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Dunamisdeos

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Gardening with herbal magicks!
« on: June 02, 2020, 06:16:31 pm »
Hey folks,

I saw we had a gardening thread that was 2 years old with no posts, and opted to start this to ask a specific question.

Anyone around here familiar with gardening? I'm trying to grow some herbs, and I think what's growing in my rosemary spot is a weed. But also, I'm having a hard time finding out what rosemary should look like in that stage.

If I pose some pics, can anyone tell me for sure?
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Re: Gardening with herbs!
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2020, 06:33:10 pm »
Yeah, post a picture and maybe we can identify it.  I have experience with a single rosemary bush, but maybe that will be enough.

That single rosemary bush gave zero craps about winter and has grown to monstrous proportions, such that I will never need so much rosemary.
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Re: Gardening with herbs!
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2020, 06:45:35 pm »
I actually figured it out!

Some horrid little weed was trying to grow there instead. Sorry to deprive of the opportunity to help lol.

Something called Henbit was trying to grow there according to pictures. I disabused it of the concept.
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Re: Gardening with herbs!
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2020, 07:39:50 pm »
This claims it's edible and even nutritious https://www.ediblewildfood.com/henbit.aspx

Doesn't sound a good as Rosemary though.
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Re: Gardening with herbs!
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2020, 07:48:53 pm »
It was killing the other rosemary sprouts lol.

But anyway its not anymore.
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Re: Gardening with herbs!
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2020, 11:57:42 pm »
Henbit is indeed edible and nutritious, but not very flavorful, and has a coarse mouth feel.

I can attest from experience.
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Re: Gardening with herbs!
« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2020, 01:17:45 am »
digestible, and nutritious, alas, not delicious.
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Re: Gardening with herbs!
« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2020, 04:35:34 am »
Nettles is good eating!
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« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2020, 05:24:28 am »
I use planter boxes for my herbs. Anything that doesn't look like the surrounding organisms is treated with extreme prejudice. Think white cop on a black man kind of aggression. Purity of breed to the exclusion of all reason.

Then, when the crop is ripe, the culling.
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« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2020, 05:30:01 am »
Quote from: scriver on June 03, 2020, 04:35:34 am
Nettles is good eating!

Actual nettle has flavor when cooked.  Not so much with deadnettle.  Not the same thing at all.
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« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2020, 05:58:25 am »
Oh, I was just non sequiteuring. I didn't release there was an actual relation between the two.

I really do recommend nettle (not deadnettle ;) ) though. It's fairly tasty and I usually have it as soup. I'm not sure but I think it could be used in place of spinage in most recipes.

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Re: Gardening with herbs!
« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2020, 12:58:41 pm »
Quote from: scriver on June 03, 2020, 05:58:25 am
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Re: Gardening with herbs!
« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2020, 03:19:26 pm »
Ah sweet! I love this thread. When my phone is working again I'll send some pics of the mint plant I've been reviving. I had to manually clear it of an aphid infestation. MANUALLY CLEAR IT
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« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2020, 03:32:36 pm »
Now that's some herb TLC.

I had no idea there was an interest in this sort of thing here. I'll post pics of my herbs too.

My rosemary is way, way behind the others. I planted it wrong initially. You have to put the seed on top of the soil rather than just underneath. Had to replant.
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Re: Gardening with herbs!
« Reply #14 on: June 03, 2020, 03:42:43 pm »
How easy is it to grow rosemary? I fucking love rosemary.

Also onions are great. I've been throwing onions everywhere and some of them are growing very well
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