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Common Thyme and Basil

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  Posted by Paul Hodder (U14288973) on Monday, 14th March 2011

  Hello Gardeners, I grew common thyme and basil last year in pots. Both seem to have survived the winter and if I'm not mistaken both are perennials. Is there anything I now need to do with them to ensure a crop this year. The thyme still smells fresh but the colour of the basil leaves seem a little washed out. Many thanks.

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  Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Monday, 14th March 2011

  Thyme a perennial but basil is usually treated as an annual although in warmer countries does grow as a perennial.
  
  The thyme should be ok if you freshen up the compost in it's pot or if pot bound repot it. I've just repoted some mint, it gets pot bound ever year. You may get more growth from the basil indoors but I would recommend sowing this fresh from seed. It's alittle to early for sowing basil outdoors just yet but it might grow indoors on a warm window sill.

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  Posted by Papa Nopsis (U14479902) on Tuesday, 15th March 2011

  I bought the potted versions which are selling in the shops to see if it is a good source of roots.
  
  The basil has almost gone three or four weeks later. I did not really know its ideal growing conditions.
  
  Thyme is going ok with plenty of water, Coriander and a species of mint also with plenty of water.
  
  Complete waste of money, but I still have the three species, and I may be able to transplant them in to th garden.

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  Posted by Italophile (U12516505) on Tuesday, 15th March 2011

  Potted basil at this time of year has been hothouse grown and rarely survives unless you replicate its hothouse conditions.

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  Posted by madeleineR (U14451255) on Tuesday, 15th March 2011

  I bought some mint and sage in sealed packs (much cheaper than the potted up ones) from the supermarket veg counter (50p each) to use in a dish requiring fresh herbs. Afterwards, rather than let the surplus go to waste, I trimmed the bases and leaves of them, put them in a tight-necked small vase containing water on the kitchen windowsill in the kitchen and then potted them up after a week or so when the roots appeared. I now have several pots of healthy plants on the go in the greenhouse to keep for myself and give away. Not bad for 50p each!
  
  

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