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Hi all,
Its been a while but have been busy with remedial gardening work and my regular job.
I have a problem with my pot grown thyme.
For whatever the reason it seems to be drying out.
I had two varieties of thyme, one of which i put into my herb planter, and the other i purchased at a later time from a garden centre.
Its been potted up a few times, until i planted into its current pot.
It was fine for the first couple of months of being indoors since the end of October.
But for the past few weeks i've seen a lot of the plant starting to dry out.
I've only watered it about 6 times since it's been indoors as it doesn't drink that much water.
I'm guessing that it may be because of the soils pH.
I've come to this conclusion because the only thing, apart form being indoors, that has changed is that now, the only watering it gets is what i give it that comes straight from the tap.
My waters pH is around 7.2 and i'm guessing that watering using tap water, that this has changed the soils pH and in turn, caused the drying out.
I must add that i've only ever used a feed on it since it's been indoors 2 times.
I've been looking for my soil pH tester but i can't find it anywhere.
I went to B&Q the other day to get one but apparently they've stopped stocking them because they don't sell many and they are just letting the stocks dwindle.
So, based on what i my description, and i will get a picture up as soon as to help, what do you think?
Its been a while but have been busy with remedial gardening work and my regular job.
I have a problem with my pot grown thyme.
For whatever the reason it seems to be drying out.
I had two varieties of thyme, one of which i put into my herb planter, and the other i purchased at a later time from a garden centre.
Its been potted up a few times, until i planted into its current pot.
It was fine for the first couple of months of being indoors since the end of October.
But for the past few weeks i've seen a lot of the plant starting to dry out.
I've only watered it about 6 times since it's been indoors as it doesn't drink that much water.
I'm guessing that it may be because of the soils pH.
I've come to this conclusion because the only thing, apart form being indoors, that has changed is that now, the only watering it gets is what i give it that comes straight from the tap.
My waters pH is around 7.2 and i'm guessing that watering using tap water, that this has changed the soils pH and in turn, caused the drying out.
I must add that i've only ever used a feed on it since it's been indoors 2 times.
I've been looking for my soil pH tester but i can't find it anywhere.
I went to B&Q the other day to get one but apparently they've stopped stocking them because they don't sell many and they are just letting the stocks dwindle.
So, based on what i my description, and i will get a picture up as soon as to help, what do you think?
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