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How to Grow Rosemary
Index
- Sowing Instructions
- How to Transplant
- Crop Maintenance
- How to Harvest
Sowing Instructions
- Sowing time: Mid Spring
- Sowing location: Sow indoors in 9cm pots
- Use potting compost & perlite mix
- Soak well before sowing
- Sow three seeds per 9cm pot
- Requires light to germinate so do not cover with soil
- Germination rates can be low as 40%
How to Transplant
- Transplant seedlings after approx 8 weeks
- Transplant directly outdoors
- Be sure that frost has passed before planting out
- Young plants will die in the frost
- Harden off before transplanting to outdoors location
- Prefers a sunny location
- Soil: Must be free draining - rosemary can not sit in wet soils
- Moderate to low fertility is fine
Crop Maintenance
- Once established Rosemary is a hardy plant
- To maintain shape & vigour cut back after flowering
- Cut stems back to approx 1 inch above old wood each year
- Cut back hard each year to prevent plant from getting leggy
- For best results grow in a raised bed
How to Harvest
- Do not harvest plant too early
- To harvest, remove fresh stalks & use straight away
- Plant is a perennial & can be harvested over many years
