HELP!!! Lazy limp Indoor Chives
James Lim
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Comments (33)Glad other folks got some rain too. It rained three times over the last week here, amazing stuff! Nice raised bed there, Bigfoot-redneck. Just get some good top soil in there (I usually mix topsoil with 50% potting soil) and get ready for the nice long easy gardening season ahead of us. There are some great local gardening guides. I'm partial to Extreme Gardening (link below). I like the individual plant entries, especially for fruits and veggies. Great rain pics dlg and beautiful garden! Love your plumerias too, Lynne. That one has made amazing progress in just a year! How did you protect it this past winter? Love plumerias for sure! Like clockwork, the various rain lilies (Zephyranthes) are blooming all over the garden, as they always do about 7-14 days after a deep heavy rain (yes, that's a self sown Echium candicans in the background, a fun plant that has thrived for me for years and self sown all over the garden, love those towers of blue flowers in late winter): Good ol' hybrid Aloe 'Hercules' has made two heads now and is almost 9 feet tall (purchased as a 24 inch plant six years ago): My variegated "sea hibiscus" (Hibiscus tiliaceus) continues to love this weather. I bought it as a small rooted cutting three years ago and it's done great on the east side of the house. It's semi-deciduous for me, so it won't win any beauty contests in winter, hah, but it leafs out early in spring and looks great all spring, summer, autumn and early winter. Keep the pics and updates coming all, Grant Here is a link that might be useful: Extreme Gardening: how to grow organic in the hostile deserts...See MoreIndoor winter gardening
Comments (21)My babies are doing great! 30 lupines are growing great. 3 types of tomato plants getting put into deeper pots now - I bury the entire stalk when replanting so it grows more roots and gets stronger, more seed varieties to be planted. 3 romaine lettuce from very old seeds, planting fresh seeds next week. Whole tray of salad lettuce leaves popped up after a week. It's for indoor windowsill. I'll winter sow some too for later. Onions and chives. I have some pepper seeds, rosemary and cilantro on my heated tray mat - so I'm waiting to see them start. Cat grass (aka OATS - oat seed is cheaper) for my fur ball Andy. Still working on getting my flowers winter sown. And of course I'm still trading seeds (I have to fess up - I'm an addict!) That's about where I'm at now. More to report in a week. Thank you for asking. Wow we've been busy! Cheers, Peggy...See MoreCompanion Planting Herbs in Pots
Comments (18)I grow herbs in containers and also in a regular garden. Started Rosemary from seed about 20 years ago with little trouble. The original plant is alive and happy, and through layering and cuttings, we have seven more Rosemary bushes. I grow Thyme, Oregano, Sage, Chives, and Mint in containers, all started from seed. I bought cuttings of Tarragon at the Farmers Market, and rooted some of it, and it comes back each year. It is Mexican Tarragon and it tastes fine plus has the most beautiful flowers late in the season. I enjoy starting plants from seeds and cuttings, and I'm retired so time is not a problem for me. One of the reasons I keep herbs in containers is the years of drought we have been through. They are easier to care for and easier to get to when I need them for cooking. Over the years, I have tried combining different herbs in large containers. It can work OK for a season, and you can get some pretty combinations, but I have found it works best to have them in their own container. You have to watch Thyme if you place it near another container. I found out it will jump over and root itself in any soil it can touch. I plant multiple containers of basil each year, starting it from seed. It is very easy to grow from seed, but in my opinion should always have its' own container. The root system will completely fill any container in one season....See MoreWhat about herbs?!
Comments (36)What a nice thread. I love herbs too! I have a french tarragon that has been in the ground maybe 8-10 yrs. I divided it this fall for the first time because I had to get it out of the way for some landscaping work. French is supposed to have better flavor than the russian variety. It is great baked into fresh bread. My bronze fennel is also hardy. It's only 3 yrs old and I'm sure glad I planted it. It's also got that nice anise flavor and is so ornamental. It also reseeds. I have a garden sage that is probably 10yrs old. It has always been hardy. I have it planted in a protected bed on the south side of the house, next to entry steps. I use it mostly as an ornamental because if I harvest and dry it one year it lasts a long time. It is also nice in potpouri. My mints I set into pots with the bottom cut out to control spread. I have chocolate, banana, apple, and orange mints. Wonderful addition to fresh breads. Basils I usually grow only once every several years because I harvest & dry them at the peak of flavor (just before flowers open) and that gives me more than enough for many years. I make a lot of spagetti sauce with my fresh tomatoes so use it frequently. Cinnamon basil is really nice in an apricot sauce for deserts or salad dressing. Dill and cilantro I let re-seed in the veggie garden so have not planted a new one in 4-5 yrs. Glad to read some of you keep cilantro over the winter under the eaves. I have a lot that reseeded in the veggie garden in late fall this year and I potted some of it for trades that did not materialize. I'll try it under the eaves Garlic chives have reseeded themselves around anywhere that I've put compost that had old seed heads in it. I just let them go where they want since they make a nice ornamental-blooming in that part of the year where many other plants are lacking. I've enjoyed Anise Hyssop as a biennial here that reseeds itself but lost my last plants when I neglected their bed the year my twins were born. Installed a sprinkler system this year so maybe I won't have that problem again. A native catnip that I gathered along the railroad lines about 10 yrs ago has spread itself through reseeding. I'm always trying to find new takers for that one. I have two large plants that came up in my veggies this year. It has medicinal properties- helps with cold symptoms. Greek oregano has likewise spread through reseeding and it does remain perennial so I've found adoptees for that over the years too. I've never had lemon balm last through the winter so always thought it was annual here. Good to read that some of you have had it keep over. I like to use it in potpouri as well as in home baked breads. My thymes have always died out but usually make a few years each. It might also be the issue with the watering. I love lemon verbena and pineapple sage but havent' grown them in a few yrs because I dont' have any windowsills and have always had trouble with spidermites, white fly, and aphids if I try to winter outdoor plants in the house. So I gave up on that a few yrs ago. Plus my landscaping project has been underway for the past 4 yrs so I didn't want to buy many new plants until the beds were prepared and water system working. However I have also since discovered those crystals that you put in the potting soil to keep the moisture even (SoilMoist?) and I bet that would help with over-wintering because part of the issue with the bugs is that the plants get stressed because I can't keep them watered well enough. I love to grow my herbs throughout the landscape as many are ornamental as well as flavorful. Debra...See MoreJames Lim
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