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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: manicscousers on May 28, 2008, 20:17:53

Title: for georgie
Post by: manicscousers on May 28, 2008, 20:17:53
the pineapple sage is happy in it's new pot , thank you  ;D
Title: Re: for georgie
Post by: Georgie on May 28, 2008, 20:44:22
Awww and hey, that little tiddler of a cutting I sent you sure looks happy in its new home.  :D

g x
Title: Re: for georgie
Post by: manicscousers on May 28, 2008, 20:50:17
can't wait for it to flower, it'll be in a bigger pot when the roots fill this one, same soil as ordinary sage ?, gritty, etc
Title: Re: for georgie
Post by: Georgie on May 28, 2008, 20:55:15
Mine are just in multi purpose with added perlite....

G x
Title: Re: for georgie
Post by: Amazin on May 28, 2008, 21:05:49
And if it's happy, this is what it can do in one season in open ground (the buckets are 12" and 15" tall - and the sage is the bush behind them!)    ;D
Title: Re: for georgie
Post by: manicscousers on May 28, 2008, 21:34:49
wow, that's some plant, how do we cook with it, or do we just like the flowers, must admit, the scent's a bit wierd for me, I'm used to basic sage smell  ;D
Title: Re: for georgie
Post by: saddad on May 28, 2008, 21:46:29
We had one once and managed to keep it for a couple of years... never cooked with it though.
:-\
Title: Re: for georgie
Post by: Amazin on May 29, 2008, 22:24:00
I think I read somewhere that the scent is lost in cooking? Mind you, don't take my word for it - I am to cooking what parsley is to scaffolding.

;D
Title: Re: for georgie
Post by: Georgie on May 29, 2008, 22:34:56
Best advice I can find is 'use leaves in fruit salad, in pork dishes or to make herbal tea'.  I just like it for the smell and flowers.

G x

PS  All the cutttings I've sent out are from an original from Amazin.  I think I've said that elsewhere but not in this thread.
Title: Re: for georgie
Post by: Amazin on May 29, 2008, 23:55:40
Oh stop it, you'll have me blushing! The pic I posted is the Ancestor plant then? Oh wow - we are a grandparent (sniffle!)

;D
Title: Re: for georgie
Post by: manicscousers on May 30, 2008, 07:40:37
soon to be great grandparent, amazin, they're lined up for cuttings  ;D
Title: Re: for georgie
Post by: Amazin on May 31, 2008, 00:02:03
just call me Methusela!

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