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Nature's Babe
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 Do you Tickle your Herbs ? Apparently herbs grown under cover or indoors love a good tickle! http://your.asda.com/2011/7/1/asda-herb ... ng-machine
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Nature's Babe
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Re: Do you Tickle your Herbs ? Actually the quality of their herbs was excellent, I purchased a small leaved basil last time I was in there,to see if I like that type of basil, repotted it is still going strong and there is a reward for tickling it, the aroma is divine, and I can almost hear it giggle!
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alan refail
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Re: Do you Tickle your Herbs ? Do you Tickle your Herbs ?
Er, no!
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oldherbaceous
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Re: Do you Tickle your Herbs ? If any ladies feel like tickling, i won't be in the least offended. 
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Nature's Babe
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Re: Do you Tickle your Herbs ? Well ... you are Old Herb acious !  Tickle tickle t....
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Colin_M
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Re: Do you Tickle your Herbs ? Sorry to bring this discussion back to earth I was just going to add to NB's initial comment. A few years ago, I remember reading a nurseryman say that they always ran a hand over the growing tips of all their plants each day. They noticed that the ones they did this to generally grew more strongly and vigorously than ones that hadn't had this treatment. Obviously this isn't a scientific experiment, but interesting nevertheless.
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Monika
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Re: Do you Tickle your Herbs ? I often "tickle" my herbs, just to release the beautiful aromas, particularly the mints, fennel and basils.
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Nature's Babe
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Re: Do you Tickle your Herbs ? It's such a natural thing to do Monika. The nurse who visited Mum this morning trailed her hand over my apple mint as she was leaving.
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oldherbaceous
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Re: Do you Tickle your Herbs ? The Wonderful old boy who lived next door, "sadly passed away now" would always do that as he walked pass his lavendar.
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Nature's Babe
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Re: Do you Tickle your Herbs ? Hi OH, at the moment I am concentrating my efforts on producing veg, but when I have time to develop the front garden I will plant the lavender and fragrant plants where they are accessible to touch, like your neighbour did.
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oldherbaceous
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Re: Do you Tickle your Herbs ? Dear Nature's Babe, i'm re-doing my front garden over the next year, i'm trying to aim for a scented garden all year.
Not as easy as i had first thought.....
I am lucky in that it is in full sun and light cottage soil.
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peter
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Re: Do you Tickle your Herbs ? Include a "curry plant". 
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Nature's Babe
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Re: Do you Tickle your Herbs ? Don't forget the climbers OH , honeysuckle Lonicera 'Belgica', and Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’, and Jasmine too. and some Lilacs are beautifully perfumed.
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Smurfy
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Re: Do you Tickle your Herbs ? Just a question about this 'tickling'. Is it meant to replicate heavy wind and therefore produce stronger roots?
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Nature's Babe
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Re: Do you Tickle your Herbs ? Hi Smurfy, it is supposed to mimic wind and rain, and produces sturdier and more compact plants, did you watch the video? I guess being undercover is not very stimulating for plants.
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