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sage plants

arneilarneil Posts: 313
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everytime I try and grow sage it dies ! any tips ?

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Where and how do you grow it? It's usually bomb-proof.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    It likes well drained, gritty or sandy soil. If it is stood in a wet clayey soil over winter , it won't like it.
  • arneilarneil Posts: 313
    I tried it in a raised bed with well drained soil , they all seemed good then curled up and died , this is this year , I have dug up the last one and have it in a pot .It is my third go
  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    Although they like good drainage, they do need some water. Did you water it in this incredibly hot dry summer?
  • arneilarneil Posts: 313
    I did water , used cold to hot water from the shower , hand rinsing water (no or little soap , If it wasn't raised I would have thought of the bed being soggy , but the rosemary near it is flourishing as is the parsley
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    is it windy where you have it?
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • arneilarneil Posts: 313
    yes  it is windy but I had it tucked in at a corner , the previous sage was in the open , the one before that was near the edge
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    What size plants are you planting out?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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