Terminated 3/21/18 ~ Kitchen Herb Garden (11/8/17)

I liked the stronger taste of the Greek Basil. I have some rosemary I am trying to germinate...you and Dawn assure it can be done with a bit of time and patience..

[Shawn]

I look forward to tasting it.  As for the Rosemary, yes a LOT of patience.

[drbanks]

Rosemary is like the watched pot that never boils.  Except that if you watch it, it freezes out of spite.

[Shawn]

I planted the Dwarf Greek Basil on 12/23/17 and there is a sprout at the label now.

[Shawn]

Out of the three Greek Basil seeds I planted one germinated and is growing.  It is kinda slow for basil. 


I will be terminating the current cilantro this week and replanting a new one.  I will also plant some Oregano as I need to beef up my stash.  Rosemary is doing well as is the basil.

[MaryL]

Dec 22, 2017 13:55:26 GMT -5 drbanks said:

Rosemary is like the watched pot that never boils.  Except that if you watch it, it freezes out of spite.

Your sense of humor always has me in stitches, Dawn.

[Shawn]

My forever changing Kitchen Herb Garden


I removed the Genovese this morning.  I rearranged the Rosemary (which took forever to germinate and grow 9/23/17) to the back right corner.  The Dwarf Greek Basil (12/23/17) has been moved to the front right corner.  

Added on 1/7/18:

Greek Oregano (Park)
4 seeds
Sponge: Park

English Thyme  (Park)
4 Seeds
Sponge: Park

English Thyme is the back left corner and the Oregano is in the front left corner.

[cjsbabygirl313]

WOW! Look at that rosemary! Gorgeous!!!

[Shawn]

Thanks!  It was a bear to germinate.  Talk about patience.  You do not know how many times I wanted to can this one.  Thankfully I did not.  I have picked at it quite a bit and have some leaves in the freezer.  I have used it a few times in meals as well.

[drbanks]

Having to wait so long makes it taste better. 

[Shawn]

My Thyme is starting to germinate.  Nothing in the Oregano yet.

[Shawn]

My Thyme is coming up although slow which is fine.  My Oregano on the other hand is not.  I will give it another week and if nothing then I will replant with fresh pack of seeds.  Maybe the ones I have are old.

[Shawn]

Replanted new Greek Oregano this morning,

No matter what I do I can't get Rosemary to grow. I planted some seeds in soil. 1 Dinky sprout came up and then died.
I have tried the Kit Rosemary..no joy.
So today I tried putting them in a few sponges in a clear pill container and sat it under the hood on one of my pepper projects. If I can get these to germinate and get some roots, I will pot them, but I am not hopeful. It is just 1 recalcitrant seed that I can't grow!  And I use a lot of store bought Rosemary!More than any other herb.
I put some of the seeds down inside the holes and some sitting on top.
Time will tell. I am determined to overcome this!

[serri588]

I was researching why I couldn't find chocolate or orange mint seeds today and found them on a list of "herbs you should never start from seed" which also included rosemary.

For the mint plants they are hybrids that won't grow true from seed, in the case of rosemary, they cited the low germination rate and then many die young because they take so long to grow.

[Shawn]

It took almost 2 months for me to see anything inside that pod.  I have new seeds here if you want some.

thanks, shawn, but I have plenty of seeds from separate vendors.

[MaryL]

That’s just so nuts about the rosemary.  Makes me appreciate more the little plant I purchase at the nursery every few years for outside planting.  (They get so woody and big eventually so I replace it).

[Shawn]

Ok, so the Oregano (planted 1/7/18) was not doing anything, so on the 17th I planted a new Oregano Pod.  This morning I am seeing green.  So one of two things happened.  1) the seeds were too far in and died off or 2) the seeds were old. 

There is Thyme in the back picture.

[MaryL]

I never thought about them being too far in.  Good point.