My Sage, and Rosemary keep dying and my Tarragon is weird.

[Dee_Sydney]

Thanks for all the advise guys.

I have bought a new sage which I have planted with a generous amount of sand from my daughters sand pit and some sugarcane mulch in an attempt to get the soil more airated. The previous soil was very rich and lucious wich probibly got quite gluggy and wasn't 'free draining'. When I get a new rosemary I'll do the same and I'll stop watering them.
They get about 4-5 hours of direct sun where they are so that shouldn't be a problem.

I might have to plant out the tarragon, just have to figure out where.


Millymollymandy - does tarragon like being waterloged? oops, I didn't realise and was just treating it like any other plant. I'll put a dish under it today and give it good soakings.

Thanks again everyone, Peggy Sue, sounds liek your herbs are an temperamental as mine, good luck.

[Dee_Sydney]

Hedgewizard, I've just made the connection, congratulations on your blog/column in the ecologist, it is fantastic.

[Millymollymandy]

Millymollymandy - does tarragon like being waterloged? oops, I didn't realise and was just treating it like any other plant. I'll put a dish under it today and give it good soakings.

No, I don't think it wants to be waterlogged at all! What I meant was, I hadn't lost any herbs in winter probably because although we have a lot of rain, we have free draining soil, so the herbs are NOT waterlogged in the winter!

[hedgewitch]

It sounds like a drainage problem to me. It's essential that these plants have good drainage, none of them like wet feet and also good drainage is vital for ensuring that oxygen is getting to the roots.
Re-pot them all and in the base of the pots chuck in an inch of gravel. They can all tolerate a lot more direct sunlight too.

Good luck, it's always sad when plants die.

[hedgewizard]

Ta Dee, glad you enjoy it!