French Tarragon

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• Obelixx Posts: 30,090

  6 January

  Leave that old growth on.  It will provide a moducum of protaction to those new shoots when the inevitable frosts come.

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• MenaintheGarden Posts: 31

  6 January

  Mine is also along with my lupins. I always wonder why people say tarragon is not tough. Mine has come through two winters so far 

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• Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

  6 January

  This is a good time of year to take root cuttings.
  After 2-3 yrs the flavour diminishes and root cuttings will rejuvenate the plant and flavour.
  I just take 4-6" lengths of root with new sprouts on them and put them in gritty compost in a seed tray and top with grit.
  Leave outside sheltered and they'll soon be away.

  
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• Obelixx Posts: 30,090

  6 January

  Thanks @Pete.8.   I didn't know about root cuttings for tarragon.
  
  @MenaintheGarden it depends on the winter doesn't it?   Never managed to get one thru a Belgian winter - very wet with temps down to -20C and no snow to insulate.  It's OK here tho.   
  
  

  Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
  

  "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  6 January

  That’s a reminder to me to order a couple of new plants … we lost ours during the Beast from the East, and what with life and death getting in the way, I’ve not replaced them … I’ll tie a knot in my hankie 😉 

  
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• bédé Posts: 3,095

  10 January

  Russian tarragon died in 2021 in a cold greenhouse in the soil.  French has no chance.  
  
  The preferred taste of French tarragon, I think, comes from an overlay of aniseed; I supplement the Rusian with fennel.

   location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
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• Igrowfromseed Posts: 284

  10 January

  bédé said:

  Russian tarragon died in 2021 in a cold greenhouse in the soil.  French has no chance.  
  
  The preferred taste of French tarragon, I think, comes from an overlay of aniseed; I supplement the Rusian with fennel.

  Russian tarragon has no place in my herb garden. Problem with French is getting hold of it as it only grows from cuttings/root cuttings 

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• Obelixx Posts: 30,090

  10 January

  French tarragon is definitely superior.    I like to use it all year so, when it's growing well, I trim it and chop the leaves then mix with a bit of salted butter and freeze in ice cubes.
  
  I can usually find new plants in spring in the garden centres and, very occasionally, in the supermarket vegetable section.

  Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
  

  "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."

  Plato
  

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