Comment on Lemon, ginger and lemon balm beer
alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
Somehow, this plant gets mauled by local grasses in my garden. I’ve tried growing this weed many times, sourcing from different places - I had experience with mint relatives as being super invasive - but every year, it just doesn’t stand to competition here. Savo biomes are mad.
tasankovasara@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
Maybe it would help to make a mini bed just for it? Mine is in a bed and it’s been easy and vigorous. We have pretty wild natural undergrowth too; it would be nice to have lemon balm here and there as fuck yous to mosquitoes (I’ll wager the aroma is of the repelling kind) but if it doesn’t compete, that might not be as easy…
alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
These mad plants crawl everywhere. Sure, I have those bonsai trees I care for, but spending this much effort on a grass seems a bit mad. I’ll try to grow it a winter garden. I think the edge of native grasses comes mainly from winter fungal activity under snow that they somehow benefit from; if I manage to exclude that from local system, things might change.