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Post by BigM on Apr 2, 2013 6:46:12 GMT -5
How do you keep them looking nice? Do I just pinch them back? Anytime I've tried to grow them they get sparse, leggy and out of control.
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Post by Cyngbaeld on Apr 2, 2013 9:30:41 GMT -5
Pinch back any that are leggy.
What are you growing? Some require hot, dry, sunny and others cool, moist and shady.
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Post by BigM on Apr 2, 2013 9:34:34 GMT -5
I've got purple basil, sage, thyme, bee balm, parsley, stevia, oregano and terragon.
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Post by Valerie on Apr 2, 2013 10:28:54 GMT -5
M, I only know about the basil the thyme the parsley and the oregano.
Keep whacking on that basil and don't let it get flowers until you've had enough of it. It does OK in the hot if it gets enough water. The thyme might not look so good in the summer, unless you can get it some shade. Parsley here grows out from a crown in the center. The first year it looks good and we can just keep cutting it. The second year, mine always sends up a stalk in the middle as soon as it warms up, and tries to go to seed. It's basically done, then. Oregano will grow like a ground cover weed in the shade. Just keep pinching and using it.
But basically, like Kim said, just keep cutting and pinching.
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Post by Granny Smith on Apr 2, 2013 20:25:46 GMT -5
M, I've grown all of those. I pinch back the tips everytime they form a floret. Sometimes that isn't enough though and they get away from me. That's when I whack them back about halfway to the ground and let them start fresh. Of course, I use or dry all those cuttings, too.
The bee balm I pinch back the tips until they're as bushy as I think they're going to get. Then I let them bloom and pick the flowers until the end of the season. Then I whack em back nearly to the ground and dry the leaves. IMO, the flowers make the best tea and I want a lot of them which is why I pinch them back to make them bushy. Each branch will produce a bloom.
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