Health & Wellbeing The Medicinal Garden

Rosemary can easily be grown from cuttings. Snip off a decent, woody growing tip 15-20 cm long. Strip off the lower 10 cm of leaves and set the stem in a jar of water in a sunny spot. Change the water every 2 days. When the stem starts to put out roots after about 10 days, plant in your intended container or garden. Free rosemary plant!

JP 1983 said:

Rosemary can easily be grown from cuttings. Snip off a decent, woody growing tip 15-20 cm long. Strip off the lower 10 cm of leaves and set the stem in a jar of water in a sunny spot. Change the water every 2 days. When the stem starts to put out roots after about 10 days, plant in your intended container or garden. Free rosemary plant!

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I sort-off agree. very easy to regrow! just a few modifications:
> the very tips of the established plant are going to root better than the harder, woodier stems (there is more growth hormone active there naturally)
> if your Rosemary doesn't have 10-15cm worth of cuttings (like mine ) 8-10 cm are totally enough just make sure, that about 3 cm are in the earth
> no need to put those cuttings in water first. just put them straight into moist but well drained soil, and make sure to ceep moist
> root powder isn't neccessary: will root on it's own, however you can help a little with dipping the cut end into honey, helps with bacteria and gives nutrients from the get go
> take off the very Tip of the cutting (if it's the Tip of a branch) it helps focus the plant on growing roots first, before new leaves, and in taking off the tip it will branch out more
> how to know if it succeded: if your cuttings are fresh and healthy after 3 or more weeks they are fine if they dry out than it didn't work. you can test the roots in ever so gently (VERY gently) pulling at them: resistance shows there are roots


look at those... all of them rootet actually got lucky there. they are going to go scattered throughout the veggie patch
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Rosemary stands for Love and Faithfulness.

The bush originates around the meditaranian sea. „Ros marinus“ is the latin origin (not the botanical name) and translates into "Dew of ocean" or "Ocean dew".

The average growth max of 1,50m hight can sometimes and under very good circumstances exceeded... I've seen one at a nursery about 1,80m tall and (!) 3,00m wide

Rosemary contains expectorants, anti-inflammatories, anti-virals (can *help* against a cold! CANNOT CURE COVID), anti-bacterials ,natural bittering agents helps regulate gastric acid and "alpha-Pinen" (component of the essential oil) helps regulate blood circulation.
It's historrically used to help with the digestive system for example bloating and to improve the cardiovascular circulation. As Well as headaches and cramps.
BUT! the pure essential rosemary oil can cause reddening on skin if not diluted. Too much leaves in tea (more than 6g a day) can also cause trouble. Just as with everything in the world: don't overdo it, use it modest and measured!
(reference: https://www.gesundfit.de/heilkraeuter-heilpflanzen/rosmarin/ unfortunate it's german)
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My mom used to be a doctor for homeopathy so I mostly knew of that stuff just had to look up some of the medical terms again. Since her death in 2015 I'm not using as much medical ABC anymore getting a bit rusty...

I really want a medicine garden
Xoxo
Thank u for this

I have magnolia and cedar, rosemary and jobs tears...hoping to get more!