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Living herbs bought from supermarket
My wife has bought some parsley , one curly leaf and one flat leaf,
growing in a pot and enclosed (held up!) with plastic wrapping. Once the wrapping is removed both herbs were very floppy and do look rather pale. The curly leaf parsley has seemed to have died now. Is there anything that we can do to save the other. These plants look quite good in the supermarket but after only a couple of days at home they fade fast, particularly if the wrapper is taken off and they have no support. Thanks |
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The alternative is to prick them out into a very large pot or trough in the garden. |
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On Fri, 2 May 2008 09:01:36 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote and included this (or some of this): I grow several herbs, mostly from seed. Parsley seems to be slow growing though so although I have several pots around I sometimes need more (I love parsley and use it almost daily). The large pots of parsley I buy from Waitrose are excellent value and they last for weeks - unless I water them too much. Last year I bought a pot of live parsley from Tesco. I split it into 8 clumps and planted them in my greenhouse. They grew like weeds and we had fresh parsley for months. Far easier than seeds. -- ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°² |
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Living herbs bought from supermarket
"®óñ© © ²°¹°-°²" wrote in message ... On Fri, 2 May 2008 09:01:36 +0100, "Mary Fisher" wrote and included this (or some of this): I grow several herbs, mostly from seed. Parsley seems to be slow growing though so although I have several pots around I sometimes need more (I love parsley and use it almost daily). The large pots of parsley I buy from Waitrose are excellent value and they last for weeks - unless I water them too much. Last year I bought a pot of live parsley from Tesco. I split it into 8 clumps and planted them in my greenhouse. They grew like weeds and we had fresh parsley for months. Far easier than seeds. -- :-) This is what we found. But they DO have to be split ASAP Mike -- www.rneba.org.uk. The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association. 'THE' Association to find your ex-Greenie mess mates. |
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Living herbs bought from supermarket
On Fri, 2 May 2008 10:29:22 +0100, "'Mike'" wrote
and included this (or some of this): Last year I bought a pot of live parsley from Tesco. I split it into 8 clumps and planted them in my greenhouse. They grew like weeds and we had fresh parsley for months. Far easier than seeds. This is what we found. But they DO have to be split ASAP I split them soon after purchase and ended up with 8 large clumps of parsley growing on for the rest of the season. Without splitting, there would have been a mass clump of intertwined smallish plants. -- ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°² |
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Living herbs bought from supermarket
wrote in message ... My wife has bought some parsley , one curly leaf and one flat leaf, growing in a pot and enclosed (held up!) with plastic wrapping. Once the wrapping is removed both herbs were very floppy and do look rather pale. The curly leaf parsley has seemed to have died now. Is there anything that we can do to save the other. These plants look quite good in the supermarket but after only a couple of days at home they fade fast, particularly if the wrapper is taken off and they have no support. Thanks The secret? We found that the plants, yes there are more than one to the pot, were too crowded in the little pots. As soon as you get them home, open them up, tease out the roots and pot the separate plants on. Been there, done that and got good plants out of them. Safeway's now Morrison's do them and are OK. Try it again. Mike -- www.rneba.org.uk. The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association. 'THE' Association to find your ex-Greenie mess mates. |
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Living herbs bought from supermarket
A few years ago, I bought about 10 Tesco pots of Thyme and planted it
out en masse. Initially, it did flop horribly but then grew properly and lasted about 4 years. However, the flavour was inferior after a year or so. Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/ |
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Living herbs bought from supermarket
"Steve Harris" wrote in message ... A few years ago, I bought about 10 Tesco pots of Thyme and planted it out en masse. Initially, it did flop horribly but then grew properly and lasted about 4 years. However, the flavour was inferior after a year or so. Chives seem to do ok, as long as you trim them right back as soon as you purchase them and don't harvest them again for a couple of months 'til they get established. -- Rhiannon_s I am me, this is now, we are here! |
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Living herbs bought from supermarket
On 2 May, 13:51, "rhiannon s" wrote:
"Steve Harris" wrote in message ... A few years ago, I bought about 10 Tesco pots of Thyme and planted it out en masse. Initially, it did flop horribly but then grew properly and lasted about 4 years. However, the flavour was inferior after a year or so. Chives seem to do ok, as long as you trim them right back as soon as you purchase them and don't harvest them again for a couple of months 'til they get established. -- Rhiannon_s I am me, this is now, we are here! What ever you are going to try, do try to find out when they get them into the store and buy them the day they arive, after they have been in store 3 or 4 days , poor light no water etc not half the chance. You can also look at the packets of fresh herbs, you can take viable cuttings from rosemary, thyme, taragon all will root, if treated with care. David Hill Abacus Nurseries |
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Living herbs bought from supermarket
On May 2, 9:30 pm, Dave Hill wrote:
On 2 May, 13:51, "rhiannon s" wrote: "Steve Harris" wrote in message ... A few years ago, I bought about 10 Tesco pots of Thyme and planted it out en masse. Initially, it did flop horribly but then grew properly and lasted about 4 years. However, the flavour was inferior after a year or so. Chives seem to do ok, as long as you trim them right back as soon as you purchase them and don't harvest them again for a couple of months 'til they get established. -- Rhiannon_s I am me, this is now, we are here! What ever you are going to try, do try to find out when they get them into the store and buy them the day they arive, after they have been in store 3 or 4 days , poor light no water etc not half the chance. You can also look at the packets of fresh herbs, you can take viable cuttings from rosemary, thyme, taragon all will root, if treated with care. David Hill Abacus Nurseries How tender is Tarragon David? I planted a pot in my herb garden (back garden) and it has disappeared!!! Judith |
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Living herbs bought from supermarket
Judith in France wrote:
On May 2, 9:30 pm, Dave Hill wrote: On 2 May, 13:51, "rhiannon s" wrote: "Steve Harris" wrote in message ... A few years ago, I bought about 10 Tesco pots of Thyme and planted it out en masse. Initially, it did flop horribly but then grew properly and lasted about 4 years. However, the flavour was inferior after a year or so. Chives seem to do ok, as long as you trim them right back as soon as you purchase them and don't harvest them again for a couple of months 'til they get established. -- Rhiannon_s I am me, this is now, we are here! What ever you are going to try, do try to find out when they get them into the store and buy them the day they arive, after they have been in store 3 or 4 days , poor light no water etc not half the chance. You can also look at the packets of fresh herbs, you can take viable cuttings from rosemary, thyme, taragon all will root, if treated with care. David Hill Abacus Nurseries How tender is Tarragon David? I planted a pot in my herb garden (back garden) and it has disappeared!!! Hi Judith, We've had two tarragons going for about 10 years here, they both died in the wet this winter. They had been through some pretty tough freezes and come back. Along with them in the herb bed the old thyme died, and hyssop. One of the big rosemaries is on last legs. I think the wet done for them all. Just cleaned it out this afternoon, put in some rocket, anise and pimpernel. Tarragon is easy enough to find, but I'll probably have to order hyssop... cheers, -E |
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Living herbs bought from supermarket
In article ,
(Judith in France) wrote: How tender is Tarragon By repute, quite. However, I have some planted in dry sandy soil in the shelter of a massive wall on the eastern boundary of my garden at it's lasted 4 years so far. Another interesting "survival" is some self seeded mesembryanthemum plants. They never flower - I suspect the original pot was an F! hybrid. Dug them up this year and will try some more "useful" over wintering plants. Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/ |
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