Indoor herbs should feel like the easiest win in gardening—snip fresh basil, pinch mint, toss parsley into dinner, repeat. But instead, a lot of people end up with sad, stretched stems and tiny pale leaves that taste like disappointment. The good news is you don’t need expensive gear or a “green thumb” to fix it. Weak, leggy growth usually comes from a handful of common setup mistakes that are simple to correct once you spot them. Here are the seven issues that quietly ruin your plants and the budget-friendly ways to turn them around.
