old rosemary bush broken in wind - what can I do?
 

Hello,

in the high winds today an old rosemary bush we have, about 3 feet
high, has snapped across the trunk. Other than cry, is there anything
I can do that might help it root again?

Thanks, Rob

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Hello,

in the high winds today an old rosemary bush we have, about 3 feet
high, has snapped across the trunk. Other than cry, is there anything
I can do that might help it root again?

I would saw across the break to make a clean cut and hope it shoots,
then take a lot of cuttings.

I did successfully splint a mulberry once, which had fallen right over
but not broken completely through the trunk, but rosemary is a lot more
brittle and I doubt you'd be successful.

A cutting shouldn't take *too* long to get to 3ft again.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

Rob wrote...
in the high winds today an old rosemary bush we have, about 3 feet
high, has snapped across the trunk. Other than cry, is there anything
I can do that might help it root again?

Just about the easiest things to root, the old stump will resprout and also
use any green bits as cuttings. Cut them about 4 inches long, pull off the
leaves on the bottom couple of inches and push them into the ground (yes,
outside) they will root OK, well a high proportion will.

--
Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London

On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 17:21:24 GMT, Janet Baraclough
wrote:


I live in a windy place, and find it useful to give low-growing
shrubs like rosemary and cistus extra anchors by rooting living
branches. I put some earth then a stone on lower branches, pinning
them down to the earth. Once the anchors are well rooted you can take
the stone off.

Back in the 1960s I used to visit an old fashioned nursery on moorland
near Tansley in the Peak District. It seemed like a time warp even
then, these old boys in old overcoats with sacking over their
shoulders to shed a little bit of the rain that fell fairly copiously
there. They produced some of the best field grown trees and shrubs
I've ever seen. Rhododendron stock hedges formed many of the
windbreaks on the place and they produced rhodies for sale by
layering, basically just pulling branches down and plonking boulders
on them.

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in the high winds today an old rosemary bush we have, about 3 feet
high, has snapped across the trunk. Other than cry, is there anything
I can do that might help it root again?

It's unlikely to sprout from below the break. Take cuttings before
they wilt. It's not an ideal time of year but worth a try.

I live in a windy place, and find it useful to give low-growing
shrubs like rosemary and cistus extra anchors by rooting living
branches. I put some earth then a stone on lower branches, pinning
them down to the earth. Once the anchors are well rooted you can take
the stone off.

Not just for anchoring. Rosemary tends to be short lived in many soils,
and I find that I need to renew bushes once every 5 years or so. That
is the way that I do it.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 18:27:54 +0000, Rod
wrote:

~On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 17:21:24 GMT, Janet Baraclough
wrote:
~
~
~ I live in a windy place, and find it useful to give low-growing
~shrubs like rosemary and cistus extra anchors by rooting living
~branches. I put some earth then a stone on lower branches, pinning
~them down to the earth. Once the anchors are well rooted you can take
~the stone off.
~
~Back in the 1960s I used to visit an old fashioned nursery on moorland
~near Tansley in the Peak District. It seemed like a time warp even
~then, these old boys in old overcoats with sacking over their
~shoulders to shed a little bit of the rain that fell fairly copiously
~there. They produced some of the best field grown trees and shrubs
~I've ever seen. Rhododendron stock hedges formed many of the
~windbreaks on the place and they produced rhodies for sale by
~layering, basically just pulling branches down and plonking boulders
~on them.

Heh - I know those types of nurseries. I still try and get out to
Tansley when I go up to the parents'.

Stuff up there either grows deep roots or dies - one reason I'm
convinced that winds like the '87 hurricane wouldn't do nearly the
damage to trees up there. They are used to it!

Reminds me, must phone folks and see if they still have a roof...


--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

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Nick Maclaren wrote:

: Not just for anchoring. Rosemary tends to be short lived in many soils,
: and I find that I need to renew bushes once every 5 years or so. That
: is the way that I do it.

Interesting. I've read similar things about what constitutes old age in
various bushes (blackcurrants etc), but not seen the possible relationship
to soil type mentioned. I have a rosemary bush that is 15 years old and is
flowering just lovely in all this wind and rain - soil is fairly heavy,
some clay.

Jim

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J Jackson wrote:
Nick Maclaren wrote:

: Not just for anchoring. Rosemary tends to be short lived in many soils,
: and I find that I need to renew bushes once every 5 years or so. That
: is the way that I do it.

Interesting. I've read similar things about what constitutes old age in
various bushes (blackcurrants etc), but not seen the possible relationship
to soil type mentioned. I have a rosemary bush that is 15 years old and is
flowering just lovely in all this wind and rain - soil is fairly heavy,
some clay.

That's long-lived for that sort of soil.

My problem is that I have some kind of fungus, bacterium or slimy
substance from hell and that quite a lot of plants tend to drop dead
from root rot after a while. It isn't a catastrophe, but is a
nuisance. Some things I cannot grow at all, despite having the
nominally right soil for them - e.g. seakale.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.