On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 21:44:51 GMT, Kswck wrote:

What are the proper conditions for growing these 2?
Please note I am an apartment dweller and grow these in pots. Is heat a
factor? I have a south-facing apartment, gets sun most of the day.
I also have problems with curly leaf parsley, but the basil grows like a

Your conditions sound a little like my own in the eastern mid-atlantic
US. My rosemary has died two straight years here...I even potted it
and brought it in, but the cold weather and damp soil is what I think
did it in...I thought damp soil would be fine since it was originally
found on the craggy rocks of the mediterranean. Now I know rosemary
requires lots of pampering up here in the cold weather; it will stay
indoors near the heater.

The dill is another slightly different matter. Both rosemary and dill
despise thick, clay-like soils. Dill has done extremely poorly for me
in all areas except one spot where I put pure sand mixed with
limestone and a VERY small amount of local clayish loam (heavy on the
loam side). The area was primarily designed as a lavender haven, but
the dill is doing extremely well. I've had dill germination rates of
about 90% whereas with normal local dirt its 30% or usually much less.
I believe the thin, sandy soil and the powdered lime helped a lot.
Who knows, maybe I should throw in a little lime to my potted
rosemary...

Dan