Re: Florida question
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  • Subject: Re: Florida question
  • From: B* <b*@comcast.net>
  • Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:08:39 +0000 (UTC)
If you make a nice mound of chicken grit so water drains well, Rosemary
will thrive. Basil likes more water; I always plant it with tomatoes.
Our area here in ETN is very humid in the summer.


B 
ETN Zone 7 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daryl" <dp2413@comcast.net> 
To: gardenchat@hort.net 
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 2:14:14 PM 
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Florida question 

Ah, a lath house or pines. Gotcha. Thanks. 

d 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <inlandjim1@q.com> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net> 
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 2:03 PM 
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Florida question 


> The kind of shade you get under 40-foot slash pines or in a lathhouse; 
> not dark. Maybe the rosemary got too much water. It's a Mediterranean 
> native; prefers SoCal to South Florida. Don't know how one kills 
> basil. I always grew it in pots and out of direct sun. When it bolted, 
> I took cuttings, rooted them on the kitchen window sill, and started 
> over. 
> 
> 
> On Sep 12, 2010, at 10:36 AM, Daryl wrote: 
> 
>> Thyme and oregano in the shade? Up here, even in hot GA, they're 
>> both full-sun plants. The lady has killed Rosemary and Basil - any 
>> tips? 
>> 
>> d 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" <inlandjim1@q.com> 
>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net> 
>> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 1:04 PM 
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Florida question 
>> 
>> 
>>> Wow; toughy. For starters, I could never get sage to grow. Too 
>>> humid, I expect. Basil is pretty much a no-brainer, but African 
>>> basil is best because it's slower to bolt. Many of the mint family-- 
>>> oregano, thyme-- do fine in the shade... except mint, itself; I 
>>> could never get it to grow. Rosemary's a weed, but the trailing 
>>> kind makes a nice hanging basket. Can't think of any others that I 
>>> planted. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sep 12, 2010, at 9:02 AM, Daryl wrote: 
>>> 
>>>> From a reader: 
>>>> "I live in So. Fl and would like to start an herb garden. Are 
>>>> there any herbs that will not work in this climate? " 
>>>> 
>>>> I'm thinking that fuzzy-leafed things wouldn't survive there with 
>>>> the afternoon thunderstorms and humidity. Or can they be grown as 
>>>> a winter crop? Basil year-round? Sage? 
>>>> 
>>>> d 
>> 
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> 
> Inland Jim 
> Willamette Valley 
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