oregano plant died

robneal17 · October 9, 2015

Hello everyone
I started a bunch of oregano plants from seeds at the start of the summer. some of them flourished, some did okay. I took a flourishing one, put it in a different pot and brought it to school with me. The leavers began turning brown so i repotted it, but the plant still slowly died. I put it out of it's misery today.

why did this happen? i see it happening on the other potted oregano plants too, just not as fast. Is it due to too much water? I notice the soil stays wet for longer in an indoor condition because I have standard lamps instead of sunlight which also gives radiant heat to evaporate water.

I also had a parsley plant spontaneously succumb to root rot yesterday, over the period of one, maybe two nighnts indoors. I'm definately thinking im overwatering given a standard potting soil mix with no provision for the lack of sun energy.

Thoughts?

b54red · November 2, 2015

Oregano will die if it is over watered. Once it gets a good set of roots it can go a long time without much water.

Bill

Deborah · November 2, 2015

Herbs are fine on the dry side. Except mint and lemon balm. When you first plant ANY PLANT in a pot it will need to be kept moist until it's established, but after that herbs at least you can ignore a bit.

Adriana · November 2, 2015

Oregano is a Mediterranean herb which thrives on neglec and an arid climatet. Too much water will kill it.

I put mine in pots and never water it.

Worth1 · November 2, 2015

To give an example I have a really nice Pothos ivy in the house in a little pot that gets watered about once every two months.
It grows it's leaves are huge and shiny, some are about have the size of a big dish.
Worth

robneal17 · November 6, 2015

Wow, thanks for the responses everyone! unfortunately, my account took almost a month to activate and then another month for the firth post to get approved. The oregano plant has been dead for about a month. I guess I will try with another oregano plant!

October 9, 2015	#1
robneal17 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 4	oregano plant died Hello everyone I started a bunch of oregano plants from seeds at the start of the summer. some of them flourished, some did okay. I took a flourishing one, put it in a different pot and brought it to school with me. The leavers began turning brown so i repotted it, but the plant still slowly died. I put it out of it's misery today. why did this happen? i see it happening on the other potted oregano plants too, just not as fast. Is it due to too much water? I notice the soil stays wet for longer in an indoor condition because I have standard lamps instead of sunlight which also gives radiant heat to evaporate water. I also had a parsley plant spontaneously succumb to root rot yesterday, over the period of one, maybe two nighnts indoors. I'm definately thinking im overwatering given a standard potting soil mix with no provision for the lack of sun energy. Thoughts?

November 2, 2015	#3
Deborah Riding The Crazy Train Again Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: San Marcos, California Posts: 2,562	Herbs are fine on the dry side. Except mint and lemon balm. When you first plant ANY PLANT in a pot it will need to be kept moist until it's established, but after that herbs at least you can ignore a bit. __________________ "The righteous one cares for the needs of his animal". Proverbs 12:10

November 2, 2015	#4
Adriana Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: North Georgia Posts: 99	Oregano is a Mediterranean herb which thrives on neglec and an arid climatet. Too much water will kill it. I put mine in pots and never water it. __________________ Adriana Gutierrez

November 2, 2015	#2
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	Oregano will die if it is over watered. Once it gets a good set of roots it can go a long time without much water. Bill

November 2, 2015	#5
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	To give an example I have a really nice Pothos ivy in the house in a little pot that gets watered about once every two months. It grows it's leaves are huge and shiny, some are about have the size of a big dish. Worth

November 6, 2015	#6
robneal17 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 4	Wow, thanks for the responses everyone! unfortunately, my account took almost a month to activate and then another month for the firth post to get approved. The oregano plant has been dead for about a month. I guess I will try with another oregano plant!