i agree with veg4681 that alot of the time it is easier to just buy a small herb for around 1:50 or less if your lucky, my mint i tried from seed last may, has decided to shoot now, i had given up on it and just left the pot out to the elements, i think some plants just know you are willing them to grow but are like kids and wont do as there blimin told , must admit i am jealous of nellie's sage though it huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge mines well feeling sorry for its self at the mo