A few weeks ago, I collected some rosemary sprigs and made them into cuttings. I scored the lower couple of inches of stem, dipped into dip-and-gro, and packaged in moist seed starting medium. I tied the bags so there was a tie around the mis point of the stem, with the tops still in open end of bag.
The past few days, I noticed roots.
I took them out of the bag. Four cuttings had grown roots. Four did not survive.
So I potted the four good ones in some of that new potting mix. It's sort of a leap of faith but there isn't another choice right now.
I cut the top inch, so they will branch out. I hope in a few weeks, these will establish well enough to move outside. These will either be extras in the herb border, or replace any non-survivors among those I transplanted and cleaned up.
Rosemary has an amazing scent. According to wikipedia, rosemary leaves are 0.05% to 0.5% camphor, and essential oil from rosemary is 10% to 20% camphor. The other essential oils include "rosmarinic acid, camphor, caffeic acid, ursolic acid, betulinic acid, carnosic acid, and carnosol." Whatever those are. Deer don't seem to touch it.
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