Sage, Rosemary, Basil and Peppermint

I have these herbs, sage rosemary basil and peppermint growin right meow, my idea is to clone those plants because i want to have an indoor garden up at school and grow there clones, replanting the clones once at schoolio. anyone see any probelms with that? should i just plant the seeds and start from catch? do herbs allow to be cloned? ive seen branches of strawerries that have rooted back into the ground but thats different cuz there still attached... just an idea while smoking some other type of herb walking around my outdoor garden thanks for looking

just taking mi herb plants as they are and continuing thegrowing..makes that easy.

spearmint will

have a look around base of plant your looking for a think'ish red stalk/stem. this will be ideal candiate rooting powder will help but is not realy needed.

another way is the stone method. take a faily heavy stone that will make stalk touch soil. you want too get a nodule area too touch this is where a whole bunch of roots will form.

beware that one little stalk can cause havoc in a garden. mint has the awesome ability too clone itself without help and from a sweet looking small plant too a monster devil covering beast.

other herbs i tend too get seeds, 300 seeds lasts a good couple seasons atleast

hah i hear ya about them taking ova thanks for the advice man!
im htinking of also growing string beans and/or some type of pepper

Mean Mr. Mustard said:

hah i hear ya about them taking ova thanks for the advice man!
im htinking of also growing string beans and/or some type of pepper

Click to expand...

If you're in the market for pepper seeds in the future, go with an heirloom variety of some sort. I'm growing purple bells outside right now and they're fantastic.

Those herbs you mentioned spread like crazy, why can't you just dig about half of it up and throw it in a container? I split my herbs every year and usually don't lose any. If you do this, make sure you water well before digging it up, this helps on the shock factor.

oo yaa i stick to heirloom always if i have the choice...thats what the beans are
maybe ill do that then, cant argue with what works right?
THANKS

why have an indoor garden.

you mention school. where i live the local school has a veg garden set aside, the pupils run the garden taking care of everything, the food grow is also used in cooking classes and by the school itself.

you dont need a huge amount of land at all, growing by the square foot rule you can pack alotta veg into a small space.

the garden is also good for science classes too. cells can be visible in certain plants with lowtech microscopes. photosynthisis etc etc.

it wont be an easy road but worth asking the schools dean /headmaster.

yea thats such a good idea, i tried that my first year there cuz for an experiment i was growing alot of different vegies and wanted to do it outdoor and they made a big deal about it and found some rule, this is the grounds keeper guy or whatevas talking, saying students cant garden for some wierd reason.
community gardens are such a cool idea i dunno why everybody doesnt share em ya no?

Mean Mr. Mustard said:

yea thats such a good idea, i tried that my first year there cuz for an experiment i was growing alot of different vegies and wanted to do it outdoor and they made a big deal about it and found some rule, this is the grounds keeper guy or whatevas talking, saying students cant garden for some wierd reason.
community gardens are such a cool idea i dunno why everybody doesnt share em ya no?

Click to expand...

most dont even know about comune gardens and allotments. i turned my standing back yard into a mini grennhouse holder. im now turning soils and adding waste too bulk it up for next years rasied bed. i had so much fruit this year i have been giving it away too friends and an old chap across the road from me.

I know from experience that you can clone basil and mints easily. The others should be no trouble.

Keep pinching them back and they'll bush out and produce more leaves for you. I've found that basil in particular can go nuts given good conditions.

If you plant mint outdoors it will go everywhere given half a chance. My neighbor has some and that's all she has now... it took over the entire garden.

Mint also keeps the squirrels away~ It's an easy perma fix if you have them digging holes in your garden. I have some all over my yard in 1 gallon containers.

Good to know. So they stay away from the smell or something?

I've had trouble with them eating my wife's tulip bulbs once in awhile, that could be just the deterrent I'm looking for.

Of course you have to keep the mint under control or it'll end up worse than the squirrels.

knowboddy said:

Good to know. So they stay away from the smell or something?

I've had trouble with them eating my wife's tulip bulbs once in awhile, that could be just the deterrent I'm looking for.

Of course you have to keep the mint under control or it'll end up worse than the squirrels.

Click to expand...

Atleast it smells good if you let it get out of control. Yeah squirrels are notorious for digging up bulbs.