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Aromatic herbs in the mediterranean
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Posted by dolcic 9 (My Page) on Mon, Oct 22, 07 at 16:06
| I am moving to Dubrovnik, Croatia, along the Adriatic. I would like to create an aromatic herb garden there. Not familiar with the mediterranean climate, what month does one typically sow/plant in the mediterranean. And can anyone reccomend a useful book?
Many thanks! |
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RE: Aromatic herbs in the mediterranean
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- Posted by amato 8a-northern Greece (My Page) on
Thu, Oct 25, 07 at 15:52
You'd better plant/sow your aromatic herbs in autumn or spring.Summer is too hot in the Mediterranean. This season is ideal.
Winter is also ok for most of them coz they are frost tolerant.Oreganum, peppermint, mentha, melissa, rosemary, thymus are my favorite ones. Those herbs need ample sun.Avoid shading or your plants will have less medicinal/culinary value. Also avoid planting different species nearby.Aromatic herbs emit strong substances and through alelopathia they obstacle other species from growing. Generally they are easy to grow. If you want to have the best aroma don't fertilize them and avoid overwatering.
Seed sowing is best done in March-April.In fact you can grow many species in this way.Since you'll be in Europe there is a seed source where you can find almost everything.Their website is http://www.b-and-t-world-seeds.com/homepage.htm Good luck |
RE: Aromatic herbs in the mediterranean
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| Amato's advice is good, but I would like to suggest you to plant the perennials in the autumn better than in spring, if possible. That will give your plants some extra months for their roots to grow. The longer they are, the deeper they can search for water. That makes them more resistant to our hot and drough summers, and you won't need watering them so often. The best month is usually October. Plants like rosmarinus, lavandula, salvia or thymus are stressed by excess water (they will rot) and they dislike wet leaves. Planting aromatics is better than seeding them in general, and for rosemary, lavandula, salvia and mentha in particular. Mentha, melissa,and basilicum need watering sometimes. You better don't mix them with the other aromatics. If you seed instead of planting, then I would do it in spring. The plantlets don't grow much in winter anyway and some will die from cold or fungal diseases unless you keep them in a greenhouse. I had good results seeding thymus, origanum, basilicum and melissa. I hope you enjoy your aromatics and let us know about your progress. |
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