That sucks Nox, hope your friends shut the fuck up now next time they want to bring round a shit plant for you.

Not sure if you've tried it yet, but I heard dish soap really fucks up some of the smaller pest bugs, the fatty acid in the soap basically dissolves their exoskeletons and they die from dehydrating.

Give it a search online, not sure if you need a particular brand or kind of dish soap but apparently you just mix a ratio of it with water and then spray your plants down. Might work as a first treatment to kill the weaker bugs and then you can come back for the stubborn ones with the specialist spray.

Guessing this is the right thread for this. I know nothing about growing plants.

I've just bought three window sill planters for growing herbs inside. They have a water system which means I can keep em watered just by topping up and some cloth draws the water into the soil part of the planter.

My plan is to buy some growing herbs on Friday and add these to some organic soil.

Apart from watering them, do I need to do anything else? Do I need miracle grow for example or will they be ok in just soil and water?

I'll be growing oregano, lemon thyme, sage, rosemary, chives and dill.

I was going to get started on existing plants, I've seen a few videos that take them from garden centre plants.

Actually, after a quick google, it's probably bullshit. If the plants like the same conditions then there won't be a problem.

I got this basil plant yesterday. I've never seen one like it - small leaves and purple flowers. It has very strong basil smell though, it's lovely. Can't wait to make some Thai basil chicken with it.

What's this plant called? It's Potho Tutor in Spanish and I can't find a translation.

Cool, good find. Cheers.