Growing Rosemary from grocery cuttings, anyone had success with this before?
Found these cuttings at the store and googled to check if they’d grow via stems (seems like it would)
Anyone have any tips and anything you’ve learned growing rosemary
by BackroadsChrome
5 Comments
dragonfighter8
rosemay can grow from cuttings, but from what I heard the best way is to make a steep cut at the end and put them in water for some times. Remove also most of the leaves since the “plant” can’t keep all of them. I heard these suggestions fo citrus, but I think you can apply them also to rosemary.
I’m not a professional take what I say like a noob suggestion.
Kydyran
Not rosemary but I multiple my lavender like this and they are cousins. So far more then half of them roots but I have lots of projects going on so cant say I care for them properly. Just remember to keep the soil damp.
TroyAndAbed2022
Yeah… Snip the top a little bit..not too much.. remove most of the leaves..just leave 4 or 5 at max. Also snip the bottom slightly above the end. You can put them directly in soil and it will usually root. You can also put one in water, wait for it to root well and then transplant to soil. There’s many YouTube videos you can follow
barriedalenick
It is quite likely that the cut end of the stem has dried out and sealed over but you should still be able to grow them on with a bit of luck. I’d cut the end off a bit more, say take an inch off, and the remove the leaves to about halfway up. You can them either try rooting it in water, or, my preferred way, just stick it in a pot of compost. Push it in to just below where you have taken the leaves off. Some people use rooting hormones and some suggest using honey on the cut end before planting but rosemary roots pretty easily.
It is much better to find a nice fresh piece if you can though
Sh33zl3
Yeah, I just remove a bit from bottom and 1-2 inches bottomleaves and put them in a pot and place it in a corner of the garden without direct sun. I only checked again end of the summer and they are alive. Now I cut a little bit of the top so they grow sideshoots. Leave em again till next spring, repot them and place in the garden. They dont need anything special till then.
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rosemay can grow from cuttings, but from what I heard the best way is to make a steep cut at the end and put them in water for some times. Remove also most of the leaves since the “plant” can’t keep all of them. I heard these suggestions fo citrus, but I think you can apply them also to rosemary.
I’m not a professional take what I say like a noob suggestion.
Not rosemary but I multiple my lavender like this and they are cousins. So far more then half of them roots but I have lots of projects going on so cant say I care for them properly. Just remember to keep the soil damp.
Yeah… Snip the top a little bit..not too much.. remove most of the leaves..just leave 4 or 5 at max. Also snip the bottom slightly above the end. You can put them directly in soil and it will usually root. You can also put one in water, wait for it to root well and then transplant to soil. There’s many YouTube videos you can follow
It is quite likely that the cut end of the stem has dried out and sealed over but you should still be able to grow them on with a bit of luck. I’d cut the end off a bit more, say take an inch off, and the remove the leaves to about halfway up. You can them either try rooting it in water, or, my preferred way, just stick it in a pot of compost. Push it in to just below where you have taken the leaves off. Some people use rooting hormones and some suggest using honey on the cut end before planting but rosemary roots pretty easily.
It is much better to find a nice fresh piece if you can though
Yeah, I just remove a bit from bottom and 1-2 inches bottomleaves and put them in a pot and place it in a corner of the garden without direct sun.
I only checked again end of the summer and they are alive.
Now I cut a little bit of the top so they grow sideshoots.
Leave em again till next spring, repot them and place in the garden.
They dont need anything special till then.