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boxingtortoise
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Cultivating Rosemary
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September 05, 2003, 16:11:20 »
I have dug a herb plot too big and plan too grow a big rosemary bush in the middle of it, and other herbs round the outside. I have access to another Rosemary bush for cuttings - what is the best way to start cultivating rosematy Now?
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Suze_O
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Re: Cultivating Rosemary
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September 06, 2003, 02:52:43 »
I have always found rosemary very easy to grow. Just take heel cutting, which I have done either in Spring or Autumn, use rooting powder if you wish, and away it goes! The most beautiful herb I think and not only do the bees love it great for cooking with also.
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Re: Cultivating Rosemary
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September 09, 2003, 15:20:13 »
Hello! Rosemary really
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easy to propagate, either by taking a heel as Suze said, or by layering - my preferred method. If you pin down a sizeable portion now it should be rooted by the spring. Actually mine self-layer, which is great.
I'm wondering, tho, about planting it in the centre of your herb plot....it will grow large...very large ;D in time.My original plant was given to me in '79 and is massive; the latest 'baby' is 3 years old and quite a strapping feller too. So mine are all put towards the edge of the plots...nice to brush by them.
Cheers! 'Lishka
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Beebusby
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Re: Cultivating Rosemary
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October 08, 2003, 20:21:30 »
I think a rosmary bush would make a good centre piece to a border, clip it into any shape you want and use the bits for cuttings. I,m also using it as edging but as Alishka says it gets VERY unruly and I frequently have fights with it.
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Mrs Ava
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October 09, 2003, 01:28:27 »
okay...so what am I doing wrong? I can get it growing from seed or cuttings real easy, but after a few months of growth, it withers and dies! I have the same problem with lavender come to think of it. ???
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October 09, 2003, 12:34:53 »
EJ, maybe you're killing your rosemary with kindness? It's a mediterranean plant & grows wild in the sand dunes - so sandy and/or poor soil, no special watering/feeding during the summer and lots of healthy neglect works a treat for mine.
Dunno about lavender, except that I neglect that, too & it obligingly produces its flowers every year. :D
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