Basil, Rosemary, & Chives

Home | Community | Message Board

You are not signed in.
New Account

Forum Index Search Posts Trusted Vendors Highlights Galleries FAQ User List Chat Store Random Growery

This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.

Mushrooms, Mycology and Psychedelics > The Ethnobotanical Garden

Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop:

All-In-One Bags That Don't Suck, Certified Organic All-In-One Grow Bags by Magic Bag

Autoflowering Cannabis Seeds, Bulk Cannabis Seeds

Jump to first unread post

Pages: 1

Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.

kr0nik0
Ole' Salty

Registered: 02/13/12
Posts: 17,756
Loc: Western Slope, CO

Basil, Rosemary, & Chives

#17573403 - 01/19/13 03:48 PM (13 years, 9 months ago)

Hey guys, just looking for a little help here with growing my herbs.

I planted basil, rosemary, and chives at the same time in individual 5 gallon pots.

I used an organic soil that was recommended to me for these plants.

Now the issue I'm having is:
-The basil has been flourishing, and there are some that look almost mature enough to pick.

-The chives have sprouted, but only a few sprigs here and there, and they look very weak and sickly.

-The rosemary has not sprouted whatsoever.

Just needed some input as why this might be happening. Thanks :thumbup:

--------------------

_{“[...]the only people for me are the mad ones,

the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk,

mad to be saved,

desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”}

Extras:

Top

durian_2008
Cornucopian Eating an Elephant

Registered: 04/02/08
Posts: 23,386
Loc: Raccoon City

Re: Basil, Rosemary, & Chives

[Re: kr0nik0]
#17573670 - 01/19/13 04:30 PM (13 years, 9 months ago)

I have terrible luck with the potting mixes (aka "canning" mixes by some nursery people.) The makers assume that heat treating it will kill weed seeds, germs, and fungi. I oftentimes get something which is dry, like fine bark chips. I don't think it's very good, unless it's had a chance to break down, first. It doesn't hold water well, and isn't any more useful to the plant than aquarium gravel, unless it's been soaked in chemical ferts.

If it contains enough moss to hold water, it is hard to rehydrate, and will actually draw moisture from a tender plant.

Really, I have never done better than ordinary loam, or the dirt from the bottom of a compost pile.

In my experience, chives and onions are hard to establish from seeds. You get something like a green thread, which can take years to develop into divisions. They're ideally started from plugs or smaller bulbs.

Rosemary seed, if it is viable, might be kept under a humidity dome. Let it air out, once a day. That's been called "burping." A water sprayer can help to displace the boggy air or, if need be, knock down a few hairs of mold.

I've learned what works for me, by trial and error. It's not unusual to have several failures, before you find a good method. :thumbup:

--------------------
WEF defector.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/shit-burgers-meat-made-from-human-feces-just-another-natela
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upload_(TV_series)

Extras:

Top

Jump to top

Pages: 1

Shop:

All-In-One Bags That Don't Suck, Certified Organic All-In-One Grow Bags by Magic Bag

Autoflowering Cannabis Seeds, Bulk Cannabis Seeds

Mushrooms, Mycology and Psychedelics > The Ethnobotanical Garden

Similar Threads	Poster	Views	Replies	Last post
My Short Guide to Growing Basil	Darklight203	5,667	15	04/26/11 01:30 PM by TheEnd
Grafting Basil (The Basil Tree w/ pics)	Generic	3,147	4	12/12/14 07:16 AM by MrGiraffe
*rosemary oil as a miticide*	Oeric McKenna	2,035	13	08/15/14 06:31 PM by LunarEclipse
Chives going to seed (stress induced?)	invitro	348	3	11/04/15 04:58 PM by karode13
Holy basil - Ocimum sanctum ( 1 2 all )	Somaism	10,423	20	05/09/13 05:08 PM by nicechrisman
Rosemary seeds	SuicidalWinds	412	1	07/02/11 11:14 AM by Prisoner#1
Basil and active alkaloids	sk81681	1,132	1	12/25/11 03:25 PM by Ieponumos
Basil seed harvest question.	Lucis	502	5	08/21/15 04:23 PM by kactus.brand.g

Extra information

You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: karode13, Mostly_Harmless, A.k.a
250 topic views. 0 members, 12 guests and 11 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]