On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 13:11:03 GMT, Salty Thumb
wrote:

Phisherman wrote in
:

On 25 Jul 2003 14:55:09 -0700, (simy1) wrote:

wrote in message
m...
When the ancient war dogs did battle on Thu, 24 Jul 2003 00:31:04
+0100, "David Hill" did
speak the following bit of wisdom:

Has anyone else tried this way of getting cuttings?

Actually, yes I've done that with sprigs of rosemary. The plant
tends to be so darned hardy and ready and willing to root, I can't
imagine anyone not being able to propagate some almost at will.


Yes, if there was a top ten list of plants easiest to propagate by
cutting, rosemary would be in it. Roots promptly, resists occasional
drought and is resistant to mold.

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Karen C.
Southern CT / USDA Zone 6
Spammers be damned! I can't be emailed from this account...

"Gardeners know all the best dirt!"

I put 7 rosemary cuttings dusted with rooting hormone in moist
vermiculite. Two out of the 7 rooted. I've read that usually half of
the rosemary cuttings will root.


There was a thread about a month ago about rooting rosemary. It seems
that people who used rooting hormone had a success rate similar to yours,
while those who didn't (maybe it was just me) had higher success rates.
It wasn't clear if the success rate varied by cultivar. Mine was a bush-
type, sorry don't know the name.

-- Salty

That would be hard to say without having a control group. I followed
the method descibed in an herb-growing book which stated to use the
hormone powder. And they said to expect not all cuttings will make
it. Two out of seven is not too bad, and the two are growing fast and
healthy now.