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How to grow thyme herb indoor? Follow me, so simple

Very simple way to grow Thyme in our herb garden kit. Let’s have a look at thyme first.

Thyme is the herb of some members of the genus Thymus of aromatic perennial evergreen herbs in the mint family Lamiaceae. The genus thymus contains about 350 species of aromatic perennial herbaceous plants and subshrubs to 40cm tall in the family Lamiaceae, native to temperature regions in Europe, North Africa and Asia.
Thymes have culinary, medicinal, and ornamental uses, and the species most commonly cultivated and used for culinary purposes is Thymus vulgaris.

Cooking With Thyme
Thyme can be used in its whole form, or by picking individual leaves from the stem with a gentle pinching motion at the base of each leaf cluster.
Thyme is typically used in savory dishes like braised or roasted meat, vegetables, or fish, as well as in savory baking. It can also be used to add flavor and depth to marinades, soups and stocks, cocktail elements, and teas.

Cultivation
Thyme is best cultivated in a hot, sunny location with well-drained soil. It is generally planted in the spring, and there after grows as a perennial. It can be propagated by seed, cuttings, or dividing rooted sections of the plant. It tolerates drought well. While with our grow light kit, you can grow at any time indoor and harvest all the year round.

Sowing steps:
1. put 3-4 pcs 10*10cm pots inside our grow light kit.
2. Sowing 5-8 seeds in every pot and take a little piece of soil to make sure the seeds will be covered and not easy to move.
3. Watering. Keep the soil humidity: 40-50%, that is, watering through the whole pot when first time watering. Next time no need too much water.
4. Suitable growing temperature: 18-25℃
5. Adjust the lighting panel, suggested distance between soil surface to lighting panel is 5-10cm. Turn on the light.
6. Our grow light kit is with full spectrum light and with automatic timer which will automatically turn on 16 H and off 8H. So after you turn on turn on the light, no need to care much. What need to do is wait.
7. Pls take care following info.Germination time: 3-5days. So wait until the seeds sprout out.If the seeds are qualified not 2-3 years seeds, the germination rate is high. If the plant has not germinated for a long time, it is recommended to remove the seeds and re-sown

8. Lighting panel height can be adjusted according to the plant height. After seeds sprout, the suggested height between lighting panel to the leaves are 3-5 cm.

9. Adult Plant Height: 15-25cm

Fresh vs. Dried
While dried thyme possesses a nearly identical flavor profile to its fresh counterpart, it typically needs to be rehydrated—whether on its own or during the cooking process (i.e. adding to a braised dish or bread dough)—in order to display its full range. Dried thyme leaves can be substituted for fresh in any application, but use one-third as much dried thyme as you would use fresh.

Storage
Store fresh thyme loosely wrapped in a damp paper towel, inside a sealed plastic bag in the refrigerator, for up to two weeks. Discard once the leaves begin to turn brown.
Once removed from the stem, thyme leaves will stay fresh in a small sealed container in the refrigerator for up to three days.
Dried thyme will retain its potency tightly sealed in a glass or plastic container in a cool, dark place for up to three years. While it does not technically expire, the dried herb’s essential oils will degrade and rapidly lose their flavor beyond that time.