topper
Posts: 1
|
| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:39 am Post subject: Rosemary plant has dry stalks |
|
My Rosemary plant has some dry stalks on it - any idea what is causing this ? The rest of the plant appears very healthy
|
|
| Back to top |
|
redrose
Michigan
Posts: 243
|
| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:43 pm Post subject: |
|
Perhaps that part of the plant is being over or under watered. Rosemary can be a tricky one to grow.
_________________
|
|
| Back to top |
|
bethie
WestTennessee
Posts: 1570
|
| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:42 pm Post subject: |
|
Yes, rosemary does like it on the dry side. I would just cut the dead out. I take the hedgeclippers to mine sometimes.
_________________
Ready to Grow?
|
|
| Back to top |
|
just_a_penguin
Tacoma, WA
Posts: 26
|
| Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:27 pm Post subject: |
|
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?
|
|
| Back to top |
|
toni
 Administrator
Plants Moderator
Regular Plants Contributor
North Texas, Zone 8a
Posts: 11232
|
| Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:39 pm Post subject: |
|
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.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
petunia
northern michigan
Posts: 2246
|
| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:22 am Post subject: |
|
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.
_________________
Petunia
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
