In Tesco the other day, browsing the reduced items (as is my want), and
found 2 packs of fresh rosemary down to 10p each,

/sobs

That takes me back. I used to love Tesco and Sainsbury's.
Now it's Wal-Mart, Target and Kroger.

I'm pleased that you can still find a good price on a potted plant over
here.
Good idea for the cuttings too.
--
Lynda

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:55:36 +0800, ar wrote:

I try this with Rosemary for a long time, but it never works. Same with
Thyme.

Good experience with Mint, Oregano, Sage, Chives, Basil.

What conditions do you use with the rosemary?

David Hill wrote:

In Tesco the other day, browsing the reduced items (as is my want), and
found 2 packs of fresh rosemary down to 10p each, got to wondering if they
would provide cuttings,so made the great investment.
At home opened and found then in Good condition, so have taken 30 cuttings
from the 2 packs.
Has anyone else tried this way of getting cuttings?
Could also work with mint and thyme.



I prepared 7 rosemary cuttings last spring, dusted with Rotenone, in
moist vermiculite. Three rooted in 5 weeks, then potted up. Two of
the three survived and are now just under 1 foot tall, growing in the
ground in full sun.

"..... Chives, Basil........"
You must be talking of growing from pot grown herbs, neither basil or chives
would grow from cuttings.

Regarding the cuttings I referred to in the original posting , the rosemary
had a take of over 75% and I have had good results with Thyme in the past as
well.

--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

Oh right, the chives still had roots. But the Basil went well from
cuttings, too bad it now started flowering.
And my rosemary just dries up and after a while I have neither leaves
nor anything, just a trunk sticking in the soil. At what temperature do
you grow your rosemary? Greenhouse conditions with high humidity?

David Hill wrote:
"..... Chives, Basil........"
You must be talking of growing from pot grown herbs, neither basil or chives
would grow from cuttings.

Regarding the cuttings I referred to in the original posting , the rosemary
had a take of over 75% and I have had good results with Thyme in the past as
well.

"................ . At what temperature do you grow your rosemary?
Greenhouse conditions with high humidity? ......."

The cuttings were rooted in the greenhouse, but rosemary grows quite happily
out of doors here.



--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 22:08:22 -0000, "David Hill"
wrote:

"..... Chives, Basil........"
You must be talking of growing from pot grown herbs, neither basil or chives
would grow from cuttings.

Well, *chives* wouldn't, but I've rooted basil cuttings in water. Wish
I had as much success with rosemary. I seem to be a natural-born
rosemary killer. :-(