1stop Organic Gardening

I just want to show you quickly how some plants die down through winter, and then rejuvinate themselves as soon as it starts to get warmer again.

Here’s a photo of my Stevia plant. Stevia’s the sweetner herb. You dry the leaves and use them as a sugar substitute. This is when I first bought the plant and it was in vigorous growth.

Below are photos of how it suffers from the cold (left) and what to do about it (right).

Just take your snips and trim off all the old and withered wood, leaving a little of the old wood. When the basal leaves grow larger you can trim it down lower if you want to.

So don’t despair if some of your herbs seem to die over winter. Many herbs actually need the cold to rejuvenate themselves for the following growing season.

Happy Organic Gardening, Healthy Living…

Julie

Filed under: Herbs, Uncategorized on August 11th, 2008