SOWING
Indoor: Anytime
Outdoor: Mar-Jun
GROW TIME
Germination: 14-28 days
Matures: 80-90 days
SPROUT SECRETS
Thyme can be a tricky character to sprout. Scatter the seeds on the surface of your soil in a container. Lightly cover with soil. Give it a good soak and cover with a clear bag or glass jar and then place it in a warm location. Once you have seedlings 5cm high, you can remove the clear top and keep growing them in containers or move on to bigger pots.
SPACING
Sow: 5cm apart
Plant: 22cm apart
WHAT THEY LOVE
Light: Partial Shade, Full Sun
Soil: Moist but well drained
Water: Every few days
Food: Weekly, between March until May
COMPANION PLANTS
Cabbage, Tomatoes, Eggplants, Potatoes, Blueberries, Shallots and Roses.
OUR TIPS
If growing for outside, sow in early spring in small pots, scatter a few seeds over the surface. Cover with a fine layer of compost and water gently. When the seeds are large enough prick out into individual pots.
Plants are fairly drought tolerant and don't like too much water. Place light layer of grit or gravel around plants in the ground to protect the foliage from wet soil.
remove fallen leaves that settle on thyme plants in autumn to prevent rotting.
Protect them in winter by placing in a sheltered spot.
