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| JO AND AL |
Posted - Jul 13 2006 : 08:18:16 AM
hi ya'll! anyone have any tips on growing rosemary? i have some in my garden and i usually have alot of good garden luck but i am not familiar with growing that,it is coming but soooo slow~ and i just love it as a herb. does it like lots of water shade??? ect. thanks jo~
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| Annab |
Posted - Oct 15 2006 : 09:38:41 AM
My favorite cullinary herb is rosemary. Just yesterday I went out and bought a huge pork roast. Came home and cut some herb, basted the roast w/ this, mixed it in w/ orange marmalade and mmm mmmmm good.
Did you know you can eat the little purple flowers too? They make a plesant breath freshner. Only a few segments of our plant produces these.
Our "shrub" is in full sun next to the house. It started out small and is now 2 feet tall and covers a few feet of ground. Every few years I have to prune it back. It shares space w/ other herbs. right now its a race to see what will fill this garden space up first, the rosemary or the zinnias. |
| jo Thompson |
Posted - Oct 14 2006 : 6:51:16 PM
hello jo, we had a hard, hard frost last night. I dug up my Rosemary this am, the frost took half of it, but I think it will fare well. We'll put lights on, not sure what your latitude is, We are 61 degrees north.
Here's something odd for you, I was part of a Jo and Al, I lived in the Kawarthas for two years with a wonderful canadian named Al, we were engaged to be married when he was diagnosed with a brain tumor and passed away very quickly. I married two and a half years ago to my alaskan Paul, I had been flying to Alaska for years with a medevac to and fro from Seattle.
Good luck to you Jo in Nova Scotia from Jo in Alaska
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| JO AND AL |
Posted - Oct 08 2006 : 09:02:09 AM
 oh! no wonder i was having trouble lol! well next door neighbors grew it one yr, and it was awsome and come to think of it it was hot there and seemed sandier soil then here? weird eh? i brought it in anyways, and it seems so far so good, but i don't know as of yet what will happen to it. i haven't watered it at all since i brought it in, but the soil is from the garden where i dug it out of, so, hopefully it will be ok for my winter herbs, i love it, i like the tea it makes, thankyou soooo much for all this info, by for now! love from jo~
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| country lawyer |
Posted - Oct 07 2006 : 06:30:41 AM
I should have mentioned that I'm in zone 7. I have many different varieties of rosemary. The "arp" certainly sounds like a good choice for herb gardens in cooler regions. I might even see if I can find it here locally. One can never have too many rosemary bushes!
Ann, thanks for the welcome. Good to see you too!
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| Libbie |
Posted - Oct 06 2006 : 10:07:17 PM
My neighbor has the "arp" variety of rosemary - we live in a zone 5 area - and it seems to be doing well, here, too. I was thinking of planting one next year, and I'm SO glad that you asked this question, Jo! Now I know that for sure I need to add sand to the soil - the soil in my yard is so full of clay I could probably make pottery...
XOXO, Libbie
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| Phils Ann |
Posted - Oct 06 2006 : 12:36:42 PM
Jo, try rosemary "arp". I've read recently that it's the hardiest. That variety was the first one I could grow year round, and I lost several, indoors and out in the meantime. We've had some 5-6 degree nights here over the years since this I planted this one. The first two years, I put a plastic milk jug over it for protection, but when the plant became too big for a milk jug cover, I just let it go. Our soil is quite sandy, and I rarely--if ever--water it during a drought, and it's in the center of the yard, which gets the most sun. Don't worry about frost killing it. I cut mine all winter for cooking, and if it turns brown--usually late winter--I cut it back. If that happens with yours, leave it and see if it doesn't perk up again with the coming warmer weather. My rosemary's a good four feet across and high.
Rebekah, glad to "see ya"!
Ann
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| country lawyer |
Posted - Oct 06 2006 : 10:59:48 AM
Okay ya'll, here's one secret to growing a fantastic rosemary bush. I discovered it quite by accident years ago and have followed it faithfully since. Here's what you do for great results...borrow some playsand from your child! I mix it up in the hole with the compost and other nutrients. Rosemary loves the sand. If potting, add some sand to the potting mix. Makes sense once I thought about it. Rosemary plants are indigenous to a dry, sandy region. Additionally, I try to pick places for the plants that will offer some protection from the wind. Finally, I am dedicated to covering the plants if there is a lengthly spell of below-freezing temperatures. Haven't lost one yet! Hope this helps.
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| JO AND AL |
Posted - Oct 04 2006 : 11:28:36 AM
 thankyou tina, i saved the sight in my favourites, and will look it up after fer sure! i brought my rosemary in today, i put them in pots. gee what a root it had in the ground, some hard to get out, i do hope i does good. thanks girls for all the tips jo~ hot day here though
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| BarefootGoatGirl |
Posted - Oct 03 2006 : 08:42:09 AM
Well, maybe the guys did get to mine with that mower! It has really nice color, but never seems to get any larger. In fact, I had trouble finding the one bush this spring when the grass started growing. I'll see how mine goes, garliclady, and if things don't get better next year I may take you up on a clipping. I'm reading your link right now, Tina. Thanks
Trina
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| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Oct 02 2006 : 6:15:50 PM
if you scroll up to my last post there is a link to information on how to take care of Rosemary plants.
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| garliclady |
Posted - Oct 02 2006 : 6:04:36 PM
Trina I live near you and I have had 2 rosemary bushes for several years and they are growing great I even have had a few blooms on them.
2 years ago we had 2 days that got down to 6 and 8 degrees and they got dammaged but did not die they have made an awesome come back. I have mine planted in a warm spot southern exposurer and againist our deck which probaby protects it some. There are different varieties and there is one variety that is more cold hardy and supposed to do well here that is the kind I have I just can't remember what the name of it is. If you are ever up my way I will be glad to give you a cutting from it but that is a really slow groing to a good size bush.
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| BarefootGoatGirl |
Posted - Oct 02 2006 : 4:35:04 PM
Oh! I am so glad you ladies had this conversation! I have two rosemary plants that are just not doing anything (if you can believe this, I didn't even know they were supose to bloom!)...I thought they would grow all right here and I guess the only thing that saved them was our mild winter last year.  They are growing so poorly I have even accused my husband and son of mowing over them! I guess I should go dig them up and bring them inside before we have a frost.
Trina
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| JO AND AL |
Posted - Oct 02 2006 : 05:38:37 AM
 oh thanks girls, i best do that today then, we already have had frost. i better go check on it! jo~
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| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Sep 30 2006 : 10:37:48 AM
If you bring it in, remember not too overwater.
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| bramble |
Posted - Sep 29 2006 : 6:39:12 PM
Hi Jocelyn- You better dig it up, pot it and bring it in. They don't
usually enjoy winter dry heat but if you have a sunny window over your sink, etc it might survive. It's too cold here in Zone 5/6 so we have to bring them in. I am trying my little recycled window greenhouse this year if I can keep temp and humidity regulated. It did not do well in a western window last winter but neither did the bay. Sorry the news isn't great but atleast you can dry it and cook with it in the meantime. Good luck!
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| JO AND AL |
Posted - Sep 29 2006 : 3:30:14 PM
hi ya'll well my rosemary is still out there, it is getting colder, and i am getting worried, it is soooo slow and i can't leave it it??? or can i? gets sooo cold here, and i always have to egt the garden plowed under in psring. i wonder when i can ever pick it and dry it? it is soooo small i will try again by cracky!next yr. till i get it right lol! i love that stuff and it is sooo expensive. jo~
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| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Jul 23 2006 : 6:28:21 PM
Linda,
I am in the panhandle region of Florida..not too far from New Orleans..and I just grow my rosemary outdoors in the ground up against the back of my house..I have 3 large plants of it...each are about 4 ft tall by 4 ft wide..I don;t have to do anything with them in the winter..they can handle it. So I say for our area..just stick that baby in the ground and let her go..she'll grow fast and furious for you.
Since it doesn't get very cold here either I have never even covered it or anything in the winter and it tends to flower the end of November, early Dec. too and sometimes in early summer it blooms tiny blue flowers.
So anyhow..yours should do well just to put it directly in the ground.
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| JO AND AL |
Posted - Jul 23 2006 : 06:36:08 AM
thanks girls, i have mine in my vegie garden. soooo~~ i have to sort of either bring it in or it or it'll get plowed under next yr. i do have a herb planter out there, but it didn;t seem to do that good in that. it is coming though out in the vegie garden, but very slow, and we have had a rainy summer this yr.i had a plant in the house one yr. hubby bought me, and it died. i don't seem to be a good rosemary grower, lol~ but my bazil wow!!! it is always hardy here. i pick it and dry it for winter. i love bazil, and rosemary. i like rosemary tea. my garden is really taking off this yr. lettuce and beets are supurb. the beans ar soon next. well girls i will play with this rosemary here, and let u all know how i make out with it ok? thanks again for the info..love from jo~
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| asnedecor |
Posted - Jul 14 2006 : 08:42:39 AM
I just shoved my rosemary plant in the ground up against the fence in my periennal flower bed. It gets full sun and some water. I really don't do a thing to it except occasionally clip some off for cooking or any damaged ends, which are few. It just took off the first year and has done well ever since. It is about 4' high and about that wide. I guess I have been lucky with it, even when we get a cold snap, it seems to withstand that well. I have had it for about 6 years. To tell you the truth, when I bought it, it was mis-marked as lavendar in the nursery, but as soon as it started growing I knew that was not what it was.
Anne
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| Linda Houston |
Posted - Jul 14 2006 : 08:27:56 AM
Thaks...No, our winter does NOT get down to 25....If it did we would not know what tio do. Thanks. |
| therusticcottage |
Posted - Jul 14 2006 : 07:28:43 AM
Linda -- I leave my rosemary out all winter. We can sometimes have temps down to 25 degrees at night (warms up during the day though) and it does just fine. So I'm sure yours would do great in LA. Basil does not like cold at all. The first dip to freezing and it's gone. I've never brought any of my herbs inside -- may have to try that this year.
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| Linda Houston |
Posted - Jul 14 2006 : 07:01:44 AM
Since I live down in Louisiana where the winters are mild, do you suggest that I take it inside. I can do that since it is in a container that myself or one my grandson's can handle? |
| junebug |
Posted - Jul 14 2006 : 04:45:03 AM
Give rosemary a few years to really get settled in, once it does, it will take off and bloom. Pinch off the tops and start them in water for more rosemary plants, esp. if you don't have room to take the whole plant in for the winter, and there are some hardy rosemary's. I just love it and can't get enough of it! Good luck all!
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| Linda Houston |
Posted - Jul 13 2006 : 5:57:59 PM
I think you women hit on my problem. I water mine too much. Down here it is hot and humid and my contianer plants dry very quickly---each time I water them, I water the rosemary. I have a branch on it that looks brown---Could that be from overwatering? |
| JudyBlueEyes |
Posted - Jul 13 2006 : 1:53:57 PM
Debbie, Well, I put basil in last year also and it was a bit slow - and the plants I put in this year are still short - although one has already flowered, which I quickly pinched off. I put them in that first hot weekend we had and then it got cold again, but only in the 40s, but still, basil wants the heat, so I'm hoping that it takes off now that the heat is here! I will give them some fish emulsion this weekend and see if they like that! Basil has done well in pots for me before, so I may go back to that, to increase the heat quotient. I am hoping for a nice harvest, since I love to freeze pesto. Happy gardening! Judy
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