can i grow rosemary from a cutting?whats the best way to do this?

Answer 1

The answers involving a rooting medium are pretty accurate. However, upright rosemary is hard to root even under the best conditions. Prostrate rosemary is more forgiving. In either case, take several cuttings and hope that at least one will "take." Mist frequently as well as keeping the soil moist but not soggy.

Answer 2

If you have a mature rosemary plant (and unless it's a small creeping variety, would not fit, or be happy, in a strawberry pot),
then there's a really easy way to make a new plant.

It's called "layering".

You take a branch that's long enough to touch it's middle to the soil. Nick the side of the bark that will be touching the soil - but don't cut all the way through. Tack it down into the soil and water well.

This way, the parent plant can keep the "cutting" alive while it roots. After roots form, you can cut the link between baby and parent, and repot the new plant.

Answer 3

As rosemary makes a sizeable shrub, a strawberry pot really isn't ideal. I have it as a hedge in my garden in the North East of England with plants I grew from seed. You can grow it from cuttings - choose a fresh sprig, pull the leaves off the bottom for about a couple of inches, dip into hormone rooting powder and insert near the rim of a plantpot filled with gritty compost. You can put several sprigs in the same pot. Keep the compost moist and the sprigs should root within a couple of weeks, then you can transplant them.

Answer 4

yes you can. I've done it a few times and I'm no gardener, I kill most plants. I think may have just taken a few largeish cuttings and stuck them in the ground - nothing cleverer than that! When I say "cutting" I mean I walked up to the plant with scissors, knowing nothing about "three centimetres north of the third bud" or whatever. Maybe I watered them once in the ground. Not all will take, but you only need one to get a nice bush. As it were.

Answer 5

Just cut a piece off, dip it in rooting compound, then plant it. To be honest its easier to just buy a new plant from the garden centre, although not as much of a challenge I suppose. Good luck!

Answer 6

yes you can. rosemary is a slow grower but very hardy when established. very simplycut off a stem and put it in a pot....water and feed and you should be ok... i've been growing herbs for years and have done this many times. just dont put it in a too bigger pot....

Answer 7

Cut off a stem and dip it in rootone and plant it in a growing medium. It is a slow grower so be patient.

Answer 8

its best to grow herbs in a strawberry pot, each hole can be a different herb, its best really to grow herbs from seeds and make sure you feed them well.

Answer 9

yes, but really not worth the hassle you can pick them up for 50p

Answer 10

nah you need to have sex