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Re: Can herbs be brought indoors over winter?

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On 10 Nov 99, at 8:40, Scott Dallman wrote:

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Hi all,

This is my first year SFG and the first time I've grown a variety of
herbs.  My question is, can I take some out of the garden, plant in a
pot/planter and keep indoors over the winter?  <snip>

I'd like some fairly detailed instructions, if someone wouldn't mind
helping me.  Just so you know, I have a window-box planter (made of
plastic and portable, so to speak) and thought I might be able to plant
my herbs in there.  Could I just use potting soil or what would be
best? 

Marlene
Zone 4

Hi Marlene in Zone 4,

	Until now, I've restricted my garden to indoor transplants to tomatoes, but 
this year I've also kept two plants of Italian parsley.  Both plants are doing 
fine in good potting soil.  My version of good potting soil is 1/2 compost and 
1/2 normal garden soil with some perlite thrown in.  The parsley plants are in 
six inch pots.  The tomato is a Sweet One Hundred (vining variety).  To move 
it indoors, I simply cut off the top ten inches of my best plant, removed the 
flower buds and rooted it into a small pot of compost, well watered, with a 
large size clear plastic freezer bag suspended on drinking straws to keep it 
from touching the plant.  The bag allows in air, cuts down the light a bit and 
keeps the plant moist until it roots.  I moved both plants inside about three 
weeks ago and the tomato now has a dozen tiny cherry tomatoes on it.

	So far, I've found the only restriction to fruiting and ripening of the tomato 
is the length of day (i.e. the shorter the day, the less it wants to set fruit).  
As far as the parsley goes, removing the outer leaves and stalks for cooking 
seems to keep the plant on its toes, and it keeps producing nice little shoots 
from the center.
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trucking along in East Uniacke /o ------o)=~~Nova Scotia, Canada Zone 5


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