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22 Mar 12, Penney (New Zealand - temperate climate)

I had organic blue Borage growing over this summer 2012 just North of Auckland, and have dug it up now as it was not in a good place, but heaps of bees and bumble bees visited it and now I have heaps of healthy little new Borage plants coming up everywhere and it is mid March. I have re potted them into plastic plant bags with potting mix. I thought I might try selling them at a market, but will they live? I see you say it dies down in winter....so are my efforts going to be to no avail?

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07 Apr 12, graham best (United Kingdom - warm/temperate climate)

I am growing it to feed the larvae of the Jersey Tiger Moth, a beautiful moth found only in the Channel Islands and the south of England.

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16 May 13, Wow! (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Note the growing hints that borage IS VIGOROUS! Have planted it and boy does it spread. But it is a great green cover crop. Any problems with borage taking over the world LOL and just trim and add to the compost heap.

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19 May 13, Lockie (Australia - temperate climate)

Borage is a great bee attractor. Only use young (small) leaves in salads as they get bigger they get fury.

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12 Nov 13, Shane Mcsweeney (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I have had wonderful success with Borage this year in melbourne. It survived a cold winter and has had the most amazing blue flowers. In conjunction with mustard i have had excellent bee activity for the last few months as we have entered spring now. As Borage grew quite big in my vege garden, i am hoping to only have one plat growing as a companion. I haven't used it for any eating yet, but i have read it is ok for salads.

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01 Dec 13, Max (Australia - temperate climate)

Borage is great with pasta as well!! Just get some young leaves, chop them in a half, get the water boiling. In the mean time peel one small potato per pasta portion. I use fusilli. Chop potatoes finely and throw pasta borage and potatoes at once, with a pinch of extra salt for the spuds! While it's cooking, fry some anchovies and garlic in a frying pan, then drain the pasta and throw it in the frying pan and saute for a couple of minutes. Delicious and unique! Buon appetito!

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01 Oct 14, Amanda (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)

This grows into a huge shrub in my garden in Cape Town! I'd say spacing is more like 100 cm x 100 cm, not 20 cm apart

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17 Oct 14, Elizabeth (Australia - temperate climate)

I thought Comfrey was good as a fertiliser, not Borage. If it is that's great as I find it coming up everywhere! I keep bees and they love it. It grows nine months a year here. Flowers look lovely in ice blocks.

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19 Oct 15, Peter Kirstein (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)

I live in Dundee, KZN. Where can I buy seed for planting my own Borage?

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16 Apr 16, Purnima Sen (Canada - Zone 5a Temperate Warm Summer climate)

Can I grow this plant in a pot in balcony.?I live in a condo unit.

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