Once you get a taste for rosemary, a rosemary plant in the garden will no longer be enough. So here is how you can multiply rosemary.
Anyone who loves spices will also know the distinctive scent and taste of rosemary. In the garden, on the balcony, on the terrace and even in the winter garden, the plant exudes a wonderfully aromatic scent. And of course rosemary should not be missing when cooking, because it gives dishes a great Mediterranean taste. If you want to propagate your rosemary plants because of this, you don't have to get new plants. You can also easily propagate your rosemary using cuttings, layering or seeds - no matter what type of rosemary it is.
Propagating rosemary by cuttings
❶ Cut off individual tips that are not yet lignified. They should be about four inches long.
❷ Now carefully remove the leaves with a knife on about two thirds of the shoot.
❸ Then put the stem in potting soil and press it firmly. After a few weeks, the shoots have already grown. Since not all shoots will get roots, you can put several in a flower pot and plant them separately after they have grown.
Propagating rosemary via sinkers
❶ This method involves filling a clay pot with a soil and sand mixture and then burying it in the ground slightly below the rosemary plant.
❷ Now select a rosemary shoot and bend it towards the earth in the clay pot. Here it is to be planted, still connected to the mother plant.
❸ Cut the shoot lightly where it will be planted and sprinkle some rooting powder on it.
❹ Now plant the cut area in the clay pot. If the shoot does not stick to the ground, weigh it down with a small stone.
❺ Now water well and keep the soil nice and moist. After about four months you can separate the planter from the mother plant.
Propagating rosemary with the help of seeds
❶ Fill seed trays with special seed soil. Since it is very fine, it best meets the requirements of the rosemary seeds. Then theSlightly moisten the soil with a spray bottle.
❷ Now mix the seeds with a little fine sand and sprinkle this mixture on the seed soil.
❸ Now sprinkle a thin layer of seed compost over the seeds and moisten them slightly.
❹ Then cover the seed pots with transparent film and place the pots in a bright and warm place. After all, rosemary seeds germinate under light.
❺ Now you have to keep the substrate evenly moist.
❻ As soon as the first shoots are visible, you can remove the cover. After the first real leaves appear after the first two leaves, you can separate the plants. If they are strong enough, they can go into the bed.