Saturday, March 19, 2011
As Easy Herb to Grow
On Twitter, SnarkyVegan was talking about how she was having a hard time growing Oregano from seed. I also had a hard time growing herbs from seed too last year, so I can totally relate to the frustration. Until I realized that I needed to be more patient, many herbs take a long time to germinate and don't have a high germination rate, so I started to put more seeds per pot. Especially Rosemary, Oregano and Lavender, they are notorious as slow germinators. (Is that a word?) I finally had some luck with the Mediterranean Oregano from Burpee. These seeds took about 3 weeks to germinate, but once it did, it was a really good grower! I had this pot sitting on my enclosed porch all winter. And look at it now! I love cooking with Oregano, especially putting it in my eggs and pasta. The smell is so amazing! I am going to start drying it so I can always have it available in the pantry. Totally awesome!
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Your oregano looks very healthy(even though it's been through winter)!! My oregano seed did well and the plant grew quite big last year, however Rosemary did not do as well. I've seeded it individually this year. I need to take better care of it.
ReplyDeleteI've seen this oregano grow into a huge bush in a couple of years. Guess they're fussy only when they're a seed :) ditto for pansies(they reseed every year so very easily) but you need to baby them when they're a seed, isn't that funny?
I got an oregano plant from a friend's garden when we moved to our house. It self sows so if you put it out in the garden or in a herb bed it will come back year after year. To me that's better than having to worry about it starting from seed inside each year :)
ReplyDeleteWe've never grown any herbs inside, but we just got some small pots to start doing it! Good tips - herbs are very annoying to start but are worth it in the end!
ReplyDeleteI've never grown Oregano from seed, but Basil is quite easy. :)
ReplyDeleteyour oregano looks beautiful! kudos for such great seed success. and wishes for a very happy Spring :)
ReplyDeletesuch a great herb although i have never grown it from seed.
ReplyDeleteI put tons of oregano in my pasta sauce and never used it other things.
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