Tarragon is a perennial herb with long, light green leaves and tiny greenish or yellowish white flowers. Here’s how to grow tarragon in your herb garden!
For cooking, use French tarragon. Russian tarragon can easily be mistaken for French, but Russian tarragon is coarser and less flavorful than French tarragon.
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I just started growing
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?
How to grow tarragon plant
My comment is like submitted by jink last May 17, 2015, why this happened?? thanks I hope you can answer and advised.
The only real disease 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).
I grew tarragon from seed and
I grew tarragon from seed and used a florescent tube growing light.
Your probably growing Russian
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
is it safe to eat tarragon buds and flowers?
Hi, EJ: Like who knows how
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!
Tarragon from seed
I grew Tarragon from seed a couple of years ago and it is still going strong in my garden! :) ~ christine (Loveland, CO)