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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2011 19:47:04 GMT
Yesterday, all of my dill was completely lying down as though the stems had been deflated. This was of course just a stern warning that I had not watered it sufficiently. What a bunch of fakers! Once I dumped water on it, it all stood up again within an hour as though nothing had ever happened.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Sept 17, 2011 19:56:22 GMT
Aren't plants wonderful ? ;D
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2012 0:34:38 GMT
My dill this a.m.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2013 12:44:09 GMT
My mint is sprouting back to life after a very difficult winter. I was certain it was dead.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 25, 2013 15:35:37 GMT
Yay ~~ you're not de-minted!
I missed seeing Casimira's beautiful dill photo. Wow, you perfectly captured the precise shade of blue of the leaves, a tiny visitor, dew drops on the nasturtium, & the acidy yellow flowers. Nice picture!
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Post by rikita on Apr 13, 2013 21:12:05 GMT
i am curious to see if my parsley will regrow. i had the parsley and the chives outside all winter, covered in snow, though the part with the parsley was right to the wall i think. well when i looked at it a few days ago, there was actually still some green parsley there. i cut that off (not to eat it, i assume that after the whole winter it won#t taste good anymore anyway), and now will see... the chives come back every year... the parsley usually didn#t so far.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 14, 2013 1:36:28 GMT
It should come back, especially if you don't get any more freezes. It's usually a good idea to let any top growth alone, even if it's dead, until the warmer weather arrives.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2013 10:57:01 GMT
Thanks Bixa!!
I went with a friend yesterday morning to the Herb Society of America's bi-annual plant sale. The place was pretty well picked over when we arrived and several things I wanted were sold out. ( I hate going just as they open because there is a long line and people literally dive over specimens in a most unbecoming fashion. ) I did however, get some epazote, Vietnamese coriander, lemon balm and stevia along with another salvia that I had lost somehow last year.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 27, 2015 3:18:45 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on May 29, 2015 12:51:06 GMT
What's Stevia?
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2015 16:41:15 GMT
Stevia is an herb that is used as a sugar substitute. There has been much controversy about it's benefits health wise, which I only just learned of. It was commercialized some years back into powdered packet form. It is sweet when you taste the leaves but, I always felt that it had a weird aftertaste. Plus, I am not much of a sugar person, so, I grew it more as a novelty.
Actually, in retrospect, I remember when there was all the hoorah surrounding Y2K, and, a friend of mine and I put in a Y2K garden. Stevia was one of the plants we incorporated into it.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2015 17:51:04 GMT
All of those new green bottles of Coca-Cola and Pepsi are the stevia versions.
(Suddenly wondering if these green bottles only concern Europe...)
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2015 17:53:07 GMT
Have not seen them here, but then again, I'm not much of a consumer.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 2, 2015 14:38:49 GMT
Herb is a funny word. We say herb and you say 'erb (with a bit of a French accent).
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2015 7:48:52 GMT
On a whim at the supermarket, I bought one of those little pots of basil which smells great and is absolutely thriving. I carefully repotted it in a slightly bigger pot and watered it and put it on my kitchen windowsill. I will now watch it waste away, probably within two weeks.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2015 18:21:41 GMT
Oddly enough, two weeks have passed and the basil is still thriving although I have had to water it a lot due to the weather. I have even used quite a bit of it.
I bought a kit for growing herbs at Hema. It consists of 3 paper cups with tiny brown disks of 'soil' and packages of seeds for dill, parsley and basil. I just could not imagine how those disks could do any good, but I discovered that they are like "magic sponges." The moment you pour water on them, they instantly swell up to fill the cup. And then you pour the seeds on top and keep it moist. I started the dill about 4 days ago and it is now sprouting. I started the parsley this evening. I will keep the basil seeds until my thriving pot of basil dies.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2015 14:36:51 GMT
Those discs are peat moss, Kerouac and you may want to repot those, as well, as thy don't give the plants much space or nutrients. Basil thrives in the heat, dill and parsley less so and they may go to seed very quickly. If you cut off the seed/flower heads as they come up, you extend the life of the plants, which are annuals or at the most biennials.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2015 17:22:56 GMT
In the current summer heat, my basil is totally wilted almost every day, but it perks up instantly when I throw water on it. Actually, the only thing I am worrying about is the fact that it has been thriving so much that I have been using a lot more of it than I expected. I have to hold back soon or risk using it all up.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2015 18:42:15 GMT
My mint sits under a tree and is being used as a toilet by birds. Have to be very careful when picking for mojitos.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2015 14:53:06 GMT
My cilantro went to flower in an instant and now I have coriander seeds, which I will attempt to dry and use in curries. Magic!
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Post by bixaorellana on May 18, 2016 20:48:19 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2016 3:51:44 GMT
What a splendid display Bixa. My word!!!!!!!
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Post by bixaorellana on May 19, 2016 4:10:55 GMT
I take that as particularly high praise ~ thank you!
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Post by bjd on May 19, 2016 7:07:58 GMT
I planted some basil in my garden yesterday and it rained last night. I haven't gone to look but I suppose the slugs/snails have already gotten at it.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2016 17:33:50 GMT
Here is my thriving windowbox of dill (grown from seed), basil (bought potted at the supermarket) and mint (rooted in a glass of water before being planted). I need parsley and cilantro...
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Post by bixaorellana on May 23, 2016 18:17:49 GMT
So nice and healthy! You must get a great deal of sun in that window.
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Post by htmb on May 23, 2016 18:59:54 GMT
That looks super!
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2016 4:09:01 GMT
That's an impressive window garden K2. As noted, you must get some good sun in that window.
I know that somewhere in the garden section I have moaned and whined about how some of my favorite culinary herbs only thrive here in cooler temps and by the time the heat sets in, such as now, herbs such as dill, cilantro, parsley and some others "bolt", go to seed, and perish. Basil and mints do fine along with a few others. BUT, today at the Farmer's Market one of the vendors, a really nice guy and knowledgeable plantsperson/grower had a parsley called "Summer parsley" which he told me would withstand summertime temperatures here, I hope he is correct.... We shall see..
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Post by bixaorellana on May 25, 2016 5:14:00 GMT
Fingers crossed!
I don't know how well this would work for dill, as it's so tall, but have you tried planting the other two underneath the raised part of the house? (I think none of yours is raised, but maybe by the shed?) Plant it so that the roots are right inside the shade line, so they'll stay cooler.
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Post by bjd on May 25, 2016 7:45:49 GMT
I have never managed to grow dill here. It's too hot and dry in summer.
On the other hand, my daughter-in-law's mother (why don't the English have a good word like consuegra?) gave me a small cutting of lemon balm (mélisse) and it's totally invasive, keeps coming back and flourishing. I don't even use it for anything.
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