Just returned from a holiday in Cornwall, brought back a tea plant and liquorice seeds. Apparently you can only harvest the liquorice root from three-year-old plants, which wasn't on the outside of the seed packet but only on the inside. Ah well.
I also got a strawberry mint plant, perhaps not so unusual but unusual enough to me - the scent is wonderful.
Interesting. I'm growing tea for the first time this year too. I like the sound of liquorice - we used to buy liquoric twigs as kids and chew them. I grow quite a few different types of mint, but I've never grown strawberry mint. Sounds tasty. :-)
Ah yes, I've grown quite a bit from that range - it has really interesting plants. I don't imagine when the plant is established using the tips would harm the plant - it might boost growth as then the tips would branch and regrow more strongly?
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Thanks - me too. I saved the seeds from last year, so don't know if they perhaps weren't dry or ripe when I saved them?
dogwooddays, I dont eat meat (I do cook it for OH) but I dont think you CAN germinate sausages!
Just returned from a holiday in Cornwall, brought back a tea plant and liquorice seeds. Apparently you can only harvest the liquorice root from three-year-old plants, which wasn't on the outside of the seed packet but only on the inside. Ah well.
I also got a strawberry mint plant, perhaps not so unusual but unusual enough to me - the scent is wonderful.
Interesting. I'm growing tea for the first time this year too. I like the sound of liquorice - we used to buy liquoric twigs as kids and chew them. I grow quite a few different types of mint, but I've never grown strawberry mint. Sounds tasty. :-)
I'm very curious about the tea as well. I was worried that harvesting the tips would harm the plant, but the lady in the shop said it wouldn't.
I haven't yet tasted the strawberry mint, but it does smell tasty!
The liquorice seeds are from James Wong's range by Suttons.
Ah yes, I've grown quite a bit from that range - it has really interesting plants. I don't imagine when the plant is established using the tips would harm the plant - it might boost growth as then the tips would branch and regrow more strongly?
That sounds logical, so fingers crossed for our tea plants!
Indeed :-)