Planting, Growing, and Harvesting Tarragon
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I live in zone 5, Southern Finland. My French tarragon stays out all winter, even at -25C. I don't cover it with anything and it's one of the first plants up every Spring. There's no reason to coddle it. It doesn't need fertilizer. I barely water it. It's about as independent a herb as you could ever hope for.
what to feed tarragon ?
Use a standard fertilizer made for foliar (leaf) growth. A “balanced” fertilizer will do.
I just started growing FrenchTarragon in a pot a month ago, but lately i noticed that the leaves on the bottom started to dry. And some of the stems turns yellow. What shall i do with that?
The only real disease that troubles tarragon is rust. What you described are not symptoms of rust. I suspect it is a water-related issue. It may need a little more than you are giving it. When you water, give it a good soak, then let it dry out before soaking it again (versus frequent shallow watering).
My comment is like submitted by jink last May 17, 2015, why this happened?? thanks I hope you can answer and advised.
I grew tarragon from seed and used a florescent tube growing light.
Your probably growing Russian tarragon if you grew it from seed, not french, which has a better flavor...Russian tarragon is pretty much a weed
is it safe to eat tarragon buds and flowers?
Hi, EJ: Like who knows how many things these days, tarragon has been found to possibly have carcinogenic and/or mutagenic effects in the lab (animals). The jury is still out, but it is very probable that even if this is true, you would have to ingest huge amounts of tarragon at every meal for the rest of your life (however abbreviated it may or may not be!) in order to be harmed. You do what you want. We eat them!