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Lemon Thyme didn't flower this year
TheGreenMan
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Any ideas why? My two new ones flowered and the bees are all over them constantly.
The lemon thyme I bought last year flowered most of last summer but not a peep out of it this year. It's lovely and luscious but no gifts for the bees.
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The lemon thyme I bought last year flowered most of last summer but not a peep out of it this year. It's lovely and luscious but no gifts for the bees.
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They do best in poorer conditions, so if it's been fed, or is in a richer soil/compost, that could be why.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Treat herbs like I don't care about them? Should I be trimming my three thymes soon or do I do that next spring? I read somewhere that you don't need to water thyme once established....is this true or do they need SOME?
Most Mediterranean herbs need very little, or no, watering once established - but the key factor is 'once established'. Many folk make the mistake of thinking they need no watering at all, and that's where the plants struggle, whether it's lavender, rosemary or any other Med. herb, because they shove them in the ground and expect them to just grow. Doesn't work.
I used to have thyme and a couple of other things planted into the ground in a a previous garden. They were never watered - the sky did that. Never fed.
Again- in a pot, it's different. They still need watered, but they need to be in nice free draining, gritty soil. I often grow in pots because a lot of these herbs need protection here over winter, but they don't get cossetted.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thank you.