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Underwatering - Signs Your Plants Need Water

Do You Need To Water Your Herbs?

By Amy Jeanroy, About.com

Keeping herbs watered is very important. When plants dry out, they become stressed and their overall health is compromised. Here are 5 signs that your herbs need to be watered more often.

  • Herb droops or has no upright stature.
  • Leaves or stems get black spots.
  • Stems appear dried or woody on new growth.
  • Little or no growth.
  • Soil is dry more than 1/2 an inch below the surface.

      Keeping herbs watered properly, improves their flavor, size and how much can be harvested over the course of the growing season.

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