My herb garden, after such a great start, has all but died. Everything except the basil decided to wilt and collapse and die, and even the basil is looking tiny and sad. :(
That the basil is your survivor surprises me. Here, it's the first to die, as its large leaves transpire more (sweat, in plant verbiage) and so it gets dehydrated faster.
I'm sorry, Mous. Dead plants always make me feel bad, and I leap to the self-blaming immediately.
I had thyme, rosemary, sweet basil, sweet marjoram, oregano, and mint. The rosemary and the oregano never sprouted at all, and now everything else is either dead or dying.
Yeah. Next year I'll try to make them germinate in wet paper towels first, and see if that works. I was off to such a good start, though, I'm sad that they died after starting out so promisingly.
Boo. :(
I'm planning to get my hot little hands on a Lee Valley catalogue ASAP. Once I move, that is. :)
Don't do this to yourself. Don't try to raise things from seed.
Except for dill. If I mail you dill seed, am I committing an international crime?
Your sadness is why I don't try to grow vegetables here. I will never get them to harvest. If the bunnies don't get them, the deer will. If the deer won't, the birds will. If the birds don't, the bugs will. If the bugs don't, the drought will. Or hail.
I buy them because it's easier on my tender heart than watching something I've nursed along die a fruitless (literally) death.
I'm hoping to overcome my black thumb. The broccoli grew from seed really well this year, so I'm not completely pessimistic. If I ever want to be self-sufficient, I must learn to grow things from seed.
So... how come you're not in bed, kemosabe? I'm at work. What's your excuse? :)
Eh, I'm all emo and angsty, aren't you sorry you asked? :)
I'm afraid to go to bed because of the drug reaction this morning. If it happens in my sleep, these are the only options:
a. I notice it via really horrible pain, and I want to die b. I don't notice it, and I do die
OTOH, it should not happen. I've taken precautions. Intellectually, I think I'm safe but emotionally, I'm afraid to close my eyes.
Savant is here but only briefly. He's leaving for a camping trip in an hour and will be gone again tonight. I won't see him until Saturday afternoon. That means I don't have anyone to monitor me for the next 24 hours, and I'm scared.
Something I do not intend to mention to Savant, as he's very excited about the trip and needs the break. And as my fear is unreasonable. I'm just being a sissy about this, and sooner or later, I'll lie down.
Bee on... uh... flower. Dunno what it is. Snagged the image from the intarwebs 'cause it was preety.
That really sucks. Emo and angst in the wee hours are the worst. *hugs*
If you want someone to talk to in the next hour, you can reach me at work: 1 800 771 5401. It works from the U.S., too, and is a public number. Things are really quiet right now, and I'm here until 06:30 (so an hour from now).
But the next hour is spent getting Himself out of the house and on the road without forgetting anything like, say, bug spray. Sun stuff. Spoons. There is camping gear from one end of the house to the other, as he is supplying not only himself but a couple of other folks also. It will take the whole hour to get him out of here with all his doodads and foodstuffs.
If after that you want someone to talk to, you can always email me at home and I can phone you then. I have to be awake anyway today in order to go run some errands.
I'll be back around 7:15 my time.
Although I'd much rather you were sleeping by then, needless to say. :)
They might have not been watered enough, or they might have been watered too much. The way you can tell is by checking their little stems right where they come out of the soil. If they're looking constricted, maybe a little brown and slimy there they are probably suffered from dampening off, which is a fungal infection of seedlings caused by too-moist conditions. If the stems look normal there then it's likely that they weren't watered enough.
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Date: 2008-07-25 04:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-25 06:34 am (UTC)Herbs
Date: 2008-07-25 06:22 am (UTC)That the basil is your survivor surprises me. Here, it's the first to die, as its large leaves transpire more (sweat, in plant verbiage) and so it gets dehydrated faster.
I'm sorry, Mous. Dead plants always make me feel bad, and I leap to the self-blaming immediately.
Re: Herbs
Date: 2008-07-25 06:36 am (UTC)Re: Herbs
Date: 2008-07-25 06:45 am (UTC)Hrumph. Okay, well. Next time, perhaps start with fewer but larger plants. Rosemary likes hot and dry; so does oregano, to an extent.
And mint is a thug, flourishing anywhere with ambitions of empire, so I'm surprised it died.
I long to offer to bring you some herbs, but the border cops would have a hissy. And we can't get there this year, regardless.
Go to bed, honey. When you get the MausHaus, we'll all pitch in to get you a starter garden.
Re: Herbs
Date: 2008-07-25 07:41 am (UTC)I tried growing them from seed. Maybe I should start with plants next time, and be less ambitious to start.
Re: Herbs
Date: 2008-07-25 08:03 am (UTC)Give the seeds to Fears for late sowing this year, and next year, go ahead and get yourself some small plants to get going.
i forgot you're at work, doh...!
Re: Herbs
Date: 2008-07-25 08:24 am (UTC)Boo. :(
I'm planning to get my hot little hands on a Lee Valley catalogue ASAP. Once I move, that is. :)
Re: Herbs
Date: 2008-07-25 08:43 am (UTC)Except for dill. If I mail you dill seed, am I committing an international crime?
Your sadness is why I don't try to grow vegetables here. I will never get them to harvest. If the bunnies don't get them, the deer will. If the deer won't, the birds will. If the birds don't, the bugs will. If the bugs don't, the drought will. Or hail.
I buy them because it's easier on my tender heart than watching something I've nursed along die a fruitless (literally) death.
Re: Herbs
Date: 2008-07-25 09:01 am (UTC)I'm hoping to overcome my black thumb. The broccoli grew from seed really well this year, so I'm not completely pessimistic. If I ever want to be self-sufficient, I must learn to grow things from seed.
So... how come you're not in bed, kemosabe? I'm at work. What's your excuse? :)
Re: Herbs
Date: 2008-07-25 09:26 am (UTC)Eh, I'm all emo and angsty, aren't you sorry you asked? :)
I'm afraid to go to bed because of the drug reaction this morning. If it happens in my sleep, these are the only options:
a. I notice it via really horrible pain, and I want to die
b. I don't notice it, and I do die
OTOH, it should not happen. I've taken precautions. Intellectually, I think I'm safe but emotionally, I'm afraid to close my eyes.
Savant is here but only briefly. He's leaving for a camping trip in an hour and will be gone again tonight. I won't see him until Saturday afternoon. That means I don't have anyone to monitor me for the next 24 hours, and I'm scared.
Something I do not intend to mention to Savant, as he's very excited about the trip and needs the break. And as my fear is unreasonable. I'm just being a sissy about this, and sooner or later, I'll lie down.
Well, later. And I should be perfectly fine.
Love your icon of the bee on... lavender, is it?
Bee on flower & angst
Date: 2008-07-25 09:30 am (UTC)That really sucks. Emo and angst in the wee hours are the worst. *hugs*
If you want someone to talk to in the next hour, you can reach me at work: 1 800 771 5401. It works from the U.S., too, and is a public number. Things are really quiet right now, and I'm here until 06:30 (so an hour from now).
Re: Bee on flower & angst
Date: 2008-07-25 09:36 am (UTC)But the next hour is spent getting Himself out of the house and on the road without forgetting anything like, say, bug spray. Sun stuff. Spoons. There is camping gear from one end of the house to the other, as he is supplying not only himself but a couple of other folks also. It will take the whole hour to get him out of here with all his doodads and foodstuffs.
But thank you!
Re: Bee on flower & angst
Date: 2008-07-25 09:45 am (UTC)If after that you want someone to talk to, you can always email me at home and I can phone you then. I have to be awake anyway today in order to go run some errands.
I'll be back around 7:15 my time.
Although I'd much rather you were sleeping by then, needless to say. :)
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Date: 2008-07-25 02:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-25 02:50 pm (UTC)