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Which Pot for Which plant
NoviceHerbs
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in Fruit & veg
Hello there ,
I ordered some pots for my Herbs ( Very reasonable ) they are either 28 cm or 50 cm I was wondering which plants should be potted where? Essentially which herbs need the most space.
I am considering Coriander , Vietnamese Coriander , Basil , Parsley , Dill. Rosemary , Thyme, Chervil
and maybe Lovage , Borage , sorrel , mizuna , Caraway Herb
Thanks for your advice
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Dear Pansyface I have read with Thyme not to let it dry out but not to over water.
Will a majority of my herbs come back the following year or will I have to keep buying new plants ?
Thanks for your advice Pansyface are you from the UK
Coriander, basil, dill, chervil and mizuna are annuals (strictly speaking mizuna is perennial but not usually reliably in the UK).
Rosemary, thyme, lovage and sorrel are perennial.
Parsley is a slow growing annual that will usually keep going for the whole year and over winter if you give it some protection. Borage is an annual but it self seeds prolifically so you probably won't have to sow it again, just transfer the little seedlings out of all your other pots next year.
Don't know caraway or Vietnamese coriander
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Thanks Pansy for your advice I will study more
Thanks Raisin Girl , May I ask what you grow
I have various thymes, mints, parsleys, rosemary, sage, marjoram, oregano, chervil already showing and will be sowing seeds of basil, (separate pots of Greek, Italian and mixed)...just leeeerve basil.
On the off-chance... I love Jamaican thyme...does anyone know which variety this is?
Sorry, should have said, I am in London.
I have a rabbit proofed veg/herb garden which is about 12m x 6m.
Of herbs I grow lovage, welsh onion, elephant garlic, french tarragon, culinary thyme (as well as a few creeping thyme), sorrel (broad leaf, buckler leaf and red veined), salad and wild rocket, walking onions, chives, english mace, sweet cicely, lemon balm, lemon verbena, black peppermint, tashkent mint, garden mint, rosemary (prostrate and upright), greek oregano, marjoram,borage and calendula. I also grow mizuna, mibuna, and mustard leaf later in the year. I have parsley just going over now in pots outside and in the baby polytunnel I have in lieu of a greenhouse. I'll sow some fresh in the next few days probably although I usually let some go to seed and then just relocate the seedlings that come up in the gravel paths to a more convenient location. And I have a Carolina Allspice bush, still very young. I've not sown basil yet this year but I will. Oh yes and I have some fennel (leaf) too.
Of veg I grow 4 small rotation beds with the usual suspects; potatoes in one, salsify, scorzonera, parsnip, beetroot carrots and garlic in the next, quick heading calabrese, purple sprouting, Brussels sprouts, cavolo nero, tree cabbage and winter kale in the third, peas, tall peas, french climbing beans, broad beens, dwarf borlotti, climbing borlotti (I love borlotti beans
) . greek gihgantes and runner beans in the last.
And I have two perennial veg beds, one started last year with perennial leek and kale, a small apricot tree, raspberry 'all gold', lots of the herbs listed above, rhubarb, some comfrey for food, a few cutting flowers (gladioli and I'll put some dahlias in later if they come up). The other just dug over ready to plant which so r=far just has rhubarb and sorrel in it but which I intend to get a mirabelle tree, some perennial brocolli and asparagus to go in there over the next 12 months. In the meantime it'll probably have some beans for drying (cannellini and 'pea bean' as well as yet more borlottis and gigantes), sweet peas and any 'spare' dahlias. I may transplant the all spice in there too - haven't decided yet.
Well you did ask
Last edited: 15 April 2017 08:04:37
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Also should have said, I just stuff my herbs all over the place. Surprisingly, most do better in part shade unless the garden is very cool. I have a courtyard type garden which is hot and dry, even the thyme and rosemary suffers.
you seem a professional
I think I will try veg next year , I only have Chives and Baby leaks and for 4 years they keep on growing with no attention or nutrients , I am amazed.
Tashkent Mint seems cool , how would you describe the flavour.
I would love to grow asparagus as English asparagus is very nice
I have Lemon balm growing everywhere just found out I can make tea from it
I want to get broad-leaved Thyme
Smoother than peppermint - not as fresh but very soothing in tea.
If you mean me when you say 'You sound like a professional' - most assuredly not. I work full time and only get into the garden at weekends as a rule. Herbs are easy to grow because most thrive on neglect - which is just as well. The veg takes a lot of time but I like eating it so I do my best to fit it in but a lot of it is a bit wonky and I lose loads. I have been steadily reducing the amount I grow though - I definitely over extended when I started, hence the new perennial beds (used to be annual veg) which take much less work once established. Also hence it take me a year to get the plants in, where Monty or Adam Frost would have bought all the plants and got them in in a day - I have neither the money nor the time for that.
I've been growing herbs for 20 years and have tried and failed with lots (including coriander). I grow the ones we use, on the whole, with a few experiments thrown in (this year's is sesame seeds).
I forgot - I have a bay tree in a pot too, and I grow tomatoes (badly), cucumbers and chills in the polytunnel and in pots as well.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”