On 5 Dec 2004 00:41:33 -0800, "georgette"
> wrote:
> It depends on where you live. In Kansas, if left outside, rosemary dies
> in winter unless it's particularly mild & the plant is very
> well-mulched. Wintering indoors, I found that rosemary does okay so
> long as it's kept well away from forced-air heat ducts. My plants
> winter well in a cool corner of the kitchen, behind french doors facing
> west (indirect light). My kitchen has no heat ducts, & it's the only
> room in the house where they will live in winter. The french doors
> happen to be opened several times a day, & the plants seem to like the
> moister, cool air - so long as they don't sit in freezing air for long
> periods. Just don't let them dry out.
What has happened to propegating new ones over the winter?
Just stick some new growth (not woody) in potting soil or a
growing medium, keep moist and plant after the last frost of
Spring. PS: strip the needles off the part of the sprig you
put into the soil... that's where the roots will form.
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