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I bought fresh rosemary from the grocery store and rooted the cuttings. Life's a garden you have to dig it.

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Nice Ruan! I've never had success with the grocery store stuff!

@ruannaude8197

Жыл бұрын

@The Ripe Tomato Farms actually I watched your videos on Rosemary before I did it 😁

@robertng4286

4 күн бұрын

Mind sharing your method of rooting your grocery store bought rosemary as I had not been successful with it. Thank u.

I'm in MI Zone 6a.I have a Rosemary I have been bringing in for winter but she lives out on the porch during summer.She's done great on my table with a grow light for a few years.I was outside a week or two ago clearing up my flower beds and discovered a seedling Rosemary!I was so surprised.I can't wait to see if this baby makes it.The seedling is very close to the house wall and south facing.The wall has a heating vent in it.I think the baby found exactly the one spot it might have a chance.

I'm in northern Indiana, Zone 5B/6A. I've been trying to grow rosemary for many years and have not yet found one that would overwinter even with protection. Not even ARP has survived. I am NOT giving up! ;-)

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Hey Sue, you might just be in an area where outdoors is too cold for them. They are a mediterranean plant, so its not completely shocking. Seems like its just a few degrees that's the make or break point for them unfortunately.

@FrozEnbyWolf150

Жыл бұрын

I was going to ask the same thing myself. I'm in coastal zone 7b. I've tried mulching all around the rosemary and covering it with two layers of protection, but I have no idea if this is going to work. Taking the rosemary indoors in a pot doesn't work very well either, as it always sheds its needles and dies whenever it's brought inside.

@tammyhoushour8070

9 ай бұрын

Hi Same zone I've tried everything outside..in ground.. in pots ...different locations..mulch...no mulch ..in the house. I have to purchase new every spring so don't be hard on yourself it's just our state lol

@adg4861

4 ай бұрын

I’m on the south coast of England, it lives in mine, neighbours and more and we get storms off the Atlantic here, covered in purple flowers. Not sure the variety, but they won’t die at all in hail storms, freezing etc and 100F ish summers here. Use it every sunday roast.

Most INFORMATIVE and the most WISE TIps

Thanks Jeff! I'm in zone 7 and I cover my rosemary plant with a glass cloche in winter. There's nothing better than roasted rosemary potatoes!

Wait... BUY it you say, Jeff? I just take cuttings whenever I see some. I'll ask if needed, or just whip out my pocket knife. I have "rosemary radar" and wherever I go, Im on the lookout. l'm up to 10 now, and starting some new cuttings as we speak. I did buy ONE half dead rosemary plant on the dollar rack some years ago.. my first. I put it a waste spot near the road with a little compost and it took off . A drunk in a truck ran over it once, and today, it is about the size of a recliner chair. It really is one of my very favorite plants. David SC

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Heh heh.....I can't condone stealing outright......but, those who know....know. ;-)

You're one of my favorite gardening channels. Top 3 for sure

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Marcelle, that means a lot! :-)

many thanks fm India Jeff,enjoyed ur preesentation, hav made three attempts n failed wit d plants fm Amazon.U hav given me d boost again,,goiing 4 it buddy.Cant wait to share dis beauty..

Thanks for the reminder about the importance of drainage! I've got some pots that need holes drilled in them... Near 90° here in S FL this last week! Probably going to have to put up a sun sail to grow anything this summer. Extra dry, too. Weather worries for all of us...one way or the other! 🍀🍀🍀

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Wow Patricia, that is warm! Sounds like you got it under control though... 🙂

Sounds like the rosemary I planted in a large planter will be very happy! Thanks!

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!! 🙂

Great information and video!!

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Belle!

Rosemary is my absolute favorite herb!

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

3 ай бұрын

It's the best!

Thank you, great information and video!

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Bev, thanks so much for watching! 🙂

Thanks for sharing ❤

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks, and thanks for watching!

Well done!

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Karen!

Thanks for the tips, now I have to move my Rosemary plant to a better suitable location in the garden.

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Marilyn, thanks for watching! 🙂

My rosemary started bloomin this past weekend.

Great video and much needed, thank you! I'm in Utah so outside is a nono lol. I've started trying to grow from seed so hopefully I succeed but I'll probably pick one up at the store in case. Greatly appreciated video!

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Right on Dave! Definitely a time-investment growing from seed...let us know how it goes for you!

@amused2deth

Жыл бұрын

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms will do, so far 1 out of 2 has germinated. I started them about 2 weeks ago. 🤞

Thank you. ❤️ 😊

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Tammy, thanks for watching!

Here in Dallas zone 8a it got down in the teens at Christmas. My rosemary looks like toast, so I am starting again. Thanks for all the info.

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

That's just it Marilyn.....crazy weather getting crazier every year.

Great editing and timing :) I always love the high quality close up shots. I'm just about to start some rosemary seedlings, but I'm not used to mixing any sand into my potting mixes so far I tend to just have a pile of clay pebbles for drainage at the base of my pots and mix different qunaities of perlite in for drainage. Do you think its worth me going out my way to get used to mixing sand into compost mixes for drier plants like this?

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

I think regular seeding soil at first to get them started is completely fine. Let us know how it goes though...not many people grow them from seed! 🙂

My Rosemary hasn't made it through the winter once where I live--even when I put it in my unheated garage. And this time it was especially bad because I had so much success growing it from seed. Now they're all pretty much dead.😭 You did answer my question as to what's going wrong. It's just too cold and not enough light in the garage. I have a plant light on my last survivor and it's hanging in there for now.

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Yup, that's the key. Too cold to be outside, but they don't go dormant like strawberries and blueberries, so we can't just stick them in a dark garage or shed. They keep living. They almost need to be treated like a warm weather plant like a tomato or pepper.

Growing 3 into to topiary trees. Been a fun project

I’m not a fan of Rosemary as an herb and am working on changing that. I was given a Rosemary plant a few years ago and even though I’ve broken some of the rules, I have a mega-bush 😂

I try really hard to make it, but soon or later, all my rosemary die. I try different times and not results :(

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Whereabouts do you live Roxana?

@jdish7485

Жыл бұрын

Mine too

@ziggybender9125

Жыл бұрын

When you find the motivation to try again it sounds like you'll need to spend a few dollars first. Get yourself a pot, a bag of perlite coarse grained, and a bag of mulch if you don't already have something you can use as mulch growing around your property (I use bamboo leaves because free). Make sure you add enough perlite to the soil for proper drainage rates, as a matter of fact run drainage tests on the potted soil before planting. Remove the soil and revise the mixture until you can do a drainage test and are confident in the results. 100% use mulch because exposed soil over time naturally compacts at the surface and that deters drainage, mulch keeps the soil fluffy and promotes drainage. Whether growing from seed or from cutting, try using a water bottle with the bottom cut out and the top and label removed as a mini greenhouse effect for the beginning stages and then ween them off of it into being fully exposed to the sun (I've tried both seeds and cuttings side by side using this greenhouse effect vs not, from seed the one that sprouted way later got the bottle house and ended up growing significantly faster and branching everywhere and from cutting the ones with the bottle treatment grew air roots searching for the soil as well as buried roots compared to the cuttings without the bottle house which just created buried roots which goes to show me I should have removed less foliage or planted them deeper but the bottle house does promote more vigorous root growth.

I live in Florida and everything grows here!

@minnbeef

16 күн бұрын

Including the Burmese Pythons.

Great info do you have a basil vid

I’ve had my rosemary for half a year now. Grew them from cuttings, but for some reason they just take forever to grow even a little. If anyone has an idea as to why please let me know thnx

@sorudesarutta

7 ай бұрын

Do you fertilize them? If you’ve tried everything and out of ideas, I suggest take it out the pot and look at the roots- it should tell you a lot about what’s going on.

Very.nice. Ross.mary.i.like.so.much

Tell me more about the Cold Variety of Rosemary. Does it have a special name? Thanks for this info! Take care!

Hi Jeff. Your nuts. In a good way. I was ( yesterday) writing down what I've learned a bout herbs. And adding all the notes I've taken and read on to a separate herb notebook. And once again your timing is crazy with my need to know. I wasn't aware of so many varieties. So my questions... Do all varieties taste the same? Does it mean just the way it grows. I am confused about that. And I am also not knowing how deep/ size of a container I should be using. That goes not only with herbs. But vegtables. Some are evident of. But I will be doing indoors as much as I can. Thanks Jeff. Keep up the same wave length as me. Lol it's nuts.!!!! Take care

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

GREAT question Donna....they actually don't! Some Rosemary types are purely ornamental too and not even really edible! So when buying them, I'd always read the description tag first and maybe do a smell/taste test even! For pots, usually a 7 or 10 gallon is recommended eventually....but I start all my young ones in 1 gallons first.

@donnakacz6460

Жыл бұрын

@The Ripe Tomato Farms thanks Jeff. I'll do that. Your so helpful. And I really appreciate you.

Not always true that Rosemary doesn't like standing water. I grow Rosemary 3 different ways in containers. The first is in the standard potting soil like you covered, the second is in a fabric pot that I bottom feed with water twice a week and the last one I grow in a Kratky-type container hydroponic container. The hydroponic container grows the fastest followed by the fabric pot and then finally via the traditional method. For inground Rosemary, I'd absolutely follow what you've covered though.

Hi Jeff, I transplanted my rosemary almost 2 years ago and many branches turned yellow-brownish (not dead brown, kind of red brown) and I figured it was shock, it seems to be recovering ok but still has quite a bit of yellow branches... any advice? Zone 8, plants about 2ftx3ft, in sunny spot

So for zone 6 do I have to dig up the plant and bring indoors, or can I just cover it for the winter?

Grows great in lower north Carolina

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

5 ай бұрын

Awesome! Can never get enough Rosemary!

Hi, I am in zone 4b and I stored 2 Rosemary plants under grow lights over winter. When can I set them back out side again for spring. Zone 7 is 0 to 10 degrees so March should be good for me? Do you agree?

I'm in zone 11 here is southern Florida, what kind of rosemary should I get ?

Rosemary a perennial and evergreen in zone 6a? I see you have snow on the ground. That will be a game Changer as I read it is obit perennial in zones 7 and up. I brought mine indoors last year but would rather be able to plant more and leave outside year round.

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

6a is definitely pushing it...it CAN be, but often 6a is juuuust a bit too cold for truly overwintering with success. I say try it with a test plant, maybe not your favorite main one...

Does Rosemary deter rabbits or other critters? Is there a best directional side for it to survive better? Thank you. I’ve had a hard time growing it over the years in Midwest.

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Great questions. I find the rats and mice avoid it somewhat.....but its not 100% proof I don't think. For what direction, have it south facing to achieve the most sunlight.

Where did you get that comfortable looking sweater from?

Jeff can I stratify store bought rosemary? Thx Tim

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

The stems? I don't think it would do anything. Stratification is only for seeds.

@timothyshanley1132

Жыл бұрын

Yes stems, I'll just get seed. U had so I thought I'd ask. Thx Tim

If I get a young plant is it wise to leave it out in the rainy season?

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

20 күн бұрын

With good drainage, rain shouldn't affect your rosemary in a negative way.

@joancayenne9293

20 күн бұрын

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Tk. You.

We lost a giant rosemary plant during a flash freeze, but our problem is that we can't seem to bring rosemary in pots back inside during the winter? Any tips?

what is mulching and how do you do it

You are wearing a rough rider touqe and there is snow on the ground. Are you from Saskatchewan? If so where abouts? I’m from cold lake Alberta and want to know if I can keep rosemary year round here. Thanks in advance

My rosemary I put area with sun but seems like it dry off & cause their leaves to dry. Why is it so since it need sunlight? Can I trim off all the dry branches? If I cut them off will it grow back & how long will this take? Pls help

I swera I've read somewhere that once you cut the woody part of rosemary it will never grow back there...?

Anyone have tips for someone that lives in the Minneapolis area? I think we used to be zone three. More details about soil. This year I’m gonna let it grow. It’s going to really grow. I’m trying to stay positive words because it’s died so many times.

My rosemary is developing a white film-like substance all over it. What is it, and how do I get rid of it?

You said it can grow really well in the rain conditions well apparently I have all the wrong conditions and that’s why I’m watching your video. I’m gonna do all the things I can this year to get Rosemary to grow even if I have to pray and do a sacrifice to 🪴 Gods, give offerings.

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

3 ай бұрын

Fingers crossed over here as well Jody! Lol

I’m late!!!

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Hi Charmaine, happy Sunday! 🙂

Rosemary doesn't like me. I'm in zone 9a in the middle of England but every rosemary plant I bought so far just dies on me. Oh and my garden is north facing so good luck of getting 6 hours plus of sun. Even tried it at the northern end of the garden where it's really sunny from midday to late afternoon. Nope, didn't like it. Still bought another quite big plant from the garden centre this last weekend. I must be mad 😂

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

2 ай бұрын

Are you growing in-ground or container style?

@user-xb7sj2uk4u

2 ай бұрын

Tried both. They just get leggy, then brown and then just give up.

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

2 ай бұрын

@@user-xb7sj2uk4u are they getting too wet maybe? Rosemary hates over watering

@user-xb7sj2uk4u

2 ай бұрын

Well, as it England we do get a lot of rain at least 70 % of the year and then none at all for weeks. That's the weather for you. 😔

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

2 ай бұрын

@@user-xb7sj2uk4u up, I hear you... Victoria, BC is much the same. Up the sand content in the soil to give better drainage can help

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@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

🙂

My mom and I always have rosemary. But she is in the hospital with covid that she picked at the .... hospital ! We don't think she will make it

@donnakacz6460

Жыл бұрын

Isabelle hi. I am so sorry to hear that. I will pray for your mother and family. Take care. God Bless.

@IsabelleIsabelle01

Жыл бұрын

@@donnakacz6460 thank you She needs it :)

I've tried propagating Rosemary 20 times in different ways. All have failed.

Ho rosemary plant need Fertilizer to grow

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Ай бұрын

Ok

Sorry. Sure you're a good guy and all, but I cannot take advice from someone wearing a roughriders toque. You kinda disqualify yourself.

@TheRipeTomatoFarms

Жыл бұрын

Opposite....its like a super power. ;-)

@donnakacz6460

Жыл бұрын

Lame