Thyme and Thyme again

[Paulottie]

...they don't come up. I sowed one packet half a dozen times over a few years and I've now brought fresh seed but i have yet to see one sprout in a fortnight. Help, has anyone got any tips?

[Birdie Wife]

Buy a plant and take cuttings! So much easier than seed.

[Paulottie]

Thank you, i have done this in the past-all dead now but i'm quite stubborn and want to germinate some! i'm soaking some seed in warm water in the airing cupboard tonight!

[Earthbabe]

I've always found they germinated well in a degree of warmth and not too wet. I have never soaked them just plonked them on moist compost and covered with a light layer. They will grow through vermiculite too. The first lot I tried were Mr T's seed and they are growing away happily on the lottie in their little patch.

[MrsC]

hi all, put some seeds in bout 7 days ago, beginning to sprout very well in plastic greenhouse outside, never grown from seed b4, do u plant out in clumps and at what stage?

[borage]

I've grown from seed for the 1st time this year and they were sown in a container and placed on the window sill. Germinated well but were slow to make growth in the beginning but I now have 5 lovely little plants.

[Paulottie]

Hooray! there are two minuscule seedlings poking out the vermiculite! OK, may take a while 'till I taste thyme and orange glazed carrots again -but a start nonetheless!!

[Mushroom]

planting thyme in garden?

Hi
I have a thyme in a pot, I keep repotting it, but its getting bigger- if I plant it in my garden, will it get out of control or keep to a reasonable size?
Do they do ok in the garden rather than a pot?
thanks

[Paulottie]

They can get quite big but not uncontrollable. Planted out, I find they last a couple of years then die off in patches till there is nothing left..