Comments on: Watering Lavender and Co-Growth http://garden.katzke.net/2009/05/watering-lavender-and-co-growth/ A Carpetbagging Yankee Tries To Grow Things in South Central Texas Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:40:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mike http://garden.katzke.net/2009/05/watering-lavender-and-co-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Mike Wed, 13 May 2009 01:23:57 +0000 http://garden.katzke.net/?p=535#comment-188 I have tried 3 times now to start rosemary from seed; has yet to do anything and it's been about 3-4 months. However, I'm glad I found this post because I've killed every seedling of lavendar I've started and couldn't figure out why. I was watering them on the same schedule as everything else and I guess I was just soaking them to death? I'm going to give it another shot starting tonight and not water them as often once they start spouting. Thanks! I have tried 3 times now to start rosemary from seed; has yet to do anything and it’s been about 3-4 months. However, I’m glad I found this post because I’ve killed every seedling of lavendar I’ve started and couldn’t figure out why. I was watering them on the same schedule as everything else and I guess I was just soaking them to death? I’m going to give it another shot starting tonight and not water them as often once they start spouting.

Thanks!

]]> By: Fiona http://garden.katzke.net/2009/05/watering-lavender-and-co-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Fiona Sun, 10 May 2009 16:27:46 +0000 http://garden.katzke.net/?p=535#comment-184 I used to grow a ton of rosemary and other desert-lovers in our garden in SoCal. What I found there is that so long as the soil drains well, you can water as much as you like. The more you water, the more green, lush, and bloom-y they'll be. They can do fine without the water, but will thrive with it. We had drip irrigation that went on every night for 15 minutes and provided a lot of water. Then, the plants spent a hot, dry, sometimes very windy day living between concrete slabs (sidewalk and pool). They were like monsters. Huge. So I wouldn't worry too much about over-watering, if it's dry and your pots are draining well. I used to grow a ton of rosemary and other desert-lovers in our garden in SoCal. What I found there is that so long as the soil drains well, you can water as much as you like. The more you water, the more green, lush, and bloom-y they’ll be. They can do fine without the water, but will thrive with it.

We had drip irrigation that went on every night for 15 minutes and provided a lot of water. Then, the plants spent a hot, dry, sometimes very windy day living between concrete slabs (sidewalk and pool). They were like monsters. Huge. So I wouldn’t worry too much about over-watering, if it’s dry and your pots are draining well.

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