty-forty-five centimeters from each other, and seed the seeds to a depth of one centimeter, not more. The plant is considered to be a long-term plant, but most gardeners claim that it is not worth growing it for more than two years, as it becomes weak. Therefore, after this period you need to sow fresh thyme.

Cultivation at the initial stage - the process is quite complex and requires some of your attention. As soon as the weeds appear, we begin a merciless struggle against them, as they interfere with the proper growth and development of the plant. As soon as the first, very tender shoots appear, we must loosen the soil between the rows and water well. Weed is the main enemy of thyme (so called thyme), so pure crops should be not only during the growth of the first shoots, but throughout the summer, as well as in the autumn, before the last harvest.

How to grow thyme beautiful and strong? For cutting, choose only the largest of its twigs, do not cut all the plants in a row. This will allow the weaker still to grow and strengthen. After the last assembly, all the beds are covered with a small layer of the earth (they are hilly). In winter, they are well and cozy under a layer of snow. If severe frosts occur, and there is no snow, all thyme may die.

Growing a house in the winter will help save a part of the plants, which then, with the advent of spring, can be returned back to the ground, dividing the plant into several parts. In order to fully protect yourself, you must stock up and seed. And for this, closer to the autumn, it is necessary to select some of the most fragrant and large twigs and cut them only before the onset of frost. Sprigs are dried on paper, periodically turning over, and then, using a sieve, the seeds are separated.