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12 Oct 18, Rose (Australia - temperate climate)

I pick my flowers off every year, and 4yr old shrubs are now 1m round balls of deliciously scented leaves

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26 Apr 18, Gail (Australia - temperate climate)

Howdy im working towards being a white sage grower in South Australia, if you're interested in being apart of my journey, feel free to email me. Cheers.

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02 Feb 21, Geraldine (Australia - arid climate)

Hi Gail, how is your white sage venture going ? I am just harvesting seeds of my one precious plant. Do you know if now is best to sow swwd or spring ? Also have you used smoke water to help with germination ?

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21 Jul 20, Jackie (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi Gail, Wondering how you are going with your White Sage journey? I live Goolwa way and would like to plant White Sage in my front garden. Have a pot of Pineapple Sage, very beautiful, smell..... amazing! Thank you Jackie

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14 Oct 20, Rhiannon (Australia - temperate climate)

hi Gail, Please email me about your sage journey in south Oz! Very keen to know if it took off as you expected

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16 Jun 19, Lois (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Hi Gail, i'd be interested in hearing about your white sage growing. Hopefully my email address is visible t you! Cheers, Lois (Gardenate doesn't show email addresses unless they are part of the comment -Liz)

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16 Jun 19, Lois (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Thanks Liz. Gail, if you have time to keep in touch, my email is [email protected]. Thank you

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29 Nov 17, Maz (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Hi working in a nursery and having trouble with sage cuttings dying. In the last few weeks most of the sage cuttings die - the cuttings are done early in morning with rooting powder then placed on a misting table until roots form. Over winter no issues but the warmer weather has created havoc. Any suggestions - should they not be put on a misting table where they get sprayed throughout the day? Thanks in advance. Maz

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13 Aug 16, Meg (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

I live in temperate climate but we have had quite a chilly winter and spring with some frosts, so I chose cool/mountain to reflect local conditions at the moment. I live in the hills outside Melbourne. My white sage looks sick - nothing like when I first bought it - with its top leaves and stem drooping and some pale brown patches appearing on the leaves. It's still in its pot - was advised best not to plant out until warmer weather. I've kept it in a sheltered position and well-drained but its looking sicker by the day. I would be very grateful for some advice, thankyou.

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24 Jun 17, Janine A Young (Australia - temperate climate)

It sounds like it may be over-watered to me. Sage prefers to dry out between deep waterings. In Winter a weekly water would be the most frequent I would attempt; but a better indication of when to water is when a fingertip inserted into the soil finds it dry to the depth of 1inch.

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