Oregano from seed

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LiseP San Antonio, TX(Zone 8b) Feb 20, 2011

Does anyone have experience with growing oregano from seed? I dropped my packet of oregano seeds into a puddle of water, so decided to spread the "seed paste" across the tops of a few pots rather then lose them.

Fast forward a few days and I have several hundred little buggers coming up. Pretty funny, really, and very cute! It looks like moss growing, but that's a definite problem since the proper spacing for the plants is about 15" LOL.

Sofar, I have scooped out a spoonful of the "moss" into a few individual pots but that still means about a dozen plants in a 3" pot -- I know I'll have to whittle it down to one plant but not sure at what point I should do that. How tall? How old? I obviously can't keep hundreds of oregano plants but it's sure hard to kill off those cute little babies.
Any tips would be great.

And -- anyone know if they can actually be used as edible landscaping? I was planning on doing them in pots, but here in San Antonio, maybe they could go into the ground? A whole row edging my raised bed would be very cool!
Thanks for any advice.

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HoneybeeNC Charlotte, NC(Zone 7b) Feb 21, 2011

LiseP - I had Greek Oregano growing in a large pot. The second year I split it into three and gave one to my neighbor. Last year, I again split each into three and set some out in the garden.

One of those plants was in the pole bean bed. It grew, and grew, and grew! Because it had spread so much, I pulled up about half, and it grew back. I left if over winter. Yesterday I trimmed it back sharply, but it's still very green.

So, if you have Greek Oregano - be careful what you wish for! (LOL)

It also has very thick, tough roots!

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LiseP San Antonio, TX(Zone 8b) Feb 21, 2011

HoneybeeNC wrote: >>So, if you have Greek Oregano - be careful what you wish for! (LOL) >>

I already fell victim to that kind of wishing when I wished the seed to come up - I swear, I have upwards of 1000 plants - and now you're telling me that ONE can overtake you? LOL!! But I don't think it's Greek oregano. I hope I can still find the seed packet.

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LiseP San Antonio, TX(Zone 8b) Feb 21, 2011

It's "oregano vulgaris" (common oregano), fwiw.

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HoneybeeNC Charlotte, NC(Zone 7b) Feb 22, 2011

LiseP - Hopefully your "Oregano Vulgaris" will not spread too much. Yesterday, I checked the other patches of "Greek Oregano" and sure enough, they have survived!

Now I'm wondering if I could replace the grass in the front of the house and use it as a ground cover - no more mowing! (I hate grass!)

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