New to growing herbs (in pots) - running into some troubles!

Hey all,

First of all thanks in advance for any help you can give me

A few weeks ago I planted some herbs in pots for the first time. They are in an area that gets 3-4 hours of sun a day and I water them every 1-2 days. Things were going very well up until a couple of days ago when I started to notice a few of the plants drooping or falling over on itself. It's as if the stems are getting long and are too weak to support the plant so they fall to the side.

I did some quick googling but wasn't able to nail down the problem for sure. It may be that I need to re-pot the herbs in a bigger pot or something else that I haven't though of.

I took a few photos of my herb pot plant garden so if anyone could direct me on how to save the plants it would be greatly appreciated! The ones with the biggest problems are flat-leaf parsley, coriander and dill. The chives also seem to not be doing fantastically.

All plants:


Parsley:


Coriander:


Dill:


Chives:


Thanks!

Roy

 

Hello and welcome to GC!! Your herbs look just fine to me. Corriander and dill are annual so won't last the winter. My corriander has flopped over too but there's nothing wrong with it, just tall. I've pulled my dill now and am drying it. You can grow either of those on a sunny window in the house if you prefer fresh. You can trim the mint and the thyme back a bit just to keep them tidy. They don't LOOK pot bound but it's hard to tell without removing them and checking the roots. BTW where did you get those nice pots???

 

My feeling is that there are too many plants in the same pot and no space for the roots.

 

Thanks for the warm welcome

I got the pots from our local hardware store (Bunnings) here in Sydney. They were mighty cheap and look great so I couldn't be happier with them! My only concern is that some of them are too small for the herbs in them which is what mireflores touched on -- would repotting the trouble plants into larger pots solve the weak steam problem?

 

Not with the corriander or the dill. Just use those and plant more. Check the others to see if they need bigger pots and if so replant. Keep them trimmed back so they get bushy and not leggy. I just repotted mine yesterday and gave them a bit of a haircut.

 

Can anyone tell me if I can freeze Dill?
I find freezing herbs more convenient than drying personally. I means hey are harvested, chopped and frozen all within minutes.