propagating rosmary
Joyce Moore
Just a quick question. Today I passed by one of the most beautiful rosemary
bushes in full bloom that I have ever seen! On impluse, I pinch off a stem
of new growth with the thought of trying to propogate it from the stem. I
pinched off all the growth on the bottom half, recut the stem below a node
and planted it in sterile growing medium. Do you think this will work or
have you tried the same? If so, any idea of how long before new roots start
growing? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated and thank you for your
time.
Sincerely,
Joyce Moore
se...@cavenet.com
Joyce Moore
Sam Franc
I just cut off shoots and push them in the ground.
Voila a new plant.
Takes a few weeks for new growth to appear.
Sam
Victoria
right thing, and should see roots in 2-3 weeks. Do not let them dry out or stay
too wet and you'll have plants! I have a 'Tuscany Blue' rosemary and it is
simply beautiful. Down where I live, they are totally hardy and some I've seen
get to be about 6 feet tall. It is not used often enough, imo
Victoria
Brenda Carter
thread from a week or two ago.
Can you root rosemary from grocery store bunches? Or are they too old by the time
they hit the store?
I tried to start some from seeds this spring, but that has been a bust. I'd love to
be able to try the above method.
Candide
purchased from the supermarket aisle would not grow.
Also tried growing Rosemary from seeds (Burpee's) again nothing happened.
According to Rodale's the only sure fire way to propagate Rosemary is either from
cuttings or layering.
Rosemary has to be one of the most finicky plants to grow, if conditions are not
just right they die. Growing them indoors in pots is even more difficult ( killed
off about 4 last Spring/Summer season).
But ever the optimist I ordered several more from Richter's and eagerly awaiting
their arrival.
Candide
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing
himself."-Tolstoy
Brenda Carter <bre...@pitt.edu> wrote in message
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Victoria
>Been there and done that to no avail,even with Rooting Hormone the Rosemary
>purchased from the supermarket aisle would not grow.
You either kept them too wet or too dry.
>
>Also tried growing Rosemary from seeds (Burpee's) again nothing happened.
>According to Rodale's the only sure fire way to propagate Rosemary is either from
>cuttings or layering.
Rosemary does not come true from seed. I find it irresponsible for these seed
companies to sell seeds.
>
>Rosemary has to be one of the most finicky plants to grow, if conditions are not
>just right they die. Growing them indoors in pots is even more difficult ( killed
>off about 4 last Spring/Summer season).
They are not indoor plants. They are outdoor shrubs, which can grow to 8 feet
tall if left alone in a moderate winter climate. They usually die of powdery
mildew indoors, and/or over watering. They are plants which love rocky, sandy,
dry soil. Water is the damaging event.
>
>But ever the optimist I ordered several more from Richter's and eagerly awaiting
>their arrival.
>
Plant them in full sun, do not over water them but do keep the soil moist the
first summer. Plant them in well draining soil, not soggy clay. If you live in
the north, plant them next to a south facing wall to give yourself a bit more
protection in winter. One of the few Rosemary varieties which survive up north
is ARP.
Nick Maclaren
In article <t7nres4b9ithq7gpn...@4ax.com>, Victoria <ani...@austin.rr.com0> writes:
|> On Fri, 07 Apr 2000 05:51:08 GMT, "Candide" <I'mStil...@SoThere.com> wrote:
|>
|> >Also tried growing Rosemary from seeds (Burpee's) again nothing happened.
|> >According to Rodale's the only sure fire way to propagate Rosemary is either from
|> >cuttings or layering.
|>
|> Rosemary does not come true from seed. I find it irresponsible for these seed
|> companies to sell seeds.
Named varieties don't come true, but it grows perfectly well from
seed if you want it for cooking and other such uses. However, I
know very few people who do this, because:
Amateurs should almost always propagate rosemary by layering, which is
worth doing every second year or so. Just put some earth on top
of a lowish shoot, leaving a fair number of leaves beyond the earth
and possibly weighting it down with a stone. In a year or so, it
will have formed roots with no further attention.
|> >Rosemary has to be one of the most finicky plants to grow, if conditions are not
|> >just right they die. Growing them indoors in pots is even more difficult ( killed
|> >off about 4 last Spring/Summer season).
|>
|> They are not indoor plants. They are outdoor shrubs, which can grow to 8 feet
|> tall if left alone in a moderate winter climate. They usually die of powdery
|> mildew indoors, and/or over watering. They are plants which love rocky, sandy,
|> dry soil. Water is the damaging event.
Yup. I lose mine (on sandy soil, too) about once every 5 years,
when it rots during the winter. The UK's winter is not good for
such plants. But the layers often survive the death of the
parent plant, as it is root rot that kills them.
They can be grown indoors in good light. They like a decent
sized pot, with a freely draining compost in (preferably soil
based.) And don't water them until the top dries out ESPECIALLY
with low light levels or in cold conditions. They outgrow their
pots within a year or two, and must be restarted from layers.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren,
University of Cambridge Computing Service,
New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QG, England.
Email: nm...@cam.ac.uk
Tel.: +44 1223 334761 Fax: +44 1223 334679
David Ross
>
> Just a quick question. Today I passed by one of the most beautiful rosemary
> bushes in full bloom that I have ever seen! On impluse, I pinch off a stem
> of new growth with the thought of trying to propogate it from the stem. I
> pinched off all the growth on the bottom half, recut the stem below a node
> and planted it in sterile growing medium. Do you think this will work or
> have you tried the same? If so, any idea of how long before new roots start
> growing? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated and thank you for your
> time.
If rosemary is appropriate for your climate, you should readily
find it in 1 inch pots in the herb section of your local nursery.
They are really quite inexpensive. Just be sure you get a shrub
type and not the trailing (unless, of course, you want the
trailing type).
I planted a shrub type of rosemary from a 1 inch pot about 20-25
years ago. Aside from the winter rains, it gets watered about
once or twice in the summer. The trunk is now about 3 inches
across. I prune it to expose the trunk and branches, which are
gnarled and quite picturesque. If I didn't prune it, it would be
quite taller than I.
When I prune it, I save some branches to dry. Then, I strip the
leaves for use in cooking. Take 1/2 cup olive oil, 1/2 cup lemon
juice, 5-6 cloves of garlic, and 1/2 cup of dried rosemary leaves
or 1/4 cup fresh leaves. Put the oil, juice, and garlic in a
blender until the garlic is thoroughly puréed. Then add the
rosemary until it too is quite fine. Marinate chicken or lamb in
this mix overnight and into the next day. Then barbecue the meat,
basting with the marinade. YUM! A touch of finely ground dried
rosemary is also quite good in a cheese omelet. A branch of
rosemary should be placed inside chicken or turkey before
roasting; the branch is discarded after cooking.
--
David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean
Sunset Zone: 19 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence
Gardening pages at <http://www.vcnet.com/~rossde/garden.html>
Leona Henderson
for cooking, bath water and healing. I started out with one upright and one
trailing and I like the upright better than the trailing for landscaping, but like
the trailing one for my tinctures, vinegarettes and oils. I take cuttings off of
them like you did , Joyce, in the fall or early spring and just stick them in the
ground so I have several large plants now. Now that the plants are quite large, I
just lay a branch down in the soil and place a rock over it and let it sprout.
With my family and friends, someone is always wanting a 'start' and we all
exchange 'starts' as they mean so much more to us than one from a stranger. I name
my plants after the person I got the start from.. Yep, guess I'm a bit 'weird!'
David Ross wrote:
--
Lee
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