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Posted by miranda43 (My Page) on Wed, Jan 10, 07 at 6:28
| Hi again from Athens! I have a few herb pots in my balcony and as they don't look their best at the moment (normal?) I was wondering if they need lots of pruning. Do it need to cut mint down a lot? What about rosemary whose needles are turning red and falling? Does thyme need cutting down as well? Due to unusual warm weather this winter I can also see lots of strange flowers on thyme, they shouldn't be here this time of the year, should they? Shold I prune now while it's in flower? |
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RE: Herbs and pruning
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- Posted by amato 8a-northern Greece (My Page) on
Wed, Jan 10, 07 at 13:18
| Hi Miranda yes you can prune all of your herbs/spices.
Mint could regenerate if cut to the ground. But be careful.If the plant is singe-stemmed then you have to be sure the plant has anough buds on its base to sprout later. If there are suckers from the ground there is no problem.Cut them all if you want
Rosemary:hmmm that seems to me as a physiological disorder.Is there an overabundance of water??It may also be caused by overshadowed exposure or by transfering the plant inside-out the house and the opposite
Thyme doesn't need much pruning.In fact if pruned a lot it wouldn't sprout back.So prune it in moderation.You can remove some bloomed stems if you want.And another tip also.Thyme prefers red-coloured soils(mountainous) which are high in iron Good luck
Γιώργος |
RE: Herbs and pruning
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| Γιώργο, σ'ευχαριστώ για τη βοήθεια. If you don't speak greek then thanks again for your help. By the way, I pruned my pommegranate today according to your instructions. I can't wait for it to bloom. Do dwarf pommegranates produce fruit, I wonder? As far as the mint is concerned, I cut it back to the ground and am actually now drying it in my oven for future use. |
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- Posted by amato 8a-northern Greece (My Page) on
Thu, Jan 11, 07 at 13:17
| Hi Miranda Φυσικά και μιλάω Ελληνικά.Μητρική Γλώσσα βλέπεις.Αλλά εδώ γράφουμε Αγγλικά για να μπορούν όλοι να διαβάζουν. Return to english again.
1) Dwarf Pomegranates bloom and produce fruits just like their big-brothers(normal height trees)
2) If I were you I wouldn't dry my herbs/spices in the oven. Heat diminishes the medicinal uses of them as well as their content of several substances.Even though you put them later in your food, cooking them, still don't dry them in this way.Dry them in a cool dry place far away from sun.
Be happy with your roof garden Tschuess!!! |
RE: Herbs and pruning
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Thanks both for reverting to English. Although I have nothing to add, I love reading the posts here and I am too old to learn Greek. Spanish was difficult enough at my age!
Saludos
Dinor |
hello Dinor
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- Posted by amato 8a-northern Greece (My Page) on
Sat, Jan 13, 07 at 15:57
Hello Dinor,
nice to hear about you again. I thought you were a Spanish.Probably you're not,isn't so?
I don't remember exactly the age, but an english lady who was 90+ and still learning her 17th language? I saw it 5-6 yrs ago in the news.So still you can learn perfect both Spanish and Greek!!!!!!!!! LOL!!
no just kidding Saludos/χαιρετίσματα my friend PS well you can call me George(my real name)ok ok I confess it |
hello Dinor
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- Posted by amato 8a-northern Greece (My Page) on
Sun, Jan 14, 07 at 16:49
| Oh sorry Dinor I misunderstood your message.You are spanish,eh??? |
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