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Curry smell in garden

Dennis DobsonDennis Dobson Posts: 51
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Hi I wonder if anyone could tell me why I have this smell of curry powder in the garden ,have noticed it over the summer but this morning it's almost overpowering thanks
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  • Ferdinand2000Ferdinand2000 Posts: 537
    Is there a curry plant close by?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helichrysum_italicum
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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Or neighbours who cook curry with the windows open?
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • Dennis DobsonDennis Dobson Posts: 51
    No nothing like that ,I just can't find where it's coming from but defo in the garden
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    The curry plants usually need actual contact to get the smell.
    Unless it's a massive bunch of them, I'm not sure how strongly it would smell, although I have quite a poor sense of smell, so perhaps others would smell it more readily.  
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Curry plant smells quite strong when the sun shines on it, releasing aromatic oils. Perhaps it's the lack of Scottish sunshine that causes FG not to be able to smell it? ;P
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
     :D 
    It's true @Loxley - people often bang on about how strong the smell of x,y or z is, and even when I've had the same plant, it's never had that strong a scent! 

    I do have quite a poor sense of smell as well though  ;)  
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I get this now and then in odd places. It can be in the middle of the woods with no one around and suddenly there's the smell of curry plant. It must be plant based but I've never found the source. Unless a fox is dragging an old takeaway around I suppose.
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  • Ferdinand2000Ferdinand2000 Posts: 537
    edited September 2020
    Fairygirl said:
    The curry plants usually need actual contact to get the smell.
    Unless it's a massive bunch of them, I'm not sure how strongly it would smell, although I have quite a poor sense of smell, so perhaps others would smell it more readily.  

    Not at Hardwick Hall herb garden you don't :smile: .

    I'm possibly planning one for by my front gate so that people walking past feel peckish.

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    😖 @wild edges
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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