Herb Garden 4

[kanewai]

Or is it round five?

I planted one Bounty and one Harvest using seeds I had on hand.   Almost nothing sprouted.  Shown below are the only four seeds that were still viable - Persian basil, Genovese basil, pipicha, and ... I think it's a chive?

I replanted last weekend with fresh seeds, mostly using traditional herbs: oregano, marjoram, thyme, parsley, sage ... and others that I've forgotten already.  I wrote everything down!  I just can't find the paper I wrote it all down on.

[kanewai]

I don't quite know what is going on - only marjoram, chives, sage, and two basil ever grew - out of fifteen pods planted in two units.  

At least the basil is tasty!  Though even that is weird.  My Persian basil takes up half the unit, and the Genovese is only a single stalk after 2 1/2 months.  Usually the Genovese dominates everything.


This weekend I think I'll throw out all the water, give the units a deep scrub, and start over. 

[Shawn]

Sometimes that happens.  Maybe the seeds had a low germination percentage?? 

Let us know what you decide to plant next if you start over. 

[kanewai]

No luck. I think they might have over heated, as was suggested in another thread. I live in the tropics. During quarantine I would “feed” the seedlings a few ice cubes each day. I wasn’t t doing that as much now that I’m working a gazillion hours each week. I’ve got some straggly survivors, and I’m trying to be better about keeping the water temps down.

[Shawn]

Maybe a small fan to circulate air?

[lynnee]

Sept 21, 2022 2:17:57 GMT -5 kanewai said:

No luck. I think they might have over heated, as was suggested in another thread. I live in the tropics. During quarantine I would “feed” the seedlings a few ice cubes each day. I wasn’t t doing that as much now that I’m working a gazillion hours each week. I’ve got some straggly survivors, and I’m trying to be better about keeping the water temps down.

Here in California, we had a heat wave. Temps in the room with my AGs were over 90 in the daytime. A week ago, I did R&Rs, and saw that some of the roots on my healthy Mini Munch cucumber were brown and mushy. They'd been sort of cooked, I think. I removed the damaged roots, and am keeping my fingers crossed about the continued health of the cuke. So far it seems okay--still producing a couple of little cukes every few days.

[kanewai]

My lone survivor is a Oaxaca red epazote, and he has decided that the Bounty is his and his alone. Luckily it's an attractive plant.

I replanted my other gardens this past weekend.  The days are cooler now, and our trade winds are finally back ... so hopefully this round goes better than the last two!