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Post by desertwoman on Apr 26, 2024 18:16:09 GMT -5
Has anyone rooted a cutting from a rosemary plant? How did you do it and how successful was it?,
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Post by Latitude33 on Apr 26, 2024 18:32:58 GMT -5
Yes with an average 1 out of 3 success rate. Rooting hormone, distilled water, and 50/50 coco mulch to vermiculite soil media. Rooted for friends. Need to find some rosemary locally for the new place.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Apr 26, 2024 21:37:42 GMT -5
I have better success air layering the branches - just scrape the needles and the coating off a section of the plant, and dust it with the rooting powder, or brush it with the gel, and wrap some damp coir around it, and one of these things I have, or some layers of a thick ziploc, taped or tied on. Keep this damp for a couple of months, when there should be roots visible in the plastic. Cut the branch below the roots, and you have a new plant! Just started to air layer a branch of the rosemary, 8-5 by pepperhead212, on Flickr Air layered rosemary branch, cut away from the plant. by pepperhead212, on Flickr I did it before with cuttings, which, like Latitude33, only got maybe 1 in 3 rooted, and slow growing, after that. The air layering gives a larger, already started plant. I did that last season again, for a plant to keep on my back porch, in case it got too cold for the main plant. I've done this with my kaffir lime tree and curry tree, too, though those took a lot longer - 7 and 5 months, respectively, so rosemary is fast, for getting the roots!
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Post by datgirl on May 1, 2024 19:27:20 GMT -5
I've rooted cuttings, but haven't had great success with them after planting. I'm 1 for three this year too.
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