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Rosemary

Rosemary
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Description

Optimal Time/Temperature for Germination:
Once roots have formed, you can plant the rosemary either in pots or outdoors in your garden. Rosemary will adapt to most growing conditions and is quite hardy. It’s happy with snow, limestone, high temperatures, by the seaside, and all sorts of soils. It will grow its best however, in a warm to hot, fairly dry climate. Though rosemary is hardy, it can suffer in very cold weather (lows of 0 degrees Fahrenheit or less) and its branches can get damaged when laden with heavy snow. To ensure the plant survives the winter, it’s best to bring the pot indoors. If your winter lows do not get down to 0 degrees F, then you do not have to do this. Hardiness zones are 6 to 10. Transplant outdoors 2 weeks after the last frost date. Rosemary seeds can be difficult to germinate, and they often do not grow true to their parent plant. If you wish to try growing from seed, plant several more seeds than plants you hope to grow. Start seeds around three months prior to your area’s projected last frost date in the spring. Scatter them in a tray filled with moist seed-starting mix, just lightly covering them with the mix. Cover the tray with plastic wrap to trap in moisture, and make sure the mix doesn’t dry out. Place the tray on a heat mat to keep the soil between 80 degrees and 90 degrees. As soon as seedlings appear, remove the plastic wrap, and place the tray in bright light. Once seedings are around 3 inches high, they can be moved to individual pots or outdoors if the weather is warm.
Optimal Soil Conditions:
Choose a full sun aspect that is fairly dry. Decide whether you want to keep growing it in pots or as a shrub in the garden. It can also be trained as a delightfully scented hedge. For cooler climates, containers may be best so that you can move them if needed. If planting in the garden, pot the cutting up once so it can establish more roots and gain strength before planting it outside. Then, choose soil that drains well. Rosemary can suffer from root rot in waterlogged soil. Better soil pH preferred 6.0 to 7.0. The more alkaline the soil, the more fragrant the rosemary will be. Dig in some lime if the soil is too acid.
Seed Planting Depth, Spacing and Procedure:
Rosemary is easiest to grow from a cutting, rather than planting seeds. Visit a community garden and ask for a cutting, or ask a friend for a cutting of their plant. After you find a rosemary plant, clip off a few 4 in. pieces to propagate. The best time to do this is in the late spring, but if you live in a warmer climate, this can be done during early autumn as well. The plants you’ll be able to grow from the cuttings will have the same qualities as the original bush. Before planting the rosemary, strip the leaves off of the lower section of the cutting (about an inch from the end of the stem). This part of the plant will go into the soil. It is important to strip these leaves because leaving these leaves on will cause the stem to rot instead of grow. After you have stripped the leaves, put each cutting into a small pot of soil filled with two-thirds coarse sand and one-third peat moss. Set the pot in a sunny place, but not in direct sunlight. Water the cuttings regularly and keep in a warm spot until the roots form, which should take about three weeks. To help the cuttings grow, you can place the entire pot inside a plastic bag with a few holes punctured in the top. This will help regulate the temperature and keep things warm and moist. You may also dip the tips of the rosemary cuttings in rooting powder to give them a head start. Spacing: 4 to 6 in. between plants and 12 to 15 in. between rows at a depth of 1 to 2 in. Rosemary can tolerate salt and wind, making it an ideal seaside garden plant. However, it does grow best in a sheltered position, such as up against a wall, so try to provide this if possible.
Best Companion Plants and Plants that Hinder:
Best Companions: cabbage, sage, carrot, beans, and broccoli. Worst Companions: tomato.

Growing Instructions

Crop Maintenance

Pruning isn’t necessary for the health of the plant, but rosemary bushes tend to grow quite large and take up a lot of garden space. Cut the branches back by a few inches each spring to help them retain their shape. Don’t prune off more than a third of the plant at a time, as this can stress the shrub and leave it vulnerable to diseases and pests. In a container, keep it clipped to maintain a suitable shape. Clip both the roots and leaves for a healthy potted plant.
Moisture Requirements & Solutions:
Rosemary prefers a drier soil, so don’t overdo the watering. It will be happy with the average garden watering. It likes to source most of its water from rain.
Weeding Needs & Solutions:
Unfortunately, rosemary plants often suffer from weeds, which compete with plants in terms of space, access to sunlight, water and nutrients. The presence of weeds will have a negative effect in the quantity of fresh plant material harvested as well as in the quality of essential oil.
Feeding Needs/Optimal Natural Fertilizers:
This is not an herb that needs it. However, make sure that there is some lime in the soil. Mixing compost into the soil at the time of planting can help to give the shrub a healthy start.
Pests, Diseases & Solutions:
High humidity and poor air circulation can result in powdery mildew, a white, powdery fungus. Powdery mildew typically won’t kill a plant, but the disease will weaken it. Downy mildew thrives in moist conditions, so water plants in the morning so they can dry out, water at the base of plants, and keep plants pruned and separated to improve air circulation. Powdery Mildew is often confused with downy mildew, but they’re two different things. Powdery mildew is caused by a fungus and causes curling and blisters on leaves. Eventually, the plant will be covered in a white or gray powder-like growth. In addition to following the same moisture- control practices that you use with downy mildew, you can spray plants with neem oil or use a copper fungicide to control it. Aphids and whiteflies literally suck the life out of your plants, and they can be particularly damaging to rosemary that is grown indoors or in greenhouses. Dislodge the little pests by spraying them off plants with a blast of water and then use neem oil to keep them from coming back watch out for spider mites. Use an insecticidal soap as soon as you spot an infestation to prevent it from spreading
When to Harvest/Number of days to maturity:
Harvest after new growth is generated, typically 6 weeks after planting. Since rosemary is evergreen, you can harvest it all year round.
How to Harvest:
Pick sprigs of rosemary leaves as needed.
Optimal Storage temperature and conditions:
Store the sprigs in a cool, dry place. Rosemary can be frozen for up to six months. Simply place the sprigs into freezer bags and freeze. However, if you have your own bush, it’s probably easiest to just pick as needed rather than take up extra freezer space. Alternatively, strip the leaves from the stems and store in airtight jars. Stored this way, rosemary will slowly dry and keep for several months. Rosemary doesn’t need to be dried to eat so put a fresh twig in a casserole, strip the leaves in, or just thread bits of lamb and veggies onto a rosemary skewer for the barbecue. It is a wonderful compliment to both sweet and savory dishes. Use it to add depth to meat and chicken, bread, butter, ice cream, herb bread, Rosemary syrup, lemon sorbet with rosemary. You can use either fresh or dried rosemary for tea- about a sprig per cup. The flavor and aroma are lovely, just bear in mind that the longer you steep the rosemary in hot water, the stronger and more bitter your tea will become.
Optimal Preserving Procedures:
Seed Saving:
A rosemary plant will produce flowers in spring or summer. When the flowers die back, seed pods will grow in their place. After the seed pods form, wait for them to develop and eventually dry out and turn brown. That’s when they’re ready to be harvested. / The seed pods are very small, and you can remove them from the plant by pinching them off with your fingers. As you collect the pods, place them in a cup or small bowl to keep them all together. / Bring the pods inside and transfer them to a paper bag. Leave the bag open to allow air flow. Place the bag in a warm, dry place away from direct sunlight for 1 to 2 weeks. This will give the pods and seeds time to finish drying out. The pods are dry when they’re completely brown and all the moisture is gone. / Place the seed pods onto a clean tea towel. Fold the towel over the pods and rub the towel between your hands to separate the seeds from the pods, and to remove any husks or flower matter. Open the towel and pick out the seeds, which are small, brown, and egg-shaped. Discard the pods and other plant matter. / Transfer the seeds to a paper bag and seal the bag to keep the seeds inside. You can store the seeds for up to a year, as long as they stay cool and dry. A root cellar or basement is an ideal location for seed storage. / The trick with growing rosemary from seed is patience, because this plant is a slow grower when propagated from seed.

Harvest and Storage

Notes

Rosemary can be dried and made into drawer sachets, used as in ingredient in homemade soap, turned into a fragranced water that makes your hair shiny and soft, Plant a rosemary bush near the clothesline. Clothes that brush against it will smell gorgeous. It’s also a nice herb to brush against on a raised walkway. It doesn’t have seasonal changes like deciduous plants. When it looks dead, it’s probably dead, especially since rosemary hates having wet feet or too much water.

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