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I might be losing the battle to germinate carrots, and my lettuce is playing up. But it is not all bad news! My herbs are looking lovely now. These were all sown from seed last year....

All looking great. Even with failures (I have had plenty) we can always look for the silver lining :)

your thyme looks great they are the bane of my life, i get them to germinate but once planted out they do terribly :( even when i buy plants in the never seem to be happy i have chosen different planting sites and even added drainage in the form of grit with no real success >:(.

lovely herbs,well done! i share your pain re carrots,only 5 % of ours have germinated,same with the parsnips,but yes,everything else doing great so hey ho,wouldnt be so much fun if it all went perfectly would it

Quote from: elvis2003 on May 15, 2009, 10:04:47
lovely herbs,well done! i share your pain re carrots,only 5 % of ours have germinated,same with the parsnips,but yes,everything else doing great so hey ho,wouldnt be so much fun if it all went perfectly would it

it would certainly be a lot less heartache :'(

Herbs are strange, ones like thyme seem to thrive on neglect, whilst other like coriander either do really well or spectacularly badly! I have several modules of different herbs growing that need potting on, that reminds me...... ::)

I've potted up the Basil and the Oregano for the sale...  :)

Still got some funny basils to do (thai and cinnamon) but they need to grow a bit yet..   :-X

where did you get your cinnamon basil seeds from Saddad?

Duke :)

I've got my thyme growing in old teapots that I've broken the lid of, Ray drilled holes in them, I agree, they thrive on neglect..I've only grown it in pots or walls(at home), they don't like their feet wet  :)
thifasmom, I've some cuttings if you want to try again, away until thursday but could send one after that  ;D

Quote from: manicscousers on May 15, 2009, 11:20:22
I've got my thyme growing in old teapots that I've broken the lid of, Ray drilled holes in them, I agree, they thrive on neglect..I've only grown it in pots or walls(at home), they don't like their feet wet  :)
thifasmom, I've some cuttings if you want to try again, away until thursday but could send one after that  ;D

thanks for the offer but i have a few small pots of sown seedlings doing well at the moment, i need to plant them out but i'm terrified :-\ :).

back garden thyme, growing in a small wall  :)
sorry, it's raining so not a good pic

Quotewhere did you get your cinnamon basil seeds from Saddad?

Not sure, I'll have a look and see if we still have the packet, but it might have been sown out and thrown... I'm pretty sure it was in a Wyvale bargain bucket but that doesn't tell you who sells it...  :-X

Quote from: manicscousers on May 15, 2009, 12:24:40
back garden thyme, growing in a small wall  :)
sorry, it's raining so not a good pic

im impressed by your dedication manics,going outside in the rain just to show us your lovely thyme,god bless you!
rach
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Savour those successes Bjerreby ! Great looking herbs BTW  :)

Quote from: Deb P on May 15, 2009, 10:42:22
Herbs are strange, ones like thyme seem to thrive on neglect..... ::)

Hey Deb P, you should see how they live in the wild.............puffing and panting on my way up to Monte Sacarello last spring I took this photo of thyme and sage, growing at 1500 m altitude.

Funny how I could hold the camera still  ;D

Blimey.......I'm amazed mine do as well as they do at a normal altitude then! ;D