Herbs?!?!

sunshine6650

midnightraven3 wrote: »

if you plant them in a warm environment, they will grow too quickly and get leggy
you then have weak plants

last year i made the mistake of doing this, with EVERYTHING, for my 1st crop
when it came time, WEEKS later to plant my 2nd crop i found they both grew at roughly the same rate but the 2nd crop were much stronger plants

when would you advise to plant? x

midnightraven3

well, last year i grew indoors, end of january into the first 2 weeks in feb(my 1sy crop was 350 paper pots)
then i planted straight into the ground at end of March
both crops were the same size after a few weeks but the 2nd one was stronger

its not when, its about temp, too warm they will become leggy plants if grown too quickly at this stage, i was so keen to get started, but it really was a big mistake

sunshine6650

midnightraven3.

Thank you, im keen too...prob 1st mistake! dusting of snow here toay so heating on..might wait few weeks till house bit cooler in general..thanks again. x

Sally_A

I sow sweet basil from January to September in pots for the windowsill, and have had a year long supply. Although this reduces over the winter months - you can also nip young leaves off, when the plants are plentiful in the summer, and freeze them whole in a small tub.

I don't bother with basil outdoors, as it attracts too many bugs.

Emma_whitnash

Grow mint in a pot (if you want it) otherwise it'll take over the garden! Parsley also easy to grow.

Primrose

Most herbs are essential hot weather plants liking lots of sunshine and during British winters they often don't thrive on window sills because of the low light level. You're probably doing nothing wrong to your coriander. It just doesn't like British winters.

rosie383

Thanks Primrose. I will wait til its a bit warmer, maybe March or so. You know what it's like, it's hard to wait to grow stuff!!!!
Do you think my mint that has been in a pot in the garden, and looks dead, may revive? Apparently it can take over a garden, which makes me think it may just be pretending to be dead.

Sally_A

My mint in a pot looks dead, but if you look closely there should be new leaves sprouting through, at ground level, not on the old stems.

It takes a special talent to kill mint.

Yorkshire_Lavender

Emma_whitnash wrote: »

Grow mint in a pot (if you want it) otherwise it'll take over the garden! Parsley also easy to grow.

What you can also do is plant mint in a large pot and then place that into the ground, with just the rim of the pot showing.

frivolous_fay

Sally_A wrote: »

My mint in a pot looks dead, but if you look closely there should be new leaves sprouting through, at ground level, not on the old stems.

It takes a special talent to kill mint.

My pot of mint (from seed) has been neglected in a very wet place... basically it's been sitting in a sodden pot on the patio for at least 6 months.

It's thriving! :j Doesn't even seem to have died off in the cold. When the weather's a bit better I'm going to put it in a big pot so it can really go berserk