A tip on Cuban Oregano, what we call orégano brujo in Puerto Rico, is that it hates full or half sun and it loves water (at least that's my experience with it in Florida zone 9b). It grows best in shade with a few hours of morning sun or a few hours of late evening sun otherwise the leaves turn yellow-green (you want the plant to have a deeper green color). It's from the mint family and it grows in the same exact conditions and environment as mint. I usually leave them in large gallon pots in case I need to bring them inside. They can be very tricky to keep healthy bc they require very specific care and they will completely die if it's too cold.
Thank you for your input. I have found that it grows very easily here in Miami. It does like the shade a lot. In this little herb garden I have it gets a ton of shade since there are so many walls surrounding it. I have found that it is doing well. I think I have transplanted it to a different location in the herb garden since making this video. I have seen that if you plant them in very heavy shade the leaves grow quite big. We use this plant to season basically all of the beans and soups we make! Love it!
Our Tropical Soil.. You're so welcome!! I love this plant too.. I used to have it growing in abundance in my mother's back yard for many years (I'm in Orlando by the way), but I have lost them in hurricanes and in cold snaps and whenever I used to propagate them in the sun they hated it 😆 Because of the crazy Florida weather we have I learned to put them in huge pots just in case to move them inside if we have bad storms or if there's a cold snap because I've completely lost them before. Just thought I'd share my experience so that it doesn't ever happen to someone else, losing all my orégano brujo a few years ago was like awful, I was so upset over it, and said that I'd be more prepared next time.
BANE Helsing Yeah I can image the cold snaps kill the plant. I have seen them do well in pots also :) maybe you could try growing some near a southern facing wall. The wall heats up during the day and released heat at night. Or maybe you can add a lot of mulch over the plant when the nights get really cold. That could maybe protect the root system enough so that it could grow back after the cold snap. I’ve also had them root in a glass of water. If a hurricane is coming you could take a bunch of cutting and put them in water inside to plant after the storm. But the pot also works too! You’ll always have a good plant growing :)
Our Tropical Soil.. Thank you for your input and help! I will try what you suggested I have learned after that oregano brujo disaster to have extra plants in cases of emergencies. By the way, you shouldn't give up on your channel, I love tropical pants and grow many of them in my yard. It's nice to see other people exploring them too and teaching us their experiences and the best ways to take care of them bc they can be tricky here in Florida (and in other areas of the United States) but it's still possible with a little TLC 🤗🤗❤️❤️
BANE Helsing Thank you for your mind words! I haven’t given up on the channel and plant to upload more videos. There is a lot of things I want to share. I have a lot of gardening plans that’s for sure. I wish there was a bigger community in the US that was growing tropical plants. The only really tropical areas that we have in the US is south Florida and Hawaii. The rest is a more subtropical climate. I hope all is growing well for you :)
A tip on Cuban Oregano, what we call orégano brujo in Puerto Rico, is that it hates full or half sun and it loves water (at least that's my experience with it in Florida zone 9b). It grows best in shade with a few hours of morning sun or a few hours of late evening sun otherwise the leaves turn yellow-green (you want the plant to have a deeper green color). It's from the mint family and it grows in the same exact conditions and environment as mint. I usually leave them in large gallon pots in case I need to bring them inside. They can be very tricky to keep healthy bc they require very specific care and they will completely die if it's too cold.
Thank you for your input. I have found that it grows very easily here in Miami. It does like the shade a lot. In this little herb garden I have it gets a ton of shade since there are so many walls surrounding it. I have found that it is doing well. I think I have transplanted it to a different location in the herb garden since making this video. I have seen that if you plant them in very heavy shade the leaves grow quite big. We use this plant to season basically all of the beans and soups we make! Love it!
Our Tropical Soil.. You're so welcome!! I love this plant too.. I used to have it growing in abundance in my mother's back yard for many years (I'm in Orlando by the way), but I have lost them in hurricanes and in cold snaps and whenever I used to propagate them in the sun they hated it 😆 Because of the crazy Florida weather we have I learned to put them in huge pots just in case to move them inside if we have bad storms or if there's a cold snap because I've completely lost them before. Just thought I'd share my experience so that it doesn't ever happen to someone else, losing all my orégano brujo a few years ago was like awful, I was so upset over it, and said that I'd be more prepared next time.
BANE Helsing Yeah I can image the cold snaps kill the plant. I have seen them do well in pots also :) maybe you could try growing some near a southern facing wall. The wall heats up during the day and released heat at night. Or maybe you can add a lot of mulch over the plant when the nights get really cold. That could maybe protect the root system enough so that it could grow back after the cold snap. I’ve also had them root in a glass of water. If a hurricane is coming you could take a bunch of cutting and put them in water inside to plant after the storm. But the pot also works too! You’ll always have a good plant growing :)
Our Tropical Soil.. Thank you for your input and help! I will try what you suggested I have learned after that oregano brujo disaster to have extra plants in cases of emergencies. By the way, you shouldn't give up on your channel, I love tropical pants and grow many of them in my yard. It's nice to see other people exploring them too and teaching us their experiences and the best ways to take care of them bc they can be tricky here in Florida (and in other areas of the United States) but it's still possible with a little TLC 🤗🤗❤️❤️
BANE Helsing Thank you for your mind words! I haven’t given up on the channel and plant to upload more videos. There is a lot of things I want to share. I have a lot of gardening plans that’s for sure. I wish there was a bigger community in the US that was growing tropical plants. The only really tropical areas that we have in the US is south Florida and Hawaii. The rest is a more subtropical climate. I hope all is growing well for you :)