My thyme plants died, the way they do in my garden, so I replaced
them with ones bought from two different garden centres. But the
thymes have a strong scent of TCP, in addition to the normal scent,
thus making them useless for cooking (their main purpose). I am
seriously annoyed, as you can guess, and assume that they have a
common supplier who supplies a new variety that grows better, so is
more profitable.

Does anyone recognise this, and can anyone tell me brands of seed
that definitely do or do not have this taint? Note that I am talking
about common or garden thyme, not any of the special forms.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.