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by maddles
Fri Sep 05, 2008 5:29 pm
Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
Topic: me being lazy= dodgy herbs
Replies: 9
Views: 3249

Re: me being lazy= dodgy herbs

I usually use a liquid seaweed feed once the herbs have been in their containers for more than about four months (they will have used most of the nutrients from the compost up by then). Is the rosemary in a separate container doing okay? It doesn't like to have waterlogged roots and depending on it'...
by maddles
Wed May 21, 2008 6:35 pm
Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
Topic: Flowering herbs
Replies: 16
Views: 4170

flowering herbs

At my previous house the sage and thyme flowered but I never had a new seedlings springing up. I sowed some sage and thyme seeds in March and they've all come up really well. You probably don't need to worry too much about being inundated with seedlings for these two herbs, if it was feverfew, borag...
by maddles
Wed May 21, 2008 6:30 pm
Forum: Allotments, Veg Patches and Container Gardening
Topic: Flies in the Greenhouse
Replies: 4
Views: 1967

flies in greenhouse

I grow Basil in our greenhouse and this helps deter flies (and tastes yummy too!), french marigolds are great for repelling whitefly as well so plant a few in there if you can fit them in and don't mind their scent. If they are whitefly you can use the sticky yellow cards; either buy them or make yo...