Whereabouts are you located- roughly? Are they being watered enough when you grow them? There's often a tendency to think that, because they're Mediterranean plants, things like Lavender, Rosemary and Thyme don't need watered, but when they're potted - they do, or they'll just dry out and die. In cold wet areas, they need overwintered to be reliable year in year out, and with lavender - it doesn't thrive well consistently either, so needs replenished every so often - it gets very woody. Conditions determine how well a plant does.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Whereabouts are you located- roughly? Are they being watered enough when you grow them? There's often a tendency to think that, because they're Mediterranean plants, things like Lavender, Rosemary and Thyme don't need watered, but when they're potted - they do, or they'll just dry out and die. In cold wet areas, they need overwintered to be reliable year in year out, and with lavender - it doesn't thrive well consistently either, so needs replenished every so often - it gets very woody. Conditions determine how well a plant does.
About a mile from the coast in sussex ... i'm wondering whether they dry out too much. It is often windy which I'm thinking can dry the soil out pretty quickly. When I try this year I'll dig some organic matter in with the potting compost.
And on the subject of vine weevils ... what's the solution to them?
Vine weevils can be treated with nematodes, but you have to give them the right conditions to work. Temps have to be high enough.
I think the wind and salty air are the main problems with your herbs - wind is terribly drying with pots ,especially if they're small. If you can find a site which has some more shelter from that, it'll help, even if it isn't as sunny as is ideal. There may not be vine weevils though - it may just be the woodlice are enjoying the dead plant material because the plants have dried out and died off. I've never had them in rosemary or thyme, and I've often grown those in pots as the soil is too cold and wet here for them
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I grow only in pots and can vouch for the fact that vine weevils are the main enemy. I have loads of wood lice which seem to co exist happily with the plants, they help break down some of the horrible woody compost we got last year 😊.
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Are they being watered enough when you grow them? There's often a tendency to think that, because they're Mediterranean plants, things like Lavender, Rosemary and Thyme don't need watered, but when they're potted - they do, or they'll just dry out and die.
In cold wet areas, they need overwintered to be reliable year in year out, and with lavender - it doesn't thrive well consistently either, so needs replenished every so often - it gets very woody.
Conditions determine how well a plant does.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
About a mile from the coast in sussex ... i'm wondering whether they dry out too much. It is often windy which I'm thinking can dry the soil out pretty quickly. When I try this year I'll dig some organic matter in with the potting compost.
And on the subject of vine weevils ... what's the solution to them?
I think the wind and salty air are the main problems with your herbs - wind is terribly drying with pots ,especially if they're small. If you can find a site which has some more shelter from that, it'll help, even if it isn't as sunny as is ideal.
There may not be vine weevils though - it may just be the woodlice are enjoying the dead plant material because the plants have dried out and died off. I've never had them in rosemary or thyme, and I've often grown those in pots as the soil is too cold and wet here for them
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...