Harvesting herbs
Is it too late to harvest and dry oregano and basil that's flowered?
Thanks, Laura B. |
Harvesting herbs
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Harvesting herbs
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Harvesting herbs
Is it too late to harvest and dry oregano and basil that's flowered? Thanks, Laura B. One year I was so far behind in everything right before the first frost I chopped all my hebs don and tied them all together and put them in the furnace room to dry... I laid newspapers below it and all winter would go down and crumble what I needed onto a plate... It worked. Colleen Zone 5 Connecticut |
Harvesting herbs
Dried basil is a poor substitute for fresh,
I have to agree.... fresh basil is my very favorite herb. It along with garlic goes into pretty much everything I cook. Zone 5 Connecticut. |
Harvesting herbs
On 06 Sep 2003 05:54:40 GMT, (Thalocean2) wrote:
Is it too late to harvest and dry oregano and basil that's flowered? Thanks, Laura B. Having no first hand experience, I Googled around a little bit for you. It seems that the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food is of the opinion that basil leaves become bitter when the plant is allowed to flower. See http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/...erbs/basil.htm As for oregano, the University of Illinois Extension thinks that flowering just reduces the intensity of the taste somewhat. See http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/hortihints/0006a.html Happy gardening. Jerry Baker |
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