Comments on: Dead Thyme

By: Claire!

Claire! — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:18:28 +0000

sorry about your thyme — it’s such a sad and painful sight and I commiserate. the trick to giving mediterranean herbs (like thyme, rosemary, lavender, sage) a better chance at success in our tropical climate is to NEVER let their leaves stay wet overnight. For thyme, in fact, it would be best to avoid wetting their leaves altogether except when you spray them with organic foliar fertilizers. Even then, spray them early in the morning. The problem, however, is that they also like lots of sun! So it’s tricky finding them a comfortably cool spot, shielded from the rain but getting lots of sunlight! Hope you have better luck next time. There’s no such thing as a black thumb — you just need a greener mind :-)

By: betty

betty — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:49:37 +0000

thanks marketman! :D

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 22:04:04 +0000

betty, welcome to the site and thanks for visiting and leaving those links…

By: betty

betty — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:09:28 +0000

i love your site and i’ve been looking around here for 2 hours now (ayayay, trite, but true).
the dead thyme made me cross over from stealth mode. i kill plants too. i got a bunch of herbs (rosemary, lavender, chocolate mint, sweet basil, and thai basil) from an officemate a year ago. to date, only the thai basil has survived, and only because it’s pretty easy to make cuttings and propagate. i’m sure the mother plant died a long time ago.
i never learn, though, so i plan to go buy some more plants to kill soon (shh, don’t tell them). i haven’t been to the garden (the proprietor’s husband just brings them to me when we have a meeting), but the place i get them from is hierba which is somewhere in new manila. not too expensive, although they start small (more chances to traumatize the poor things). they have email (jardindehierba@yahoo.com) but no website.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 15:24:16 +0000

The sight of a dried-up thyme plant is all too familiar. Accept my condolences MarketMan, believe me I know the feeling. Heheh.

I dream of one day filling all the planters in our patio seating section with herbs instead of ornamental plants, but I guess I have to wait for my black thumb to turn green before attempting it.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 06:50:32 +0000

Again, amusement in the oddest areas…thanks for the comments… and Ron, thankfully I have a huge established kaffir lime just four feet outside my window where I write this post…

By: kusinero

kusinero — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 06:00:22 +0000

WOW! ok na ok yan sa Pork Dinuguan ko, pahingi naman Mr. MM

By: Kai

Kai — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 05:38:07 +0000

And forgive me, too, but that was a witty message from Rey. Dried thyme, haha!

By: Ronx

Ronx — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 19:52:29 +0000

Yup, I also killed a lot of herbs – thyme, rosemary, lavendar. They are all similar in their requirements: strong sun, and as Michelle mentioned, they don’t like overly wet soil. The good thing is, most of the common herbs are readily available. There’s a store in SM Megamall near National Bookstore. They sometimes have rosemary, tarragon, and at least two kinds of basils – Thai and Sweet.

One time, I had about twenty rosemary plants, carefully propagated from branches of my mother plant. Well, one by one, they all went to heaven. I have better luck with basil, galanggal, and different flavors of mints. My present favorite is this very mild flavored basil, with large leaves. I use it like lettuce leaves in sandwiches. No trace of camphor or that pine-y overtones that I sometimes get from my stronger-flavored sweet basil. It’s summertime, though, so the oils are more concentrated, and most of my basils are over the hill – so the flavor is strong. A bit unpleasant, actually, if I use it in large quantities, so pesto-making is on hold for now.

I still have lots of kaffir lime leaves, though, MM. If your supplier runs out, and you are in the mood for Tom Yum, I can give you some, next time I’m in Manila.

Ron

By: stef

stef — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:47:44 +0000

nakalimutan mo lang diligin. also, perennial herbs like these do better in the ground. if you want seeds, i can send you some. thyme should actually do fine there as long as it’s adequately (but not overly) watered. chaka pag sobrang init puede nga siguro sa loob muna.