![]() ![]() They live on my west-facing window sill and have been rather easy to carry for. Here are my planted thyme and rosemary plants that are 2-3 weeks old now. ![]() Keep a close eye on your freshly planted plants to ensure they don’t go dry.If some of your sprigs became rather tall while living in water – clip them back a bit as it is more difficult for plant to establish new root system while it also has to sustain large top part.I got 20 plants going right now on my window sill! Once the roots appear – plant away! I had many thyme sprigs that rooted, so planted 2 in each little pot.Use nice, room-temperature non-chlorine water. But in any case, give them few weeks, changing water regularly. I think it took about a week or so for the first roots to appear on Thyme.I just used left over spice jars and they did great! And true enough all the sprigs I did have in a narrow top bottles didn’t make it. Gently strip away the leaves from the few inches/cm of the bottom part of the stems.So select as many sprigs as you wish to get new plants plus few more. Both plants root easily, nonetheless not all sprigs give roots. Choose those sprigs that have most green and flexible stems, not the woody ones.I bought 1 packet of organic thyme and 1 packet of organic rosemary from a local supermarket. You can clip from existing plant or buy little herb bunches sold at grocery stores. Turns out quite the opposite – nothing could be easier and all you need a few sprigs of either plant which you can get at any grocery store! How to I wish I thought of it earlier, as we propagate many plants and flowers in our garden – you get lots of free plants this way! But somehow I never thought Thyme and Rosemary were the type I could propagate from cuttings. So it occurred to me to look into propagation. Recently I was searching for thyme plants to purchase as a gift for another herb-addict friend of mine and was surprised at the cost of tiny little pots of these plants. And since we live in Colorado during the cold months my outdoor thyme plants are dormant and the rosemary plants don’t make it here. Thyme also makes a very lovely smelling herb tea that is especially good with some white chocolate □. □Īmong the herbs some of my most favorite are Thyme and Rosemary for their smell. We even have a tomato plant in our bathroom (we got two giant windows right in the bathroom which I find rather inconvenient in general, but it worked out good for the tomato plant) that’s been yielding modest, but consistent crop of cherry tomatoes over the last couple months. I love plants and so does my mom! My husband enjoys our plant addition and our house is a bit of a jungle to be honest, with my work desk soon having no more room for any more plant pots. ![]()
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