is it safe to eat?

Hi, really glad to have found this forum and hope someone can advise me.
About two years ago I bought two container pots each containing ivy (golden ingot i think), a fur tree and something brushy and green..i only just realised today the brushy plant is rosemary! The fur tree died ages ago and I pulled it out but the rosemary and the ivy are thriving...I did feed it a couple of time but generally it just gets left alone unless it's very dry and water it.

I am over the moon to have a herb but wonder is it safe to eat, growing the the same pot as this ivy?

If so I would like to take the ivy out and replant somewhere else and add another herb into the pot, would that be ok and do I have to be careful about what sort of herb to put in? I fancy corriander.

Lastly what should I be doing to care for my herb/s?

Many thanks:lollol:

 

You can eat the rosemary no problem Jemster-and welcome to the forum.


You can of course remove the ivy, don't bother refreshing the compost-herbs like it. I grow coriander quite easily each yr but some people have problems with it-I don't know why, you can buy a starter plant from the garden centre, plonk it in and away it goes.

 

I don't see a problem about eating the rosemary Jemster.

Coriander grows very easily But I wouldn't put it in with rosemary. Rosemary is happy to be hot and dry but coriander prefers to be cool and damp. Coriander can run away to seed quite quickly but you can just plant a new pot every couple of weeks.

And welcome to the forum.

 

thankyou very much for your help...would you believe tha since having this herb i have several times bought rosemary in a packet from the supermarket and even in DRIED form???????????It only registered today what it was!!!Am going to take out the ivy and plant another one in there, not sure what yet. I am having pasta tonight and have my oil and garlic and lemon juice at the ready....:p

 

I wouldn't put Coriander and Rosemary too close together personally. Coriander grows tall and leafy very quickly, and Rosemary loves the sun, in fact it can't get enough of it. Also Rosemary thrives in a slightly poor, sandy soil and likes dry conditions. It can go for weeks without water. In my experience it is far easier to over water Rosemary than to not water it enough. Coriander prefers moist conditions.

Personally, if I was making up a herb planter that was both decorative and useful, I'd go for a combination of Rosemary, Thyme and Oregano. It will look good, smell fantastic, and those three herbs all like similar conditions. If I was going to grow Coriander again, I'd have that in a separate container, or sharing with Parsley or Basil, or maybe even Mint (although the Mint would probably force out any annual/biennial herbs it has to share with).

 

Yep, agree with Clueless, Coriander is best grown on its own in a pot. Its easy to sow from seed, as is Basil, another good one to have for cooking - fresh basil tastes divine.