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How to Propagate Rosemary in Water

 
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Rosemary is an essential cooking herb for Mediterranean cuisine, and thankfully it’s easy to grow and toHow to Propagate Rosemary in Water propagate at home. So Fill your garden by growing plants from cuttings!
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I think temperatures are bordering on too cold here. I only had a 25% success rate with rosemary and I think it took a couple months or more. I never thought it was going to take.
 
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If it's cold outside, you can take rosemary cuttings, put your cuttings in a jar of tepid water and put the jar somewhere that receives bright in the kitchen, after 2 or 3  weeks you will see roots!
 
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I have a couple cups and jars of rosemary in my south windows right now. 😁 I added French lavender and garden sage the other day as well. I've had great success with the rosemary plants started in water. It really is quite easy to propagate. The hard part is waiting for the roots! 😅
 
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Even though my cuttings are in water, the plant dries out and dies instead of making roots.  I've tried in the window and under a grow light.  

I have a horrible time with indoor plants, but I can't even get cuttings to root to be able to give away.

Any ideas?
 
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I've been doing this for years. In fact, that's how I eat rosemary. I bring in a cutting, eat off the lower part of it, make some slits on that "stem" part, wait a few weeks, then plant them. I also eat any part of the stem that looks densely populated with needles.  When it goes out to grow, it won't have thick roots, so it's better to have sparse needles that need to be fed.   I make the slit so that the roots can come out.  I was taught that in a propagation class and it works.  

I find that they don't always create roots.  Sometimes it's because the part of the plant that I cut off wasn't really that healthy to begin with.  My wife thinks it has to do with the time of the year, but I surprised her this month by that.  Since about 50% clearly have healthy roots, I have grown many new plants around the garden in the last few years.  Works for me, but I'm open to anyone unveiling any new mysteries for me.

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Wonderful!  Been growing it for years and never thought...
 
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I had just read about a town in Italy where almost everyone lives past 90.  They don't do anything especially healthy............... except eat tons of rosemary.  I'm already pretty old, so healthy longevity becomes a priority.  I didn't want to run out, ever. It's not my only strategy, but it's one of them.
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John Suavecito wrote:I find that they don't always create roots.  Sometimes it's because the part of the plant that I cut off wasn't really that healthy to begin with.  My wife thinks it has to do with the time of the year, but I surprised her this month by that.  Since about 50% clearly have healthy roots, I have grown many new plants around the garden in the last few years.  Works for me, but I'm open to anyone unveiling any new mysteries for me.
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I've found the same thing. Sometimes I'll have four different cuttings in a jar and two will root and the others will dry out. There doesn't seem to be any differences.

Ensure you're giving them fresh water every other day or so. I get a little lazy about this and don't often have issues, but if you're having that much of a problem fresh water might help.
 
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