Living in Pennsylvania where temperatures are currently in the 20-30 degree range, I've come by a thyme plant with a long, woody, root tht runs horizontaly to the plant. This root has multiple fine filaments where it meets the upright portion of the plant and further down has some single slightly thicker extensions which also might be roots. Anyway, I'd like to pot this herb for indoors, i.e. until spring arrives, and have the following questions:
1. What particular potting soil mix would best serve this purpose?
2. And/or would some dirt dug up from the back yard be just as good?
3. If the main root was trimmed for potting, leaving just the fine tendrils section ... could other pieces of this main root, i.e. those with the single extensions, be potted to produce other, separate, plants?
Hello almanac.com:
Living in Pennsylvania where temperatures are currently in the 20-30 degree range, I've come by a thyme plant with a long, woody, root tht runs horizontaly to the plant. This root has multiple fine filaments where it meets the upright portion of the plant and further down has some single slightly thicker extensions which also might be roots. Anyway, I'd like to pot this herb for indoors, i.e. until spring arrives, and have the following questions:
1. What particular potting soil mix would best serve this purpose?
2. And/or would some dirt dug up from the back yard be just as good?
3. If the main root was trimmed for potting, leaving just the fine tendrils section ... could other pieces of this main root, i.e. those with the single extensions, be potted to produce other, separate, plants?
-Thanks for any inputs.