Planting, maintaining and picking aromatic herbs, whether in the ground or on the balcony, means giving yourself the opportunity to prepare numerous small dishes with a very specific smell. Learn how to manage a tarragon plant here!
Fragrant plants have been known and used by people for millennia and in almost all civilizations. The Chinese, Egyptians, and even the Sumerians left their mark on the subject, showing that aromatic plants are just as interested in medicine as they are in traditional cuisine. But to reap the flavor benefits of aromatic herbs like tarragon, you still need to know how to grow them.
Planting Tarragon – The Complete Guide
Tarragon, also called dragon grass especially with its Latin name Artemisia dracunculusdepartment is important aromatic and is very often found in aromatic spirals.
How to grow tarragon in the vegetable garden? © illustrious
Planting tarragon in the ground
Tarragon is a picky and relatively demanding plant. A shrub that can reach a height of 1.2 metersit needs both sun and shelter, especially from wind and drastic temperature changes.
They will also have needs well-drained soilsee very well drained, otherwise it will quickly wither, because its root system absolutely does not appreciate stagnant water.
Then you can, if you have found a good place for it, put it in the ground after spring is well established !
Tarragon on your balcony
As with planting in the ground, tarragon will need some space due to its future size. A 25 cm container or a good planter therefore, it will also be necessary in which you will put clay balls or gravel at the bottom to ensure drainage.
Finally, before it finds its place on your balcony, consider the fact thatwill become potentially large and yes, if you take good care of it, your tarragon can reach a size of about one meter.
How to care for a tarragon plant?
Tarragon is a plant rrelatively robust and have few needs, especially in terms of maintenance.
The important thing when it comes to the care of tarragon is control water intake well. Too much water and he will pass from life to death, not enough and he will do the same!
For the rest, you can, but it is not mandatory, shorten it to ten centimeters in autumn to control its size and volume. You will have to multiply your foot – by cutting the stem or rhizome – the fourth year, because the leg cannot live more than five years.
Finally, don’t hesitate to mulch your tarragon heavily before winter to help it withstand the cold of a bad season.
Tarragon and its benefits
The properties of tarragon have been known since ancient times, the plant was even used in the fight against scurvy thanks to its content vitamin C.
If the plant is known for its high iodine content, it also has virtues diuretics AND tasty.
Harvesting tarragon
Therefore, tarragon and its leaves can be harvested worry-free all year round except that it will be much tastier and stronger before flowering, from August to September.
Tarragon that will bloom © Iva Villi
How to store tarragon?
Tarragon keeps especially well after it is dried, but it will be necessary carefully pick the leaves before flowering if you want to store them otherwise they won’t have enough flavor.
Dry the harvested leaves wellbecause the shelf life will largely depend on the quality of drying.
When the matter is over, put the dry leaves in a hermetically sealed jar that you will place away from light and temperature changes to take it whenever you want.
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