Growing Sage

[HunkieDorie23]

I have never grown sage before. On Christmas night my daughter and I started some sage seed. We sprinkled about 15-20 seeds into 2 3" pots with a little potting soil. Most of them had sprouted by Jan 1. They are growing great but here is my question. Do I need to separate them into 1-2 sprout per pot or just let them go? I would not put 15-20 basil seedling into a 3" pot that would be ridiculous, so is it ridiculous to leave 15-20 sage sprout into a 3" pot. They have primary and secondary leaves now so they should be able to withstand the move right.

 

[Greenthumb18]

If you want you could thin the extra seedlings out and just keep 2 or 3 seedlings per pot. Yeah I think it would be too much to keep in a 3" pot you'll have a lot of competition between all those plants. Otherwise if you want to save all the seedlings they should be ready to move if they have their true leaves.

Hope this helps some!

 

[HunkieDorie23]

That is what I thought. I was planning on starting some more to give for mother's day but maybe I don't have to now. Thanks.

 

[Greenthumb18]

That is what I thought. I was planning on starting some more to give for mother's day but maybe I don't have to now. Thanks.

No problem, good luck with your sage. I started just a few sage seeds maybe 5 years ago and now all I have in the herb garden is sage. Once you get your sage plants in the garden in a year or two they'll bloom and scatter their seeds everywhere, and you'll wind up with more sage you'lll ever need . Sage is great with meats and pasta as well....

 

[HunkieDorie23]

Like oregano. I dug some of that up last year and planted it in my chicken run because my chicken love it, then we had preseasoned omlets. It was gone within a week.

 

[hoodat]

Like oregano. I dug some of that up last year and planted it in my chicken run because my chicken love it, then we had preseasoned omlets. It was gone within a week.

I like oregano also but I prefer the Mexican oregano for several reasons. It is a bush rather than prostrate so it doesn't try to take over. It has more "bite" to it and keeps its flavor better when dried.
Mexican oregano isn't a real oregano. It's a member of the verbena family but it tastes like oregano and that's good enough for me.

 

[lesa]

Greenthumb, did your sage reseed in NY? I had given mine up for dead, maybe I should check for little seedlings in the spring?

 

[Greenthumb18]

Greenthumb, did your sage reseed in NY? I had given mine up for dead, maybe I should check for little seedlings in the spring?

lesa,
They sure did, they bloomed nice purple flowers then the seeds came and scatter everywhere in the garden. If you want I can send you some small sage plants that grew last season, in the spring?

 

[lesa]

Thanks so much. Let me see if I get some of my own... I really didn't think they would reseed. I will let you know what I find. Crossing my fingers that a lot of my herbs will reseed. With such a mild winter, I think they have a good chance.