Monday, March 21, 2022

Starting Rosemary From Cuttings. 3.21.22

 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 acidcamphorcaffeic acidursolic acidbetulinic acidcarnosic acid, and carnosol."  Whatever those are.  Deer don't seem to touch it.


 






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