Purning of wormwood is best done in autumn? or is all year around alright?

Veg gardener said:

Purning of wormwood is best done in autumn? or is all year around alright?

Hack it back any time you like but if done now.. leave some young(not woody) growth and water it.

Try the experiment….very hard to kill. I just cut it whenever it gets out of hand. You can always stick a couple of sticks in for new plants anyway……every bit grows (around here, anyway)

One other thing I did trial with the bits I cut off……I chop them smallish and lay them between the plants in the veggie patch…seems to dissuade snails and other Eaters to some extent.

buffy said:

Try the experiment….very hard to kill. I just cut it whenever it gets out of hand. You can always stick a couple of sticks in for new plants anyway……every bit grows (around here, anyway)

One other thing I did trial with the bits I cut off……I chop them smallish and lay them between the plants in the veggie patch…seems to dissuade snails and other Eaters to some extent.

Yes, wormwood is reputed to have insect repellant properties

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

Try the experiment….very hard to kill. I just cut it whenever it gets out of hand. You can always stick a couple of sticks in for new plants anyway……every bit grows (around here, anyway)

One other thing I did trial with the bits I cut off……I chop them smallish and lay them between the plants in the veggie patch…seems to dissuade snails and other Eaters to some extent.

Yes, wormwood is reputed to have insect repellant properties

put the soft leaves in the chooks’ nesting boxes.

buffy said:

Try the experiment….very hard to kill. I just cut it whenever it gets out of hand. You can always stick a couple of sticks in for new plants anyway……every bit grows (around here, anyway)

One other thing I did trial with the bits I cut off……I chop them smallish and lay them between the plants in the veggie patch…seems to dissuade snails and other Eaters to some extent.

yeah plan is to take cuttings to plant out near the hives in the tree area along a fence line so the goats can eat them.

I suspect even goats may not eat wormwood, it is bitter as all get out. And they might get high…I wonder how much preparation it actually takes to make absinthe? Your goats might have a great time if they digest it the right way!

Veg gardener said:

buffy said:

Try the experiment….very hard to kill. I just cut it whenever it gets out of hand. You can always stick a couple of sticks in for new plants anyway……every bit grows (around here, anyway)

One other thing I did trial with the bits I cut off……I chop them smallish and lay them between the plants in the veggie patch…seems to dissuade snails and other Eaters to some extent.

yeah plan is to take cuttings to plant out near the hives in the tree area along a fence line so the goats can eat them.

Here used to shade trunks of newly planted and grafted Persica.