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    Hi All

    Wonder if you could be so kind to help with this. I want to grow Borage. Seed packet says April/May, however some websites says its perenial and others say it is an annual.
    Do you think it would be ok to sow and treat as a perennial in the south west or should i be patient and wait?

    Whats your experience with Borage.

    Thanks very much.
    http://herbie-veggiepatch.blogspot.com

    Updated 23rd February 2009

  • #2
    I always thought it was an annual but self seeded like crazy, you could sow some now and the rest next year.

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    • #3
      I grew some this year for the first-time in the top of a herb planter, it was grown from
      seed early march.

      What I have lernt is it gets very tall but the stems are hollow and it needs supporting
      the whole length of the stem because if you get heavy rain it will snap under its own weight, i made the mistake of only supporting about 2/3 of the way up and by mid June they were about 4ft high with amazing flowers and bees going mad around it, then we had a heavy rain storm and the whole thing just toppled to the ground

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      • #4
        Thanks TEB

        Will give it a go as everyone says it has two choices. I just wondered if someone had grown it and had experience of it coming back after the winter.
        http://herbie-veggiepatch.blogspot.com

        Updated 23rd February 2009

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        • #5
          Yes, it comes back every year ... it self-seeds everywhere
          All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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          • #6
            Thanks Two Sheds and Northwest for your replies, going to sow some after tea.
            http://herbie-veggiepatch.blogspot.com

            Updated 23rd February 2009

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            • #7
              Mine self seeds like mad - and io's shedding seed about now. So it should be ok for next year's crop to sow a few now. Once you've got it you'll never be without it!
              Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

              www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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              • #8
                Thanks Flummery will give it ago. I saw it on a neighbours allotment and just love the flowers, hopefully it will give the bees something to do next year
                http://herbie-veggiepatch.blogspot.com

                Updated 23rd February 2009

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                • #9
                  Bocking 14 Borage is a perennial developed in the 1950s that produces sterile flowers. That is propagated by division and so doesn't get invasive. 'Normal' Borage is a self-seeding annual and can be very invasive but either type makes the most wonderful liquid fertiliser by 'fermenting' it in rain water. I use nothing else but having been 'caught' with the standard stuff now have Bocking 14. It still spreads a bit but is controllable to one area. It won't matter when you plant the seed. It is rampant.
                  Why didn't Noah just swat those 2 greenflies?

                  Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
                  >
                  >If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

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                  • #10
                    Comfrey? Bocking 14.
                    Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

                    www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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                    • #11
                      Sorry. Got my mind on other things. (Or maybe too much Pimms'? )
                      Why didn't Noah just swat those 2 greenflies?

                      Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
                      >
                      >If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

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                      • #12
                        Borage has been self-seeding in my garden for over 20 years - I love it even though
                        yes, it gets too tall,
                        yes, it sometimes falls over and
                        yes, it pops up anywhere and everywhere.

                        It's a great plant for bees and as someone else said, can be used in a home-made liquid plant food.
                        My hopes are not always realized but I always hope (Ovid)

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by maytreefrannie View Post
                          It's a great plant for bees and as someone else said, can be used in a home-made liquid plant food.

                          Is this a euphemism for Pimms? Or can it really be used like Comfrey? A win-(hic)-win situation!

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by basketcase View Post
                            Is this a euphemism for Pimms? Or can it really be used like Comfrey? A win-(hic)-win situation!
                            It is all my fault. I make liquid fertiliser from both. Comfrey is very high in N. and Borage is high in P. Must admit though, despite my recent propensity to get mixed up, that Borage is far better in Pimms. At least I surmise that it is. I've never got that confused.
                            Why didn't Noah just swat those 2 greenflies?

                            Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
                            >
                            >If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by sarraceniac View Post
                              Comfrey is very high in N. and Borage is high in P.
                              Does the 'P' stand for Pimms?
                              Saraceniac, have I been missing your posts or have you been away from the Vine for a bit?
                              There is a war going on for your mind. If you are thinking you are winning.

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