I want to grow my own curry leaves ( https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/354374/be ... ii/details ) I wanted to do this ages ago but it didn't suit our nomadic lifestyle. Also, at that time many plant nurseries had a waiting list for the plants! I've now found a retailer who seems worth a try and they're selling the small plants/seedlings in a 'root control pot'.
Why might I want to pay extra for a root control pot? Wouldn't I want to unleash the plant and let it grow as big as it wants?
Thanks in advance.
Root control pot?
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I checked it out on Google. Of course I could have done that in the first place. Just thought it would have been nice to hear from real people like you guys rather than a machine.
Apparently the root control thing is to prevent the plant from expending all its energy on putting down roots. If you restrict its root activity it works harder on making the plant.
Now my husband and I are debating about looking after the curry leaf plant. I'm saying that with one of these lights we use for our little hydroponics it'll be fine, ie if we can grow a mini Thai garden in the Ukrainian winter I don't see why I can't grow curry leaves indoor in Scotland. He says Ukraine had a lot more daylight than we can expect up here.
I think I'll just go and buy the darned little plant and prove him wrong. Or am I being daft?
On the subject of curry leaves, he managed to get some fresh ones from Waitrose so I'm going to make turbot with crispy Jersey Royals with curry leaves. Might even make a makhani sauce. This is gonna be good!
Apparently the root control thing is to prevent the plant from expending all its energy on putting down roots. If you restrict its root activity it works harder on making the plant.
Now my husband and I are debating about looking after the curry leaf plant. I'm saying that with one of these lights we use for our little hydroponics it'll be fine, ie if we can grow a mini Thai garden in the Ukrainian winter I don't see why I can't grow curry leaves indoor in Scotland. He says Ukraine had a lot more daylight than we can expect up here.
I think I'll just go and buy the darned little plant and prove him wrong. Or am I being daft?
On the subject of curry leaves, he managed to get some fresh ones from Waitrose so I'm going to make turbot with crispy Jersey Royals with curry leaves. Might even make a makhani sauce. This is gonna be good!
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I have looked at them Stravaig, & also noted trees & shrubs in them at the Garden Centre. My main beef with them is they aren't aesthetically pleasing to look at & I wonder if they would be more vulnerable to really cold weather if a plant had to be left out? But if the professionals are using them they probably would have done their research. Mind if you can access fresh curry leaves do you need to have a plant??
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It's about satisfaction. You should know that! Why do you have an allotment when you could just buy the stuff at Tesco? 
Really, I like to grow my own 'exotic' herbs even if they might be available without too much trouble. (They weren't in Ukraine but it's different here.) But I would rather have them in a pot in my back garden than have to get husband to drive 15 mins each way to get the things from Waitrose and then pay a small fortune for them.
It's nice to grow your own stuff.
I've still never quite got over British Embassy staff going into what had been our home, disposing of our belongings without any participation from us, and not one of them had the sense to record what was sold, to whom and for how much. Then they blamed us for misunderstanding and then they said that different people have different perceptions. In which case I assume they won't mind me telling others my perception, which is that they pretty much looted what had been our home.
I just want to do a few things that make me happy. Such as growing my own curry leaves.
Really, I like to grow my own 'exotic' herbs even if they might be available without too much trouble. (They weren't in Ukraine but it's different here.) But I would rather have them in a pot in my back garden than have to get husband to drive 15 mins each way to get the things from Waitrose and then pay a small fortune for them.
It's nice to grow your own stuff.
I've still never quite got over British Embassy staff going into what had been our home, disposing of our belongings without any participation from us, and not one of them had the sense to record what was sold, to whom and for how much. Then they blamed us for misunderstanding and then they said that different people have different perceptions. In which case I assume they won't mind me telling others my perception, which is that they pretty much looted what had been our home.
I just want to do a few things that make me happy. Such as growing my own curry leaves.