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RE: Medicinal White Horehound - New To Me!
I grow horehound but the seed is sold as "horehound". Is white horehound a different thing? Are there different horehounds?
We used horehound cough drops as kids.
I grow it because it is symbiotic with tomatoes and I interplant it.
During the research I did, Ballota nigra seemed to always be referring to black horehound, but both horehound and white horehound were always Marrubium vulgare. Black horehound looks different. It's leaves don't have that silver look to them, and I don't think they're fuzzy like white horehound.
I'm just this year getting into companion planting. I've been interested and reading about it for a few years. But I'm just coming to a place where I'm comfortable trying it out. I dont think I've come across the tomato/horehound relationship. Thanks for the tip!
That being the case, mine is white horehound then. Thanks for posting about the differences!
Was posting to Powellx5 and saw this exchange between you re companion planting, which I have been using for years with happy results. If you like here are a couple of resources: https://www.motherearthnews.com/print?printid=%7BF1D95C3B-BCDB-4E25-8ADF-36B742F24DAC%7D and https://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/3215/
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The Davesgarden link does mention horehound. :)) Not sure where I found the info all those years ago...