General Schvantzkoph wrote in message ...
On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 10:45:31 -0800, Mark wrote:

General Schvantzkoph wrote in message ...
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:21:40 -0600, clc wrote:


"Mark" wrote in message
om...
My rosemary plant went from a spindly little sprig to a big woody bush
(14" across/high) over the course of the summer, despite frequent
trimming for various culinary exercises.

I have dug it up and put it into a pot with some of the soil from its
garden bed.

What is the best way to ensure a good watering level? The bed it was
in was well-drained, and we rarely watered the garden this year thanks
to frequent-enough rains. Inside, the atmosphere is going to be a lot
drier, and I wonder if there are any easy tips on making sure the
plant gets the right amount of water.

Any ideas?

Mark

Good luck with it - I tried bringing it in for 4 years and it was always
dead within a month. I think my conditions were just too dry...?

Cheryl

Same here. I've tried several times but they always die. I just buy new
plants every spring.


My hope is that I can find a trick that keeps a rosemary plant alive
for years. I remember seeing a huge "mother plant" in a nursery long
ago; it must have been 5-6' high, 8' across and it had a main stem
about 4" in diameter. The nursery evidently took cuttings from it to
propogate new plants.

Mark

Several questions, what part of the country? was it in a green house?, did
you ask them how they got it to survive long enough to get that size?

This was in central Kentucky, zone 6. At the time, I didn't think to
ask them how they managed to keep the plant alive from year to year,
but it was in a big greenhouse. I don't recall if the greenhouse was
heated...

Mark