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J Jackson wrote:
Nick Maclaren wrote:

: Not just for anchoring. Rosemary tends to be short lived in many soils,
: and I find that I need to renew bushes once every 5 years or so. That
: is the way that I do it.

Interesting. I've read similar things about what constitutes old age in
various bushes (blackcurrants etc), but not seen the possible relationship
to soil type mentioned. I have a rosemary bush that is 15 years old and is
flowering just lovely in all this wind and rain - soil is fairly heavy,
some clay.

That's long-lived for that sort of soil.

My problem is that I have some kind of fungus, bacterium or slimy
substance from hell and that quite a lot of plants tend to drop dead
from root rot after a while. It isn't a catastrophe, but is a
nuisance. Some things I cannot grow at all, despite having the
nominally right soil for them - e.g. seakale.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.