best herb plants

misspenny

whats the best place to buy herb plants

im partcully looking for sage, rosemary and thyme also any unusual varities

are there any good quality well priced suppliers of young plants that mse's would recomend, im fed of tring to grow herbs from seed

Nutty_Tart

I'm afraid I have cheated - I got a sage and parsley for 25p each in the reduced section when I went shopping - have re-potted & watered them in as they seemed a bit packed in & dry. Am now hardening them off during the day in the greenhouse with my other seedlings and will plant the sage by the door and the parsley in a pot when they are ready to move again - speaking of which, I must bring them in from the greenhouse for the night before they 'catch a cold' lol

Teacher2301

Have you tried rocket, basil, corriander or parsley from seed - these are easy - just get a simple proporgator and put on a window sill. have the seeds past their sow by date as this affects smaller seeds than larger seeds.

Farway

misspenny wrote: »

whats the best place to buy herb plants

im partcully looking for sage, rosemary and thyme also any unusual varities

are there any good quality well priced suppliers of young plants that mse's would recomend, im fed of tring to grow herbs from seed

I got a tray of six pot grown ones from B & Q, if you are careful choosing, and maybe a bit sneaky [like me] you can mix & match to ensure you get the ones you want in your tray before you go to checkout

Know what I mean, nudge nudge wink wink

chalkswindon

How much did the tray from ba nd q cost please

Farway

chalkswindon wrote: »

How much did the tray from ba nd q cost please

Sorry I can't remember, but you can be sure it was cheap or I would not have bought it!

Certainly well under a tenner

misspenny

have tryed loads of stuff from seed and could only get parsely to grow it was then when i had mases of the stuff evrywhere i realised i dont acctully like it that much

misterj

Last year I grew Coriander, Oregano, Parsley, Chives, Thyme and Basil from seed. The basil was not very successfull but the rest was great. The tyhme, oregano and parsley has been outside all winter and is fine. The chives are starting to make a comeback.
It's well worth growing from seed as it works out cheaper than plants.

This year I am adding red basil to my collection and will grow more corriander.

Farway

misspenny wrote: »

have tryed loads of stuff from seed and could only get parsely to grow it was then when i had mases of the stuff evrywhere i realised i dont acctully like it that much

You must have very green fingers, parsley is famously awkward to germinate

arkonite_babe

These older threads should give you some help on herbs:

Herbs

HTH

Lotus-eater

Farway wrote: »

You must have very green fingers, parsley is famously awkward to germinate

Boiling water over the seeds it does work, I tried it a few years ago.