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Savory smells as good as it looks! Learn how you can grow savory in your garden or pots.
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Lovage has similar uses to celery and a similar flavour. You can use it in soups and stews, while the young leaves can be used in salads. Grows well as a companion plant for other herbs and vegies.
How to grow lovage in a garden
- Choose a sunny position with well drained soil. Add some Yates Thrive Natural Blood & Bone with Seaweed to add nutrients in to the soil. Water in well. Plants need to be well mulched to keep them moist.
- Plant seeds directly into the soil making sure they are well spaced, cover lightly with Yates Seed Raising Mix and water regularly.
- Once seeds have emerged feed with a liquid fertiliser like Yates Thrive Natural Fish Seaweed+ Plant Food Concentrate.
- Harvest new leaves before flowering, will die down in winter.
How to grow lovage in a pot
- To grow in a pot, the pot needs to be 300 mm wide and deep. Choose a sunny position in spring, but will grow in half the days’ shade in summer. Use a good quality potting mix like Yates Premium Potting Mix. Water well.
- Sow seed direct and space well. Keep seedlings covered with Yates Black Magic Seed Raising Mix and water well.
- Once seedlings emerge fertilise with Yates Thrive Natural Fish Seaweed+ Plant Food Concentrate.
- Make sure you keep the soil moist.
- Harvest new leaves when they appear. Harvest for storage before flowering.
Growing tips
- Alkaline soil is preferred.
- Will die down completely in winter.
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Recommended products
Yates Thrive Natural Blood & Bone with Seaweed
A certified organic garden input boosted with NZ Seaweed to gently nourish plants, enrich the soil and encourage a strong healthy root system.
Yates Thrive Natural Fish & Seaweed+ Plant Food Concentrate
A complete plant food enriched with natural fish, seaweed, humates, molasses and more - boosted with NPK to improve plant and soil vitality.
Yates Black Magic Seed Raising Mix
Specially formulated for trouble-free seed raising in trays (or outdoor seed sowing direclty into the ground) and propagation of cuttings.
Yates Premium Potting Mix
A premium potting mix, ideal for all potted plants and shrubs, including ornamentals, fruit trees, vegies and herbs.
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