When sowing marjoram, you should not be too generous. The herb is so flavorful that you only need a few leaves to refine a dish. All you have to do is decide whether you want to plant annual marjoram or biennial oregano.

Sow marjoram or oregano

Marjoram in its cultivated form is not hardy. It is therefore grown as an annual herb and sown anew every year.

Oregano, wild marjoram, also tolerates low minus temperatures. You can keep it in the garden for two years.

The right location

Marjoram likes it sunny and warm. A place in direct sun suits it very well, it becomes particularly aromatic.

Marjoram is incompatible with thyme and itself. Therefore, choose a location where no marjoram has been planted for at least three years.

Prepare the ground

  • loosen soil
  • remove weeds
  • If necessary, mix in some mature compost

Marjoram can also cope with very lean soils. If you want to add more nutrients to the soil, consider adding mature compost before sowing. Later, marjoram no longer tolerates fertilizer.

You only need to prepare a small piece of bed for sowing marjoram, as you only need a few plants to harvest enough fresh herbs.

Indoors, the spice can be grown on a warm window sill from February and planted outdoors from May.

Care for the seed properly

Marjoram needs a minimum temperature of 15 degrees to germinate. So only sow outdoors after the ice saints.

Scatter the seed broadly. Since marjoram needs light to germinate, the seed must not be covered. Keep it damp with a spray bottle so it doesn't blow away in the wind.

Ensure sufficient moisture until the seed emerges. Once the plants are between two and four inches tall, pull out the weakest and leave only one to three strong plants.

tips and tricks

You can harvest the first marjoram after just two months. Before flowering, the leaves are particularly aromatic, but you can cut fresh marjoram at any time afterwards until autumn.

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Herbs