Rosemary

[majic99]

Does anyone grow rosemary from seed? This is the first time I've tried rosemary, my seedlings look like tomatoes. Pots were cleaned, fresh starting mix, burpee seeds.

[oberhaslikid]

Yes I have and they seem to take forever to come up.

[blue gecko]

The nursery ladies I know tell me it's much easier to start rosemary from cuttings. They strip the stems a little from new growth and put them in wet sandy loam...then they wait...

[culpeper]

Seed is slow to germinate and not always true to the cultivar. Seed should be fresh. Ideal sowing temperature is 20°C. Seeds need light to germinate and should be lightly covered. Propagate in summer by layering or by cuttings, preferably those which have a ‘heel’, about 16cm long.

Rosemary is slow to strike, and very slow to grow in its first year or so. After that it speeds up a bit.