At 03:22 PM 1/13/98 -0400, you wrote: >Marianne Lepa <mlepa@adan.kingston.net> wrote: > >> Hmmm, innerestin'....the only reference I can find to growing the stuff is >> in Phillips & Foy's 'Herbs' and they say it's easily grown from seed in any >> kind of soil. No mention of needing fresh seed or any fancy methods at all. >> You'd think something that's considered a weed wouldn't cause much trouble >> with germination, wouldn't you? > >Marianne, I've been growing epazote with seed from Shepard's for >years. Never had any difficulty with germination or anything >but the smell. The stuff stinks to high heaven until you use >it. Like Margaret, I've had to re-sew just about every year. >I would definitely give the Richter's seed a try. >Jaime >jknoble@warwick.net > Even Nichols' Garden Nursery carries the seed. $1.10 per pack. Last seeds i got from Richters were used as peel-out strips under the tires of import officials. Margaret