Salvia belongs to the family of aromatic herbs, in fact you
could say that is the Queen of the plant aromatic. The Romans called it sacred
or holy grass. If you enjoy growing plants and plants used to flavor dishes,
you should not ignore the culture of Salvia.
Here are some ideas and suggestions for successfully
cultivate sage and will last you a long time. They can grow along with other
herbs which will give a beautiful fragrance to your garden or patio. You can
also grow them in pots, but these should be large and wide to take root. About
30 inches is sufficient.
If your goal is to plant and Salvia on the floor, this plant
is very adaptable to any type of soil. However, being a Mediterranean plant
usually live well on dry, calcareous, well exposed to nature.
You Salvia plant in rows 20 inches apart from a cutting or
plant from another. And rows must be about 70 centimeters from each other. You
can take care of the land where the sage is growing weed. You can use chemical
weed control without vestments to ruin the planting of Salvia. The Dicamba or
bentazon are some of these chemicals that can be used without fear. It is also
important to fertilize the soil with manure to provide potassium, nitrogen and
phosphorus in abundance for the Salvia grow better and stronger. If the winter
is severe, while harvesting sage can add more nitrogen to relieve the earth of
the scourge of the bad season.
Irrigation should not be too abundant, should be light but
frequent and must be exposed to light but is better than just not give
directly. If you put the pot inside better be near a window where between
bright and if you place it on garden and patio or better which is under half
shade so the sun does not harm the Salvia.
If the sage is grown inside and insects approach usually
sufficient watering and water remove these bugs. However if this fails you can
try passing a sponge or cotton soaked in alcohol. This will make the water the
plant, water to remove insects from your sage.
Follow these tips and you can enjoy the excellent properties
of Salvia.
