Anyone successful in growing herbs?-

Farway

avantra wrote: »

That's if you have running/overflowing water.
We opt for the Land cress that taste the same and no need for all the water malarkey.

I grow my watercress in a small garden pond, it does have a small pump that that trickles water water down a fibre glass "waterfall"

I have heard, but not confirmed, it can be grown on any old boggy soil & flowing water is not needed

Back onto herbs, how about borage? Lovely purple / blue flowers for the bees, self seeds everywhere

Fennel, another winner, the hover flies love the flowers, and is an attractive plant . Be sure to choose the herby fennel, not the Florence, bulbous one

VfM4meplse

Last year my kitchen windowsill plants flourished, unfortunately most of them died by November:

Carom plant = thriving and used regularly
Basil = dead but cheap enough to replace
Mint = dead (but I am expecting a second coming)
Habanero chilli = still growing, but no yield yet
Rosemary = dead
Thyme = dead
Coriander (from seeds) = never grew
Fenungreek (from seeds) = never grew
Orchid = about to bloom again

Are any of the above revivable?

avantra

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Last year my kitchen windowsill plants flourished, unfortunately most of them died by November:

Carom plant = thriving and used regularly
Basil = dead but cheap enough to replace
Mint = dead (but I am expecting a second coming)
Habanero chilli = still growing, but no yield yet
Rosemary = dead
Thyme = dead
Coriander (from seeds) = never grew
Fenungreek (from seeds) = never grew
Orchid = about to bloom again

Are any of the above revivable?

How did you manage to kill the Rosemary and the Thyme?, we have both in big pots outside since 2005 and they never get food, water only from the elements and the soil is the same as it was the day we got it, this include the harsh winters of 2008-2011 and they still going :T

VfM4meplse

avantra wrote: »

How did you manage to kill the Rosemary and the Thyme

With the greatest skill and judgement!

Seriously, I spent a lot of last year travelling on and off, and entrusted the watering to a neighbour which was clearly a mistake because after one such journey both were shrivelled beyond the point of return. Or perhaps they don't like central heating? I don't mind about the thyme so much as I rescued it from the neighbour in question in the first place, but the rosemary plant was expensive and now it's summery I am longing to use it for fresh foccacia.

If I remove the dead elements above the surface, is there likely to be a re-growth? It will cost nothing to try, but I don't want to labour under an illusion.

Btw I saw a robin this afternoon - really unseasonal!

Leif

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Last year my kitchen windowsill plants flourished, unfortunately most of them died by November:
...
Habanero chilli = still growing, but no yield yet
...
Are any of the above revivable?

Are you saying you got no chillis last year, but it is still alive? What was the plant like come September? Normally you want to prune it back hard early in the year, and trim back the root ball too, and repot in fresh compost. Then you get an early crop of chillis, and a second one later in the year. They do not like frost or cold. I think I killed my Orange Habanero by leaving it in the porch over Winter after pruning.

plum22

Re the watercress. It grows very sucessfully in just well watered multi purpose compost in a pot. I overwintered mine in a cold greenhouse and now it's outside and has started to put on new growth.

Isis_Black

oooooo might have to give watercress a go once we have our pond and bog in place :-)

cootambear

stick the hardy ones outside, windowsill plants are hit and miss

Isis_Black

im on the process of making a few raised planters to go on my patio just outside the back door, i plan on all of these having herbs in :-)

but looking at one of those raised wheel planters for the different mints with the fact it likes to take over each section is divided :-)

Badrick

VfM4meplse wrote: »

t the rosemary plant was expensive and now it's summery I am longing to use it for fresh foccacia.

If I remove the dead elements above the surface, is there likely to be a re-growth? It will cost nothing to try, but I don't want to labour under an illusion.

Think you've lost the rosemary, they won't regrow if you prune them back to the old woody stem, so going back to ground level is a no goer.