topper
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| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:39 am Post subject: Rosemary plant has dry stalks |
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My Rosemary plant has some dry stalks on it - any idea what is causing this ? The rest of the plant appears very healthy
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redrose
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| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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Perhaps that part of the plant is being over or under watered. Rosemary can be a tricky one to grow.
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bethie
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| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, rosemary does like it on the dry side. I would just cut the dead out. I take the hedgeclippers to mine sometimes.
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just_a_penguin
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My mom's had a rosemary bush in my backyard for some time now. It started out as a little plant, but it's gotten really large over time. It's a bit woody in the center. I'd think it was to support the extra weight of being so large. How big is your rosemary?
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toni
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| Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Topper, welcome to the Stew.
Dooley in Arizona and I (in Texas) have huge Rosemary plants, just stick them in the ground and stand back. Last winter mine, a Tuscan Blue, had blue flowers on it from November thru April and bees buzzing around it the whole time too.
Sometimes the center of a Rosemary will get very woody and start to die off. Just cut the dead wood out and new stalks will take over soon. After a very, very wet first 6 months of this year I had to pull some of the lower stalks off the soggy ground and chop them off, now the plant is putting on new top growth. I would guess that mine is about 5' across and almost 5' tall this year.
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petunia
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Maybe rosemary grows better in some places then in others-I'm not sure.
Thats one herb I have trouble growing.
I have never been able to keep one over a year.
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