Lovage leaves going brown

[Marb67]

Well for the life of me I have no idea why seemingly hardy and tough plant like Lovage should suddenly develop brown and drying leaves but they are all going that way fast. It's in a pot with some garden soil (which it is supposed to like) and pro quality nursery compost. It is placed in full sun but doesn't get it all day.

[veggiechicken]

How big's the pot, Marb? My lovage is 4-5' tall and would need a huge pot to contain it.
Treat it like celery and give it lots of water.

[Marb67]

About 7-8"

[veggiechicken]

Is it a young plant?
Don't let it dry out.

[Marb67]

It's part of an old one I split into three plants at the beginning of spring.

[TrixC]

Check that it's not leaf miner, lovage is quite prone to that.

[sparrow100]

How big's the pot, Marb? My lovage is 4-5' tall and would need a huge pot to contain it.
Treat it like celery and give it lots of water.

Very handy to know. Mine's a young plant and in a 15in pot on my balcony. Sounds like it won't be able to stay there unless I keep replacing with new young plants.

[veggiechicken]

You may be able to keep it small with constant picking. I could feed the whole of Wales with mine!

[Tarragon2017]

Can you give us some lovage recipes.

I have just replanted my lovage to a 3 litre pot but prob will go for a 7.5 litre pot in the middle to the end of July.

Mine is also going brown and the ants keep being attracted.

Will constant picking harm the plant

[veggiechicken]

Lovage recipes at http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...one_63010.html

[Jay-ell]

Very handy to know. Mine's a young plant and in a 15in pot on my balcony. Sounds like it won't be able to stay there unless I keep replacing with new young plants.

If you want a more petit plant that doesn't require you to feed an army to keep it down you could look at Scots Lovage, which only gets a couple of feet tall.