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Topic: herbs in pots
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Xelena Ben
Knowflake Posts: 109
From: New England
Registered: Jun 2002
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posted May 21, 2004 08:48 AM
 
hi harpyr and other green-thumbish ones!i don't have room for a garden currently, but i LOVE growing fresh herbs in the kitchen or on the deck. unfortunately i seem to have a problem keeping them alive  just in the past year i've somehow murdered a beautiful basil plant, a lovely sage, a rosemary bushling, a lemon thyme (oh yum!) and a chamomile. luckily my other grren friends and my aloe are doing well, but the edibles just don't seem to make it. *sigh* maybe i need to sing to them. any tips? IP: Logged |
juniperb
Moderator Posts: 4569
From: www.Heaven.Home
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted May 21, 2004 09:30 AM
Start singing XB.  Maybe too much water? Here in MI I have to keep potted herbs on the dryish side. Do they brown out or seem to get weak stems and topple over? Also, herbs don`t require much fertilizer. ------------------
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Randall
Webmaster Posts: 17312
From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted May 22, 2004 12:25 PM
Juniperb:  ------------------
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Harpyr
Moderator Posts: 1379
From: sleepy Rocky Mountain village
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted May 22, 2004 02:36 PM
Great question, Xelena. I'm actually wondering about this myself as I was thinking about getting a rosemary plant and keeping it in a pot. I've never attempted it before so I'm wondering how well they fare being taken indoors for the winter. I've got alot of knowledge from books about sustainable landscape design but little knowledge of the details pertaining to favorable conditions of specific plants. So in that respect, I'm a beginner.  Thanks for the tips, juniperb!  ------------------
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juniperb
Moderator Posts: 4569
From: www.Heaven.Home
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted May 22, 2004 04:51 PM
Rosemary doesn`t like 'wet feet' ------------------
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Xelena Ben
Knowflake Posts: 109
From: New England
Registered: Jun 2002
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posted May 22, 2004 11:57 PM
thanks, juniperb -
 harpyr - my parents had this incredible magnificent HUGE rosemary plant in a BIG pot (a bush actually) for about two years. it was amazing. *sigh* - the green thumb cromosome passed me by, but at least i got the curled tongue thingy. are there any combinations of plants that help each other out during touch times (codependent plants?  ) IP: Logged |
Xelena Ben
Knowflake Posts: 109
From: New England
Registered: Jun 2002
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posted May 23, 2004 12:05 AM
  do you think they'd do better in a window-box type dwelling with room to move around, rather than a regular ol' pot? i haven't used fertilizer so i don't think it's the pressure to GROW... they just don't seem to behave like "normal" plants. maybe they don't like that i want to eat them IP: Logged |
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